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Visual Studio 2008: Windows Communication Foundation (MOC6461)
Course Number: MOC6461
Category: Programming & Dev Tools
Duration: 3.00 days
Description

This three-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to build and configure a Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) solution.

Target 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.

Objectives

After completing this course, students will be able to:

  • Build a simple WCF service and client.
  • Create and configure a service as a managed application and select an appropriate hosting option.
  • Expose a WCF service over different endpoints and add runtime functionality using behaviors.
  • Improve debugging capabilities by examining messages and service activity.
  • Define service, operation, and data contracts to meet application requirements.
  • Add error handling to a WCF application.
  • Address service quality issues such as performance, availability, concurrency, and instance management.
  • Implement security in a WCF application.
  • Protect data integrity through correct use of transactions.
Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students should have intermediate experience developing applications by using previous versions of Microsoft Visual Studio at level 200.

Outline
  • Module 1: Getting Started with Windows Communication Foundation
    • Lessons
      • Designing an Application to be Part of a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
      • Overview of WCF Architecture
      • Using a Language-Level Interface As a Service Contract
      • Implementing a Simple WCF Service in Visual Studio 2008
      • Consuming a simple WCF service in Visual Studio 2008
    • Lab: Creating a Simple Service
      • Creating a Simple WCF Service
      • Calling the Simple WCF Service
  • Module 2: Configuring and Hosting WCF Services
    • Lessons
      • Programmatically Configuring a Managed Application to Host a WCF Service
      • Programmatically Configuring a Managed Application to Call a WCF Service
      • Defining Client and Service Settings by Using File-Based Configuration
      • Selecting a Hosting Option for a WCF Service
      • Deploying a WCF Service
    • Lab: Configure and Host a WCF Service
      • Creating a Programmatically Configured Managed Application to Host a Service
      • Calling a Service Hosted in a Managed Application by Using Programmatic Configuration
      • Defining Service Settings by Using External Configuration
      • Employing Different Hosting Options for a Service
  • Module 3: Endpoints and Behaviors
    • Lessons
      • Exposing WCF Services Over Different Endpoints
      • Adding Behaviors to Services and Endpoints
      • Interoperating with Non-WCF Web services
    • Lab: Changing Service Endpoints and Behaviors
      • Exposing Services by Using Different Bindings
      • Adding Metadata Exchange to a Service
      • Creating WCF Clients and Services That Interoperate with Non-WCF Web Services
  • Module 4: Debugging and Diagnostics
    • Lessons
      • Logging Messages
      • Activity Tracing
    • Lab: Message Logging and Activity
    • Generating Logging Information for a Service
    • Enabling End-to-End Tracing for a Service
  • Module 5: Designing and Defining Contracts
    • Lessons
      • Designing a Coherent and Cohesive WCF Service Interface
      • Defining a Service Contract
      • Defining Operations on a Service
      • Defining a Data Contract
    • Lab: Contracts for Services and Data
      • Defining and Implementing a One-way Operation Contract
      • Passing Complex Data with a Data Contract
      • Defining and Implementing a Callback Contract
  • Module 6: Handling Errors
    • Lessons
      • Relating .NET Exceptions to Service-level Faults
      • Using Faults in a Service
      • Handling Faults and Exceptions on Clients
    • Lab: Error Handling
      • Handling Unexpected Errors in a WCF Service
      • Add Fault Handling to a WCF Service and the Service Contract
  • Module 7: Improving WCF Service Quality
    • Lessons
      • Managing WCF Service Instances
      • Managing Concurrency Issues
      • Improving WCF Service Performance
    • Lab: Improving WCF Service Quality
      • Managing WCF Service Instances
      • Managing Concurrency Issues
      • Throttling Access to a WCF Service
      • Passing Bulk Data Between WCF Client and Service
  • Module 8: Implementing WCF Security
    • Lessons
      • Overview of Security in WCF
      • Applying Overall Security Requirements to a Binding
      • Specifying Required Client and Service Credentials
      • Working With Security Information
    • Lab: Implementing WCF Security
      • Applying Security for Internal Network Communication
      • Applying Security for Internet Communication
  • Module 9: Implementing Transactions
    • Lessons
      • Overview of Transactions in a Service-Oriented Application
      • Creating Transactional Service Operations
      • Enabling the Flow of Transactions from Client to Service
    • Lab: Implementing Transactions for a Service
      • Control the Flow of a Transaction from Client to Service
      • Force a Transaction to Start When a Service Operation Is Called