  urlLink Understand Enterprise Service Bus scenarios and solutions in Service-Oriented Architecture, Part 1 This article identifies a set of minimum capabilities that fulfill the most basic needs for an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) consistent with the principles of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). Identifying these minimum capabilities allows you to identify which existing technologies to use to implement an ESB to support an SOA. By considering how the requirements of a specific situation define the need for additional capabilities, you can then choose the most appropriate implementation technology for that situation. 
