Visual Studio 2008: Windows Communication Foundation

Module 1: Getting Started with Windows Communication Foundation

• Designing an Application to be Part of a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
• Overview of WCF Architecture
• Using a Language-Level Interface As a Service Contract
• Implementing a Simple WCF Service in Visual Studio 2008
• Consuming a simple WCF service in Visual Studio 2008 

Lab: Creating a Simple Service

• Creating a Simple WCF Service
• Calling the Simple WCF Service
  

Module 2: Configuring and Hosting WCF Services

• Programmatically Configuring a Managed Application to Host a WCF Service
• Programmatically Configuring a Managed Application to Call a WCF Service
• Defining Client and Service Settings by Using File-Based Configuration
• Selecting a Hosting Option for a WCF Service
• Deploying a WCF Service
   

Lab: Configure and Host a WCF Service

• Creating a Programmatically Configured Managed Application to Host a Service
• Calling a Service Hosted in a Managed Application by Using Programmatic Configuration
• Defining Service Settings by Using External Configuration
• Employing Different Hosting Options for a Service
  

Module 3: Endpoints and Behaviors

• Exposing WCF Services Over Different Endpoints
• Adding Behaviors to Services and Endpoints
• Interoperating with Non-WCF Web services 

Lab: Changing Service Endpoints and Behaviors

• Exposing Services by Using Different Bindings
• Adding Metadata Exchange to a Service
• Creating WCF Clients and Services That Interoperate with Non-WCF Web Services
  

Module 4: Debugging and Diagnostics

• Logging Messages
• Activity Tracing 

Lab: Message Logging and Activity

• Generating Logging Information for a Service
• Enabling End-to-End Tracing for a Service
   

Module 5: Designing and Defining Contracts

• Designing a Coherent and Cohesive WCF Service Interface
• Defining a Service Contract
• Defining Operations on a Service
• Defining a Data Contract 

Lab: Contracts for Services and Data

• Defining and Implementing a One-way Operation Contract
• Passing Complex Data with a Data Contract
• Defining and Implementing a Callback Contract
  

Module 6: Handling Errors

• Relating .NET Exceptions to Service-level Faults
• Using Faults in a Service
• Handling Faults and Exceptions on Clients 

Lab: Error Handling

• Handling Unexpected Errors in a WCF Service
• Add Fault Handling to a WCF Service and the Service Contract
  

Module 7: Improving WCF Service Quality

• Managing WCF Service Instances
• Managing Concurrency Issues
• Improving WCF Service Performance

Lab: Improving WCF Service Quality

• Managing WCF Service Instances
• Managing Concurrency Issues
• Throttling Access to a WCF Service
• Passing Bulk Data Between WCF Client and Service
  

Module 8: Implementing WCF Security

• Overview of Security in WCF
• Applying Overall Security Requirements to a Binding
• Specifying Required Client and Service Credentials
• Working With Security Information 

Lab: Implementing WCF Security

• Applying Security for Internal Network Communication
• Applying Security for Internet Communication
  

Module 9: Implementing Transactions

• Overview of Transactions in a Service-Oriented Application
• Creating Transactional Service Operations
• Enabling the Flow of Transactions from Client to Service

Lab: Implementing Transactions for a Service

• Control the Flow of a Transaction from Client to Service
• Force a Transaction to Start When a Service Operation Is Called