1. Nima Dilmaghani nimad@microsoft.com nimad.wordpress.com Developer & Platform Evangelism

2. Source: Gartner Group Web Services Platform Leadership July 2005

3. Interop with other platforms ASMX Attribute-BasedProgramming Enterprise Services WS-*ProtocolSupport WSE Message-OrientedProgramming System.Messaging Extensibility Location transparency.NET Remoting Unified Programming Model

4. Windows Communication Foundation INTEROPERABILITYPRODUCTIVITY SERVICE-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT Broad Support for WS- * specifications Compatible with existing MS distributed application technologies Unifies today’s distributed technologies Attribute-based development Visual Studio 2005 integration Enables development of loosely-coupled services Config-based communication

5. WS-* Protocol Support XML Messaging SecurityTransactions Reliable Messaging Metadata