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The authors approach each subject with practical advice and present best practices, tips, and tricks for solving problems. Throughout, you'll find detailed explanations, solutions for the pain points of WCF development, and an extensive collection of reusable code examples. Coverage includes        Using WCF contracts to define complex structures and interfaces  Understanding WCF's channel stacks and channel model architecture  Configuring the WCF communication stack to use only the protocols you need  Using standard and custom service behaviors to manage concurrency, instances, transactions, and more  Serializing data from .NET types to XML Infosets and representing Infosets on the wire   Hosting WCF services via IIS, managed .NET applications, and Windows Activation Services  WCF security, in depth: authentication; transport and message-level security; and Internet and intranet scenarios  Improving reliability: exception handling, diagnostics, and more  Workflow services: new integration points between WCF 3.5 and Windows Workflow Foundation  Building client-to-client, peer network-based applications  Utilizing WCF for non-SOAP Web services: AJAX and JSON examples and .NET 3.5 hosting classes     Microsoft's Steve Resnick, Richard Crane, and Chris Bowen are technology experts at the Microsoft Technology Center in Boston. 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