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Blog by the .NET and AppFabric teams about WCF and WF development, deployment, and management

WCF and AppFabric Auto-Start

Auto-start is a really cool feature of Windows Server AppFabric. Recently I was asked about how you...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 12/09/2010

How to consume a WCF Service from a WF4 Workflow

Recently I saw a message on the WF4 Forum where someone was asking for help learning how to consume...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 12/08/2010

New WF4 Caching Activities for Windows Server AppFabric

I’m happy to announce that we have just posted a “Labs” release on our...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 12/07/2010

Streaming over HTTP with WCF

Recently I had a customer email me looking for information on how to send and receive large files...

Author: DotNetBlogger Date: 11/24/2010

Are you using WCF within your organization?

Do you use WCF within your organization either for internal apis for exposing services and...

Author: DotNetBlogger Date: 11/16/2010

Simplified Asynchronous Programming Model in WCF with async/await

Managing multiple asynchronous operations in WCF is currently very complex regardless of whether you...

Author: amadeoc Date: 11/12/2010

WCF WebHttp Service returns HTTP 415 “Unsupported Media Type”

When I was developing my demos for PDC10 I ran into a problem.  I was using some new HTTP...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 11/01/2010

WCF Web APIs, HTTP your way

At PDC in my session  “Building Web APIs for the Highly Connected Web” we announced WCF Web...

Author: DotNetBlogger Date: 11/01/2010

wcf.codeplex.com is now live

Over the last few weeks the WCF team has been working on a variety of new projects to improve WCF’s...

Author: DotNetBlogger Date: 10/29/2010

Taking HTTP support in WCF to the next level

If you are building for the web and the cloud, then you know that HTTP is important. WCF is no...

Author: DotNetBlogger Date: 10/25/2010

Want to Learn Windows Workflow Foundation (WF4)?

Here are some great resources to get you started. Intro the WF4 Hands On Lab Introduction to State...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 10/13/2010

endpoint.tv - WF4 / AppFabric Contoso HR Sample

Wondering what the big deal is about Workflow? Wondering how you can use it to support a long...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 10/08/2010

endpoint.tv - AppFabric Caching vs. IBM eXtreme Scale benchmark

Greg Leake has been at it again. He has emerged from his lab with the latest results of benchmark...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 10/07/2010

endpoint.tv - WF4 Activities, Callbacks and Event Handlers

Suppose you want to create a workflow that needs to wait on a CLR event or callback. In this episode...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 10/01/2010

WF4 Activities and Callbacks / Event Handlers

Recently David K contacted me through my blog and shared with me a solution that he came up with for...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 09/29/2010

endpoint.tv - Unit Testing Workflows

When we asked you what you wanted to see on endpoint.tv, one of the top three most requested topics...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 09/15/2010

endpoint.tv - The FlowChart Activity

In this episode, we discuss the FlowChart activity. Sure, it looks simple—and in fact it is....

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 09/08/2010

How to Unit Test WF4 Workflows

Recently I asked you to vote on topics you want to see on endpoint.tv. Coming in at #3 was this...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 09/07/2010

endpoint.tv - Workflow Services as a Batch Job

Sometimes you have work that you want to schedule for off-peak times or have happen on a recurring...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 09/01/2010

RESTing from MEF (or The MEF dealer is at REST)

  Note: Reposted from post at blogs.msdn.com/gblock on 6/30/2010 Side note: I am having serious...

Author: DotNetBlogger Date: 08/24/2010

AppFabric WCF DataService (C#)

Today I’m happy to announce the availability of a new Feature Builder based template for...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 08/23/2010

endpoint.tv - Troubleshooting WCF - Bad Address on Client

Don't you hate it when things go wrong? Most of the time on endpoint.tv, I show you when everything...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 08/23/2010

endpoint.tv - Meet SO-Aware (Part 1)

SO-Aware is an exciting new tool you can use with your WCF Services. This is not just another UDDI...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 08/11/2010

endpoint.tv - Workflow Services Security Pack

Some of the big gaps with Workflow Services have been in the area of security. In this episode, we...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 08/09/2010

Using WF/WCF? Tell us about it!

Are you using WF/WCF in .NET 4? Would you like to help us improve WF/WCF in the next release? Would...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 08/06/2010

Silverlight HTML5 WebSocket client with an HTML bridge to Ajax/JavaScript

As part of our ongoing experimentation with the HTML5 WebSocket proposed standard for duplex...

