The .NET Endpoint
Blog by the .NET and AppFabric teams about WCF and WF development, deployment, and management
WCF and AppFabric Auto-Start
Auto-start is a really cool feature of Windows Server AppFabric. Recently I was asked about how you...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 12/09/2010
How to consume a WCF Service from a WF4 Workflow
Recently I saw a message on the WF4 Forum where someone was asking for help learning how to consume...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 12/08/2010
New WF4 Caching Activities for Windows Server AppFabric
I’m happy to announce that we have just posted a “Labs” release on our...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 12/07/2010
Streaming over HTTP with WCF
Recently I had a customer email me looking for information on how to send and receive large files...
Author: DotNetBlogger Date: 11/24/2010
Are you using WCF within your organization?
Do you use WCF within your organization either for internal apis for exposing services and...
Author: DotNetBlogger Date: 11/16/2010
Simplified Asynchronous Programming Model in WCF with async/await
Managing multiple asynchronous operations in WCF is currently very complex regardless of whether you...
Author: amadeoc Date: 11/12/2010
WCF WebHttp Service returns HTTP 415 “Unsupported Media Type”
When I was developing my demos for PDC10 I ran into a problem. I was using some new HTTP...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 11/01/2010
WCF Web APIs, HTTP your way
At PDC in my session “Building Web APIs for the Highly Connected Web” we announced WCF Web...
Author: DotNetBlogger Date: 11/01/2010
wcf.codeplex.com is now live
Over the last few weeks the WCF team has been working on a variety of new projects to improve WCF’s...
Author: DotNetBlogger Date: 10/29/2010
Taking HTTP support in WCF to the next level
If you are building for the web and the cloud, then you know that HTTP is important. WCF is no...
Author: DotNetBlogger Date: 10/25/2010
Want to Learn Windows Workflow Foundation (WF4)?
Here are some great resources to get you started. Intro the WF4 Hands On Lab Introduction to State...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 10/13/2010
endpoint.tv - WF4 / AppFabric Contoso HR Sample
Wondering what the big deal is about Workflow? Wondering how you can use it to support a long...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 10/08/2010
endpoint.tv - AppFabric Caching vs. IBM eXtreme Scale benchmark
Greg Leake has been at it again. He has emerged from his lab with the latest results of benchmark...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 10/07/2010
endpoint.tv - WF4 Activities, Callbacks and Event Handlers
Suppose you want to create a workflow that needs to wait on a CLR event or callback. In this episode...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 10/01/2010
WF4 Activities and Callbacks / Event Handlers
Recently David K contacted me through my blog and shared with me a solution that he came up with for...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 09/29/2010
endpoint.tv - Unit Testing Workflows
When we asked you what you wanted to see on endpoint.tv, one of the top three most requested topics...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 09/15/2010
endpoint.tv - The FlowChart Activity
In this episode, we discuss the FlowChart activity. Sure, it looks simple—and in fact it is....
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 09/08/2010
How to Unit Test WF4 Workflows
Recently I asked you to vote on topics you want to see on endpoint.tv. Coming in at #3 was this...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 09/07/2010
endpoint.tv - Workflow Services as a Batch Job
Sometimes you have work that you want to schedule for off-peak times or have happen on a recurring...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 09/01/2010
RESTing from MEF (or The MEF dealer is at REST)
Note: Reposted from post at blogs.msdn.com/gblock on 6/30/2010 Side note: I am having serious...
Author: DotNetBlogger Date: 08/24/2010
AppFabric WCF DataService (C#)
Today I’m happy to announce the availability of a new Feature Builder based template for...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 08/23/2010
endpoint.tv - Troubleshooting WCF - Bad Address on Client
Don't you hate it when things go wrong? Most of the time on endpoint.tv, I show you when everything...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 08/23/2010
endpoint.tv - Meet SO-Aware (Part 1)
SO-Aware is an exciting new tool you can use with your WCF Services. This is not just another UDDI...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 08/11/2010
endpoint.tv - Workflow Services Security Pack
Some of the big gaps with Workflow Services have been in the area of security. In this episode, we...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 08/09/2010
Using WF/WCF? Tell us about it!
