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Geneva-based WS-Federation metadata document generation wizard (or: "Oops, I did it again!")
Starting with Beta 2 of the Geneva Framework there is nice support of metadata-driven behavior and code generation. We (Mr. Security himself and me) came across some situations where one wants to generate manually the WS-Federation metadata document and Read More
posted Friday, May 22, 2009 1:24 PM with 1 Comments

TechDays Switzerland 2009: WCF Tips and Tricks
Just download the slides and the code for this session (actually, it is the download for TechDays Sweden, has more contents as I had 75 instead of 60 minutes :)). Read More
posted Thursday, April 09, 2009 1:59 PM with 1 Comments

Krise? Nein! „Service-Orientierung heute und morgen“: 5 Tage volle Power und praktisches Wissen
Sind Sie auch müde, ständig von „Krise“ und „Einschränkungen“ zu lesen und zu hören? Sind Sie nicht jemand, der sich immer weiter entwickeln möchte und fit für die heutigen Problemstellungen aber auch vorbereitet für zukünftige Herausforderungen sein Read More
posted Tuesday, April 07, 2009 2:08 PM with 0 Comments

DevWeek 2009: WCF Tips & Tricks
I promised to upload the slides and the code for my DevWeek WCF session when I realized it would be the easiest if attendees just download the whole package from this very presentation I gave at TechDays Sweden....Here we go with the download.Thanks! Read More
posted Tuesday, March 24, 2009 11:49 PM with 3 Comments

TechDays Belgium 2009: Presentation slides and demos for 'WCF Tips & Tricks" session
Thanks a lot to everybody attending my WCF tips and tricks session at TechDays 2009 in Antwerp, Belgium. I was overwhelmed and had a lot of fun during the lecture.As mentioned at the beginning of the session this is just a selection of tips, we have more Read More
posted Saturday, March 14, 2009 8:47 PM with 1 Comments

OK, he is British...: Richard Blewett joins thinktecture
Agreed: there has never been a really good relationship - let's not even start talking about friendship - between Germans and Brits.Let's forget about this for a while... working together with an industry luminary like Richard Blewett is more than I could Read More
posted Saturday, January 10, 2009 6:33 PM with 0 Comments

WSCF.blue: The WSCF tool for WCF now on CodePlex
We decided to open up the development and the code of our very successful WSCF tool - but not the original one for ASMX-based Web Services, but rather the new incarnation for WCF.Unfortunately, neither of us has enough time these days to spend on a free Read More
posted Thursday, October 09, 2008 9:29 AM with 1 Comments

Smells like a domain-specific language for using WCF
No, not these kinds of domain-specific languages (DSL)...I must admit, the following code has a not too small degree of sexiness. The DSL-iness is not just for WCF but for a number of mainly dependency-injection-related scenarios, but obviously I tend Read More
posted Monday, May 19, 2008 11:10 AM with 1 Comments

WCF-related features in .NET 3.5 SP1 & VS 2008 SP1
Update: Steve and Omri have the official voices :)In addition what Scott has in its extensive article on SP1, lemme show you some more data on what is new and supported for WCF in SP1 of .NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008 - this list is not authoritative, Read More
posted Monday, May 12, 2008 9:24 PM with 2 Comments

thinktecture & DevelopMentor: Guerilla Enterprise .NET Kurs in München
Geballtes Know-How - für Sie!thinktecture und DevelopMentor kündigen im Rahmen einer Partnerschaft das erste in Deutschland stattfindende "Enterprise .NET"-Event an. Es wird in der Woche vom 26. Mai 2008 in München stattfinden und im berühmt-berüchtigten Read More
posted Friday, February 22, 2008 7:27 PM with 0 Comments

Running WSCF 0.7 in Visual Studio 2008
Now with VS2008 being released obviously a lot of people also want to run WSCF in it.I have an updated WSCF.addin file which you need to replace the original one with (the location of the .addin file depends on your install option).Please note that this Read More
posted Friday, December 07, 2007 9:08 AM with 10 Comments

