| • | Worldwide Institute of Software Architects |
| • | .NET Architecture Center |
| • | Microsoft Patterns and Practices |
| • | "Designing Data Tier Components and Passing Data Through Tiers" by Angela Crocker, Andy Olsen, and Edward Jezierski, MSDN |
| • | "Performance Comparison: Transaction Control; Building Distributed Applications with Microsoft .NET" by Priya Dhawan, MSDN |
| • | "Performance Comparison: Data Access Techniques; Building Distributed Applications with Microsoft .NET" by Priya Dhawan, MSDN |
| • | Architect Webcast: An Overview of Architecture |
| • | The Software Architect's Profession - An Introduction by Marc T. Sewell, Laura M. Sewell [Prentice Hall PTR, 2001, ISBN: 0130607967] |