Building SOA using Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 provides one of the leading edge web services-aware Database. It is easy to install and configure and can rapidly expose a stored procedure as a web services WSDL operation. With an integrated HTTP stack, MS SQL Server 2005 does not require a separate web server like IIS.

For an overview of SQL Server SOA capabilities, see Jerry Dixon's article:

SQL Server and SODA
— Over the past year, I've been discussing some of the various technologies found inside SQL Server 2005. Three of these technologies are CLR integration, HTTP endpoints, and Service Broker. (Articles on these topics were published, respectively, in the November 2005, March 2006, and November 2006 editions of the DNDJ.) Each of these is a powerful tool in its own right, and can be used to great effect in almost any SQL installation. When used together, however, they become much more powerful.

For tutorial on setting up endpoints and exposing a stored procedure as web services operations, see Peter DeBetta's article:

New HTTP Endpoints Create SQL Server 2005 Web Services.

SOA Testing Microsoft SQL Server is simple. The WSDL generated is WS-I BP compliant and can easily be loaded into testing tools such as Crosscheck Networks SOAPSonar for Functional, Performance, Interoperability and Vulnerability Testing of the exposed endpoints.