What is the 
                  		  Silk Performer SOA edition?
               
 
               		 
               		
               The 
                  		  Silk Performer SOA edition (Service Oriented Architecture) is specifically targeted at testing remote services and APIs, such as web services
                  or remote Java and .NET components.
                  		
               
 
               	 
              
            	 
            
               How does the SOA edition licensing work?
 
               		 
               		
               The SOA edition is a complete 
                  		  
Silk Performer installation that is restricted by a SOA edition license. This license enables you to 
                  		
                  
                     		  
                     - execute load tests with up to 5 virtual users
                        		  
                     
 
                     		  
                     - perform .NET or Java testing
                        		  
                     
 
                     		  
                     - perform basic web and XML testing
                        		  
                     
 
                     		
                  
                  		
                 
               	 
              
            	 
            
               What can be tested with the SOA Edition?
 
               		 
               		
               To be able to test remote components, you need to create test clients first. 
                  		  
Silk Performer offers the following approaches to create test clients:
                  		
                  
                     		  
                     - visual creation using 
                        			 Java Explorer (requires no programming)
                        		  
                     
 
                     		  
                     - visual creation using 
                        			 .NET Explorer (requires no programming)
                        		  
                     
 
                     		  
                     - recording an existing test client
                        		  
                     
 
                     		  
                     - importing JUnit tests
                        		  
                     
 
                     		  
                     - importing NUnit tests
                        		  
                     
 
                     		  
                     - importing Java classes
                        		  
                     
 
                     		  
                     - importing .NET classes