Matt Powell : Web Services Enhancements (WSE)

Common WSE Kerberos Problem

mattpo — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 00:02:00 GMT

Mark Fussell discusses a common problem when using WSE 3.0 and Kerberos security. He answers the following question:

I need advice with WSE 3.0 and implementing a web service that requires a Kerberos token. It seems that my simple web service and Windows client should be straight-forward but I’m not able to get past the error “Security requirements are not satisfied because the security header is not present in the incoming message."

-Matt

Update to WSERM for WSE 3.0 Available

mattpo — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 04:14:00 GMT

We just posted an update to the WS-ReliableMessaging sample code that George Copeland wrote that works with the RTM bits of WSE 3.0. George posted his original code with the initial CTP release of WSE 3.0. The new version works with the RTM versions of the .NET Framework 2.0 and WSE 3.0.

-Matt

WSE 3.0 - Run released WSE on released .NET Framework 2.0

mattpo — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 00:33:00 GMT

It's available!

Get the final release of WSE 3.0 today. You also want to check out the updated Hands on Labs on messaging and security.

-Matt

Almost Monday...

mattpo — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 21:21:00 GMT

On Monday, November 7th, Microsoft will launch Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005 and BizTalk Server 2006. This is the first in long series of product launches from Microsoft over the coming year that will culminate in the release of Windows Vista.

Of course you will want a released version of WSE 3.0 that runs with VStudio 2005. Check back here Monday.

-Matt

Web Services Secure Exchange Technical Committee Created at Oasis

mattpo — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 00:55:00 GMT

The Oasis standards body created a technical committee today to finalize WS-Trust, WS-SecureConversation and WS-SecurityPolicy. It's name: The Web Services Secure Exchange Technical Committee. This is the final step in the Workshop Process to get these Web services specs standardized.

For more info on these specs, see the Web Services Security Specification Index page on MSDN.

-Matt

WSE 3.0 October CTP Available!

mattpo — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 23:21:00 GMT

The latest Community Technology Preview of Web Services Enhancements 3.0 is now available. Yes, it is the October WSE 3.0 CTP. This will be the last CTP before the final release in November. Be sure and let us know of any problems in the Product Feedback Center.

-Matt

PDC Presentation Materials

mattpo — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 07:13:00 GMT

If you didn't make it down to PDC in Los Angeles, or if you did and would still like to see the final slides and/or sample code from the presentations, head over the public Commnet web site (Commnet is the event Web site that is usually only accessible to attendees -- but not this year). Although it asks you to sign-in with your Microsoft Passport, it is not required. Here's a link straight to the session download page.

-Matt

It's Starting to Get Exciting...

mattpo — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 23:31:00 GMT

It's always fun to see how Microsoft gears up for the PDC. Here at MSDN we are scrambling like mad to stay on top of all the different technologies that are being announced and have content around them that need to be published simultaneously with one or another keynote. I'll be heading down to LA myself on Monday, the day before official day 1 (They are doing some very cool pre-con sessions Monday too). I'm hoping all our preperations will have paid off and we will just have to push a button or two by that time to get everything live.

I'll be spending a lot of time in the Indigo, I mean Windows Communication Foundation, cabana so make plans on stopping by and saying hi. If you want to talk about MSDN and the content we publish, we can talk about that too.

Hope to see you there. If you aren't going, follow what's happening at the PDC on MSDN. You won't want to miss it.

-Matt

Welcome to the MSDN Web Services and Other Distributed Technologies Developer Center

mattpo — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 08:15:00 GMT

What a mouthful!

That's right, we've changed our name, our layout and what we talk about. The MSDN Web Services Developer Center is now the MSDN Web Services and Other Distributed Technologies Developer Center.

Please accept my apologies for the senseless waste of pixels required for our new name, especially now with the price of pixels per barrell at record highs. But our new Sports Utility sized name was deemed necessary for several reasons:

A central place was needed to discuss the use of other Web service and related technologies, like .NET Remoting, Enterprise Services, Message Queuing and even COM+.
We needed to evolve our site to encompass our next generation of Web service technology: Indigo
We needed to evolve our site to encompass our next generation unified programming model for developing distributed applications: Indigo

This really became apparent when customers were asking what technologies they should use today and how should they evolve them to be ready for Indigo. So instead of expecting our customers to track down information that lived in about 12 different locations, and because we needed a home for a bunch of new content we are producing comparing these technologies and providing guidance on how and where to use them, we decided to bring all this information together under our flagship distributed technology: Web services.

