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Using WCF Callback Services Throttling
Updated: 2 Sep 2008
When using callbacks with transient subscribers, you must leave the channel open. This is how to manage and use service throttling to open up your service to more than 10 subscribers.
C#, WCF, Architect, Dev
 
Cameron Hanchey 5.00
Using WCF in .NET Compact Framework
Updated: 14 Jun 2009
This article will show you how to create a proxy client to the WCF web service from PDA device.
C# (C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0), XML, Windows (Vista, Win2008), WinMobile (PocketPC-2002, WinMobile2003, WinMobile5, WinMobile6), .NETCF, .NET (.NET2.0, .NET3.0, .NET3.5), Win32, IIS (IIS6, IIS7), Visual-Studio (VS2005, VS2008), WCF, LINQ, Architect, Dev, SysAdmin, WinForm, EF
 
asprodotru 5.00
Extending WCF Part I
Updated: 7 Nov 2009
An article on using external configuration file at WCF client
C# (C#3.0), Windows (WinXP, Vista), .NET (.NET3.5), WCF, WPF, Dev
 
Mosfiqur Rahman 5.00
Routing Manager for WCF4
Updated: 29 Apr 2010
This article describes a design, implementation and usage of the Custom Routing Manager for managing messages via Routing Service built-in .Net 4 Technology.
C# (C#4.0), .NET, Win32, WCF, AppFabric, Architect, Dev, Design, .NET4
 
Roman Kiss 5.00
A Better Way for a Client to Work with WCF Services
Updated: 8 Nov 2010
A component which allows to work with WCF services in a robust way
C#, Windows, .NET (.NET2.0, .NET3.0, .NET3.5), .NET4
 
JP van Mackelenbergh 5.00
Integrate Validation Block with WCF
Updated: 23 Sep 2011
Introduces how to integrate and use the validation block features in Microsoft Enterprise Library 5.0 with WCF.
C#, WCF, Dev
 
Ercan Anlama 5.00
LoggingBehavior - How to Connect Log-prints with the WCF Operation's Details, using a Simple Behavior
Updated: 27 Sep 2011
In this article, I explain, step by step, how we can use a WCF behavior for logging operation's invoke and result, errors, warnings and information logs that include the operation's details.
C# (C#3.0), Windows, WCF
 
Shmuel Zang 5.00
Developing WCF Restful Services with GET and POST Methods
Updated: 30 Oct 2011
How to create WCF REST based service
C#, XML, WCF, REST
 
Bangla Gopal Surya 5.00
Reusing WCF Service Across Several Applications using Different Bindings
Updated: 21 Dec 2011
Reusing WCF service across several applications using different bindings
WCF
 
Kausik J. Nag 5.00
Introducing the Composite Data Service Framework
Updated: 27 Nov 2011
Use a single Data Service to expose data from many sources with the Composite Data Service Framework!
C#, Windows, WCF, Dev
 
Dave Kerr 5.00
WCF Service Method Level Security using Message Contract
Updated: 23 Jan 2012
This article illustrates how to implement security for a service method, in the context of custom authentication, confidentiality and integrity, using Message Contract.
C#, WCF
 
Kausik J. Nag 5.00
MSMQ Outgoing Queue Mover
Updated: 28 Jan 2012
How to move a wcf msmq message from an outgoing queue to another outgoing queue.
C#, Windows, WCF, Dev, MSMQ
 
Gil.Schmidt 5.00
Maintain Http Session State in WCF REST Services with HttpWebRequest
Updated: 2 Feb 2012
This article demonstrates how to maintain "Http Session State" in "WCF" "REST" Services when consumed from desktop applications using the "HttpWebRequest" object.
C#, .NET, WCF, Architect, Dev
 
Dr. Song Li 5.00
Migrating ASMX Services to WCF Services
Updated: 17 Jan 2012
Creating a WCF Service to replace existing ASMX Services.
C#, WCF, Architect, Dev
 
Sarafian 5.00
Building and Testing WCF RESTful services
Updated: 12 Mar 2012
Building and Testing WCF RESTful services
WCF, LINQ
 
Manjunath Shrikantiah 5.00
WCF Backward Compatibility and Versioning Strategies – Part 2
Updated: 13 Mar 2012
WCF’s behavior in different cases of versioning Data Contracts.
C#, WCF, Dev
 
Kausik J. Nag 5.00
Message Queue Counting Comparisions
Updated: 14 Mar 2012
Comparing the different methods of counting messages on a MSMQ
C#, Dev, MSMQ
 
Bruce Bennett 5.00
RestFul WCF JSON Service with client and on Mozilla Firefox –REST Client
Updated: 18 May 2012
WCF REStful service -with GET, PUT, POST and DELETE Method and testing on Mozilla Firefox –REST Client
C#, .NET, ASP.NET, Dev
 
thawait.himanshu 5.00
RESTful WCF / EF POCO / Unit of Work / Repository / MEF: 1 of 2
Updated: 19 Apr 2012
A look at designing a service layer using good practices, and the MSFT technology stack.
C# (C#4.0), .NET (.NET3.5), ASP.NET, SQL-Server (SQL2005, SQL2008), Visual-Studio (VS2010), WCF, WPF, Ajax, LINQ, Dev, Web-Development, WinForm
 
Sacha Barber 4.99
A first look at the Windows Web Services API
Updated: 27 Jul 2009
The article shows how to interop between a WCF service and a WWS client, and also how to rewrite the WCF service in WWS retaining compatibility with existing WCF clients.
C++ (VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0), C, C#, Windows (WinXP, Win2003, Vista, Win2008, Win7), .NET, Win32, Visual-Studio (VS2008, VS2010), WCF, CEO, Architect, Dev, QA, Design
 
Nish Sivakumar 4.97
WCF over Twitter
Updated: 20 Sep 2009
How to code a TransportBindingElement.
C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0, .NET, WCF, Dev
 
Nicolas Dorier 4.97
How to create scalable services with WCF 4.0 Router and Discovery services
Updated: 21 Mar 2011
This article shows how to make a service scale beyond one machine, and use load-balancing and fault tolerance with WCF Router and WCF Discovery.
C#, XML, WCF, Dev
 
mikeperetz 4.97
Simple Real-Time Ticker Using C# / NET / WCF / WPF
Updated: 1 Oct 2008
This article is a basic working sample of using WCF and WPF to publish real-time data.
C# (C#3.0), .NET (.NET3.5), WCF, Dev
 
Carlos A Alvarez 4.97
Stateful Web Services using WCF leveraging ASP.NET infrastructure with BasicHttpBinding
Updated: 20 Jul 2010
This article explains how to manage state in Web Services using WCF by leveraging ASP.NET infrastructure with BasicHttpBinding.
XML, C#4.0, Windows, ASP.NET, WCF, Dev
 
AmbarRay 4.96
WS-Discovery for WCF
Updated: 27 Nov 2008
This article describes the design, implementation, and usage of WS-Discovery for Windows Communication Foundation (WCF).
C#, .NET (.NET3.0, .NET3.5), WCF, Architect, Dev
 
Claudio Masieri 4.96
Automating Windows Applications Using the WCF Equipped Injected Component
Updated: 15 Nov 2010
A .NET WCF equipped component injected into automated process allows both local and remote clients to control the process and get its asynchronous events.
C#, Windows, .NET3.0, VS2005, Dev
 
Igor Ladnik 4.96
Extending WCF - Part II
Updated: 21 Jan 2010
An article on using compression/decompression of WCF data
C# (C#3.0), Windows (WinXP, Vista), .NET (.NET3.5), WCF, WPF, Dev
 
Mosfiqur Rahman 4.96
WCF: Duplex MSMQ
Updated: 3 Sep 2009
How to use duplex communication over MSMQ bindings.
C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0, WCF, Dev
 
Nicolas Dorier 4.95
WCF .NET 4.0 Console Hosted Json Rest Secure HTTP Web Service with Authentication and Roles
Updated: 7 Dec 2011
A RESTful web service using the newest .NET platform features including automatic serialization/deserialization of complex types.
C#, Windows, WCF, Architect, Dev, Encryption, Decryption, Web-Development, JSON, REST, ssl
 
jeremylei 4.95
A simple POC using ASP.NET Web API, Entity Framework, Autofac, Cross Domain Support
Updated: 20 Mar 2012
The purpose of this article is to create a proof of concept to demonstrate the feasibility of ASP.NET Web API Beta Version.
C# (C#4.0), Javascript, CSS, SQL, HTML, Windows, WinMobile, .NET, ASP.NET, IIS (IIS7), ADO.NET, WCF, Ajax, MVC, jQuery, Architect, Dev, Design
 
Anand Ranjan Pandey 4.95
WCF / WPF Chat Application
Updated: 22 Jul 2011
How to create a peer-to-peer chat application using Windows Communication Foundation
C#3.0, Windows, .NET3.0, WCF, VS2005, Dev
 
