Download or read book Microsoft Windows Communication Foundation written by Craig McMurtry and published by Sams Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 551 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Windows Communication Foundation (WCF--formerly codename Indigo) ties together previously separate Microsoft connectivity technologies (Web Services, MSMQ, COM+, .NET Remoting, etc.) into a single programming model. WCF is part of the WinFX platform that is essentially the Windows Programming SDK that will ship with Windows Vista. This title addresses an unmet need in the marketplace as there are no books, or much documentation at all, of the post-Beta 1 WCF programming model and therefore brings developers the information they need to be prepared to work with this technology upon its release. The reader will gain a comprehensive understanding of how to apply the Windows Communication Foundation to almost any distributed computing problem, from enterprise scale to peer-to-peer. Most importantly, after reading the book and working through the examples, they will actually have considerable experience using WCF, because the book and accompanying CD take the reader through the steps of actually building Windows Communication Foundation solutions.