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Title / Updated	Author	Score
WCF / WPF Chat Application Updated: 27 Jul 2007   How to create a peer-to-peer chat application using Windows Communication Foundation VS2005, .NET 3.0, C# 3.0, Windows, Dev, WCF, Intermediate	Sacha Barber	4.83
WS-Discovery for WCF Updated: 27 Nov 2008   This article describes the design, implementation, and usage of WS-Discovery for Windows Communication Foundation (WCF). .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, C#, .NET, Architect, Dev, WCF, Intermediate, Advanced	Claudio Masieri	4.82
WCF: Duplex Operations and UI Threads Updated: 20 Feb 2007   This article examines how duplex operations are implemented in WCF as well as some of the issues that may arise when dealing with UI threads. VS2005, C# 2.0, .NET 3.0, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	jeff.barnes	4.82
NullTransport for WCF Updated: 1 Oct 2007   This article describes design, implementation and the usage of the custom in-process transport for Microsoft Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) model. WinXP, Vista, VS2005, C# 2.0, .NET 3.0, C# 3.0, XML, Dev, WCF, Advanced	Roman Kiss	4.77
Windows Vista aware NT Service interacting with the desktop Updated: 27 Mar 2007   How to build Windows Vista aware Windows NT Service which can interact with the user .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, C#, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, WinForms, Intermediate	Stefan Repas	4.77
All you need to know about .NET Remoting - Unedited Updated: 6 Oct 2008   .NET Remoting is available since beginning of .NET intoduction. It’s time to get to know it well eventually. I hope this topic will help you with this. .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, C# 1.0, C# 2.0, .NET 3.0, C# 3.0, .NET 3.5, C#, .NET, Dev, Design, Beginner, Intermediate	onxonx	4.74
Publishing RSS and ATOM Feeds using WCF 3.5 Syndication Libraries - Unedited Updated: 5 Feb 2008   This article focuses on using the WCF 3.5 libraries namely System.ServiceModel.Syndication namespace to create and publish an RSS and Atom feed from the same code base. C# 3.0, C#, Windows, .NET, Architect, Dev, WCF, Design, Beginner, Intermediate	Adnan Masood	4.74
WS-Eventing for WCF (Indigo) Updated: 4 Jun 2007   This article describes the design, implementation and usage of the WS-Eventing for distributed applications driven by new MS communication model WCF (Windows Communication Foundation) VS2005, .NET 3.0, C#, XML, Windows, Dev, WCF, Advanced	Roman Kiss	4.73
Automating Windows Applications Using the WCF Equipped Injected Component Updated: 9 Mar 2007   A .NET WCF equipped component injected into automated process allows both local and remote clients to control the process and get its asynchronous events. VS2005, .NET 3.0, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Igor Ladnik	4.70
Integrating WCF Services - Unedited Updated: 24 Apr 2008   This article describes how WCF services can be loaded on-the-fly (without prior knowledge of the services’ contracts), setting its parameters and sequencing their invocation. VS2005, C# 3.0, C#, Windows, Win32, Visual Studio, Architect, Dev, WCF, WinForms, Design, Advanced	taufufah	4.69
WS-Transfer for WCF (Indigo) Updated: 11 Jul 2006   The article describes the design, implementation, and usage of WS-Transfer for Indigo-driven applications. .NET 2.0, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, VS2005, C#, XML, Architect, Dev, WCF, Advanced	Roman Kiss	4.67
Communication options with WCF - Part 2 Updated: 20 Jul 2006   An article on communication options with WCF - part 2. VS2005, .NET 3.0, C#, XML, Windows, Dev, WCF, Intermediate	Al Alberto	4.64