Sacha Barber 4.94
WCF Service Behavior Example: IPFilter - Allow/Deny Access by IP Address
Updated: 15 Jun 2009
WCF Service Behavior Example: IPFilter - Allow/Deny Access by IP Address
C# (C#3.0), .NET (.NET3.5), WCF, Dev
 
Ziad Elmalki 4.94
WCF Throttling
Updated: 13 Feb 2009
WCF thottling is about more than just the throttling options.
XML, C#3.0, .NET3.0, WCF, Dev
 
anarchistic 4.94
Three ways to do WCF instance management
Updated: 8 Jun 2010
Three ways to do WCF instance management (Per call, Per session, and Single).
C#, WCF, Dev
 
Shivprasad koirala 4.94
WCF TCP-based File Server
Updated: 2 Mar 2009
Shows you how to implement a remote file repository using WCF.
C#, Windows, .NET3.0, .NET3.5, WCF, Architect, Dev
 
StevenHobbs 4.93
Developing Widgets with ASP.NET, WCF, and jQuery
Updated: 4 Aug 2009
The article demonstrates how to use ASP.NET, jQuery, and WCF to develop widgets - portable chunks of code that can be embedded into other HTML pages.
Javascript, XML, C#3.0, Windows, .NET3.0, ASP.NET, WCF, Architect, Dev
 
Kirill Balandin 4.93
Push Messages in RESTful WCF Web Application with Comet Approach
Updated: 25 Apr 2011
The article discusses a RESTful WCF based mechanism for server-to-client asynchronous (Push) notifications in web applications. Execution of WCF service notification method is suspended until either server event or timeout lapse.
C#4.0, .NET, Win7, WCF, Dev, REST, Comet, Push, Message
 
Igor Ladnik 4.93
Generic WCF Service Host and Client
Updated: 13 May 2010
A generic WCF Windows Service host and client with minimal configuration, with asynchronous support.
C#, Windows, WCF, Dev
 
Tyler Jensen 4.93
NullTransport for WCF
Updated: 1 Oct 2007
This article describes design, implementation and the usage of the custom in-process transport for Microsoft Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) model.
XML, C#2.0, C#3.0, WinXP, Vista, .NET3.0, WCF, VS2005, Dev
 
Roman Kiss 4.93
Sample Starter Project Using WCF and MSMQ
Updated: 4 Jan 2009
This project is provided as a starter application to get you started with WCF and MSMQ. It uses MsmqIntegrationBinding. The sample messages borrow their structure from the Northwind database, but that database is not a requirement.
C#3.0, .NET (.NET3.5), WinXP, Visual-Studio (VS2008), WCF, Dev
 
kannankeril 4.92
Implementing a Basic Hello World WCF Service
Updated: 28 Jul 2010
Manually implement a basic WCF Service from scratch, step by step, with clear instructions and precise screen snapshots.
C#3.0, C#4.0, .NET3.5, WCF, Dev, .NET4, WebService
 
Mike_Liu 4.92
WCF Client Server Application with Custom Authentication, Authorization, Encryption and Compression – Part 2
Updated: 23 Mar 2011
HTTP - No IIS; Authentication - No SSL/X509 Certificate; Encryption - RSA+AES for Request, AES for Response; Compression - GZip for both Request/Response.
C# (C#4.0), XML, Windows, .NET, WCF, Dev, Design
 
Alexandru Lungu 4.91
WCF 4.0 Service Discovery - Adding the Binding to the Discovery
Updated: 2 Jul 2010
How to include binding information into WCF 4.0 Discovery
C#, .NET, WCF
 
mikeperetz 4.91
WCF: Duplex Operations and UI Threads
Updated: 20 Feb 2007
This article examines how duplex operations are implemented in WCF as well as some of the issues that may arise when dealing with UI threads.
C#2.0, Windows, .NET3.0, VS2005, Dev
 
jeff.barnes 4.90
Implementing a WCF Service with Entity Framework
Updated: 15 Nov 2010
Implement a simple WCF Service using Entity Framework as the backend ORM.
C#4.0, WCF, LINQ, VS2010, Dev, .NET4, EF
 
Mike_Liu 4.90
WS-Eventing for WCF (Indigo)
Updated: 4 Jun 2007
This article describes the design, implementation and usage of the WS-Eventing for distributed applications driven by new MS communication model WCF (Windows Communication Foundation)
C#, XML, Windows, .NET3.0, WCF, VS2005, Dev
 
Roman Kiss 4.90
Progress Indication while Uploading/Downloading Files using WCF
Updated: 4 Feb 2009
This article examines the implementation of upload and download functionality with progress indication (progress bar feature) using Windows Communication Foundation.
C#, VB, Windows, .NET, Visual-Studio, WCF, Dev
 
Dimitris Papadimitriou 4.89
RESTful proxy-less WCF clients for .NET, .NET Compact Framework, and Silverlight
Updated: 7 Feb 2010
Sample WCF clients for three different platforms with no code duplication and no generated proxies.
C#, Windows, WinMobile, .NETCF, .NET (.NET3.5), WCF, Silverlight, Dev
 
Paul B. 4.89
Windows Vista aware NT Service interacting with the desktop
Updated: 27 Mar 2007
How to build Windows Vista aware Windows NT Service which can interact with the user
C#, Windows, .NET2.0, .NET3.0, Visual-Studio, Dev, WinForm
 
Stefan Repas 4.89
WCF FAQ: Part 3 – 10 security related FAQ
Updated: 3 Jun 2010
Ten security related FAQ.
C#, Visual-Studio, WCF, Dev
 
Shivprasad koirala 4.89
WCF Client Server Application with Custom Authentication, Authorization, Encryption and Compression - Part 1
Updated: 22 Mar 2011
HTTP - No IIS; Authentication - No SSL/X509 Certificate; Encryption - RSA+AES for Request, AES for Response; Compression - GZip for both Request/Response
C# (C#4.0), XML, Windows, .NET, WCF, Dev, Design
 
Alexandru Lungu 4.89
Simple Web Service using WCF (Windows Communication Framework)
Updated: 2 Jan 2007
This article shows you how easy it is to set up a web service using Windows Communication Framework.
Windows, Visual-Studio, WCF, Dev
 
Mark Pryce-Maher 4.89
Fault Resilience Support in Publish/Subscribe Paradigm using WCF and Socket Programming
Updated: 13 Sep 2008
Implementation of Fault Resilience support in publish/subscribe paradigm
C# (C#3.0), .NET (.NET3.5), Dev
 
Razan Paul (Raju) 4.89
Custom Authorization in WCF
Updated: 4 Mar 2009
This article will show you how to implement custom authentication
C#, WinXP, WCF, Dev
 
vietanh154 4.88
Implementing 5 important principles of REST using WCF Services
Updated: 15 Nov 2011
This article will explain about 5 important principles of REST using WCF Services.
C# (C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0, C#4.0), .NET (.NET3.0, .NET3.5), WCF, Architect, Dev, C#3.5
 
Shivprasad koirala 4.88
All you need to know about .NET Remoting
Updated: 6 Oct 2008
.NET Remoting is available since beginning of .NET intoduction. It’s time to get to know it well eventually. I hope this topic will help you with this.
C# (C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0), .NET (.NET1.1, .NET2.0, .NET3.0, .NET3.5), Dev, Design
 
onxonx 4.88
Truly Understanding .NET Transactions and WCF Implementation
Updated: 6 Apr 2009
Explains the architecture behind .NET transactions and WCF implementation.
C#, .NET, WCF, Architect, Dev
 
mohamad halabi 4.88
WCF Service Library with Windows Service Hosting
Updated: 15 Jul 2009
Using this application as sample anybody can design their applications in n-tier model using WCF
C#, WCF, Dev
 
Nagaraju Bende 4.88
Nine simple steps to enable X.509 certificates on WCF
Updated: 24 May 2009
Nine simple steps to enable X.509 certificates on WCF.
C#, .NET, ASP.NET, SQL-Server, Visual-Studio, WCF, Dev
 
Shivprasad koirala 4.88
Exporting Annotations from WCF
Updated: 7 Oct 2008
This article describes the design and implementation of the WCF extension for exporting the wsdl documentation and schema annotation.
C#3.0, .NET3.0, .NET3.5, WCF, Dev
 
Roman Kiss 4.87
Integrating WCF Services into UDDI based enterprise SOA
Updated: 27 Jan 2009
Shows how to integrate WCF services into a UDDI based SOA. This includes the discovery of WCF services at runtime and the runtime configuration of the client.
C#, Windows, WCF, Architect, Dev
 
