1-59059-702-8Apress 9781590597026 159059702801/2007 List Price: $49.99Paperback475 pages Our Price: $39.99 Part of Microsoft’s radical new WinFX API is the Indigo foundation, more formally known as the Windows Communication Foundation, or WCF. Pro WCF: Practical Microsoft SOA Implementation is a complete guide to WCF from the SOA architecture perspective and shows you why WCF is important to web service development and architecture. The book covers the unified programming model, reliable messaging, security, the peer-to-peer programming model, and more. You’ll also learn how to move your current DCOM and .NET remoting applications to WCF, and how to integrate those applications with new WCF-based applications. You’ll want to get ahold of a copy because it Contains a comprehensive WCF programming model Explains how queue management and reliable messaging work in WCF Discusses implementing transaction support in WCF Shows how to make WCF services interoperable with other SOA offerings Thoroughly covers WCF security topics and concerns Dennis Mulder started his career in 1997, choosing to dedicate himself to Microsoft technology. As an early adopter of Microsoft technology, Dennis has kept pace with certification challenges and succeeded in getting several certifications. In August 2004, he started work with Avanade, a Microsoft and Accenture joint venture. Currently he is focused on a few areas of the Microsoft platform, specifically service orientation, integration, and infrastructure for development. As a consultant based in the Netherlands, Dennis works with enterprise customers to solve their challenges by leveraging the power of the Microsoft platform. Besides his role as a principal consultant, Dennis is a solution manager and evangelist focusing on several of the Avanade assets. Every now and then, he writes articles for Microsoft .NET Magazine, a Dutch publication. He is a frequent speaker at Dutch Microsoft conferences and usergroups, and he has become an INETA speaker as of early 2006, which gives him some visibility outside of the Netherlands as well. Chris Peiris, .NET MVP, has a masters degree in IT, and bachelor of computing and bachelor of accounting degrees from Monash University, Victoria, Australia. Chris currently works for Avanade as a solutions architect. Chris has coauthored many books on web services, UDDI, C#, IIS, Java, and security topics. He has written many articles, reviews, and columns for various online publications including DevX, 15 Seconds, Wrox Press, and ASP Today. He is also a frequent speaker at professional developer conferences on Microsoft technologies. Chris has developed large-scale integration solutions for financial institutions, G2G, B2B, and media groups since 1995. Chris’s current passions include WCF, WinFX, IBM Message Broker, and EAI. He lives with his family in Conder, ACT, in Australia. He can be reached at www.chrispeiris.com.