The .NET Endpoint
Blog by the .NET and AppFabric teams about WCF and WF development, deployment, and management
Windows Server AppFabric now Generally Available
We are thrilled to announce the final availability of Windows Server AppFabric! As announced today...
Author: Cliff Simpkins Date: 06/07/2010
endpoint.tv - Activity Designers and Designer Rehosting with Kushal Shah
Windows Workflow Foundation in .Net 4 (WF4) makes it possible for you to build custom activity...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 06/04/2010
endpoint.tv - Windows Server AppFabric - Server Farm Setup
You asked for it...here it is. In this episode, Byron Tardif is back to explain how you can setup...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 06/02/2010
Updated WCF samples for Azure
Our samples over at https://code.msdn.com/wcfazure had gotten pretty stale, so I just put out an...
Author: DotNetBlogger Date: 05/26/2010
Now available!: Windows Server AppFabric RC and BizTalk Server 2010 beta
Several weeks ago, I told you about our upcoming Application Infrastructure Virtual Launch event....
Author: Cliff Simpkins Date: 05/20/2010
endpoint.tv - Troubleshooting with AppFabric
Troubleshooting applications in production is always a challenge. With AppFabric monitoring your...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 05/03/2010
AppFabric Virtual Launch on May 20th – Save the Date
To close out the month of April, I’m happy to share news of the event that the group will be...
Author: Cliff Simpkins Date: 04/30/2010
endpoint.tv - Ten Tips for Troubleshooting with the Windows Server AppFabric Dashboard
When you write the product documentation you learn all kinds of cool inside tips about how to use...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 04/30/2010
endpoint.tv - Workflow Services with Dave Cliffe
Windows Workflow in .NET 4 (WF4) includes a new set of messaging activities to help you build web...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 04/30/2010
Windows Server AppFabric Beta 2 Refresh for Visual Studio 2010/.NET 4 RTM
Today we are pleased to announce a Beta 2 Refresh for Windows Server AppFabric. This build supports...
Author: DotNetBlogger Date: 04/26/2010
endpoint.tv - Windows Server AppFabric - Configuring Monitoring Data
Windows Server AppFabric has extensive monitoring capabilities, which go beyond simply writing...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 04/22/2010
WF4 Activity Pack CTP1 Available (State Machine, Database)
I’m happy to announce that the WF4 Activity Pack CTP1 is now available for download. This...
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 04/21/2010
endpoint.tv – Developing Services with IIS/Windows Server AppFabric
To those nearly 5000 people who tried to watch this video today… sorry. I forgot to publish...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 04/19/2010
How to Create a Workflow Service using a Flowchart
If you love Flowcharts as I do you might have wondered if it is possible to create a Workflow...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 04/16/2010
Developing Web Services on IIS with Windows Server AppFabric
While Windows Server AppFabric is a great addition to your server to production management...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 04/14/2010
Today on https://endpoint.tv – Windows Server AppFabric Dashboard Overview
Windows Server AppFabric has this great new Dashboard that gives you insight into what is happening...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 04/09/2010
Windows Server AppFabric Architecture
A long time ago, applications running on Windows Server were simply EXEs, where developers wrote a...
Author: adamab Date: 03/24/2010
WCF custom channels survey
Hi all,Many of you love the extensibility of the channel model but have commented that writing...
Author: piyushjo Date: 03/24/2010
New CTP Available for Download: WF Migration Kit
Happy Monday! It’s an exciting time here as we start ramping up for launch next month. Within the...
Author: Cliff Simpkins Date: 03/08/2010
Windows Server AppFabric Beta 2 is Available!
We are excited to announce that the Beta 2 release of Windows Server AppFabric is now available for...
Author: adamab Date: 03/01/2010
Conditional GET and ETag Support in WCF WebHttp Services
This is part ten of a twelve part series that introduces the features of WCF WebHttp Services in...
Author: DotNetBlogger Date: 02/25/2010
Providing WCF and WF Feedback to Microsoft
Perhaps known to a smaller portion of general community of WCF developers and WF developers, there...
Author: Cliff Simpkins Date: 02/19/2010
Creating Views in WCF WebHttp Service with T4
This is part nine of a twelve part series that introduces the features of WCF WebHttp Services in...
Author: DotNetBlogger Date: 02/15/2010
RC docs are live!
The Visual Studio 2010 RC and .NET Framework 4.0 RC went live this week to MSDN subscribers. Our UE...
Author: Kavita Kamani - MSFT Date: 02/12/2010
WF4 runtime performance
Welcome to the first in a series of blog posts on WF4 performance. In this post, we will discuss the...