Progress Indication while Uploading/Downloading Files using WCF Updated: 26 Oct 2007   This article examines the implementation of upload and download functionality with progress indication (progress bar feature) using Windows Communication Foundation. C#, VB, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, WCF, Intermediate	Dimitris Papadimitriou	4.63
Communication options with WCF - Part 1 Updated: 11 Jul 2006   Communication options with WCF - Part 1. Vista, .NET 3.0, C#, Visual Studio, Dev, WCF, Beginner	Al Alberto	4.62
WCF Implementation of the Publisher/Subscriber Model Updated: 9 Jan 2008   Implementation of the Publisher and Subscriber model. WinXP, Vista, C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C#, Windows, WCF, Intermediate	chakkaradeepcc	4.62
Exporting Annotations from WCF - Unedited Updated: 7 Oct 2008   This article describes the design and implementation of the WCF extension for exporting the wsdl documentation and schema annotation. .NET 3.0, C# 3.0, .NET 3.5, Dev, WCF, Advanced	Roman Kiss	4.57
Runtime Generated WCF Service Exposing .NET or COM Types Updated: 24 Apr 2008   A WCF service wrapper is generated at runtime around a .NET or COM type to expose its interface. .NET 3.5, C++, C#, .NET, Dev, COM, WCF, Intermediate	Igor Ladnik	4.53
Using WCF with Automatic Client Proxies Updated: 7 Oct 2008   Using automatically generated proxies in WCF in a manner similar to .NET Remoting C# 3.0, .NET 3.5, C#, .NET, Dev, WCF, Intermediate	Tim Haynes	4.53
Globalization Patterns in WCF (WS-I18N implementation) Updated: 28 Sep 2006   Pablo Cibraro describes the internationalization of WCF services (Windows Communication Foundation) using the globalization support provided by the .NET framework. .NET 2.0, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, VS2005, .NET 3.0, C#, Dev, WCF, Beginner	Pablo Cibraro	4.50
Simple Web Service using WCF (Windows Communication Framework) Updated: 2 Jan 2007   This article shows you how easy it is to set up a web service using Windows Communication Framework. Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, WCF, Beginner	Mark Pryce-Maher	4.50
Simple Real-Time Ticker Using C# / NET / WCF / WPF Updated: 1 Oct 2008   This article is a basic working sample of using WCF and WPF to publish real-time data. C# 3.0, .NET 3.5, C#, .NET, Dev, WCF, Intermediate	Carlos A Alvarez	4.50
Event-Driven Communication Foundation Updated: 21 Sep 2007   This article describes how to add event-driven behavior to WCF applications. Vista, .NET 3.0, C#, Visual Studio, Dev, WCF, Intermediate	Sergey Tkachev	4.48
Microsoft Robotics Studio (MSRS) and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Work Together Updated: 20 Oct 2006   A sample of collaboration between MSRS service and WinForm application by means of WCF services. WinXP, Win2003, VS2005, .NET 3.0, C++, C#, VB, Dev, Intermediate	Igor Ladnik	4.44
A Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Overview Updated: 18 Sep 2008   This article talks about the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and how to consume it in applications. It describes the WCF model, and is a quick introduction for beginners. .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, VS2008, C#, ASP.NET, Windows, IIS, Architect, Dev, WCF, Intermediate	Deepthi Viswanathan Nair	4.37
A Quick and Dirty WCF Service and Client (Using WCF and Winforms) Updated: 14 May 2007   An example of how to use Windows Communication Foundation services. WinXP, Vista, VS2005, .NET 3.0, C# 3.0, Dev, WCF, WinForms, Beginner	Jason Henderson	4.35
Exploring Windows Communication Foundation - Part 2 Updated: 30 Jan 2007   In this second article of the series "Exploring Windows Communication Foundation", we explore the customization of the service and working with faults and errors. .NET 2.0, Vista, VS2005, C# 2.0, .NET 3.0, Architect, Dev, Intermediate	mastergaurav	4.35
