This document provides an overview and demonstration of Windows Server AppFabric. It discusses how AppFabric simplifies WCF and WF development by hosting services and providing caching. It demonstrates a WF workflow service hosted by AppFabric and the AppFabric caching services. The summary is that AppFabric provides hosting, monitoring and caching services to support WCF and WF applications in development and production.

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Windows Server AppFabric
Simplifying the Life of WCF and WF Developers
Chris Hewitt
Senior Consultant
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3. Agenda
Windows Server AppFabric
AppFabric
WCF 4.0
WF 4.0 Services
AppFabric Hosting Services
AppFabric Caching Services
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4. AppFabric?
Windows Azure AppFabric Windows Server AppFabric
You are Here
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5. Windows Server AppFabric
IIS Worker Process
IIS Manager
Windows ASP.NET
Apps WF & WCF
Apps AppFabric
Cache Client Cache Client Hosting
Services
Cache AppFabric Caching Services
Config Persistence Monitoring
Cache Cache Cache Database Database
Server Server Server
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6. Agenda
Windows Server AppFabric
AppFabric
WCF 4.0
WF 4.0 Services
AppFabric Hosting Services
AppFabric Caching Services
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7. ASMX => WCF
ASMX
+ Power
- Simplicity
WCF
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8. WCF 4.0 - Back To The Future
WCF
4.0
+ Power
+ Simplicity
WCF
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9. WCF - Simplified
Protocol mappings
<protocolMapping>
<clear />
<add scheme="http" binding="basicHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="" />
<add scheme="net.tcp" binding="netTcpBinding" bindingConfiguration="" />
<add scheme="net.pipe" binding="netNamedPipeBinding“ bindingConfiguration
<add scheme="net.msmq" binding="netMsmqBinding" bindingConfiguration="" />
</protocolMapping>
Default endpoints
Default bindings and behaviors
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10. WCF 4.0 Simplified
DEMO
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11. Agenda
Windows Server AppFabric
AppFabric
WCF 4.0
WF 4.0 Services
AppFabric Hosting Services
AppFabric Caching Services
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12. WF 4.0
Visual Studio
Workflow
WF Workflow
Activities Designer
Base Activity Library
WF
Runtime
Other Activities
Persistence
Store
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13. Workflow Service
A WCF service whose logic is implemented as a
WF workflow is called a workflow service
Client
WF
Runtime
WCF
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14. Hosting a Workflow Service
IIS Worker
Process
Workflow
Service
IIS Manager
AppFabric
Client Extensions
WF
WCF
Persistence Monitoring
Store Database
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15. WF 4.0 Workflow Service
DEMO
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16. Agenda
Windows Server AppFabric
AppFabric
WCF 4.0
WF 4.0 Services
AppFabric Hosting Services
AppFabric Caching Services
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17. AppFabric Hosting Services
IIS Worker Process
IIS Manager
WF & ASP.NET ISV AppFabric
WCF Apps Apps Extensions
Apps
Event Tracing for Windows (ETW)
Persistence Monitoring
Database Database
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18. AppFabric Hosting Services
DEMO
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19. Agenda
Windows Server AppFabric
AppFabric
WCF 4.0
WF 4.0 Services
AppFabric Hosting Services
AppFabric Caching Services
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20. AppFabric Caching Services
IIS Worker Process
Windows ASP.NET
Apps WF & WCF
Apps
Cache Client Cache Client
Cache AppFabric Caching Services
Config
Cache Cache Cache
Server Server Server
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21. High Availability
Cache Server
Cached Data
Your app
Cache Server
Local Cache
Cached Data
Cache Server
Cached Data
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22. Session State
Browser Browser
1 2
Web Server Web Server Web Server
App App App
Session State Session State Session State
Provider Provider Provider
AppFabric Caching Services
Cache Server Cache Server Cache Server
1 1 2 2
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23. AppFabric Caching Services
DEMO
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24. Summary
WCF 4 simplified configuration
WF 4 Easier to create, better model (XAML)
Windows Server AppFabric provides supporting
services for applications
Hosting, monitoring and control for WCF services,
especially workflow services
Useful for DEVELOPMENT as well as Production
Caching services for ASP.NET applications and others
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26. Questions?

27. For Further Reading
Workflow, Services and AppFabric for the Web
Developer (downloadable 2 day course)
Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4
Training Kit
Windows Server AppFabric Samples
All at the Microsoft Download Center
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30. Resources
www.msteched.com/Australia www.microsoft.com/australia/learning
Sessions On-Demand & Community Microsoft Certification & Training Resources
http:// technet.microsoft.com/en-au http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-au
Resources for IT Professionals
Resources for Developers
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