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. 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

.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.

WCF REST Starter Kit White Paper In this whitepaper, we fully explore the various WCF REST Starter Kit features and show you how can begin putting them to good use to handle some of the most common REST development scenarios today.

WCF Essentials - New best practices article series by Michele Bustamante We are starting a new series of articles called WCF Essentials. The goal of this series is to give you best practices guidance on the big things to think about so you can apply WCF correctly to your projects.