Tobias Manthey 4.87
Concurrency Control of WCF Service with Entity Framework
Updated: 6 Mar 2011
Implement a WCF service with Entity Framework that supports concurrent updates.
C#3.0, C#4.0, .NET3.0, .NET3.5, WCF, LINQ, Dev, EF
 
Mike_Liu 4.87
Unique Authentication using Magic of HTML5 and WCF
Updated: 8 Mar 2012
Unique Authentication using magic of HTML5 and WCF
HTML, WCF, Dev
 
maq_rohit 4.86
How to Build Flexible and Reusable WCF Services
Updated: 23 Jan 2012
Design Patterns and best practices for building flexible and reusable WCF services.
C#, XML, .NET, ASP.NET, WCF, WPF, Silverlight, Architect, Dev, Design
 
Xomega Team 4.86
WCF Sessions - Brief Introduction
Updated: 13 Apr 2012
Brief information about WCF sessions
C# (C#3.0, C#4.0), WCF
 
Saurabh Singh Gangwar 4.86
WCF Concurrency (Single, Multiple, and Reentrant) and Throttling
Updated: 1 Mar 2012
An article on WCF concurrency and throttling.
C#, WCF, Dev
 
Shivprasad koirala 4.85
WS-Enumeration for WCF/WF
Updated: 4 Feb 2011
In this article, I describe the design and implementation of a WS-Enumeration for WCF.
C#, .NET3.5, WCF, Dev, WF, MVVM
 
Sam Safonov 4.85
How To Receive Oracle Database Change Notification using WCF SOA Technology with netTCPBinding, netNamedPipeBinding and wsdualHTTPBinding
Updated: 6 Mar 2009
WCF Oracle Database Change Notification Application
C#3.0, Windows, .NET3.0, .NET3.5, Oracle, VS2008, Architect, Dev, Design
 
kamran anwar (Software Engineer) 4.85
How to Call WCF Services Synchronously and Asynchronously
Updated: 16 Jul 2010
This article is an example to show you how to call WCF services synchronously as well as asynchronously.
C#, XML, .NET, WCF, XAML, WPF, Architect, Dev
 
Dr. Song Li 4.85
Integrating WCF Services
Updated: 24 Apr 2008
This article describes how WCF services can be loaded on-the-fly (without prior knowledge of the services’ contracts), setting its parameters and sequencing their invocation.
C# (C#3.0), Windows, Win32, Visual-Studio (VS2005), WCF, Architect, Dev, Design, WinForm
 
Ben Liew 4.84
MyFeedReader - A simple feed reader using ASP.NET 3.5, LINQ, WCF Syndication API and AJAX
Updated: 27 Dec 2007
An article on creating quick and powerful applications using the new technologies introduced with .NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008
VB, .NET (.NET3.5), ASP.NET, Visual-Studio (VS2008), Ajax, LINQ, Dev, EF
 
Emad Ibrahim 4.84
WCF Duplex, SMS, a WebServer and a Windows Client (and a couple of other things)
Updated: 15 Jun 2009
Sending and receiving text messages from a Windows client
C# (C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0), Windows, WCF, Dev
 
Dary Hint 4.83
Difference between BasicHttpBinding and WsHttpBinding
Updated: 12 May 2009
Difference between BasicHttpBinding and WsHttpBinding
C# (C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0, C#4.0), .NET (.NET1.0, .NET1.1, .NET2.0, .NET3.0, .NET3.5), ASP.NET, Visual-Studio (VS.NET2003, VS2005, VS2008), ADO.NET, WCF, Architect, .NET4
 
Shivprasad koirala 4.83
Eight steps to enable Windows authentication on WCF BasicHttpBinding
Updated: 9 May 2009
Eight basic steps by which we can enable Windows authentication security on BasicHttpBinding.
C#, SQL, .NET, ASP.NET, SQL-Server, WCF, VS.NET2003, VS2005, VS2008, Architect, Dev, .NET4
 
Shivprasad koirala 4.83
Event-Driven Communication Foundation
Updated: 21 Sep 2007
This article describes how to add event-driven behavior to WCF applications.
C#, Vista, .NET3.0, Visual-Studio, WCF, Dev
 
Sergey Tkachev 4.83
A Quick and Dirty WCF Service and Client (Using WCF and Winforms)
Updated: 14 May 2007
An example of how to use Windows Communication Foundation services.
C#3.0, WinXP, Vista, .NET3.0, WCF, VS2005, Dev, WinForm
 
Jason Henderson 4.82
Reliable Multicast with PGM and WCF
Updated: 1 Mar 2010
PGM is a transport layer protocol which interfaces directly with network layer using raw sockets. In this article, we will see how to implement a reliable multicast with PGM and WCF.
C++, WCF, Dev
 
Roman Ginzburg 4.82
Communication options with WCF - Part 3
Updated: 26 Jul 2006
Communication Options with WCF-Part 3
C#, Windows, .NET3.0, Visual-Studio, WCF, Dev
 
Al Alberto 4.81
Dependency Injection and Windows Communication Foundation
Updated: 7 Sep 2011
This article shows an alternative approach to enable Dependency Injection when working with WCF services.
C#, WCF, Dev
 
seesharper 4.81
CREATE RESTful WCF Service API Using POST: Step By Step Guide
Updated: 25 May 2011
This article will help you to create RESTful WCF POST API. I have given Client and Server example which is really easy to understand.
C#, .NET (.NET3.5), ASP.NET, WCF, WebService
 
ashutosh k. shukla 4.81
Communication options with WCF - Part 2
Updated: 20 Jul 2006
An article on communication options with WCF - part 2.
C#, XML, Windows, .NET3.0, WCF, VS2005, Dev
 
Al Alberto 4.80
WS-Transfer for WCF (Indigo)
Updated: 11 Jul 2006
The article describes the design, implementation, and usage of WS-Transfer for Indigo-driven applications.
C#, XML, .NET2.0, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, WCF, VS2005, Architect, Dev
 
Roman Kiss 4.79
Service Bus Architecture based on WCF (3): Build your ESB
Updated: 10 Feb 2011
Service Bus Architecture based on WCF (3): build your ESB
C#, .NET, WCF
 
WillCaptain 4.79
Microsoft Robotics Studio (MSRS) and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Work Together
Updated: 20 Oct 2006
A sample of collaboration between MSRS service and WinForm application by means of WCF services.
C++, C#, VB, WinXP, Win2003, .NET3.0, VS2005, Dev
 
Igor Ladnik 4.78
CompactMessageEncoder
Updated: 4 Sep 2007
The CompactMessageEncoder compresses messages transparently on the communication channel. Hence, lowers the network usage.
C#, Windows, .NET3.0, WCF, VS2005, Dev
 
Ami Bar 4.78
WCF Streaming: Upload/Download Files Over HTTP
Updated: 9 Mar 2011
A sample for uploading/downloading large files from a browser to a WCF service via a web server.
C#, XML, .NET, WCF, Dev
 
KishoreT 4.78
Communication options with WCF - Part 1
Updated: 11 Jul 2006
Communication options with WCF - Part 1.
C#, Vista, .NET3.0, Visual-Studio, WCF, Dev
 
Al Alberto 4.77
Restful Crud Operation on a WCF Service
Updated: 3 Oct 2010
In this article, I have introduced how easily you can create a RESTful service in WCF
C#, WCF
 
Abhishek Sur 4.77
Host your WCF service with multiple host environment using multiple protocol
Updated: 15 Dec 2008
Exploring multiple hosting environment for WCF service
C#, .NET3.0, IIS (IIS6, IIS7), Visual-Studio (VS2008), WCF, Architect, Dev, QA
 
Faris Y. Elias SHOMOU 4.77
WCF by Example - Chapter XII - WCF Implementation
Updated: 18 Dec 2010
In-proc WCF testing, dynamic client proxies, WCF Request context extension, and WCF client async commands.
C#3.0, C#4.0, .NET3.5, WCF, XAML, SQL2005, IIS7, VS2008, SQL2008, VS2010, Dev, .NET4
 
Enrique Albert 4.76
Scalable Asynchronous Duplex Communication Between WPF and WCF
Updated: 4 Sep 2011
Scalable duplex communication between WPF and WCF.
C#4.0, .NET3.5, Win2008, WCF, WPF, Architect, Dev
 
Bert ONeill 4.76
Create and Consume RESTFul Service in .NET Framework 4.0
Updated: 23 Mar 2012
Explains the basics of REST services and create & consume RESTful service in ASP.NET
C#, ASP.NET, Visual-Studio (VS2010), WCF, REST
 
Arthanarieaswaran 4.76
WCF Proxy Manager - Going Configless
Updated: 17 Apr 2012
Making WCF Config Lite, easy for developers, and durable ... yup durable without ping.
C#3.0, C#4.0, .NET3.0, .NET3.5, WCF, Dev
 
