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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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endpoint.tv: The Total Noob's Guide to WCF - Lesson 1: My First WCF Service
Are you a WCF noob? Don't be ashamed, everyone is a noob at some point. But don't stay that way, learn something so you can shed your noobness. In this episode Ron Jacobs walks you through the process of creating your first WCF service and teaches you the about the ABCs of WCF.
Monday, July 07, 2008 1:12:18 PM
Create Connected Applications Webcasts
Tune in as we explore the new features in the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 that developers will love. We detail the new assemblies added to the .NET Framework 3.5 to avoid breaking changes, including deep integration with Language-Integrated Query (LINQ); ASP.NET Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX); and full tooling support in Microsoft Visual Studio for Windows Workflow Foundation (WF), Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF).
Friday, July 04, 2008 1:02:02 PM

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endpoint.tv: The Total Noob's Guide to WCF - Lesson 1: My First WCF Service
Are you a WCF noob? Don't be ashamed, everyone is a noob at some point. But don't stay that way, learn something so you can shed your noobness. In this episode Ron Jacobs walks you through the process of creating your first WCF service and teaches you the about the ABCs of WCF.

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...

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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.

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

WCF Blogs

WCSF Application Architecture 7: Remote Logic with WCF Services
This article is part of a series; ·         WCSF Applicatio... more
simonince
Friday, July 18, 2008 8:55:00 AM
Facebook Thrift, Google ProtoBufs, and Interop
Dare had an en-pointe analysis of the emergence of various new non-standarcd communications protocol... more
DotNetInterop
Thursday, July 10, 2008 11:49:00 AM
New WCF + WF blog: Endpoint
A New Blog started last week, aggregating WCF and WF topics.  If you're like me you have really... more
DotNetInterop
Monday, July 07, 2008 8:49:00 AM
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

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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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Windows Communication Foundation
Discuss how to use the Windows Vista platform to develop highly performant, secure, cross enterprise distributed applications.

Windows Workflow Foundation
Discuss how to develop .NET applications using workflow functionality provided by Windows Workflow Foundation.

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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