The future of WSCF (and the forums)
Some heads up wrt to WSCF - this is what I just posted over at the thinktecture forums (which have been quiet from our side for a loooong time, sorry).Hello everybody, first of all I really need to apologize the long silence in these forums here - sorry! Read More
posted Monday, December 03, 2007 9:16 AM with 0 Comments

Beyond the Obvious: New Features and Fixes for WCF in .NET 3.5 - JSON support
Alright, next round in this mini-series.WCF in .NET 3.5 contains a new serializer for handling with JSON-based data. With the so called DataContractJsonSerializer we can serialize and deserialize JSON packets based on DataContract descriptions. The new Read More
posted Tuesday, November 06, 2007 12:15 AM with 5 Comments

Beyond the Obvious: New Features and Fixes for WCF in .NET 3.5 - Expanded WS-* specs support
OK, here is the next one in the list of new features in WCF "v2".There are two new out-of-the-box bindings covering updated/new  WS-* specs: WS2007HttpBinding WS2007FederationHttpBinding and the respective binding elements: WS2007HttpBindingElement Read More
posted Wednesday, October 31, 2007 7:33 PM with 2 Comments

Beyond the Obvious: New Features and Fixes for WCF in .NET 3.5 - Custom username over transport security
Now, this is an easy blog post for me!My friend and thinktecture's security consultant Dominick Baier has asked me whether he can blog about this important security-related WCF topic: yep, of course :)Go and read his entry as he was one of the first to Read More
posted Wednesday, October 31, 2007 9:32 AM with 8 Comments

Microsoft starts embracing Good Old Europe - first stop: Oslo
The big shop based in Redmond announced a new and upcoming platform for SO(A) at its SOA and Business Process Conference. And its codename is Oslo.The project code-named Oslo will deliver updated messaging and workflow technologies in the next version Read More
posted Tuesday, October 30, 2007 7:34 PM with 4 Comments

Beyond the Obvious: New Features and Fixes for WCF in .NET 3.5 - Accessing the remote hosts address
OK, this is first short blog entry on some new features (and fixes) for WCF in .NET 3.5 and/or 3.0 SP1.I know that a number of people have been complaining bitterly about not being able to get the information of the calling remote host in WCF v1, i.e. Read More
posted Monday, October 29, 2007 6:16 PM with 9 Comments

Beyond the Obvious: New Features and Fixes for WCF in .NET 3.5 (and .NET 3.0 SP1)
With .NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008 being quite close to RTM these days, I thought it would be time to write a bit about what is new for WCF in .NET 3.5 and .NET 3.0 SP1. This entry just lays the ground for a couple of follow-ups which will go a bit Read More
posted Monday, October 29, 2007 3:47 PM with 35 Comments

Improving WCF Interoperability: Flattening your WSDL
WCF is surely a big step forward for having a unified communication runtime, API and hosting model. And with all these super-exciting specifications and standards supported WCF must be a killer when it comes to interoperability with other Read More
posted Thursday, May 10, 2007 7:44 PM with 33 Comments

Web Service Software Factory v2 (for ASMX and WCF)
It is here.The Web Service Software Factory (also known as the Service Factory) is an integrated collection of tools, patterns, source code and prescriptive guidance that helps our customers quickly and consistently construct Web services that adhere Read More
posted Thursday, January 11, 2007 7:40 AM with 5 Comments

From DynWsLib to... ProxyFactory
OK, there is one library I wrote a long time ago which has a lot of fans: DynWsLib.This library is for invoking your Web Services dynamically without having to generate a client-side proxy class at design/compile time with WSCF, Read More
posted Tuesday, November 21, 2006 2:21 PM with 1 Comments

Microsoft's Open Specification Promise - what we all wanted to see
Not much buzz around it, but this is what at least I wanted to see.Microsoft is making a personal promise to every individual and organization in the world that they can use any patented technology Microsoft has that is necessary to implement the Web Read More
posted Wednesday, September 13, 2006 9:48 AM with 5 Comments

Commenting problems
Sorry, we have strange problems when people want to comment on our posts. If you have submitted a comment in the last few weeks and it did not show up here, feel free to contact me.Sorry again. Read More
posted Friday, July 21, 2006 4:32 PM with 1 Comments

