This book is a complete guide to Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) from a service-oriented architecture (SOA) perspective. With each new version of the .NET Framework, Microsoft has improved many key areas of WCF. In .NET 4.0, Microsoft has given developers a better experience and enabled them to become more productive. The book not only provides deep insight into the new WCF functionality that ships with .NET 4.0—such as service discovery, routing services, and simplified configuration—but also provides extensive examples to make it easier to put the new concepts into practice. You'll learn how to move your current offerings to WCF, and how to integrate those applications with WCF 4.0. This book offers genuine insight into solving real enterprise problems using WCF and .NET 4.0. This books covers the following:

• The new features of WCF with .NET 4.0
• The WCF programming model
• Implementing WS-Discovery and routing services in WCF
• How queue management and reliable messaging work in WCF
• Implementing transaction support in WCF
• How to make WCF services interoperable with other SOA offerings
• Best practices for using WCF effectively
• Developing WCF applications with Visual Studio 2010

It will also address the business drivers that dictate the need for these WCF features, as well as the industry best practices for applying them.