Microsoft Windows Communication Foundation: Hands-on! : Beta Edition

by Craig McMurtry, Marc Mercuri, Nigel Watling

This book describes the applications of the Windows Communication Foundation, a 2006 Microsoft technology, which allows software to communicate in any situation. The authors explain the technology as well as how to use it in chapters on generics and transactions; fundamentals; data representation; security; reliable sessions, transactions, and queues; legacy integration; interoperability; custom transports and behaviors; publish/subscribe systems; peer communication; manageability; representational state transfer and plain XML services; and InfoCard. To follow the instructions, readers need Visual Studio 2005 installed and the January Community Technology Preview Release of WinFX. McMurtry, Mercuri, and Watling are members of Microsoft's Developer and Platform Evangelism Group that promotes the Windows Communication Foundation and Microsoft's identity and access technologies. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

539 pages, Paperback

First published May 25, 2006