Author: DotNetBlogger Date: 07/27/2010

endpoint.tv - Canonical REST Service

ca·non·i·cal [ kə nónnik'l ] conforming to general principles:...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 07/27/2010

endpoint.tv - Workflow and Custom Activities - Best Practices (Part 4)

In this episode, Windows Workflow Foundation team Program Manager Leon Welicki drops in to show us...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 07/23/2010

New Hands On Lab - Introduction to WF4

A couple of weeks ago I ran across a very interesting tool called Feature Builder.  As I...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 07/21/2010

endpoint.tv - Workflow and Custom Activities - Best Practices (Part 3)

In this episode, Windows Workflow Foundation team Program Manager Leon Welicki drops in to show us...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 07/19/2010

WF4 Activities Best Practices

Lately on https://endpoint.tv we have been doing a series called WF4 Activities Best Practices with...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 07/17/2010

endpoint.tv - WF State Machine and ADO.NET Activity Packs

Are you missing the old WF 3.0 State Machine in .NET 4? Good news! The team has released some new...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 07/13/2010

Introducing the WF Security Pack CTP 1 on wf.codeplex.com

Today, we would like to announce the release of the WF Security Pack CTP 1 on...

Author: Dave Cliffe - MSFT Date: 06/30/2010

Help Make WCF Interop Even Better

Speaking of Interop, the .NET Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) team is planning its next set...

Author: KentBrown Date: 06/30/2010

New Web Services Interop site on MSDN

Interoperability has been a primary goal of the web services standards from the beginning. After...

Author: KentBrown Date: 06/30/2010

Make WCF Simpler

If there is one thing I hear from people over and over again it is this.  Please make WCF...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 06/29/2010

endpoint.tv - Workflow Messaging Architecture with Dave Cliffe

In this episode, Dave Cliffe, Program Manager for Workflow Services, describes the architecture of...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 06/28/2010

endpoint.tv - Workflow and Custom Activities - Best Practices (Part 2)

In this episode, Windows Workflow Foundation team Program Manager Leon Welicki drops in to show us...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 06/25/2010

endpoint.tv - Workflow and Custom Activities - Best Practices (Part 1)

In this episode, Windows Workflow Foundation team Program Manager Leon Welicki drops in to show us...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 06/24/2010

New AppFabric Web Farm Guide

The focus of the AppFabric Web Farm guide is to assist you in properly installing and configuring...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 06/24/2010

endpoint.tv - Workflow in the Real World @ Red Prairie

Red Prairie is a software company building solutions for Workforce, Warehouse, and Transportation...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 06/21/2010

Windows Server AppFabric - Windows Server 2003 Distributed Cache Client

If you are looking for Windows Server AppFabric Distributed Cache Client for Windows Server 2003 at...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 06/21/2010

endpoint.tv - Windows Server AppFabric Domain Security

In this episode, Michael McKeown describes how the Windows Server AppFabric Security Model works in...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 06/20/2010

New Native Activity Item Templates for Visual Studio 2010

I’ve been creating a lot of Native Activities lately and to do it I would add a new item to my...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 06/20/2010

CancellationScope Activity Updated for .NET 4 RTM

Nearly a year ago I created a CancellationScope Activity sample and posted it on CodeGallery for...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 06/18/2010

endpoint.tv - How to Do API Key Verification with a WCF WebHttp (REST) Service

In .NET 3.5, we created the REST Starter Kit as a way to get you up and running with RESTful...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 06/17/2010

endpoint.tv - Windows Server AppFabric Local Security

In this episode, Michael McKeown describes the security model used in Windows Server AppFabric,...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 06/17/2010

How to do API Key Verification for WebHTTP (REST) Services in .NET 4

Recently somebody asked me about doing APIKey verification in .NET 4. Previously in .NET 3.5 we...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 06/14/2010

Monitoring WCF Data Service Exceptions with Windows Server AppFabric

After my previous post about how you can monitor service calls with AppFabric, several people asked...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 06/11/2010

Monitoring WCF Data Services with Windows Server AppFabric

WCF Data Services provides a very simple model driven way to expose data using REST and the OData...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 06/09/2010

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