The release of .NET 4.0 brought a wide range of new functionality to WCF. Developers and architects with experience using WCF 3.5 or earlier who want to apply this new functionality to their application will benefit greatly from the discussions and code samples in this book. This book is also a great resource for application developers and architects new to service-oriented architecture or the core concepts of WCF.
Table of Contents Introducing WCF and SOA Basics What's New in WCF 4 Exploring the WCF Programming Model Installing and Creating WCF Services Hosting and Consuming WCF Services Managing WCF Services Implementing WCF Security Implementing Reliable Messaging and Queue-Based Communications Using Transactions in WCF Integrating with COM+ Working with Data Developing Peer-to-Peer Applications with WCF Implementing SOA Interoperability Appendix: QuickReturns LtdNishith Pathak is a Microsoft "Most Valuable Professional" (MVP), reviewer, published Apress author, speaker, and Microsoft purist who has been working on the.NET platform since its early beta days. Nishith was born, raised, and educated in a town called Kotdwara in Uttaranchal, India. His expertise is in delivering enterprise solutions to Fortune 100 companies spanning the globe. He is a contributing author and an avid technical reviewer for multiple electronic and print publications. Over the years, he has also been involved in providing consultancy and training services to corporations. Nishith is a frequent speaker and conductor of webcasts for Microsoft India and user groups on various upcoming technologies. Currently, he is focused on key areas of the Microsoft platform, specifically distributed computing, service orientation, exploring Vista, and helping companies architect solutions based on service-oriented architecture (SOA). You can contact him at nispathak@hotmail.com and visit his blog at http://dotnetpathak.blogspot.com.