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Windows Communication Foundation: The messaging subsystem in the Vista version of Windows. Part of the .NET Framework 3.0 programming interface API, Windows Communication Foundation WCF provides a service-oriented architecture SOA for passing...; Full Windows Communication Foundation Definition >>

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MSDN Webcast: windows communication foundation Web-Centric Capabilities in .NET Framework 3.5 (Level 100): The presenter of this webcast will cover the new design and development features in the Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 development system for creating rich Web applications. Topics include the new Cascading Style Sheets CSS and HTML design tools, the much improved Javascript Intellisense and debugging support, and the new Microsoft...; Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, Windows Communication Foundation, Microsoft Corp., .Net, CSS, Application Servers, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Scripting Languages, Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software; Webcasts 2008-03-10
MSDN Webcast: Calling windows communication foundation Services With ASP.NET AJAX Client Libraries (Part 2 of 2) (Level 200): This webcast covers more details regarding calling Windows Communication Foundation WCF services from the Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX client libraries. The presenter of this webcast discusses how to configure get versus post, and JSON versus XML responses. Rob goes further into detail regarding ASP.NET compatibility mode (which enables the features of...; Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Microsoft ASP.NET, Windows Communication Foundation, .Net, AJAX, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Internet, Web Development, Web 2.0, Enterprise Software, Software; Webcasts 2007-11-20
MSDN Webcast: Calling windows communication foundation Services With ASP.NET AJAX Client Libraries (Part 1 of 2) (Level 200): This webcast covers the basics of calling Windows Communication Foundation WCF services from the Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX client libraries. He discusses the new WCF binding, webHttpBinding that enables easy consumption of WCF services via the client libraries. The webcast includes a full example of creating a WCF service from scratch,...; Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Microsoft ASP.NET, Windows Communication Foundation, Client Library, AJAX, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0; Webcasts 2007-11-13
Technical Overview of Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008 Beta 1: Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008 brings the power of high-performance computing HPC to the commercial mainstream. The centralized management and deployment interface helps to simplify deployment for both large and small compute clusters and provide a simple and effective management experience in order to increase cluster administrator productivity. The Microsoft...; Tags: Job, ISV, High-performance Computing, Windows Communication Foundation, Microsoft Corp., Beta, Microsoft HPC Pack, Microsoft Windows, Recruitment & Selection, Leadership, Operating Systems, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management; White papers 2007-11-01
MSDN Webcast: Load Balancing, Deployment, and Performance for windows communication foundation (Level 200): This webcast dives into some best practices that can help to ensure the highest level of performance and availability with Windows Communication Foundation WCF. It examines guidelines for load balancing services across a Web farm and it take a look at various properties that are designed to help prevent undue...; Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Performance, Load Balancing, Windows Communication Foundation, Network Technology, Networking; Webcasts 2007-10-29

MSDN Webcast: Writing Custom Channels for windows communication foundation (Level 200): Channel model is the layer of the architecture that is responsible for performing all of the point-to-point messaging in Windows Communication Foundation WCF. Almost every interoperability problem and missing feature can be worked around by extending the messaging platform with a sufficiently powerful custom channel. This webcast discusses the basics...; Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Channel, Webcast, Windows Communication Foundation, Messaging, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software; Webcasts 2007-10-22
MSDN Webcast: Management and Diagnostics for windows communication foundation (Level 200): Windows Communication Foundation WCF includes a strong management foundation for providing insight into the health and operational status of applications. This webcast illustrates how to incorporate WCF rich tracing and logging, a broad set of performance counters and tracking information, into existing management environments to build better applications. It also...; Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Windows Communication Foundation; Webcasts 2007-10-17
MSDN Webcast: Working With windows communication foundation (Level 200): Windows Communication Foundation WCF brings tremendous power to developers and architects who are charged with creating distributed systems, but the many coding and configuration choices within WCF can be daunting. The attendee of this webcast will learn how to solve the real-world technical problems that led to WCF in the...; Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Windows Communication Foundation; Webcasts 2007-10-01
Introducing windows communication foundation: The move to service-oriented communication has changed software development. Viewing services as a distinct software abstraction is fundamental to Service-Oriented Architecture SOA, an approach that many organizations are putting in place today. Whether implemented using SOAP or in some other way, applications that interact through services are becoming the norm....; Tags: Microsoft .NET, SOA, Windows Communication Foundation, Microsoft Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Software Development, Tools & Techniques, SOAP, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Software/Web Development, Management; White papers 2007-09-01
