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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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Windows Communication Foundation: Application Deployment Scenarios
This whitepaper summarizes the value proposition of the common production application scenarios for WCF, the implementation characteristics of each scenario, a summary of important development considerations, and answers to typical questions related to each scenario.
Microsoft
Monday, May 19, 2008 10:08:46 AM
WCF Security Guidance Projects
This guide contains proven practices for building secure distributed applications with WCF (Windows Communication Foundation). WCF is Microsoft's solution for developing application based on a service-oriented architecture (SOA) methodology.
Microsoft
Monday, May 19, 2008 10:08:46 AM

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MSDN Webcast: Software Development Life Cycle: Applying Service Orientation to the Development Process (Level 200)
Recorded at Microsoft Tech∙Ed 2008 Developers in Orlando, FL. When you develop a service-oriented application, it would be naive of you to expect that the only things you will do differently will be limited to design and technology. The development process...

MSDN Webcast: Calling Windows Communication Foundation Services with ASP.NET AJAX Client Libraries (Part 2 of 2) (Level 200)
In this session, Rob Bagby covers more details regarding calling Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) services from the Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX client libraries. He discusses how to configure get versus post, and JSON versus XML responses. Rob goes furthe...

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WCF Samples (Updated)
Learn Windows Communication Foundation by exploring these updated samples of common development scenarios.

More: Basic WCF Programming | WCF Feature Details | Guidelines and Best Practices | Extending WCF

WCF Blogs

Know your WCF from your... well, anything else
Just a quick link-post, but two really worth paying attention to. First up is Mehran’s post on reco... more
simonince
Thursday, June 05, 2008 10:03:00 AM
How to consume REST services with WCF
As you are probably aware by now, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) 3.5 introduced a new bindin... more
pedramr
Monday, April 21, 2008 9:55:00 AM
WCF "Raw" programming model (Web)
I've seen quite a few times in the forums people asking how to control exactly how the data returned... more
carlosfigueira
Thursday, April 17, 2008 1:30:00 PM
TechEd US 2008
You already know TechEd is coming in June.  And you also know we'll have a PDC this year.&... more
eileenrum
Wednesday, April 16, 2008 7:45:00 PM
Varying Content-Type according to the URL in a WCF REST Service
My buddy Justin wrote about how to set the Content-Type headers in a WebGet method in... more
DotNetInterop
Thursday, April 03, 2008 8:20:00 AM
MySpace, and Content-Type Negotiation in REST using WCF
Hah!   followup on a hot topic. I posted earlier on content-type negotiation in REST with... more
DotNetInterop
Wednesday, April 02, 2008 8:41:00 AM
Why choose WCF for REST?
Chuck, in a comment on a previous post, posed this question:  Why choose WCF for a RE... more
DotNetInterop
Wednesday, April 02, 2008 10:19:00 AM

Featured MVP

Sahil Malik
Read Sahil's article "Super Easy Way to Add WCF to SharePoint 2007"
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MVP Blogs about WCF

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