WPF.WCF Chat Application Simplified via P2P - Unedited Updated: 11 Nov 2007   Using the WCF netPeerTcp binding to chat without a central server. WinXP, Vista, VS2005, .NET 3.0, C# 3.0, VS2008, Dev, WCF, XAML, WPF, Intermediate	roland rodriguez	4.26
Fault Resilience support in publish/subscribe paradigm using WCF and socket programming. - Unedited Updated: 13 Sep 2008   Implementation of Fault Resilience support in publish/subscribe paradigm. C# 3.0, .NET 3.5, C#, .NET, Dev, Intermediate	RazanPaul	4.20
Communication options with WCF - Part 3 Updated: 26 Jul 2006   Communication Options with WCF-Part 3 .NET 3.0, C#, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, WCF, Intermediate	Al Alberto	4.17
Host your WCF service with multiple host environment using multiple protocol - Unedited Updated: 10 Nov 2008   Exploring multiple hosting environment for WCF service IIS 6, .NET 3.0, IIS 7, VS2008, C#, IIS, Visual Studio, Architect, Dev, QA, WCF, Intermediate	Faris Y. Elias SHOMOU	4.17
A simplified non topic based Event Notification Server in wcf with multiple protocol support. - Unedited Updated: 19 Sep 2008   To be notified when an alert is generated in a system without filtering for what type of event you are registered. C# 3.0, .NET 3.5, C#, .NET, Dev, Beginner	RazanPaul	4.16
WCF (Windows Communication Foundation) Introduction and Implementation - Unedited Updated: 13 Nov 2008   This article includes WCF Introduction, Sample WCF Service Library, Hosting of WCF Service at Windows Service and Consuming the WCF Service at Web Application C#, .NET, Dev, WCF, Beginner	Murali Manohar Pareek	4.14
MyFeedReader - A simple feed reader using ASP.NET 3.5, LINQ, WCF Syndication API and AJAX Updated: 27 Dec 2007   An article on creating quick and powerful applications using the new technologies introduced with .NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008 .NET 3.5, VS2008, VB, ASP.NET, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Ajax, LINQ, Intermediate	Emad Ibrahim	4.13
Using WCF Callback Services Throttling Updated: 2 Sep 2008   When using callbacks with transient subscribers, you must leave the channel open. This is how to manage and use service throttling to open up your service to more than 10 subscribers. C#, Architect, Dev, WCF, Advanced	Cameron Hanchey	4.11
Sharing WCF Collection Types between Service and Client - Unedited Updated: 4 Sep 2007   Sharing types between WCF services and clients, including multiple assemblies and collection types VS2005, C# 2.0, .NET 3.0, Windows, Dev, WCF, Intermediate	JoeWirtley	4.11
DrawMe - A network ink-chat application exploring .NET 3.5, WPF and WCF - Unedited Updated: 21 Dec 2007   A demonstration network ink-chat application exploring some aspects of .NET 3.5, WPF and WCF .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, VS2008, C#, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, WCF, XAML, WPF, Intermediate	Tim Callaghan, Alvin Lim	4.09
Serialization in Windows Communication Foundation Updated: 4 Nov 2008   It describes about serialization and message encoding in Windows Communication Foundation. .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, C#, Dev, WCF, Intermediate, Advanced	Anil_gupta	4.09
Debugging WCF Apps Updated: 20 Jan 2007   Exploring diagnostic utilities for WCF Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Al Alberto	4.07
Port Sharing Features in WCF Updated: 7 Aug 2007   Port Sharing Features in WCF Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, WCF, Intermediate	Nishith Pathak	4.03
WCF Introduction - Part1 - Unedited Updated: 8 Apr 2008   Windows Communication Foundation - Part1 .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, .NET CF, .NET, WCF	A Mahesh	4.02