K.C. Jones 4.75
Wcf Client Server Push using MSMQ
Updated: 8 Feb 2011
Client Server internal push technology using MSMQ and WCF
C# (C#3.0, C#4.0), .NET, WCF, Dev, Design, WebService
 
Gil Zhaiek 4.75
Many to One Local IPC using WCF and NetNamedPipeBinding
Updated: 8 Mar 2010
I needed to talk between one server process and multiple client processes, this was a simple test harness to prove it
C#, Windows, WCF, Dev
 
Lance Roberts 4.75
Publishing RSS and ATOM Feeds using WCF 3.5 Syndication Libraries
Updated: 5 Feb 2008
This article focuses on using the WCF 3.5 libraries namely System.ServiceModel.Syndication namespace to create and publish an RSS and Atom feed from the same code base.
C# (C#3.0), Windows, .NET, WCF, Architect, Dev, Design
 
Adnan Masood 4.74
Windows Communication Foundation and RESTful Web Services Primer
Updated: 17 Feb 2010
Learn how to create and debug RESTful Web Services, and use streams and feeds.
C#3.0, C#4.0, .NET3.5, WCF, Ajax, jQuery, Architect, Dev, .NET4
 
Kurt Evenepoel 4.74
A Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Overview
Updated: 18 Sep 2008
This article talks about the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and how to consume it in applications. It describes the WCF model, and is a quick introduction for beginners.
C#, Windows, .NET3.0, .NET3.5, ASP.NET, IIS, WCF, VS2008, Architect, Dev
 
Deepthi Viswanathan Nair 4.74
WCF: The Right Way. A Quick Reference Guide
Updated: 3 Oct 2010
A developer workflow of the manual way of creating and consuming WCF Services developed by Miguel Castro
C#, Windows, WCF, Architect, Dev, QA, Design
 
Nic_Roche 4.72
Array instead of List in WCF
Updated: 28 Nov 2009
This article describes the differences between using arrays and generic lists in WCF.
XML, C#2.0, C#3.0, C#4.0, .NET (.NET3.0, .NET3.5), WCF, Dev, .NET4
 
asprodotru 4.71
Focus on the Extension of WCF Behavior
Updated: 10 Jun 2009
WCF provides a flexible and extensible architecture for the developer. The most common situation is to customize the extension of behavior. It is not complex, but some issues should be noticed. This article discusses how to extend the behavior in WCF.
C#, .NET, WCF, Dev
 
Bruce Zhang 4.70
Using WCF with Automatic Client Proxies
Updated: 7 Oct 2008
Using automatically generated proxies in WCF in a manner similar to .NET Remoting
C# (C#3.0), .NET (.NET3.5), WCF, Dev
 
Tim Haynes 4.69
Consuming JSON data in .NET with WCF
Updated: 3 Feb 2009
Code showing how to consume JSON data in your .NET applications using the new JSON data contract support in .NET 3.5 SP1.
C#, .NET (.NET3.5), WCF, Dev
 
Steven James Gray 4.69
WCF Optimization and Service @ High Speed
Updated: 11 Aug 2010
Implementing high speed wcf service with Cient side Service Caching and Instance Management
C# (C#3.0, C#4.0), .NET (.NET3.5), ASP.NET, WCF, Architect, Design, C#3.5, performance, .NET4, service
 
Justin Mathew @ British Standard Institute (BSi) 4.69
Content Based Routing Using WCF 4
Updated: 28 Jul 2010
This article explains how to do content based routing using the WCF 4 RoutingService.
C#, XML, Windows, ASP.NET, WCF, Dev
 
AmbarRay 4.69
Exploring Windows Communication Foundation - Part 2
Updated: 30 Jan 2007
In this second article of the series "Exploring Windows Communication Foundation", we explore the customization of the service and working with faults and errors.
C#2.0, .NET2.0, Vista, .NET3.0, VS2005, Architect, Dev
 
mastergaurav 4.68
WCF by Example - Chapter I - Baseline
Updated: 7 Jul 2010
First draft version of the model, repository, and services.
C#3.0, C#4.0, Windows, .NET3.5, WCF, XAML, WPF, LINQ, MVC, SQL2005, IIS7, VS2008, SQL2008, VS2010, Architect, Dev, Design, .NET4
 
Enrique Albert 4.68
Creating a WCF RIA Services Class Library for a Silverlight Application with Code First Approach
Updated: 18 Apr 2012
This article shows how to create and configure a WCF RIA Services class library for a Silverlight application using the ADO.NET Entity Framework Code First approach.
C#, .NET, WCF, Silverlight, VS2010, Framework, entity, service, RIA
 
Shenwei Liu 4.67
Aggregating Services with a RoutingService
Updated: 1 May 2012
Service aggregation of self hosted WCF services, using the built-in RoutingService .NET Framework class.
C# (C#4.0), Visual-Studio (VS2008, VS2010), WCF, Architect, Dev, SOA
 
m0sa 4.67
A custom ServiceHostFactory
Updated: 8 Sep 2008
A custom derivative of ServiceHostFactory to control how WCF service hosts are created.
C# (C#3.0), XML, .NET (.NET2.0, .NET3.0, .NET3.5), WCF, Dev
 
cesar_boucas 4.67
Asynchronous Communication in a WCF Service
Updated: 25 Oct 2010
Asynchronous communication between a WCF Service and a console client.
C#, WCF, Dev
 
Maind Amar 4.67
Windows Communication Foundation QuickStart - Multiple Binding VS2010
Updated: 23 Jun 2010
The article is about step by step demonstration to implement simple WCF service,host and Client
C# (C#4.0), .NET (.NET3.5), ASP.NET, IIS (IIS7), WCF, Architect, Dev, Design, .NET4
 
santosh poojari 4.67
Runtime Generated WCF Service Exposing .NET or COM Types
Updated: 24 Apr 2008
A WCF service wrapper is generated at runtime around a .NET or COM type to expose its interface.
C++, C#, .NET (.NET3.5), COM, WCF, Dev
 
Igor Ladnik 4.66
A simplified non topic based Event Notification Server in wcf with multiple protocol support.
Updated: 19 Sep 2008
To be notified when an alert is generated in a system without filtering for what type of event you are registered.
C# (C#3.0), .NET (.NET3.5), Dev
 
Razan Paul (Raju) 4.64
Globalization Patterns in WCF (WS-I18N implementation)
Updated: 28 Sep 2006
Pablo Cibraro describes the internationalization of WCF services (Windows Communication Foundation) using the globalization support provided by the .NET framework.
C#, .NET2.0, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, .NET3.0, WCF, VS2005, Dev
 
Pablo Cibraro 4.61
Implementing a Lightweight ESB Using Content Based Routing in WCF 4 and Transformation in XSLT 2.0
Updated: 5 Aug 2010
This article is an attempt to implement a lightweight Enterprise Service Bus using content-based routing in WCF 4 and message mapping transformation using XSLT 2.0.
C#, .NET, WCF, Dev, EF
 
AmbarRay 4.60
WCF Cache
Updated: 9 Dec 2009
A WCF Service caching example.
C#, .NET, WCF, Dev
 
Alexandru Cibotari 4.60
Windows Communication Foundation Basics
Updated: 15 Sep 2011
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) basics for beginners
C#, Windows, .NET (.NET3.5), ASP.NET, WCF, Dev
 
Sachin Somanath Mumbare 4.60
REST Technobabble
Updated: 10 May 2011
REST Web Service and template with separation of concerns
C#4.0, WCF, Dev, .NET4
 
Igor Okulist 4.60
JSON Enabled WCF Services - Part 1
Updated: 28 Dec 2011
Creating a WCF service and configuring it to work with data in JSON format.
C#, WCF, Dev
 
Sergey Piskov 4.60
WPF.WCF Chat Application Simplified via P2P
Updated: 11 Nov 2007
Using the WCF netPeerTcp binding to chat without a central server.
C#3.0, WinXP, Vista, .NET3.0, WCF, XAML, WPF, VS2005, VS2008, Dev
 
roland rodriguez 4.59
The Proper Use and Disposal of WCF Channels (or CommunicationObjectFaultedException ?!*#*$)
Updated: 20 Apr 2010
In this post, I explore the subtle but disastrous consequences of expecting a 'using' block to clean up your WCF channels.
ASP.NET, WCF, Dev
 
Sky Sanders 4.58
Debugging WCF Apps
Updated: 20 Jan 2007
Exploring diagnostic utilities for WCF
Windows, Visual-Studio, Dev
 
Al Alberto 4.58
DrawMe - A network ink-chat application exploring .NET 3.5, WPF, and WCF
Updated: 21 Dec 2007
A demonstration network ink-chat application exploring some aspects of .NET 3.5, WPF, and WCF.
C#, .NET3.0, .NET3.5, Visual-Studio (VS2008), WCF, XAML, WPF, Dev
 