[RELEASE] WSCF 0.6 for Visual Studio 2005 & .NET Framework 2.0
We are finally announcing the release of WSCF 0.6. This version is only available to work with .NET Framework 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005. Of course WSCF is still free and nobody has to pay anything.   WSCF 0.6: http://www.thinktecture.com/Resources/Software/WSContractFirst/default.html Read More
posted Monday, February 27, 2006 11:31 PM with 4 Comments

Really interesting stuff about Web Services semantics
For frequent readers, I posted about this in June 2005. Now IBM has released a new build of Semantic Tools for Web Services - damn, this is so interesting. Can anybody talk to our customers re. schedules? ;) What are Semantic Tools for Web Services? Read More
posted Saturday, January 14, 2006 8:58 PM with 0 Comments

New hope for WS-* and interop: Axis 2
This is good news - maybe a more important announcement for all the interop-afarians out there than the advent of Indigo. Axis 2.0 - Tech Preview / Milestone Axis2 is an effort to re-design and totally re-implement both Axis/Java and (eventually) Axis/C++ Read More
posted Friday, February 25, 2005 4:14 AM with 4 Comments

Securing Java-based Web Services
UPDATE: removed the wrong dates and added links. There are some new articles up on OTN (Oracle Technology Network). They talk about how to implement message-based security with the Oracle JDeveloper tools. Securing Web Services - Move from Read More
posted Friday, January 07, 2005 1:05 AM with 2 Comments

IBM updates ETTK: now version 2.2
IBM updates its Emerging Technologies Toolkit (ETTK) bits which include a lot of interesting Web services stuff. The new version 2.2 also includes updated implementations of WS-MetadataExchange (9/04 spec version) and WS-Addressing (8/04 spec version). Read More
posted Tuesday, December 14, 2004 9:33 PM with 0 Comments

*Must have* resource on Web services interop
MSDN, finally an official place for Web services interop on MSDN. Do not miss the overall great Web Services Interoperability Guidance (WSIG)! Current installments: IBM WebSphere Application Developer 5.1.2 Simon Guest shares recommendations for Web Read More
posted Thursday, September 30, 2004 11:47 PM with 1 Comments

ETTK update - WS-RM and WS-MetadataExchange
IBM did it again: Version 2.1 of the Emerging Technologies Toolkit is out: Version 2.1 contains Cloudscape 10.0 beta, Active Dependency Integration, updated Autonomic Manager Toolset (AMTS), WS-ResourceFramework 1.1 (WS-ResourceProperties, WS-ResourceLifetime, Read More
posted Tuesday, August 03, 2004 10:01 AM with 0 Comments

Apache Axis close to take the next step
The Java folks are working hard to evolve their favorite Web services stack (well, at least the community's favorite stack). Apacha Axis 1.2 went to Beta 2 last night. For Axis 1.2, we are focusing on our document/literal support to better address the Read More
posted Thursday, July 15, 2004 11:31 PM with 0 Comments

New JWSDP version supports WSS and WS-I
Seems like WSE 2.0 finally got a friend to be tested against: Sun announced that the new Java Web Services Developer Pack (Java WSDP) version 1.4 supports the latest Web services security standards and Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) Read More
posted Saturday, May 29, 2004 10:16 PM with 0 Comments

First public WS-MetadataExchange implementation
IBM's new version 2.0.1 of the ETTK has the first official implementation of the current WS-MetadataExchange spec I know of. As usual, plus some other very interesting candies. Version 2.0.1 contains WS-MetadataExchange, Web Services Distributed Management Read More
posted Saturday, May 01, 2004 12:51 AM with 0 Comments

Another toolkit hits the road: Axis C++ version 1.1 released
The Axis C++ team announced the release of Apache Axis C++ version 1.1. This C++ SOAP engine implementation provides a platform for developing Web services using C/C++ and also includes a client side library for developing C/C++ client applications. Read More
posted Monday, April 19, 2004 9:09 PM with 0 Comments

Applying WS-Security with IBM WebSphere
Article on IBM's developerWorks server about using WS-Security with WebSphere Application Server. This article describes how to leverage the Web Services Security specification to secure an existing Web service. It demonstrates how to use message-level Read More
posted Thursday, April 15, 2004 2:07 AM with 0 Comments