Hosting WCF services in a Windows Forms Application Updated: 8 Nov 2006   Demonstrates how to host serveral singleton services in a Windows Forms application. VS2005, .NET 3.0, Windows, Dev, WCF, WinForms, Intermediate	Olivier ROUIT	4.00
WCF with shared assemblies for use by interfaces only Updated: 2 Apr 2007   Using WCF for business solutions (no config files, only exposed interfaces) .NET 2.0, VS2005, C# 2.0, .NET 3.0, C# 3.0, Windows, Dev, WCF, Intermediate	christoph braendle	4.00
Converting Legacy Assemblies to WCF Updated: 18 Apr 2007   How to expose legacy or third party assemblies over WCF with simple modifications to the MSIL. Vista, C# 1.0, C# 2.0, .NET 3.0, C# 3.0, Visual Studio, Dev, MSIL, WCF, Advanced	Dave Curylo, MCAD	4.00
Introduction to Validation Application Block integration with Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Updated: 5 May 2007   An article on Validation Application Block integration with Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, WCF, Intermediate	Guy Burstein (bursteg)	4.00
WCF Error Handling and Fault Conversion Updated: 24 May 2008   This article describes the WCF error-handling paradigm, and provides a mechanism for automatic mapping of exceptions to WCF faults. C#, Windows, Architect, Dev, WCF, Intermediate, Advanced	Sasha Goldshtein	4.00
A custom ServiceHostFactory Updated: 8 Sep 2008   A custom derivative of ServiceHostFactory to control how WCF service hosts are created. .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, C# 3.0, .NET 3.5, C#, XML, .NET, Dev, WCF, Intermediate	cesar_boucas	4.00
WCF : A few tips - Unedited Updated: 27 Jun 2008   A few tips when working with WCF .NET 3.5, C#, .NET, Architect, Dev, WCF, Beginner, Intermediate	Sacha Barber	3.99
Exploring Windows Communication Foundation - Part 1 Updated: 31 Jan 2007   Starting with this article, we shall explore various aspects of WCF Vista, VS2005, C# 2.0, .NET 3.0, Dev, WCF, Beginner	mastergaurav	3.98
WCF Operation Timeout Exception - Unedited Updated: 31 Jul 2008   To avoid the Operation timeout error in WCF applications, we need to configure the Operation Timeout property for Proxy in the WCF client code. This configuration is something new unlike other configurations such as Send Timeout, Receive Timeout etc.,To set this operation timeout property configur .NET 3.0, VB 8.0, VB, .NET, Architect, Dev, WCF, Intermediate	Sadish Kumar.V	3.80
WCF Basic Client/Server Updated: 18 Jun 2006   An article on how to build a client/server application using WCF .NET 3.0, C#, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, WCF, Beginner	Ehab El-Gindy	3.78
Implementing parallel programming using MPI and C# Updated: 15 Apr 2008   An example of implementing a parallel program using the pure MPI .NET library, C#, and .NET Remoting. C#, Windows, .NET, Dev, WCF, WinForms, Intermediate	Ali Hamdar	3.78
GeoNames .NET WCF Client Updated: 5 Nov 2008   A .NET WCF client for accessing the GeoNames services C# 3.0, Dev, WCF, Intermediate	Dennis JD Myren	3.67
WCF: Quick Tour - Unedited Updated: 20 Jul 2008   Illustrating in brief how to make small and complete application with WCF C#, .NET, WCF, Beginner	John Nabil	3.63
A closer look at Windows Communication Foundation Updated: 30 Jan 2007   The article describes details of WCF and also has source code for different types of binding. WinXP, Win2003, VS2005, C# 2.0, .NET, Dev, WCF, Intermediate	jdkulkarni	3.61
Debug a WCF service with Edit and continue support - Unedited Updated: 28 Jun 2008   Debuging a WCF service through a provider class C#, .NET, Dev, WCF, Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced	Sarafian	3.60
Simple Client Side WCF Caching - Unedited Updated: 31 Jan 2008   Implementing client side caching for WCF C# 3.0, C#, Architect, Dev, WCF, Intermediate	Jeffrey Papp	3.40