The Visual Studio 2005 extensions for.NET Framework 3.0 (WCF & WPF), November 2006 CTP (msi): Provides developers with support for building .NET Framework 3.0 applications using Visual Studio 2005. The Visual Studio 2005 extensions for.NET Framework 3.0 (WCF & WPF), November 2006 CTP provides developers with support for building .NET Framework 3.0 applications using the released version of Visual Studio 2005. These tools are not...; Tags: Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Communication Foundation, Microsoft Development Tools, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development; Software downloads 2007-08-21
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Beta 2 (exe): .NET Framework 3.5 builds incrementally on the new features added in .NET Framework 3, for example, Windows Workflow Foundation WF, Windows Communication Foundation WCF, Windows Presentation Foundation WPF and Windows CardSpace. In addition, .NET Framework 3.5 contains a number of new features in several technology areas. These new features have...; Tags: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, Windows Communication Foundation, Microsoft Corp., LINQ, Microsoft Windows, AJAX, .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Software Development, Enterprise Software; Software downloads 2007-08-16
Keeping up with Redmond's middleware roadmaps: A couple of Microsoft's "middleware" product teams have shared their roadmaps, as of late.On August 8, Microsoft officially christened the next standalone version of the Microsoft Commerce Server "Commerce Server 7." The team shared, at a high level, some of the features of the upcoming release, including: a managed commerce...; Tags: Team, Microsoft Commerce Server, Microsoft BizTalk Server, Middleware, Server, Windows Communication Foundation, Microsoft Corp., Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2007-08-10
Learning WCF: Hello Indigo: Windows Communication Foundation WCF, formerly code-named "Indigo," is a new distributed messaging platform released with Windows Vista as part of the .NET Framework 3.0. The .NET Framework 3.0, formerly code-named "WinFX," includes four pillars: Windows Presentation Foundation WPF, Windows Workflow Foundation WF, Windows Communication Foundation WCF, and Windows CardSpace. .NET...; Tags: Indigo, Windows Communication Foundation, .NET 3.0, Microsoft Windows, .Net, Application Servers, Operating Systems, Middleware, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software; Book chapters 2007-05-01
Hosting WCF Services in Windows Activation Service: Windows Activation Service WAS, introduced with Windows Vista, is the new process activation mechanism that ships with IIS 7.0. WAS builds on the existing IIS 6.0 process and hosting models, but is much more powerful because it provides support for other protocols besides HTTP, such as TCP and Named Pipes....; Tags: Failover, Jupitermedia Corp., Windows Communication Foundation, Windows Activation Service, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software; White papers 2007-03-01
Analyst: Wall Street likes Microsoft's SOA message: Wall Street may call the shots for which technologies run Main Street, but who runs Wall Streets own technologies? Wall Street firms have mainly the crown jewels of IBM and Sun Microsystems, but at least one analyst said Microsoft is also becoming a force to be reckoned with. As Darryl...; Tags: Vendor Watch, Web Services, General; Blog posts 2007-02-17
Build a Queued WCF Response Service: Windows Communication Foundation WCF enables disconnected work between clients and services. The client posts messages to a queue and the service processes them later. Such interaction permits a different programming model from the default request/response pattern, enabling possibilities such as load leveling, improved availability, and compensating work, to name just...; Tags: Windows Communication Foundation; White papers 2007-02-01
The Service Factory for WCF: This paper explores software factories with a look at the Web Service Software Factory for Windows Communication Foundation. Along the way the author shows how to customize the guidance package, which provides a suite of code recipes that integrate with Visual Studio 2005 and automate common development tasks. There are...; Tags: Windows Communication Foundation; White papers 2007-02-01
Programming WCF Services: WCF Essentials: This paper describes the essential concepts and building blocks of WCF and its architecture, enabling the reader to build simple services. The reader will learn the basic terms regarding addresses, bindings, contracts, and endpoints; see how to host a service, learn how to write a client; and understand some related...; Tags: O'Reilly Media Inc., Windows Communication Foundation, Programming; Book chapters 2007-02-01
Integrating Windows Workflow Foundation and windows communication foundation: With the availability of Windows Workflow Foundation WF, Microsoft is introducing workflow capabilities to the .NET developer platform. These capabilities allow developers to build workflows to meet a wide number of scenarios, from simple sequential workflows to complex state machine-based workflows with sophisticated human interactions. At the same time, there...; Tags: Developer, Windows Communication Foundation, Microsoft Corp., Workflow, Capability, Process Improvement, Microsoft Windows, Quality, Business Operations, Operating Systems, Software; White papers 2007-01-01
Some users say Vista faster, more agile for SOAs: Looking back, 2006 will be remembered as the year Microsoft finally started uttering the S word SOA and even the E word ESBs. Its not that Microsoft technologies havent already been part of the emerging SOA projects that have been dotting the enterprise landscapes in recent years. Theyve been a...; Tags: General, Vendor Watch, Case Studies, Windows Communication Foundation, SOA, Microsoft Windows Vista; Blog posts 2006-12-02