Windows Communication Foundation is...

a part of the .NET Framework that provides a unified programming model for rapidly building service-oriented applications that communicate across the web and the enterprise.  Read the WCF whitepaper | Watch a short video Get it Beginner's Guide Learn more

WCF and WF in .NET 4

In the .NET Framework 4, there have been significant enhancements in the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) namespaces. .NET developers can use these technologies, either independently or together, to eliminate the tradeoff between ease of service authoring and performant, scalable services. Read more about WCF and WF in .NET 4.

WCF Highlights

A Developer's Introduction to Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) .NET 4 Beta 2 An overview of the most important new features and improvements in WCF, with enough technical detail and code to help you as a developer understand how to use them. Now updated for Beta 2.

Introducing Windows Server AppFabric On Nov 17th at the Professional Developers Conference (PDC) Microsoft announced the release of Windows Server AppFabric beta1. AppFabric evolves the existing application server capabilities of Windows Server to make it easier to build, scale and manage ASP.NET and WCF and WF applications that run on Internet Information Services (IIS).

.NET Framework 4 Beta 2 is Here .NET Framework 4 and Visual Studio 2010 mark the next generation of developer tools from Microsoft. Be sure to download Beta 2 and let us know what you think.

WCF Extensibility Series The series intends to provide developers with the guidance they need to effectively create the different extensions available in WCF.

Schema-based Contract First Development with Windows Communication Foundation Christian Weyer has published a great article in MSDN Magazine on the topic of Schema-based Contract First Development with Windows Communication Foundation.