CompactMessageEncoder - Unedited Updated: 4 Sep 2007   The CompactMessageEncoder compresses messages transparently on the communication channel. Hence, lowers the network usage. VC8.0, VS2005, .NET 3.0, C#, Windows, Dev, WCF, Intermediate	Ami Bar	3.32
Transactional Web Services with WS-AtomicTransaction Updated: 12 Jun 2008   Explains a simple way of using WS-AtomicTransaction to create distributed transactions across Web services VC8.0, .NET 2.0, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, IIS 5.1, IIS 6, VS2005, C#, Dev, Beginner	Dustin Metzgar	3.29
Simple WCF Hosting and Consuming Updated: 22 Sep 2008   Simple WCF Hosting and Consuming .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, C#, ASP.NET, Architect, WCF, Beginner	titan203	3.00
WCF Intermediate Service between client and server. - Unedited Updated: 29 Sep 2008   This article describe about how to create a load balancer, routing WCF service between client and WCF server service. C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C#, Dev, WCF, Intermediate	Anil_gupta	3.00
A simple peer to peer chat application using WCF netPeerTcpBinding Updated: 24 Jan 2007   A sample to demonstrate the use of netPeerTcpBinding in WCF .NET 3.0, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, WCF, Intermediate	jdkulkarni	2.71
WCF Unity - Unedited Updated: 24 Jun 2008   This project aims using wcf, dependency injection and policy injection together. C#, Windows, WCF, Intermediate	Emre Coskun	2.64
Writing your first WCF Service Updated: 28 Apr 2007   This article helps in writing the first WCF Service VS2005, C# 2.0, .NET 3.0, Windows, Dev, WCF, Beginner	Sidhartha Gundavarapu	2.40
Sharing Types Between WCF Service and Client Updated: 16 Jul 2007   An article on sharing types between WCF service and client. VS2005, C# 2.0, .NET 3.0, Windows, Dev, WCF, Design, Beginner	Mike Robski	2.38
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Service Client Updated: 16 Aug 2006   An article on using a WCF Service in a client application. .NET 3.0, VB, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, WCF, Intermediate	jacob.sebastian	2.34
Serial Communication in C# - Unedited Updated: 11 Nov 2007   Serail Communication in .Net connecting GSM Modem .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, VS.NET2003, C# 1.0, C# 2.0, Windows, Dev, WCF, Intermediate	Ranjan.D	2.34
Automatic Culture Flowing with WCF by using Custom Behaviour Updated: 30 Nov 2007   An article to demonstrate culture flow from Windows client to Windows server using WCF. .NET 3.0, C# 3.0, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, WCF, Intermediate	pkalkie	1.89
A WCF Review and how to Debug it - Unedited Updated: 17 Jun 2008   A WCF review from the perspective of a bussiness application development and some debuging problem solving hints C# 1.0, C# 2.0, .NET 3.0, C# 3.0, .NET 3.5, C#, .NET, Dev, WCF, Design, Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced	Sarafian	1.85
Integrating LINQ-to-SQL queries within a WCF Service - Unedited Updated: 22 Mar 2008   This article shows how to use LINQ to SQL queries with a WCF Service Vista, C# 3.0, IIS 7, .NET 3.5, VS2008, C#, ASP.NET, Windows, .NET, IIS, Visual Studio, Architect, Dev, LINQ, Intermediate	Balamurali Balaji	1.27
Windows Communication Foundation - Security			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Securing WCF Services with Certificates Updated: 30 Jul 2008   An article that describes how to secure WCF services using X.509 certificates issued from a certificate authority. .NET 3.0, C# 3.0, C#, ASP.NET, .NET, Dev, Intermediate	Jason Hodges	4.77
Digging into SecureConversation: Part I Updated: 17 Nov 2006   Take a deep look into the Security protocol of Enhanced Web Services. Vista, VS2005, .NET 3.0, ASP.NET, XML, Dev, WCF, Advanced	Olivier ROUIT	4.63