Tim Callaghan, Alvin Lim 4.57
Create a WCF Service that can be Consumed by Legacy .NET 1.1 Web App
Updated: 25 Feb 2011
Exposing WCF Service created in .NET 4.0 to .NET 1.1 client
C#, Windows, .NET (.NET1.1, .NET3.5), ASP.NET, Dev
 
Steve S. Yang 4.56
Creating a WCF Service with MSMQ Communication and Certificate Security
Updated: 15 Mar 2012
Implementing a Simple, Secure WCF Service with MSMQ Communication
C# (C#4.0), Windows, WCF, Dev, security, MSMQ, certificate
 
Mohammad Sepahvand 4.55
Windows Communcation Foundation - Simple Example, Step by Step
Updated: 20 Feb 2009
This article demostrates a very basic example, can say simplest, of client/server design using Windows Communication Foundation(WCF)
C#, .NET3.0, .NET3.5, WCF, VS2008, Dev
 
Adil Mughal 4.54
WCF: A few tips
Updated: 2 Dec 2010
A few tips when working with WCF.
C#, XML, .NET3.5, WCF, Dev
 
Sacha Barber 4.54
Create a REST service with WCF and consume it using jQuery
Updated: 20 Apr 2011
How to create a REST service with WCF and consume it using jQuery.
C#, ASP.NET, WCF, jQuery, Dev, REST
 
Pranay Rana 4.53
Calling WCF service exposed with different bindings in JQuery
Updated: 10 Jan 2012
The article illustrates how to call differently exposed Windows Communication Foundation services from JQuery.
C#, WCF, jQuery
 
Kausik J. Nag 4.53
WCF (Windows Communication Foundation) Introduction and Implementation
Updated: 13 Nov 2008
This article includes WCF Introduction, Sample WCF Service Library, Hosting of WCF Service at Windows Service and Consuming the WCF Service at Web Application
C#, .NET, WCF, Dev
 
Murali Manohar Pareek 4.53
WCF Error Handling and Fault Conversion
Updated: 24 May 2008
This article describes the WCF error-handling paradigm, and provides a mechanism for automatic mapping of exceptions to WCF faults.
C#, Windows, WCF, Architect, Dev
 
Sasha Goldshtein 4.51
WCF Implementation of the Publisher/Subscriber Model
Updated: 9 Jan 2008
Implementation of the Publisher and Subscriber model.
C# (C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0), Windows (WinXP, Vista), WCF
 
chakkaradeepcc 4.50
6 Steps to Enable Transactions in WCF
Updated: 6 Aug 2009
6 steps to enable transactions in WCF
C# (C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0, C#4.0), .NET (.NET1.0, .NET1.1, .NET2.0, .NET3.0, .NET3.5), ASP.NET, SQL-Server (SQL2000, SQL2005, SQL-CE, SQL2008), Visual-Studio (VS.NET2003, VS2005, VS2008, VS2010), WCF, Architect, .NET4
 
Shivprasad koirala 4.50
Consuming URL Shortening Services – X.co
Updated: 26 Sep 2010
A complete discussion of the WCF services offered by X.co, and the RESTful interfaces provided
C#, ASP.NET, WCF, All-Topics, Dev
 
Mohammad Elsheimy 4.50
WCF ClearUsernameBinding: Send username without SSL or x.509 certificates
Updated: 6 Sep 2009
How to use WCF to send cleartext username without SSL or X.509 certificate
C# (C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0), .NET (.NET3.0, .NET3.5), WCF, Dev
 
Yaron Naveh 4.50
Deploying WCF and Silverlight Applications on IIS 5 and 7
Updated: 6 Jan 2012
Configuration and deployment of WCF services used by a Silverlight client on IIS 5 and IIS 7.
C#, .NET, WCF, Silverlight, IIS7, Dev, SysAdmin
 
Vijeth C R 4.50
WCF Transactions - Brief Introduction
Updated: 21 Apr 2011
Preliminary info about WCF Transactions
C# (C#3.0, C#4.0), .NET (.NET3.0, .NET3.5), WCF, C#3.5
 
Saurabh Singh Gangwar 4.50
WCF Support for xs:date
Updated: 17 Apr 2011
WCF interoperability with other frameworks when transferring date values
C# (C#3.0), Windows, WCF
 
robsosno 4.50
Hosting WCF services in a Windows Forms Application
Updated: 8 Nov 2006
Demonstrates how to host serveral singleton services in a Windows Forms application.
Windows, .NET3.0, WCF, VS2005, Dev, WinForm
 
orouit 4.46
WCF Basic Client/Server
Updated: 18 Jun 2006
An article on how to build a client/server application using WCF
C#, Windows, .NET3.0, Visual-Studio, WCF, Dev
 
Ehab El-Gindy 4.45
WCF Tracing FAQs
Updated: 29 Apr 2009
WCF Tracing FAQs
XML, .NET (.NET1.0, .NET1.1, .NET2.0, .NET3.0, .NET3.5), Visual-Studio (VS.NET2003, VS2005, VS2008), WCF, Architect
 
Shivprasad koirala 4.45
WCF Queued Messaging
Updated: 16 Mar 2009
Explains in detail how to use MSMQ with WCF via the NetMsmqBinding.
C#, WinXP, Win2003, ASP.NET, Architect, Dev
 
mohamad halabi 4.44
Connecting Flex 4 with WCF Services
Updated: 7 Apr 2011
WCF and Flex provide numerous benefits for developing server-side functionality in .NET and implementing rich client applications with Flex/ActionScript. The question of integration between these two technologies comes up quite frequently as developers and business want to leverage the best the fram
.NET, WCF, Dev
 
mapableuser 4.43
A closer look at Windows Communication Foundation
Updated: 29 Jan 2007
The article describes details of WCF and also has source code for different types of binding.
C#2.0, .NET, WinXP, Win2003, WCF, VS2005, Dev
 
jdkulkarni 4.40
GeoNames .NET WCF Client
Updated: 21 Apr 2009
A .NET WCF client for accessing the GeoNames services
C#3.0, WCF, Dev
 
baretta2 4.38
WCF Duplex Reentrant Services
Updated: 25 Mar 2009
Shows a hands-on approach on how to implement Duplex Reentrant services in WCF.
C#, Windows, .NET, WCF, Architect, Dev
 
mohamad halabi 4.36
Finding Called Operation and Changing Return Value in WCF Service
Updated: 16 Feb 2011
How to recreate a return object of an operation from a WCF behavior/error handler
C# (C#3.0), Windows, WCF, Dev
 
Gil.Schmidt 4.33
Automatic Culture Flowing with WCF by using Custom Behaviour
Updated: 30 Nov 2007
An article to demonstrate culture flow from Windows client to Windows server using WCF.
C#3.0, Windows, .NET3.0, Visual-Studio, WCF, Dev
 
Patrick Kalkman 4.29
WCF Comparison with Web Services and .NET Remoting
Updated: 9 Jan 2010
This article is about the differences between WCF and Web Services and .NET Remoting.
C#, .NET, ASP.NET, WCF, WebForms, Architect, Dev, WinForm
 
Abdul Sami_ 4.29
Sharing WCF Collection Types Between Services and Clients
Updated: 4 Sep 2007
Sharing types between WCF services and clients, including multiple assemblies and collection types.
C#2.0, Windows, .NET3.0, WCF, VS2005, Dev
 
JoeWirtley 4.26
WCF for Beginners
Updated: 19 Sep 2008
Basics of Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
C# (C#3.0), .NET (.NET3.5), WCF, Dev
 
Suraj Rai 4.26
4 Steps to Enable Instrumentation in WCF
Updated: 28 Mar 2010
4 steps to enable instrumentation in WCF
WCF
 
Shivprasad koirala, Anup Hosur 4.25
Seven simple steps to enable HTTPS on WCF WsHttp bindings
Updated: 24 May 2009
Seven simple steps to enable HTTPS on WCF WsHttp bindings.
C#, Visual-Studio, WCF, Architect
 
Shivprasad koirala 4.25
Exploring Windows Communication Foundation - Part 1
Updated: 31 Jan 2007
Starting with this article, we shall explore various aspects of WCF
C#2.0, Vista, .NET3.0, WCF, VS2005, Dev
 
mastergaurav 4.24
WCF with shared assemblies for use by interfaces only
Updated: 2 Apr 2007
Using WCF for business solutions (no config files, only exposed interfaces)
C#2.0, C#3.0, Windows, .NET2.0, .NET3.0, WCF, VS2005, Dev
 
christoph braendle 4.24
A Step by Step WCF Small Program For Beginners
Updated: 3 Jun 2009
A Step by Step WCF Small Program For Beginners
C# (C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0), WCF
 
divyaloksuman 4.21
Setting up a Project-framework for a WCF Solution
Updated: 7 Jan 2010
This article illustrates how you can manually setup your WCF solution by perfectly wiring the project structure
C#, Windows, .NET (.NET3.0, .NET3.5), Visual-Studio (VS2008, VS2010), WCF, .NET4
 
