Introduction
This three-day instructor-led course provides students with
the knowledge and skills to build and configure a Windows
Communication Foundation (WCF) solution.
Audience
This course is intended for application developers who know
how to build and consume Web services in .NET 2.0 and how to use
the common features of the base class library. The application
developers do not have to understand concepts such advanced
WS-*, WSE, service lifecycle management, and diagnostics.
At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:
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Build a simple WCF service and client.
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Create and configure a service as a
managed application and select an appropriate hosting
option.
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Expose a WCF service over different
endpoints and add runtime functionality using behaviors.
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Improve debugging capabilities by
examining messages and service activity.
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Define service, operation, and data
contracts to meet application requirements.
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Add error handling to a WCF
application.
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Address service quality issues such as
performance, availability, concurrency, and instance
management.
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Implement security in a WCF
application.
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Protect data integrity through correct
use of transactions.
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Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students should have
intermediate experience developing applications by using
previous versions of Microsoft Visual Studio at level 200.
Course Outline
Module 1: Getting Started with Windows Communication
Foundation
This module explains how to build a simple WCF service and
client
Lessons
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Designing an Application to be Part of
a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
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Overview of WCF Architecture
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Using a Language-Level Interface As a
Service Contract
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Implementing a Simple WCF Service in
Visual Studio 2008
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Consuming a simple WCF service in
Visual Studio 2008
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Lab: Creating a Simple Service
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Creating a Simple WCF Service
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Calling the Simple WCF Service
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After completing this module, students will be able to:
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Explain how to design an application
as part of a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).
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Describe the main parts of the WCF
architecture.
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Create a simple service contract for a
WCF service.
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Implement a simple WCF service in
Visual Studio 2008.
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Consume a simple WCF service in Visual
Studio 2008.
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Module 2: Configuring and Hosting WCF Services
This module explains how to create and configure a WCF
service as a managed application and select an appropriate
hosting option
Lessons
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Programmatically Configuring a Managed
Application to Host a WCF Service
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Programmatically Configuring a Managed
Application to Call a WCF Service
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Defining Client and Service Settings
by Using File-Based Configuration
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Selecting a Hosting Option for a WCF
Service
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Deploying a WCF Service
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Lab: Configure and Host a WCF Service
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Creating a Programmatically Configured
Managed Application to Host a Service
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Calling a Service Hosted in a Managed
Application by Using Programmatic Configuration
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Defining Service Settings by Using
External Configuration
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Employing Different Hosting Options
for a Service
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After completing this module, students will be able to:
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Create a programmatically-configured
managed application that hosts a WCF service.
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Call a WCF service hosted in a managed
application by using programmatic configuration.
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Define WCF service settings by using
external configuration.
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Select the best hosting option for a
WCF service.
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Deploy a WCF service onto a remote
host.
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Module 3: Endpoints and Behaviors
This module explains how to expose a WCF service over
different endpoints and add runtime functionality using
behaviors
Lessons
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Exposing WCF Services Over Different
Endpoints
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Adding Behaviors to Services and
Endpoints
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Interoperating with Non-WCF Web
services
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Lab: Changing Service Endpoints and Behaviors
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Exposing Services by Using Different
Bindings
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Adding Metadata Exchange to a Service
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Creating WCF Clients and Services That
Interoperate with Non-WCF Web Services
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After completing this module, students will be able to:
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Expose WCF services by using different
bindings.
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Add behaviors to services and
endpoints.
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Create WCF clients and services that
interoperate with different types of Web services.
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Module 4: Debugging and Diagnostics
This module explains how to improve debugging capabilities by
examining messages and service activity
Lessons
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Logging Messages
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Activity Tracing
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Lab: Message Logging and Activity
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Generating Logging Information for a
Service
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Enabling End-to-End Tracing for a
Service
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After completing this module, students will be able to:
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Log WCF messages.
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Trace WCF service activity.
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Module 5: Designing and Defining Contracts
This module explains how to define service, operation, and
data contracts to meet application requirements
Lessons
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Designing a Coherent and Cohesive WCF
Service Interface
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Defining a Service Contract
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Defining Operations on a Service
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Defining a Data Contract
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Lab: Contracts for Services and Data
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Defining and Implementing a One-way
Operation Contract
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Passing Complex Data with a Data
Contract
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Defining and Implementing a Callback
Contract
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After completing this module, students will be able to:
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Design a coherent and cohesive service
contract.
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Define a service contract.
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Define operations on a service.
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Define a data contract.
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Module 6: Handling Errors
This module explains how to add error handling to a WCF
application
Lessons
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Relating .NET Exceptions to
Service-level Faults
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Using Faults in a Service
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Handling Faults and Exceptions on
Clients
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Lab: Error Handling
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Handling Unexpected Errors in a WCF
Service
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Add Fault Handling to a WCF Service
and the Service Contract
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After completing this module, students will be able to:
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Explain how .NET exceptions relate to
service-level faults.
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Define fault information in a service
contract.
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Handle service exceptions on clients.
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Module 7: Improving WCF Service Quality
This module explains how to address service quality issues
such as performance, availability, concurrency and instance
management
Lessons
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Managing WCF Service Instances
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Managing Concurrency Issues
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Improving WCF Service Performance
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Lab: Improving WCF Service Quality
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Managing WCF Service Instances
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Managing Concurrency Issues
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Throttling Access to a WCF Service
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Passing Bulk Data Between WCF Client
and Service
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After completing this module, students will be able to:
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Manage WCF service instances.
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Manage concurrency issues.
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Improve WCF service performance.
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Module 8: Implementing WCF Security
This module explains how to implement security in a WCF
application
Lessons
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Overview of Security in WCF
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Applying Overall Security Requirements
to a Binding
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Specifying Required Client and Service
Credentials
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Working With Security Information
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Lab: Implementing WCF Security
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Applying Security for Internal Network
Communication
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Applying Security for Internet
Communication
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After completing this module, students will be able to:
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Explain the process for implementing
security in WCF.
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Apply overall security requirements to
a binding.
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Specify required client and service
credentials.
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Work with security information.
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Module 9: Implementing Transactions
This module explains how to protect data integrity through
correct use of transactions
Lessons
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Overview of Transactions in a
Service-Oriented Application
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Creating Transactional Service
Operations
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Enabling the Flow of Transactions from
Client to Service
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Lab: Implementing Transactions for a Service
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Control the Flow of a Transaction from
Client to Service
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Force a Transaction to Start When a
Service Operation Is Called
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After completing this module, students will be able to:
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Explain how transactions work in a
service-oriented application.
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Create transactional service
operations.
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Control transaction flow from client
to service.
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