Last week I gave a session at Microsoft’s architect forum about Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Microsoft’s vision about Software+Services (S+S).
During the first half of the session I explained what SaaS is and how it affects both the provider and the consumer of services. I briefly covered and examplified how it affects the business model, solutions architecture and delivery model for the provider as well as how it affects the consumer of the services in terms of integration, security, compliance etc.
During the second half, I explained how service oriented architecture (SOA), SaaS, the previous sessions about “Web 2.0”, “mash-up’s” and identity federation all adds up to Microsoft’s’ S+S vision.
Finally Michel explained into which key areas of the platform he sees Microsoft are investing in order to materialize the vision.
The slides are available here: S+S Overview - Michel Baladi - MS Architect Forum.zip (3.31 MB)