The Java world advances to the next step of Web services functionality
Systinet announces the availability of WASP Server for Java 5.0 Beta. It supports WS-ReliableMessaging and WS-Adressing from the WSA stack. WASP Server for Java is the most advanced Web services platform for Java and J2EE environments, and this 5.0 release Read More
posted Tuesday, April 13, 2004 5:19 AM with 0 Comments

IBM ETTK 2.0 released
The Emerging Technologies Toolkit version 2.0 was released on IBM's alphaWorks site: Version 2.0 contains WS-ResourceFramework (WS-ResourceProperties, WS-ResourceLifetime, WS-Notification), Common Base Event (CBE) 1.0.1, Semantically-Adapted Service Read More
posted Saturday, April 03, 2004 2:46 AM with 1 Comments

People, Programmers - Web services?
A more or less philosophical discussion about Web services with business relevant implications. Interesting read. Related to this - as mentioned in the artcile - you owe yourself a look at this - at least the concepts make a story to base on, IMHO. Read More
posted Wednesday, February 18, 2004 11:29 PM with 4 Comments

Web services Interop keeps on improving
Finally, some movement in the Java world - we want to interoperate when WSE and Indigo are around :-) Apache Sandesha - Java gets Reliable Messaging (Jorgen Thelin) Java gets Addressing Too (Jorgen Thelin) Read More
posted Monday, February 16, 2004 2:38 AM with 0 Comments

Apache Axis C++ v1.0 Final released
Apache releases first final version of its C++ SOAP engine. Read More
posted Friday, January 09, 2004 5:11 PM with 0 Comments

YAJOSWSI
Yet another Java open source WS-Security implementation: WSS4J Read More
posted Tuesday, December 23, 2003 10:52 AM with 0 Comments

Apache Axis now in 1.2 alpha
The Apache group is working on the next major release of the Java Web services libraries called Axis Read More
posted Monday, December 22, 2003 12:03 PM with 0 Comments

Open Source Java implementation of WS-Security
Open Source Java implementation of parts of WS-Security based on Apache Axis. Read More
posted Monday, December 22, 2003 11:45 AM with 2 Comments

WS-I demos interoperability "not only on paper"
The WS-I.org published a demo application showing Web services interoperability between different vendors. Read More
posted Wednesday, December 10, 2003 10:51 AM with 0 Comments

IBM updates its ETTK on alphaWorks
IBM releases new version 1.2 of its Emerging Technology Toolkit (ETTK, which hosts the WSTK, Web services Toolkit). Read More
posted Friday, December 05, 2003 11:55 PM with 0 Comments

Hosting Web services on your mobile device - finally a managed way
We are finally able to host ASMX (-like) Web services on our Pocket PC and similar devices in a managed way. Read More
posted Monday, November 24, 2003 10:36 AM with 3 Comments

Sometimes WS security is not WS-Security
In terms of base security features the final version of the WSE 2.0 will completely switch to the new and revised OASIS WSS release. Read More
posted Tuesday, November 18, 2003 9:15 AM with 1 Comments

Interoperability of ADO.NET typed DataSets with Java
A nice tip for interoperability of .NET's very own typed DataSet with Java platforms. Read More
posted Monday, November 17, 2003 7:44 PM with 1 Comments

Drawing your Web services orchestration
Collaxa announced their BPELZ version .2 graphical BPEL4WS designer. Read More
posted Thursday, November 06, 2003 11:28 AM with 2 Comments

Release of Apache Axis C++ v1.0 Alpha
Apache Group announces the release of Apache Axis C++ v1.0 (Alpha). Read More
posted Friday, October 31, 2003 7:17 PM with 2 Comments

Excellent Apache Axis resource: Apache Wiki
It's a Wiki and it's full of invaluable information. Topics include Common Questions, Development Questions, Ant Integration, Logging, Attachments, Bugs and Patches, Interoperability, Mailing List, Security, WSDL, Upgrading. Read More
posted Wednesday, October 29, 2003 8:00 PM with 1 Comments


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