S.O.A. with .NET for scalability

Question

Anyone know where I can find useful resource for some information for this. I reckon SOA is the way to go for scalabilty, but are there down sides such as performance and security I should look at. Overall what architecture should be considered best for enterprise web applications

A good , complete, up to date book would be valuable, any suggestions?

Answer 1

I would say first take a look at Microsoft's Patterns and Practices.

Specifically I would say:

Architecture Guide

Web Client Software Factory

Here are also some good MSDN Articles:

Understanding SOA