The Web Service Software Factory (also known as the Service Factory) is an integrated collection of tools, patterns, source code and prescriptive guidance. It is designed to help you quickly and consistently construct Web services that adhere to well known architecture and design patterns. The Service Factory provides guidance that addresses many of the challenges associated with building Web services and the components of a distributed application. These challenges include:

• Designing messages and service interfaces.
• Applying exception shielding and handling.
• Designing business entities in the domain model.
• Translating messages to and from business entities.
• Designing, building, and invoking the data access layer.
• Planning for the migration to Windows Communication Foundation (WCF).