Author: DotNetBlogger Date: 02/10/2010
Discover a New WCF with Discovery!
Juval Lowy has a great article in the January 2010 issue of MSDN Magazine: Discover a New WCF with...
Author: KentBrown Date: 02/10/2010
4.0 Beta2 to RC/RTM WCF/WF List of Breaking changes
This list covers known breaking changes between 4.0 Beta2 and RC/RTM WCF & WF Framework. Summary...
Author: kmouss Date: 02/10/2010
WCF Rocks!
About a month ago, Ed Pinto and I did an interview with the .NET Rocks guys on What is new in WCF...
Author: KentBrown Date: 02/03/2010
Integrating ASP.NET Output Caching with WCF WebHttp Services
This is part seven of a twelve part series that introduces the features of WCF WebHttp Services in...
Author: DotNetBlogger Date: 01/28/2010
Using Routes to Compose WCF WebHttp Services
This is part six of a twelve part series that introduces the features of WCF WebHttp Services in...
Author: DotNetBlogger Date: 01/25/2010
Workflow Persistence in the Windows Server AppFabric
What does the persistence subsystem do? The persistence subsystem is responsible for making a...
Author: adamab Date: 01/21/2010
Error Handling in WCF WebHttp Services with WebFaultException
This is part five of a twelve part series that introduces the features of WCF WebHttp Services in...
Author: DotNetBlogger Date: 01/21/2010
Automatic and Explicit Format Selection in WCF WebHttp Services
This is part four of a twelve part series that introduces the features of WCF WebHttp Services in...
Author: DotNetBlogger Date: 01/18/2010
Updating State in WCF WebHttp Services
This is part three of a twelve part series that introduces the features of WCF WebHttp Services in...
Author: DotNetBlogger Date: 01/14/2010
New Beta 2 docs posted in the WF Migration series
Welcome to 2010! Over the past week, we posted four new documents into the WF4 Migration Guidance...
Author: Cliff Simpkins Date: 01/11/2010
Monitoring and troubleshooting with .NET 4 and Windows Server AppFabric
By now you may have read about the exciting new capabilities in Windows Server AppFabric. In this...
Author: adamab Date: 01/11/2010
Clients and the Automatic Help Page in WCF WebHttp Services
This is part two of a twelve part series that introduces the features of WCF WebHttp Services in...
Author: DotNetBlogger Date: 01/11/2010
New Year’s Resolution Suggestion: Learn WCF
Come on, admit it. You’ve been thinking for months that it’s time to take the dive and learn...
Author: KentBrown Date: 01/11/2010
Getting Started with WCF WebHttp Services in .NET 4
This is part one of a twelve part series that introduces the features of WCF WebHttp Services in...
Author: DotNetBlogger Date: 01/07/2010
Introducing WCF WebHttp Services in .NET 4
Over the next six weeks we are going to be releasing a series of blog posts that will focus on the...
Author: DotNetBlogger Date: 01/06/2010
What’s a Correlation and why do I want to Initialize it?
In .NET 4.0, we have introduced a framework for correlation. What do I mean by...
Author: Dave Cliffe - MSFT Date: 01/04/2010
WCF, Data Services and RIA Services Alignment Questions and Answers
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) is the heart of the Microsoft Developer story around...
Author: DotNetBlogger Date: 01/04/2010
Hosting Enhancements in .NET4 and Windows Server AppFabric
This blog post drills down on the various hosting capabilities of WCF and WF in .NET 4 and for...
Author: adamab Date: 12/08/2009
Getting started with Windows Server AppFabric
In a previous post we introduced Windows Server AppFabric, a set of extensions to the Windows...
Author: adamab Date: 11/30/2009
WCF Interoperability Highlighted at PDC and ApacheCon
At PDC this week we had a booth to showcase the interoperability that WCF gives you through its...
Author: KentBrown Date: 11/20/2009
Claims-based security with Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) and WCF
There is a great article in MSDN Magazine this month by Michele Bustamante on using WIF to implement...
Author: KentBrown Date: 11/20/2009
The WCF services ecosystem
At PDC, Microsoft announced the rebranding of ADO.NET Data Services as WCF Data Services and of .NET...
Author: DotNetBlogger Date: 11/18/2009
New Web Services features in Silverlight 4 Beta
Cross-posted from the Silverlight Web Services Team Blog. This morning at PDC ’09 ScottGu just...
Author: DotNetBlogger Date: 11/18/2009