Are you using WF/WCF in .NET 4? Would you like to help us improve WF/WCF in the next release? Would...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 08/06/2010
Silverlight HTML5 WebSocket client with an HTML bridge to Ajax/JavaScript
As part of our ongoing experimentation with the HTML5 WebSocket proposed standard for duplex...
Author: DotNetBlogger Date: 07/27/2010
endpoint.tv - Canonical REST Service
ca·non·i·cal [ kə nónnik'l ] conforming to general principles:...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 07/27/2010
endpoint.tv - Workflow and Custom Activities - Best Practices (Part 4)
In this episode, Windows Workflow Foundation team Program Manager Leon Welicki drops in to show us...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 07/23/2010
New Hands On Lab - Introduction to WF4
A couple of weeks ago I ran across a very interesting tool called Feature Builder. As I...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 07/21/2010
endpoint.tv - Workflow and Custom Activities - Best Practices (Part 3)
In this episode, Windows Workflow Foundation team Program Manager Leon Welicki drops in to show us...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 07/19/2010
WF4 Activities Best Practices
Lately on https://endpoint.tv we have been doing a series called WF4 Activities Best Practices with...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 07/17/2010
endpoint.tv - WF State Machine and ADO.NET Activity Packs
Are you missing the old WF 3.0 State Machine in .NET 4? Good news! The team has released some new...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 07/13/2010
Introducing the WF Security Pack CTP 1 on wf.codeplex.com
Today, we would like to announce the release of the WF Security Pack CTP 1 on...
Author: Dave Cliffe - MSFT Date: 06/30/2010
Help Make WCF Interop Even Better
Speaking of Interop, the .NET Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) team is planning its next set...
Author: KentBrown Date: 06/30/2010
New Web Services Interop site on MSDN
Interoperability has been a primary goal of the web services standards from the beginning. After...
Author: KentBrown Date: 06/30/2010
Make WCF Simpler
If there is one thing I hear from people over and over again it is this. Please make WCF...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 06/29/2010
endpoint.tv - Workflow Messaging Architecture with Dave Cliffe
In this episode, Dave Cliffe, Program Manager for Workflow Services, describes the architecture of...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 06/28/2010
endpoint.tv - Workflow and Custom Activities - Best Practices (Part 2)
In this episode, Windows Workflow Foundation team Program Manager Leon Welicki drops in to show us...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 06/25/2010
endpoint.tv - Workflow and Custom Activities - Best Practices (Part 1)
In this episode, Windows Workflow Foundation team Program Manager Leon Welicki drops in to show us...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 06/24/2010
New AppFabric Web Farm Guide
The focus of the AppFabric Web Farm guide is to assist you in properly installing and configuring...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 06/24/2010
endpoint.tv - Workflow in the Real World @ Red Prairie
Red Prairie is a software company building solutions for Workforce, Warehouse, and Transportation...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 06/21/2010
Windows Server AppFabric - Windows Server 2003 Distributed Cache Client
If you are looking for Windows Server AppFabric Distributed Cache Client for Windows Server 2003 at...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 06/21/2010
endpoint.tv - Windows Server AppFabric Domain Security
In this episode, Michael McKeown describes how the Windows Server AppFabric Security Model works in...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 06/20/2010
New Native Activity Item Templates for Visual Studio 2010
I’ve been creating a lot of Native Activities lately and to do it I would add a new item to my...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 06/20/2010
CancellationScope Activity Updated for .NET 4 RTM
Nearly a year ago I created a CancellationScope Activity sample and posted it on CodeGallery for...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 06/18/2010
endpoint.tv - How to Do API Key Verification with a WCF WebHttp (REST) Service
In .NET 3.5, we created the REST Starter Kit as a way to get you up and running with RESTful...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 06/17/2010
endpoint.tv - Windows Server AppFabric Local Security
In this episode, Michael McKeown describes the security model used in Windows Server AppFabric,...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 06/17/2010
How to do API Key Verification for WebHTTP (REST) Services in .NET 4
Recently somebody asked me about doing APIKey verification in .NET 4. Previously in .NET 3.5 we...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 06/14/2010
Monitoring WCF Data Service Exceptions with Windows Server AppFabric
After my previous post about how you can monitor service calls with AppFabric, several people asked...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 06/11/2010
Monitoring WCF Data Services with Windows Server AppFabric
WCF Data Services provides a very simple model driven way to expose data using REST and the OData...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 06/09/2010