Service Guidance Packages
During the BizTalk 2006 R2 drill down I have 'fortunately' had an opportunity to check-out the latest service guidance from the Microsoft patterns and practices team. WOW ... there has been major innovations. If you are developing ASMX or WCF services, make sure that you install the relevant guidance packs, i.e.
The documentation is exceptional and looking at the generated code and the guidance, best practices are promoted.
Useful link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-za/library/ms998572(en-us).aspx ... takes you to the patterns home on MSDN.