The Microsoft Securities Framework SDK contains a number of technical resources aimed at helping developers build interoperability solutions in the financial services securities industry. Specifically, the SDK contains technical papers, applications, and components梚ncluding source code梩hat implement the equities trading portion of a straight-through-processing scenario using the Straight-Through Processing Markup Language (STPML).
Prerequisites:
To install the Microsoft Securities SDK, you will need to have either Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Service Pack 4, or Windows 2000. The following products are also required:
Internet Explorer 5.0
SQL Server 7.0 Service Pack 1
Windows NT Option Pack (if installing on Microsoft Windows NT 4.0):
Internet Information Server 4.0 with SMTP,
Microsoft Transaction Server,
Microsoft Message Queue
Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3 - specifically Visual Basic and Visual C++
BizTalk Jumpstart Kit v2 (JSK)