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Windows Communication Foundation From the Inside
Comparing Two Bindings
Too often I have to compare two bindings to find the subtle difference between a configuration that...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 03/05/2010
Compatibility Update for Serialization
Last week we released a fix for serializing data between .Net 4 and previous versions of the...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 03/04/2010
Approaching End of Life for Original Platforms
When WCF first shipped the supported platforms were the latest available operating system releases:...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 03/03/2010
AppFabric Beta 2 and Samples
Yesterday marked the second beta release of Windows Server AppFabric. Windows Server AppFabric is a...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 03/02/2010
.Net 4 Certification Exams
Initial details are available for the Microsoft Learning certification exams for .Net 4. The...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 03/01/2010
Parsing Standard Uris, Part 2
Here's another look at defining what it means to have a URI for the TCP or named pipe transports....
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 02/26/2010
Parsing Standard Uris
The System.Uri class has built-in parsing rules for a variety of schemes, including http, https,...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 02/25/2010
Frequently Asked Uri Questions
The System.Net team has put together a list of frequently asked questions for the System.Uri class...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 02/24/2010
Early TechEd 2010 Registration Ends this Week
TechEd this year runs from June 7th to June 10th in New Orleans, LA. As previously announced the...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 02/23/2010
MEF Preview 9
Here's the post that was supposed to appear last Friday. The Managed Extensibility Framework makes...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 02/22/2010
Filling Time Today
Today’s post has gone missing but if you’d like something to fill your time, why not take Brad...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 02/19/2010
Finding the Remote Client Address
After being a highly-requested feature, back in .Net 3.5 we added the ability to see the network...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 02/18/2010
Fix for Visual Studio 2010 Release Candidate Crash
A fix was published over the weekend for a crashing issue found in the release candidate. The issue...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 02/17/2010
Debugging with Reflector
I saw that a new version of Reflector came out the other day along with a new Reflector Pro add-in...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 02/16/2010
Visual Studio Release Candidate Walkthroughs and Training Kit
Following the Visual Studio 2010 and .Net 4 release candidates last week, the Visual Studio training...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 02/15/2010
WCF and AppFabric on .Net Rocks
The folks at .Net Rocks have posted a few recent interviews with some of the people on the WCF and...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 02/12/2010
Fix to Generate Contract Code for Dates
Here's a bonus entry left from last week. Last week I ran a series covering fixes for WCF that may...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 02/11/2010
Windows Azure Tools 1.1
The latest Windows Azure tools and SDK release actually came out two weeks ago but requires either...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 02/10/2010
Visual Studio 2010 and .Net 4 Release Candidate
Yesterday the release candidate for Visual Studio 2010 and .Net 4 was released to MSDN subscribers....
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 02/09/2010
ASP.NET MVC 2 Release Candidate 2
The ASP.NET MVC team has released a potentially final release candidate for ASP.NET MVC 2. MVC is a...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 02/08/2010
Moonlight 3 Preview
Moonlight, the Linux version of Silverlight, has produced its first preview release of Moonlight 3....
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 02/05/2010
Fix to Allow an Encoder Fallback with UTF8
This week I'll be running a series covering fixes for WCF that may be hard to find and explaining...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 02/04/2010
Fix for Partially Trusted Clients using Windows Authentication
This week I'll be running a series covering fixes for WCF that may be hard to find and explaining...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 02/03/2010
Fix to Allow Customizing the Status Code when Validation Fails
This week I'll be running a series covering fixes for WCF that may be hard to find and explaining...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 02/02/2010
Fix for Exception Reading Typed Headers
This week I'll be running a series covering fixes for WCF that may be hard to find and explaining...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 02/01/2010
Full and Partial Profiles
What is the difference between the client and full framework profiles? Which one should I target?...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 01/29/2010
Data Services Update Re-Released
The December update to .Net Framework 3.5 SP1 data services has been re-released after addressing...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 01/28/2010
Warming a Cold Pool
The thread pool for asynchronous IO threads attempts to automatically regulate the number of idle...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 01/27/2010
Domain Services with WCF RIA Services Introduction
Early documentation is available of a walkthrough for building a ___domain service using WCF RIA...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 01/26/2010
Debugging References with Graph Visualizations
Chris Lovett has a nice video demonstrating how to debug managed memory leaks by visualizing the...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 01/25/2010
Fix for Gradual Debugger Slowdown
Visual Studio 2008 added a feature to automatically attach to a service in your solution when the...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 01/21/2010
Transaction Not Available
Can I run code under a flowed-in transaction from within a message inspector? The setup work for the...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 01/20/2010
Debugging with Framework Source
How do I debug calls that go through WCF? The easiest way to get started debugging through the...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 01/19/2010
Test .Net 4 Beta 2 over Windows Update
Sometime after .Net 4 is released it will be available as an optional update on Windows Update. You...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 01/18/2010
Visual Studio and Windows Azure Training Kit Updates
The contents of the Visual Studio 2010 and Windows Azure training kits have again gotten an update...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 01/15/2010
MIX 2010 Content Voting Ends Tomorrow
At the MIX 2010 conference Microsoft is inviting several presenters from the community to come and...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 01/14/2010
MEF on the Technology Summary Page
I've gone ahead and added another category to the technologies of interest to WCF developers. This...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 01/13/2010
Temporary Shadow Files
Why are the code files for a WCF service running in IIS copied to the Temporary ASP.NET Files...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 01/12/2010
Ignoring MustUnderstand
How can I configure a client or server to handle messages even if a required header isn't...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 01/11/2010
Fix for Error Accessing Remote Endpoint Address
The Windows networking team has released a fix for accessing the remote endpoint address of a socket...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 01/08/2010
Managed Extensibility Framework in Silverlight Screencasts
The Managed Extensibility Framework makes it easier to create and reuse extensibility applications...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 01/07/2010
Untyped Asynchronous Calls
How do I asynchronously call a service operation without having a typed service contract on the...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 01/06/2010
TechEd 2010 Early Registration
TechEd this year runs from June 7th to June 10th in New Orleans, LA. As usual there is also a...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 01/05/2010
Three Networking Questions Answered with Samples
How do I remove or change the framing headers used for a TCP connection? By writing a transport...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 01/04/2010
2009 Year in Review
Another year's worth of stats from the world around us. Due to the way the calendar falls this year...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 12/31/2009
Deploying WCF RIA Services System Files
WCF RIA Services are not a part of the base framework install. That means that when it's time to...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 12/30/2009
Visual Studio 2010 Beta and 2008 Trial VMs
Virtual machine images for Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 are now available for download. Using a virtual...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 12/29/2009
Azure AppFabric December Release
Azure AppFabric is a part of the Azure Services Platform that provides a service bus, an...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 12/28/2009
Fix for Slow IO Thread Startup
The CLR team has recently released a fix for slow startup of asynchronous IO threads that may affect...
Author: Nicholas Allen Date: 12/23/2009