Digging into SecureConversation - Part II Updated: 17 Nov 2006   Take a deep look into the Security protocol of Enhanced Web Services, part II: analyzing the Response message. Vista, VS2005, .NET 3.0, ASP.NET, XML, Dev, WCF, Intermediate	Olivier ROUIT	4.47
Simple WCF - X509 Certificate - Unedited Updated: 29 Apr 2008   how to create Temporary X509 certificate and also to implement X509 Certificate security in WCF service and client Dev, WCF, Intermediate	meetsenthilbtech	4.40
An easy way to use certificates for WCF security Updated: 30 Apr 2007   An easy solution to use certificates on Windows Communication Foundation loading the certificates from files VS2005, C# 2.0, .NET 3.0, ASP.NET, Windows, Dev, WCF, WebForms, Intermediate	Davide Icardi	4.39
WCF (Windows Communication Foundation) Example Updated: 14 Dec 2006   A simple example of WCF (Windows Communication Foundation): a simple client/server solution. VS2005, .NET 3.0, C#, Windows, Dev, WCF, Intermediate	Bo Hansen	4.29
SSL with Self-hosted WCF Service Updated: 1 Mar 2008   An article on the sometimes esoteric nature of certificates and WCF C# 2.0, .NET 3.0, Windows, Dev, WCF, Intermediate	anarchistic	4.08
WCF Transport Layer Security using wsHttpBinding and SSL Updated: 3 May 2007   WCF Webservice on IIS6.0 using SSL .NET 2.0, VS2005, C# 2.0, ASP.NET, Windows, Dev, WCF, WebForms, Intermediate	Mohan Pindyala	2.33
Windows Communication Foundation - Utilities			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Generic WCF Host - Unedited Updated: 13 Mar 2008   Generic console hoster without locking up service assemblies, speeding up WCF services development with VS2005. VS2005, C# 2.0, .NET 3.0, C# 3.0, .NET 3.5, C#, .NET, Visual Studio, Architect, Dev, WCF, Intermediate, Advanced	RubensFarias	4.57
Robust Interapplication Communications using Double-Simplex WCF Updated: 9 Mar 2008   An unbreakable method for two applications on the same desktop to exchange data C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C#, Windows, .NET, Dev, WCF, Intermediate	joomlathug	4.29
Simple WCF - Cardspace - Unedited Updated: 5 May 2008   Windows cardspace implementation in Windows communication foundation (WCF) application .NET 3.0, .NET, WCF, Intermediate	meetsenthilbtech	4.00
A Rolling XmlWriterTraceListener Updated: 15 Nov 2008   A derivation of XmlWriterTraceListener that manages the size of your trace files automatically .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, C#, Dev, WCF, Intermediate	marc_opus	3.89
Exploring WCF 3.5 Tools - WcfSvcHost and WcfTestClient - Unedited Updated: 3 Feb 2008   Disucssing use of WCFSvcHost and WcfTestClient for Service hosting and testing C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C#	Adnan Masood	3.71
RSTR verifier for WCF and Cardspace Updated: 21 Dec 2006   This application checks the validity of an RSTR message, given the RST message used to generate it. VS2005, .NET 3.0, C#, Windows, Dev, WCF, Intermediate	Olivier ROUIT	3.57
WCF Client SvcUtil - A Tool For Generating WCF Clients From Service Metadata - Unedited Updated: 31 Jul 2008   This tool generates WCF clients from service metadata by instrumenting the SvcUtil.exe (Windows SDK) with a graphical user interface. .NET 3.0, C# 3.0, .NET 3.5, C#, .NET, WCF	ChantiPDM	2.45
WCF - Microsoft Service Configuration Editor – Services - SvcConfigEditor.exe - Unedited Updated: 25 Dec 2007   Explaining Service Configuration through SvcConfigEditor.exe C# 1.0, C# 2.0, .NET 3.0, C# 3.0, .NET 3.5, C#, WCF, Intermediate, Advanced	Nilay Parikh	2.38
Creating a real-time Trace listener with WCF Updated: 17 Feb 2008   Instead of reading trace messages in a file, get them in a WPF app real-time via WCF. WinXP, Win2003, Vista, .NET 3.0, C# 3.0, .NET 3.5, C#, Windows, .NET, Architect, Dev, WCF, WPF, Beginner, Intermediate	Paul B.	1.00