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07 November 2008
Geneva supports OASIS WS-Trust, SAML
Last week at the PDC 2008, Microsoft released the public beta of “Geneva”. “Geneva” is three things: Geneva Server. This is a security token service (STS), as defined in the OASIS WS-Trust specification. This thing issues and transforms claims, manages Read More...
29 October 2008
It just got easier to build REST apps in .NET
The REST starter kit that we launched at PDC is now live! :: http://www.msdn.com/wcf/rest . The WCF REST Starter Kit is a set of features, Visual Studio templates, samples and guidance that help people build REST apps using WCF. WCF, part of the .NET Read More...
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05 September 2008
Using the WSDL-First design approach with WCF services
Couple of helpful posts from the archives for you. If you are care about interop, then you probably want to use a contract-first or WSDL-first design for your web services. In other words, you will not simply decorate server-side code annotations (in Read More...
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04 September 2008
Web services interop with WCF - Relevant Forum Questions
I was just browsing the WCF forum on MSDN. Here's a summary of the recent interesting threads dealing with interop: How to map complex data types exposed by a J2EE web services, into a WCF client? How to use connect from an AXIS 2 client to a WCF service Read More...
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21 March 2008
.NET and Java Interop over Web services - using JMS!
Earlier this month, Syscon published an article that describes how to interconnect .NET and Java apps via a web services programming model, but using JMS as part of the connectivity infrastructure. I just saw it today. The solution relies on ActiveMQ Read More...
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06 February 2008
WADL and WSDL and REST, oh my!
Hernan Garcia made an interesting comment on my post of yesterday: For REST, there is an alternative to the WSDL in SOAP and it is WADL . Good point Mr Garcia - The adoption and practical utility of WADL is worth watching. The question for me becomes Read More...
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13 November 2007
SOAP? REST? Whichever you choose, WCF is the right framework
There's a new paper by David Chappell that is worth checking out. Entitled "Dealing with Diversity: Understanding WCF Communication Options in the .NET Framework 3.5", it discusses WCF and its applicability to REST as well as WS-* style communications. Read More...
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11 October 2007
Introduction to WCF - Article on TechTarget
Last week, TechTarget published an article I wrote providing a brief introduction to WCF. If you haven't had a chance to look at WCF, it may be worth a look. It's about 2 printed pages (not that you or I would print it out, because we are both so environmentally Read More...
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09 October 2007
Benchmarks and Interop: IBM responds to StockTrader
Just saw comments by Andrew Spyker of IBM on the StockTrader demonstration and benchmark that my buddy and esteemed colleague Greg Leake put together. IBM's Trade 6.1 benchmark application is a sample and performance testing application published by IBM, Read More...
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09 October 2007
WCF and Apache AXIS interop
I'm getting back to building and publishing working examples. My latest is a working example of a WCF client communicating with an Apache AXIS 1.4 server, using web services. You can find it here . There's full source code available. This one shows complex Read More...
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13 September 2007
SOA Story featuring WebSphere and WCF Interop, and wow! Look at those prices!
This is an older story, but you may have missed it. (I did!) Insurance provider Safeco initiated a SOA effort and within that, built a new application using WebSphere Process Server, ASP.NET, and WCF Services written in C#. The story was written up on Read More...
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12 September 2007
ESB Guidance
In October of 2006, Microsoft introduced something we called "ESB Guidance" at the Microsoft SOA & BPM Conference, held annually in Redmond. ( This year's event is October 29-November 2). The Guidance, as I'll call it, is a package of stuff designed Read More...
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20 August 2007
StockTrader on Channel9
Greg Leake does a review of StockTrader on Channel9. Check it out . Read More...
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20 August 2007
Improving WCF interop with Websphere/RAD by controlling WSDL Generation
I wrote about Christian's foray into this area a while back . Now comes news that other people are confronting the same issue, but with Websphere or Rational App Developer. Here's the problem: WCF emits WSDL that is modular - the base WSDL file references Read More...
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09 August 2007
Fact Check – IBM’s Steve Mills claims on MS and SOA
We saw an article on CNET that included quotes from Steve Mills of IBM directly related to Interop, SOA and Microsoft. Since Interop is one of our passions, we thought it would be worthwhile to respond. Given that we are approaching an election here in Read More...
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