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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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Download Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack (SP) 1 Beta Today
Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta introduces full support for SQL Server 2008, improved performance in the IDE and WPF designers, improved Web development and site deployment, as well as many Team Foundatio... more
Microsoft
Mon, 12 May 2008 10:08:46 -0700
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack (SP) 1 Beta Now Available
Download the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 Beta for improved features for both client and Web development. Additionally, SP1 for the .NET Framework introduces the ADO.NET Entity Framework and ADO.N... more
Microsoft
Mon, 12 May 2008 10:08:45 -0700
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Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5
The Windows SDK for Windows Server® 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 provides the documentation, samples, header files, libraries, and tools (including C++ compilers) that you need to develop applications to run on Windows Server 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5.
WCF Blogs
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
Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:55:00 GMT
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
Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:30:00 GMT
TechEd US 2008
You already know TechEd is coming in June.  And you also know we'll have a PDC this year.&... more
eileenrum
Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:45:00 GMT
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
Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:20:00 GMT
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
Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:41:00 GMT
Why choose WCF for REST?
Chuck, in a comment on a previous post, posed this question:  Why choose WCF for a RE... more
DotNetInterop
Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:19:00 GMT
Content-Type negotiation and REST (and how WCF fits in)
Just had a comment-exchange on my prior post on How to build a REST app in WCF. I thought... more
DotNetInterop
Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:06:00 GMT
The WCF Samples have been updated
The WCF samples published by Microsoft were updated in early March 2008. Download the samples here.... more
DotNetInterop
Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:19:00 GMT
MVP Blogs About WCF
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Aaron Skonnard
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