patterns & practices: WCF Security Guidance Project

Welcome to patterns & practices WCF Security Guidance! This guide contains proven practices for building secure distributed applications with WCF (Windows Communication Foundation). WCF is Microsoft's solution for developing application based on a service-oriented architecture (SOA) methodology. The guide contains proven practices, end-to-end applications scenarios, guidelines, question & answers, videos and task-based how-to articles. This guide is a collaborative effort between patterns & practices, product teams, and industry experts.. - J.D. Meier , Jason Taylor , Prashant Bansode , Carlos Farre, Madhu Sundararajan, Rob Boucher, Steve Gregersen.

Getting Started

• Browse the videos to see video walkthroughs of common WCF solutions.
• Download the BETA of the Guide Below. Alternatively, you can also view the guide in wiki form at the location below.

What's New

• The WCF Security Guide (BETA) is released! (06/04/08)

Guide

• patterns & practices Improving Web Services Security Guide: Scenarios and Implementation Guidance for WCF

Knowledge Base

• Application Scenarios
• Guidelines
• How Tos
• Practices at a Glance
• Questions and Answers

Videos

• Video Index

Team

• Core Dev Team: J.D. Meier, Jason Taylor, Prashant Bansode, Carlos Farre, Madhu Sundararajan, Rob Boucher, Steve Gregersen
• Test team: Rohit Sharma, Chaitanya Bijwe, Parameswaran Vaideeswaran.
• Edit team: Dennis Rea.
• Contributors and Reviewers

Team Pages

These are pages our team uses during the project:

• Module List
• Schedule
• Scenario Frame

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