Introducing Windows Communication Foundation

Abstract

The move to service-oriented communication has changed software development. Whether done with SOAP or in some other way, applications that interact through services have become the norm. For Windows developers, this change was made possible by Windows Communication Foundation (WCF). First released as part of the .NET Framework 3.0 in 2006, then updated in the .NET Framework 3.5, the most recent version of this technology is included in the .NET Framework 4. For a substantial share of new software built on .NET, WCF is the right foundation.