Make sure you check out our first article in the series on distributed technologies guidance: Richard Turner's Developing Distributed Services Today.

Problem with the WSE 3.0 July CTP

mattpo — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 05:20:00 GMT

Two problems were found with the just published WSE 3.0 July CTP.

1. The Add Web Reference feature in the July CTP version of Visual Studio 2005 does not generate a WSE enabled proxy.

To work around the problem, modify the generated proxy base class from System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol to Microsoft.Web.Services3.WebServicesClientProtocol

2. The Update Web Reference feature in the July CTP version of Visual Studio 2005 will generate an error.

To work around the problem, delete the existing web reference and add it again by using the Add Web Reference feature. Additionally, you would also need to modify the generated proxy base class from System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol to Microsoft.Web.Services3.WebServicesClientProtocol

Don't forget that the WSE 3.0 July CTP only works with the Whidbey July CTP which is only available to MSDN Subscribors.

-Matt

WSE 3.0 July CTP

mattpo — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 23:55:00 GMT

The WSE team has put out an update to their earlier WSE 3.0 technical preview, but before you rush out and install it be aware that the new WSE 3.0 July CTP REQUIRES the July CTP of .NET Framework 2.0 or the July CTP of Visual Studio 2005. The July CTPs of the .NET Framework and Visual Studio are only available to MSDN subscribers.

So if you want to see the updates since the original WSE 3.0 CTP, go get it:

Web Services Enhancements (WSE) 3.0 July Community Tech Preview for Microsoft .NET

Web Services Enhancements (WSE) 3.0 July Community Tech Preview for Microsoft .NET Redistributable Runtime MSI

-Matt

Questions about WSE 3.0

mattpo — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 21:33:00 GMT

One of the most common questions I'm getting here at TechEd is, "What's new in WSE 3.0?"

The single biggest answer is that it is completely integrated with Whidbey (Visual Studio 2005 and the .NET Framework 2.0). You are required to have the .NET Framework 2.0 installed to install the technical preview of WSE 3.0.

Beyond the Whidbey integration are the things like the improved policy and security session support. It is also Microsoft's first implementation of the W3C standard MTOM spec for sending binary data with your XML message.

For a full list of features, check out the release notes available on the MSDN Web Services Developer Center.

-Matt

If you are at Tech Ed, Stop by and say Hi.

mattpo — Tue, 07 Jun 2005 19:53:00 GMT

I'm currently workin' the booth at Tech Ed USA here in Orlando, Florida. I'm spending a bunch of my time here at booth # 33 in the Microsoft Pavillion. We are in the booth that discusses the current technologies of the .NET Framework for writing distributed applications which includes: Web services (my favorite), WSE (okay, also my favorite), MSMQ, Enterprise Services and .NET Remoting.

If you are here at TechEd, stop by and say, "Hi!"

-Matt

The first look at WSE 3.0

mattpo — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 23:23:00 GMT

Today we released a Community Technical Preview of WSE 3.0. Check out the release notes for details on what is new.

We also made some changes to the WSE page on the MSDN Web Services Developer Center that should make it a lot easier to use and a bit more appealing. The verb we used to describe these efforts was "sexify" (ie. "Please sexify the WSE page."). Will you notice? Thanks to Judith for all the work she did to get the new WSE page live.

Have fun playing w/ WSE 3.0 and its many cool features.

-Matt

Give Us Your Feedback on WSE and Indigo

mattpo — Sat, 09 Apr 2005 02:57:00 GMT

Some of you may be familiar with the MSDN Product Feedback Center that has been used to allow the users of the Visual Studio 2005 betas to file bugs and submit product suggestions. Our general plan is that this capability will be provided for any number of developer products, but we are rolling this out slowly as we build the infrastrure and communication channels with the different product groups within Microsoft.

Well, we have recently rolled out the capability for folks using Web Services Enhancements and Indigo to take advantage of the Product Feedback Center. Not only can you submit bugs or suggestions on these products, you can also provide your 2 cents on which bugs are the most important ones for us to address.

The Product Feedback Center requires a passport login. If you are logged in and go to the homepage you will see the status of all the bugs you have opened plus any others you have flagged for tracking. Or you can go straight to the WSE or Indigo list.

Let us know how we can improve these products!

-Matt