Learn how to build service-oriented applications with Microsoft's Windows Communication Foundation. WCF is gaining popularity as a platform for building secure communications among systems in your organization or across the Internet. The second edition of this book provides a complete hands-on tour of WCF, including the improvements available in .NET Framework 4. Through labs, code samples, easy step-by-step instructions, and detailed answers to the most common questions asked by developers, you'll learn WCF's core concepts and features, including when and how to apply them. You'll quickly become productive in several areas,