GPNaik 4.20
Getting Started with WCF
Updated: 9 Mar 2009
A very quick and simple introduction to using WCF
VB, Windows, .NET (.NET3.5), ASP.NET, IIS, Visual-Studio (VS2008), WCF, Architect, Dev
 
PaulGuenette 4.17
Converting Legacy Assemblies to WCF
Updated: 18 Apr 2007
How to expose legacy or third party assemblies over WCF with simple modifications to the MSIL.
MSIL, C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0, Vista, .NET3.0, Visual-Studio, WCF, Dev
 
Dave Curylo, MCAD 4.14
Introduction to Validation Application Block integration with Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Updated: 5 May 2007
An article on Validation Application Block integration with Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Windows, Visual-Studio, WCF, Dev
 
Guy Burstein (bursteg) 4.13
Serialization in Windows Communication Foundation
Updated: 4 Nov 2008
It describes about serialization and message encoding in Windows Communication Foundation.
C#, .NET2.0, .NET3.0, .NET3.5, WCF, Dev
 
Anil_gupta 4.13
WCF self hosted service over HTTPS
Updated: 26 Nov 2010
A guide for creating a self hosted WCF SOAP Service over HTTPS.
C#, Windows, .NET, WCF, Dev
 
Cotofana Radu 4.11
WCF FAQ Part 5 – Transactions
Updated: 9 Aug 2009
In this article, we will understand the WCF transaction protocol, the two phases in WCF transactions, transaction options, and finally simple samples for WCF transactions.
C#, .NET, ASP.NET, SQL-Server, WCF, VS.NET2003, VS2005, VS2008, VS2010, Dev, .NET4
 
Shivprasad koirala 4.11
Pattern for Creating Generic WCF Services
Updated: 28 Nov 2011
A pattern for creating generic WCF services.
C#, .NET, WCF, Silverlight, Dev
 
alexis.coles 4.11
How to abstract a WCF Service out of business logic
Updated: 18 May 2010
Service Bus Architecture based on WCF (2): Abstract WCF.
C#, .NET3.5, WCF, Dev
 
WillCaptain 4.10
Routing Integration - WCF feature
Updated: 16 Apr 2012
Routing Integration with WCF is a feature newly introduced with .NET 4.0 and serves very nice.
C# (C#4.0), .NET, WCF, Services
 
Thrivikram Hathwar 4.00
How to Mock a WCF Service
Updated: 27 Jan 2012
How to Mock a WCF Service while writing a unit test
C#, .NET, ASP.NET, WCF, MVC, Architect, Dev, QA, Design
 
Amit_Accenture 4.00
Implement a Cancel Button while using Bindings, and Send Only an Object's Changes to a WCF Service
Updated: 5 May 2011
This example will demonstrate a cancel button, even when bindings have updated your object.
C#, .NET, Dev, MVVM
 
gardnerp 4.00
WCF Custom Binding
Updated: 20 Aug 2011
In WCF, you can easily create custom bindings using configuration and custom implementations.
C#, XML, .NET, WCF, Dev
 
A Mahesh 4.00
Dynamically Generate a WCF Proxy
Updated: 8 Jan 2011
Save time by using a dynamically generated WCF proxy
C#3.0, .NET3.0, .NET3.5, WCF, Architect, Dev
 
Patrick Kalkman 4.00
REST, WCF and Streams: Getting Rid of those Names Spaces
Updated: 28 Apr 2009
This article details out the mechanism by which RESTfull web services may be created using WCF in which the developer is in control of the XML structure
C# (C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0), WCF, Dev, Design
 
gaurav_verma_mca 4.00
Creating and Consuming Your First WCF Service
Updated: 25 Sep 2009
In this article, I will examine how to create and consume a WCF service. WCF is next-generation programming platform and runtime system for building, configuring and deploying service-oriented applications.
C# (C#3.0), .NET3.0, .NET3.5, WCF, VS2005, VS2008, Architect, Dev
 
Farooq Kaiser 3.97
Fault Contract - Handling Errors in WCF and A Very Simple WCF service Implementation
Updated: 1 May 2012
Fault Contract - Handling errors in WCF and a simple WCF service implementation.
C#, .NET, WCF, Dev, Exception, SOA
 
Haneef Shaik 3.89
Stream Operation in WCF
Updated: 4 Jun 2009
WCF provides support for Stream object. It typically recommends the developer to handle the message whose size is too large as Stream object for the sake of high performance. However, there are some constraints on Stream operation that need to be noted.
C#, .NET (.NET3.0, .NET3.5), WCF, Dev
 
Bruce Zhang 3.87
WCF Service Form Hosting and Duplex Communication
Updated: 7 Dec 2008
Replace your Remote Communcation with WCF.
C#, WCF, Architect, Dev, QA, Design
 
Romy Sreedharan 3.86
Simple WCF Hosting and Consuming
Updated: 22 Sep 2008
Simple WCF Hosting and Consuming
C#, .NET3.0, .NET3.5, ASP.NET, WCF, Architect
 
titan203 3.83
Implementing parallel programming using MPI and C#
Updated: 15 Apr 2008
An example of implementing a parallel program using the pure MPI .NET library, C#, and .NET Remoting.
C#, Windows, .NET, WCF, Dev, WinForm
 
Ali Hamdar 3.81
A Simple Sample: WCF Service
Updated: 1 Nov 2010
Writing, configuring, and consuming a WCF Service using VS2010
WCF, LINQ, .NET4
 
syntaxed 3.80
Developing Web 2.0 User Interface for Self Hosted WCF Services using HTML5, CSS3 and JQuery
Updated: 24 Jul 2011
Devloping Web 2.0 user interface for self hosted WCF services using HTML5, CSS3 and JQuery
C#, Javascript, CSS3, HTML5
 
Sriharsha Vardhan 3.78
Calling WCF Services: A better way than generating a proxy
Updated: 17 Jul 2009
How to create a generic WCF proxy using Generics and Lambda Expressions.
C#, .NET3.5, WCF, VS2008, VS2010, Architect, Dev, .NET4
 
gaurav_verma_mca 3.73
Introduction of Window Communication Foundation
Updated: 4 Sep 2011
Explains basic information and steps for creating new WCF Service
C#, Visual-Studio (VS2010), WCF
 
Arthanarieaswaran 3.67
WCF Service Library: A Good Approach for WCF Service Application
Updated: 9 Feb 2011
WCF Service Library: A Good Approach for WCF Service Application
C#, .NET, WCF, Architect, Dev, Design
 
W. HU 3.67
Router Service in WCF 4.0
Updated: 28 Sep 2011
Router represents a logical connection between inbound and outbound endpoints
.NET, WCF, Architect, Dev
 
{var name = Amit} 3.67
Distributed and Parallel Processing using WCF
Updated: 19 Apr 2009
How to provide parallel and distributed computing capabilities using WCF
C# (C#3.0), .NET (.NET3.0, .NET3.5), WCF, Architect, Design
 
gaurav_verma_mca 3.67
WCF Proxy Generation Options
Updated: 11 Feb 2009
An overview of a number of different ways of generating proxies for using WCF Services.
C#, XML, .NET3.5, WCF, Dev
 
anarchistic 3.67
WCF: Quick Tour
Updated: 20 Jul 2008
Illustrating in brief how to make a small and complete application with WCF
C#, .NET, WCF
 
John Nabil 3.64
Simple Client Side WCF Caching
Updated: 31 Jan 2008
Implementing client side caching for WCF
C# (C#3.0), WCF, Architect, Dev
 
Jeffrey Papp 3.62
Debug a WCF Service with Edit and Continue Support
Updated: 28 Jun 2008
Debuging a WCF service through a provider class
C#, .NET, WCF, Dev
 
Sarafian 3.60
Working with jqGrid and a WCF Service
Updated: 20 Jul 2009
How to work with jqGrid and a WCF Service.
Javascript, CSS, HTML, XHTML, ASP.NET, WCF, WebForms, Ajax, Dev
 
YBBEST_ 3.57
Port Sharing Features in WCF
Updated: 7 Aug 2007
Port Sharing Features in WCF
Windows, Visual-Studio, WCF, Dev
 
Nishith Pathak 3.54
WCF REST Service with JSON
Updated: 28 Feb 2012
WCF REST Service with JSON in C#
C#, .NET, Architect
 
Jean Paul V.A 3.43
WCF Intermediate Service between Client and Server
Updated: 29 Sep 2008
This article describes how to create a load balancer, routing WCF service between client and WCF server service
C# (C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0), WCF, Dev
 
