by community-syndication | Jan 16, 2009 | BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication
Keith Brown, Matt Milner, and I recently wrote a series of whitepapers for Microsoft on their new .NET Services offering, which is part of the Azure Services Platform. The series consists of the following four whitepapers:
- An Introduction to Microsoft .NET Services for Developers (Aaron Skonnard)
This overview paper introduces Microsoft%u00ae .NET Services, each of its building block services, and how they fit together.
- A Developer’s Guide to the Microsoft%u00ae .NET Access Control Service (Keith Brown)
This whitepaper shows developers how to use a claims-based identity model and the Microsoft%u00ae .NET Access Control Service to implement single sign-on, federated identity, and role based access control in Web applications and services.
- A Developer’s Guide to the Microsoft%u00ae .NET Service Bus (Aaron Skonnard)
This whitepaper shows developers how to use the .NET Service Bus to provide a secure, standards-based messaging fabric to connect applications across the Internet.
- A Developer’s Guide to the Microsoft%u00ae .NET Workflow Service (Matt Milner)
This whitepaper provides details about the Microsoft%u00ae .NET Workflow Service and what developers need to know to begin building workflows for the cloud. It not only explains the current tools and capabilities but also outlines the vision for future releases.
You can download the entire set of whitepapers here. And they currently have some easier links on the .NET Services Dev Center.
by community-syndication | Jan 16, 2009 | BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication
In this short screencast, you'll continue to learn about building RESTful services with WCF 3.5.
Be sure to check out our growing collection of screencasts on the Pluralsight screencast page.
Previous WCF Screencasts (RSS for all posts in the series)
- Creating your first WCF service
- Creating your first WCF client
- Configuring services with endpoints
- Hosting WCF services in ASP.NET/IIS
- Hosting WCF services in your own applications
- Configuring service references
- Calling services asynchronously with WCF
- Hosting WCF services in Windows Services
- Configuring WAS for TCP endpoints
- Configuring bindings
- Configuring services with behaviors
- Configuring MEX endpoints
- Building RESTful Services with WCF
by community-syndication | Jan 16, 2009 | BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication
We wanted to let our readers know that the introductory pricing for Pluralsight On-Demand! will expire on 2/28/2009. If you subscribe before then, you will be locked into the introductory renewal rate for the lifetime of your subscription. Contact us here for more details.
by community-syndication | Jan 15, 2009 | BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication
Microsoft recently donated the StockTrader source code to a new Apache incubation project called Stonehenge. Kamal Bath is coordinating Microsoft’s participation and recently posted on the project here.
We think this is potentially a big deal because:
a) it’s our first time to be a code contributor to Apache
b) we see this as a great way to foster interoperability testing on WS-* where any customer or vendor can propose test cases and the results are openly published for all to see (because of Apache’s strong adherence to principles of openness in their processes).
While this project has a lot of potential, what it really needs is active participants and contributors. If you have an interest in web services interoperability, and especially if you have experience or interest in open source projects, I encourage you to check Stonehenge out and get involved.
by community-syndication | Jan 15, 2009 | BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication
My latest screencast in the Windows WF developer screencast series has been loaded up. In this session, I discuss the basics for setting up the SQL Tracking Service in Windows WF and how to begin tracking basic information. In a subsequent screencast I will cover how to create tracking profiles which can be used with this or any custom tracking service.
Pluralsight Screencast – Using SQL Tracking Services in WF
Previous screencasts in this series can be found on the screencast section of the Pluralsight website. You will also find short screen casts on other technologies both current (e.g. WCF) and future ("Oslo") on this page.
by community-syndication | Jan 15, 2009 | BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication
My geekSpeak recording on Cloud Services 101 is now up on Channel9. During the show, we discussed what Microsoft is doing with cloud computing and how you can start taking advantage of "the cloud" in your applications with an emphasis on .NET Services.
If you're not familiar with geekSpeak, it's similar to a "talk-radio" format hosted by developer evangelists from Microsoft. They all share their knowledge and experience about a particular developer technology and are ready to answer your questions in real time during the webcast.
The hosts for this geekSpeak are Lynn Langit and Lindsay Rutter. Be sure to visit the geekSpeak blog.
by community-syndication | Jan 15, 2009 | BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication
In this short screencast, you'll learn how to build a RESTful service with WCF, converting a previously created WCF service to support a RESTful interface. Along the way you'll see how to leverage the new System.ServiceModel.Web programming model introduced in WCF 3.5.
Be sure to check out our growing collection of short screencasts on the Pluralsight screencast page.
Previous WCF Screencasts (RSS for all posts in the series)
- Creating your first WCF service
- Creating your first WCF client
- Configuring services with endpoints
- Hosting WCF services in ASP.NET/IIS
- Hosting WCF services in your own applications
- Configuring service references
- Calling services asynchronously with WCF
- Hosting WCF services in Windows Services
- Configuring WAS for TCP endpoints
- Configuring bindings
- Configuring services with behaviors
- Configuring MEX endpoints
by community-syndication | Jan 15, 2009 | BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication
My latest WCF/WF article was recently published in the January issue of MSDN Magazine. It focuses on the new features found in WCF/WF 4.0 with a special focus on the changes to the WF programming model, XAML-based declarative workflows/services, and the new hosting environment provided by the new "Dublin" application server extensions. .NET 4.0 marks a big shift for WCF/WF moving forward. Check it out here.
by community-syndication | Jan 15, 2009 | BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication
Yesterday the Microsoft team released a new tech preview of the ESB Guidance 2.0 package.
What’s new? I’ll be installing this today so we’ll see what “LDAP Resolver” and “SMTP Adapter Provider” actually are. Looks like some good modifications to the itinerary design experience as well. The biggest aesthetic change is the removal of the dependency […]
by community-syndication | Jan 15, 2009 | BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication
After presenting our session about BizTalk Server Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) at Teched 2008, my partner in crime and CTO of Tellago Joe Klug and I decided to coauthor a paper that highlighted the capabilities and architecture of BAM from a developer…(read more)
