For a while now, Microsoft has published guidance materials to help companies develop service-oriented architectures. The company recently made a substantial addition to those stores with a 196-page e-book entitled "SOA in the Real World." The text touches upon what it calls the "never-ending debate about what is or isn't SOA." (The book, for its part, defines SOA as "a loosely coupled architecture designed to meet the business needs of the organization.")