Anil_gupta 3.40
Transactional Web Services with WS-AtomicTransaction
Updated: 12 Jun 2008
Explains a simple way of using WS-AtomicTransaction to create distributed transactions across Web services
C#, VC8.0, .NET2.0, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, IIS5.1, IIS6, VS2005, Dev
 
Dustin Metzgar 3.36
WCF Operation Timeout Exception
Updated: 30 Jul 2008
WCF Operation Timeout Exception
VB (VB8.0), .NET (.NET3.0), WCF, Architect, Dev
 
Sadish Kumar.V 3.31
WCF for Single Instance
Updated: 6 Nov 2009
How WCF can be used to create a single instance of an application
C#, WCF
 
KN.Sudha 3.29
Introduction to WCF Programming
Updated: 7 Aug 2007
This is a beginner article for programming WCF
C# (C#2.0), Windows, .NET (.NET3.0), Visual-Studio (VS2005), Dev
 
Radhakrishnan R 3.26
WCF Basics: Create, Host and Consume with SOAP Faults Handling
Updated: 7 Oct 2007
An example for creating a WCF service, hosting it in a managed code application and consuming it in another application
C#3.0, Windows, .NET3.0, WCF, VS2005, Dev
 
Triet Ho 3.21
WCF service that will push content into a Silverlight application [Push notification]
Updated: 28 Apr 2011
The article describes the development of a WCF service that will push content into a Silverlight application.
C#, .NET, WCF, XAML, Silverlight, Dev
 
Pareen Vatani 3.14
A simple peer to peer chat application using WCF netPeerTcpBinding
Updated: 24 Jan 2007
A sample to demonstrate the use of netPeerTcpBinding in WCF
Windows, .NET3.0, Visual-Studio, WCF, Dev
 
jdkulkarni 3.13
A WCF Review and How to Debug It
Updated: 17 Jun 2008
A WCF review from the perspective of bussiness application development, and some debugging problem solving hints.
.NET3.0, .NET3.5, WCF, Dev
 
Sarafian 3.05
JSON serialization and de-serialization in WCF DataContracts
Updated: 7 Jun 2009
Explains how to use JSON serialization and deserialization in WCF DataContracts.
C#, .NET (.NET3.5), Visual-Studio (VS2008), WCF, Ajax, Dev
 
Balamurali Balaji 2.87
WCF and LINQ
Updated: 22 Jul 2008
A WCF web service that queries a database table using LINQ, returning the resulting collection
C# (C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0), .NET (.NET3.5), ASP.NET, WCF, LINQ, Architect, Dev, Design
 
Sam Haidar 2.86
WCF Architecture
Updated: 29 Apr 2011
A brief explanation of the WCF architecture
WCF, Dev
 
Mike Thom 2.86
Create REST Service using WCF
Updated: 6 Jun 2011
Create simple REST service using WCF and VS 2010
C# (C#3.0, C#4.0), .NET, WCF
 
A Mahesh 2.85
Writing your first WCF Service
Updated: 28 Apr 2007
This article helps in writing the first WCF Service
C#2.0, Windows, .NET3.0, WCF, VS2005, Dev
 
Sidhartha Gundavarapu 2.84
Consuming WCF Service from Windows 7 Phone Application
Updated: 16 May 2011
This article describes how you can consume WCF service from Windows 7 Phone Application
C# (C#4.0), Windows, .NET, WCF, Dev
 
Priyank Kabaria 2.80
Sharing Types Between WCF Service and Client
Updated: 16 Jul 2007
An article on sharing types between WCF service and client.
C#2.0, Windows, .NET3.0, WCF, VS2005, Dev, Design
 
Mike Robski 2.57
Add custom headers to a WCF channel
Updated: 3 Jun 2009
This piece describes how to add custom headers to a WCF channel and how to use them.
C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0, .NET2.0, .NET3.0, .NET3.5, WCF, Dev
 
RahulT07 2.57
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Service Client
Updated: 16 Aug 2006
An article on using a WCF Service in a client application.
VB, Windows, .NET3.0, Visual-Studio, WCF, Dev
 
jacob.sebastian 2.43
WCF Unity
Updated: 24 Jun 2008
This project aims using wcf, dependency injection and policy injection together.
C#, Windows, WCF
 
Emre Coskun 2.38
WCF SOA Patterns: Anti-Pattern: Behavior Attributes
Updated: 9 Dec 2009
An enterprise SOA pattern using WCF explains the cons of behavior attribute
C# (C#3.0, C#4.0), .NET (.NET3.5), WCF, Architect, Dev, Design, .NET4
 
M Sheik Uduman Ali 2.33
WCF databinding using ADO.NET
Updated: 2 Dec 2009
This basic example illustrates invoking database tables using a WCF service.
C#, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, WCF
 
srilatkol 2.25
WCF SOA Patterns: Finite Set Native Master Data
Updated: 11 Dec 2009
An enterprise SOA pattern using WCF explains handling native master data
C# (C#3.0, C#4.0), .NET (.NET3.5), WCF, Architect, Dev, Design, .NET4
 
M Sheik Uduman Ali 2.14
MEF with WCF – Start Up
Updated: 24 Jul 2011
MEF with WCF
C#, WCF, MEF
 
Mahadesh Mahalingappa 1.86
Integrating LINQ-to-SQL queries within a WCF Service
Updated: 22 Mar 2008
This article shows how to use LINQ to SQL queries with a WCF Service.
XML, C#3.0, Vista, .NET3.5, ASP.NET, LINQ, IIS7, VS2008, Architect, Dev
 
Balamurali Balaji 1.78
Developing and Consuming WCF Service - Separating Service, Contract, Proxy and Client
Updated: 2 Mar 2010
Describes how to develop and consume WCF service for large enterprize systems
C#, WCF
 
Aneesur Rehman Khan 1.65
WCF Serialization
Updated: 9 Feb 2009
WCF Serialization does not call the constructor
C# (C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0), .NET (.NET3.5), WCF, Architect, Dev
 
Bnaya Eshet 1.00
Service Warning in WCF using Determined Interaction Pattern - Part 2
Updated: 30 Sep 2010
This article explains how to generate, convey and handle warnings in SOA system.
C# (C#3.0, C#4.0), .NET (.NET3.5), WCF, Architect, Dev, Design, .NET4
 
M Sheik Uduman Ali  
Service Warning in WCF using Determined Interaction Pattern - Part 1
Updated: 30 Sep 2010
This article explains how to generate, convey and handle warnings in SOA system.
C# (C#3.0, C#4.0), .NET (.NET3.5), WCF, Architect, Dev, Design, Application, Framework, .NET4, Message
 
M Sheik Uduman Ali  
Consume Console Host WCF Service with Windows Phone 7
Updated: 18 Apr 2011
Consume WCF service with Windows Phone 7
C#, .NET, Windows-Phone-7, WCF, Silverlight, Dev
 
D Y Chan  
Using FaultContract to Throw Custom Error Information from WCF Service
Updated: 4 Dec 2011
This article explains how to handle/control the exception message that a service sends to a client. It also explains how you can use faults to throw custom error messages to a client.
.NET3.5, WCF, Architect, Dev
 
Srinivasula Reddy  
WCF Backwards Compatibility and Versioning Strategies – Part 1
Updated: 6 Mar 2012
Several aspects of WCF Data Contract and Service Contract versioning and the practices adopted for providing backwards compatibility to contracts.
C#, WCF, Dev
 
Kausik J. Nag  
JSON-Enabled WCF Services (Part II)
Updated: 26 Jan 2012
Implementing a JavaScript-based client side to interact with a WCF service
C#, JScript.NET, WCF, Silverlight
 
Sergey Piskov  
WCF - Authentication and Authorization in Enterprise Architecting
Updated: 8 May 2012
How to expose a WCF Service Application along with Authentication Service and Authorization according to Enterprise Architecting standards.
C#, XML, .NET, WCF, Dev
 
Jean Paul V.A  
WCF service with Topshelf using as a host, log4net as logging tool, and HTML as output
Updated: 13 Apr 2012
How to run simple WCF service with Topshelf as a host plus several tips and tricks
C# (C#4.0), XSLT, Windows, .NET (.NET3.5), WCF, Dev, Article
 
sea_caty  
WCF Backward Compatibility and Versioning Strategies – Part 3
Updated: 22 Mar 2012
The versioning strategies supported by the WCF framework in different cases.
C#, XML, WCF, Dev
 
Kausik J. Nag  

Windows Communication Foundation - Security 

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Title / Updated Author Score  
WCF REST 4.0 Authorization with Form Based authentication (SetAuthCookie)
Updated: 25 Dec 2011
How to create custom authorization policy and return HTTPContext Identity for Authorization
WCF, security, REST
 
