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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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.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

WCF Talks at PDC 2008

Microsoft .NET Framework: Declarative Programming Using XAML
If you're using Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), or Windows Workflow Foundation (WF), then XAML is your new best friend! Learn how an entire application-from presentation to data to services to workflow--can be authored using simple, declarative XAML notations introduced in the next version of the .NET Framework. Learn about XAML additions like: support for generics, object references, non-default constructors, and more.

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Endpoint Screencasts - Configuring WCF Service References
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 configure your WCF service referenc... more
cliff.simpkins
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 8:00:00 AM
Endpoint Screencasts - Creating Your First WCF Client
Welcome back to the WCF screencast series! After a short vacation covering WF topics, we return to WCF for the latest video in the weekly WF/WCF Screencast series. In this short video, CSD MVP Aaro... more
cliff.simpkins
Wednesday, October 08, 2008 8:00:00 AM

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WCF Blogs

Screencast – WCF Service Reference Configuration
In this week’s installment of the WCF screencast series, CSD MVP Aaron Skonnard from PluralSight gui... more
Cliff Simpkins
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 8:11:00 AM
Screencasts – Creating Your First WCF Client
Welcome back to the WCF screencast series! After a spending four weeks covering WF topics, we return... more
Cliff Simpkins
Wednesday, October 08, 2008 8:10:00 AM
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

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Wednesday, September 24, 2008 11:31:28 AM
Nicholas Allen's Indigo Blog : Differences in Enum Serialization
Differences in Enum Serialization
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 2:58:16 AM
BizTalk Services Early Access
BizTalk Labs provides early access to experimental connectivity and business process technologies in the cloud: Identity Services, Connectivity Se... more
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 12:20:00 PM

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Mark Arteaga
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Windows Communication Foundation
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Windows Workflow Foundation
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Windows Presentation Foundation
How to use Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) productively to create visually appealing and differentiating applications and to improve user experience.
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