Applied Architecture Patterns on the Microsoft Platform

Framework dimensions

Our evaluation criteria have been segmented into four central categories:

1. Solution design: This area focuses on dimensions that shape the broad design patterns that make up our solution.
2. Solution development: This topic addresses what it will take to construct the solution.
3. Solution operations: Here we highlight factors that influence how the solution will be maintained after it has been built.
4. Organizational considerations: These are facets of the solution that take enterprise standards and organization direction into account.

Each category contains a set of criteria along with a description of what those criteria help identify.

Solution design aspects

In this section, we look at characteristics relevant to the overarching design ...