Anupama_Agarwal 5.00
Securing WCF Services with Certificates
Updated: 30 Jul 2008
An article that describes how to secure WCF services using X.509 certificates issued from a certificate authority.
C# (C#3.0), .NET (.NET3.0), ASP.NET, Dev, Virtualization, virtual-machine
 
Jason Hodges 4.94
Digest Authentication on a WCF REST Service
Updated: 27 Feb 2011
An article that explains Digest Authentication and a library to use Digest Authentication with WCF Rest and validate against any back-end.
C# (C#3.0), .NET (.NET3.0, .NET3.5), WCF, Architect, Dev, Design
 
Patrick Kalkman 4.93
Simple WCF - X509 Certificate
Updated: 28 Apr 2008
how to create Temporary X509 certificate and also to implement X509 Certificate security in WCF service and client
WCF, Dev
 
meetsenthilbtech 4.92
Basic Authentication on a WCF REST Service
Updated: 28 Feb 2011
An assembly that adds Basic Authentication to an IIS hosted WCF REST service to validate against any back-end.
C#3.0, Windows, .NET3.5, WCF, Dev, Encryption, Decryption
 
Patrick Kalkman 4.89
SSL with Self-hosted WCF Service
Updated: 1 Mar 2008
An article on the sometimes esoteric nature of certificates and WCF
C#2.0, Windows, .NET3.0, WCF, Dev
 
anarchistic 4.88
WCF Service with custom username password authentication
Updated: 25 Jul 2010
This article describes custom username password authentication without the need of certificate installation on the client side.
C#, .NET, WCF, Dev, security, web-security, WebService
 
Fayaz Soomro 4.85
Digging into SecureConversation: Part I
Updated: 17 Nov 2006
Take a deep look into the Security protocol of Enhanced Web Services.
XML, Vista, .NET3.0, ASP.NET, WCF, VS2005, Dev
 
orouit 4.70
An easy way to use certificates for WCF security
Updated: 30 Apr 2007
An easy solution to use certificates on Windows Communication Foundation loading the certificates from files
C#2.0, Windows, .NET3.0, ASP.NET, WCF, WebForms, VS2005, Dev
 
Davide Icardi 4.67
WCF (Windows Communication Foundation) Example
Updated: 14 Dec 2006
A simple example of WCF (Windows Communication Foundation): a simple client/server solution.
C#, Windows, .NET3.0, WCF, VS2005, Dev
 
Bo Hansen 4.57
Managing settings with encryption in a Windows Service using WCF
Updated: 2 Apr 2009
A simple example of a method to manage settings in a Windows Service using WCF.
C#3.0, .NET3.0, .NET3.5, WCF, Architect, Dev, WinForm
 
Pierre Nocera 4.50
Digging into SecureConversation - Part II
Updated: 17 Nov 2006
Take a deep look into the Security protocol of Enhanced Web Services, part II: analyzing the Response message.
XML, Vista, .NET3.0, ASP.NET, WCF, VS2005, Dev
 
orouit 4.50
Use Mutual SSL Authentication in WCF
Updated: 16 Mar 2012
How to configure and use Mutual SSL Authentication in WCF.
C#3.0, Windows, WCF, Dev
 
Elvin Cheng 4.50
WCF Service over HTTPS with custom username and password validator in IIS
Updated: 19 Feb 2010
How to host a WCF HTTPS service with a custom username validator, in IIS.
C#, .NET3.5, WCF, Dev
 
Ondra Spilka 4.20
WCF Transport Layer Security using wsHttpBinding and SSL
Updated: 3 May 2007
WCF Webservice on IIS6.0 using SSL
C#2.0, Windows, .NET2.0, ASP.NET, WCF, WebForms, VS2005, Dev
 
Mohan Pindyala 2.78
How to enable multi-hop impersonation using constrained delegation in .NET and Active Directory
Updated: 18 Aug 2009
A step-by-step guide to help solve a common authentication problem faced by .NET multi-tier developers.
C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0, WinXP, Vista, Win2008, WCF, Dev
 
sravan kumar surabhi, Ken Hadden  

Windows Communication Foundation - Utilities 

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WCF Support for WSDL 2.0
Updated: 12 Feb 2011
A command line utility to generate WCF proxies from WSDL 2.0 documents.
C#, .NET3.5, WCF, Dev
 
Yaron Naveh 5.00
RESTful Made Simple - A Generic REST Service Client Library
Updated: 20 Feb 2012
This article presents a generic REST client library and an example on how to use it.
.NET, WCF, Architect, Dev
 
Dr. Song Li 5.00
Caching WCF javascript proxy on browser
Updated: 4 Apr 2012
WCF Javascript Proxies (Service.svc/js) are never cached. They get generated and downloaded on every page view thus increasing page download time and server CPU. Here's an HttpModule to cache WCF Javascript Proxy on browser and respond with HTTP 304, if unchanged.
.NET, ASP.NET, WCF, Dev
 
Omar Al Zabir 5.00
Robust Interapplication Communications using Double-Simplex WCF
Updated: 9 Mar 2008
An unbreakable method for two applications on the same desktop to exchange data
C# (C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0), Windows, .NET, WCF, Dev
 
joomlathug 4.95
Send Cookies When Making WCF Service Calls
Updated: 3 May 2011
This article presents an example on how to send cookies when making WCF service calls.
C#, .NET, WCF, Dev
 
Dr. Song Li 4.87
Generic WCF Host
Updated: 13 Mar 2008
Generic console hoster without locking up service assemblies, speeding up WCF services development with VS2005.
C# (C#2.0, C#3.0), .NET (.NET3.0, .NET3.5), Visual-Studio (VS2005), WCF, Architect, Dev
 
RubensFarias 4.80
WCF Services for Silverlight (No Configuration Required)
Updated: 13 Sep 2010
WCF Services for Silverlight without configuration in config file
C# (C#4.0), .NET, WCF, Architect, Dev, Design
 
Shine K Velayudhan 4.33
Simple WCF - Cardspace
Updated: 5 May 2008
Windows cardspace implementation in Windows communication foundation (WCF) application
.NET (.NET3.0), WCF
 
meetsenthilbtech 4.11
A Rolling XmlWriterTraceListener
Updated: 15 Nov 2008
A derivation of XmlWriterTraceListener that manages the size of your trace files automatically
C#, .NET3.0, .NET3.5, WCF, Dev
 
marc_opus 4.08
WCF DataContract with FaultException Details
Updated: 24 Jun 2009
WCF DataContract
C# (C#2.0, C#3.0), Javascript, XML, CSS, HTML, XHTML, .NET (.NET3.0, .NET3.5), ASP.NET, SQL-Server (SQL2000, SQL2005), IIS (IIS5.1), ADO.NET, WCF, WebForms, Ajax, Design
 
SP.Murugesa Pandian 4.00
WCF Ping
Updated: 28 Jun 2010
A Command-line utility to ping WCF Services
C#, WCF
 
Krishnan Srinivasan 4.00
RSTR verifier for WCF and Cardspace
Updated: 21 Dec 2006
This application checks the validity of an RSTR message, given the RST message used to generate it.
C#, Windows, .NET3.0, WCF, VS2005, Dev
 
orouit 3.75
Exploring WCF 3.5 Tools - WcfSvcHost and WcfTestClient
Updated: 3 Feb 2008
Disucssing use of WCFSvcHost and WcfTestClient for Service hosting and testing
C# (C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0)
 
Adnan Masood 3.71
Creating a real-time Trace listener with WCF
Updated: 17 Feb 2008
Instead of reading trace messages in a file, get them in a WPF app real-time via WCF.
C# (C#3.0), Windows (WinXP, Win2003, Vista), .NET (.NET3.0, .NET3.5), WCF, WPF, Architect, Dev
 
Paul B. 3.21
First Step to REST via WCF
Updated: 27 Sep 2011
Steps to implement RESTful Web service through WCF
C#, .NET, WCF, Architect, Dev, Design
 
CoolieoGuy 2.92
WCF Large File Download Upload Service
Updated: 26 Jun 2009
A WCF document mangement service for downloading and uploading large files, hosted on a Windows Service.
C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0, .NET3.0, .NET3.5, WPF, Dev
 
HarishBhattbhatt 2.57
WCF - Microsoft Service Configuration Editor – Services - SvcConfigEditor.exe
Updated: 25 Dec 2007
Explaining Service Configuration through SvcConfigEditor.exe
C# (C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0), .NET3.0, .NET3.5, WCF
 
Nilay Parikh 2.40

WWS API 

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Create RESTful WCF Service API: Step By Step Guide
Updated: 30 Aug 2010
Step by Step Guide to create Restful WCF service API in ASP.NET and C#
C# (C#4.0), .NET3.5, WCF, .NET4
 
ashutosh k. shukla 4.94

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