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Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)

Windows Communication Foundation (formerly code-named "Indigo") is a set of .NET technologies for building and running connected systems. It is a new breed of communications infrastructure built around the Web services architecture.

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4. WCF Documentation

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.NET StockTrader 2.0 Sample Application
This application is an end-to-end sample application for .NET Enterprise Application Server technologies that illustrates many of the .NET enterprise development technologies for building highly scalable, rich "enterprise-connected" applications.

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.NET Framework 3.5 SP1 available for download
The .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1) delivers several enhancements to WCF including: better support for exposing REST-based services, easier to use tools for developing and debugging services, and significant performance improvements when hosting in IIS7 integrated mode.
Friday, August 08, 2008 3:19:43 PM
Improving Web Services Security: Scenarios and Implementation Guidance for WCF
This guide shows you how to make the most of WCF (Windows Communication Foundation). With end-to-end application scenarios, it shows you how to design and implement authentication and authorization in WCF.
Wednesday, August 06, 2008 11:16:59 AM
PDC2008 Sessions Posted
Find out what will be the technologies you'll soon be using at this year's PDC conference (Oct 27-30 in Los Angeles)
Wednesday, August 06, 2008 11:16:15 AM
geekSpeak: Join a Discussion Like No Other
Tune in throughout August and hear industry experts discuss trends, technologies, and real-world experiences of developers and designers—such as using Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), programming for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, and designing with Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF).
Friday, August 01, 2008 6:00:00 AM

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Endpoint Screencasts - Self-hosting WCF Services
Welcome to the latest video in the weekly WF/WCF Screencast series. In this short video, CSD MVP Aaron Skonnard from PluralSight guides the viewer through how to self-host your WCF Service. The scr... more
cliff.simpkins
Wednesday, September 03, 2008 8:00:00 AM
Endpoint Screencasts - Hosting WCF Services in IIS
Welcome to the latest video in the weekly WF/WCF Screencast series. In this short video, CSD MVP Aaron Skonnard from PluralSight guides the viewer through how to host your WCF Service in IIS. We wi... more
cliff.simpkins
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 8:00:00 AM

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WCF Blogs

WCF and WF at the PDC 2008
I know a lot of you are excited about attending PDC2008 from the 27th through the 30th of Octob... more
vats
Monday, October 06, 2008 9:48:00 PM
New Screencast – Using the Persistence Service in WF
Welcome to the fourth week of WF screencasts. This is the last screencast in the WF mini-series; nex... more
Cliff Simpkins
Wednesday, October 01, 2008 8:10:00 AM
The New Dev Center Experience – MSDN Articles
This is the second part in the series of new things that are afoot with the MSDN websites. In this p... more
Cliff Simpkins
Monday, September 29, 2008 8:56:10 AM
Interop sessions at Oracle Open World
Jesus and my collegue Kent Brown both spoke at Oracle Open World recently, on interop between WCF an... more
DotNetInterop
Friday, September 26, 2008 8:43:00 PM

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Developing adapters using WCF : Setting Client Credentials
Setting Client Credentials
Tuesday, October 07, 2008 5:37:25 PM
WCF and WF at the PDC 2008
There are some very interesting sessions at the PDC this year, I wanted to draw your attention to some of the sessions by members of my team.
Tuesday, October 07, 2008 4:50:45 PM
HowTo define a Custom Soap Header in BizTalk. Expose it, Consume it , even map them.. - Patrick Wellink
HowTo define a Custom Soap Header in BizTalk. Expose it, Consume it , even map them.
Tuesday, October 07, 2008 4:48:18 PM

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Aaron Skonnard
Read Aaron's article "WCF features/improvements in .NET 3.5 SP1 & VS 2008 SP1"
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