70-503 WCF .NET 3.5 MSDN Study Links By Exam Topic and SubTopic

Here is another Nial Merrigan style post covering the 70-503 that I just passed with a 972/1000. As part of my study I put together a set of links from the MSDN by topic and subtopic. It's a little trick I picked up from Nial, who is truly a certification guru. Here is my study guide.

70-503 by topic

Creating Services (19 percent)

               Contracts

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·        Define Service contracts.

o   ServiceBehaviorAttribute Class

o   IServiceBehavior.Validate Method

o   ServiceContractAttribute.SessionMode Property

o   Duplex Services

o   One-Way Services

o   Request-Reply Services

o   ServiceKnownTypeAttribute Class

• Implementing Service Contracts
• Designing Service Contracts

·        Define Data contracts.

• Data Contract Versioning

o   DataContract Attibute

o   EnumMember attribute

• Enumeration Types In Data Contracts
• Using Data Contracts
• Data Member Default Values

·        Define Operation contracts.

o   OperationBehaviorAttribute Class

o   Operation Contract

o   ReleaseInstanceMode

o   OperationContractAttribute.Action Property

o   OperationContractAttribute.Name Property

o   OperationContractAttribute Class

o   WebGetAttribute Class

o   WebGetAttribute Class  - uri template

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o   OperationContractAttribute.AsyncPattern Property

o   Synchronous and Asynchronous Operations

• Duplex Services
• One-way Services
• Request-Reply Services
• What You Need To Know about One-way Calls, Callbacks, and Events

·        Define Message contracts.

o   MessageContract

o   MessageHeader

o   Message.CreateMessage Method

• Message Class
• Using Message Contracts
• Using the Message Class
• Message Members

·        Process generic messages.

o   mtomMessageEncoding element

o   XmlAttributeAttribute Class

o   XmlElementAttribute Class

o   XmlTextAttribute Class

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Exposing and Deploying Services (23 percent)

·        Create and configure service endpoints.

• Configuring Services Using Configuration Files
• Configuring Bindings for Windows Communication Foundation Services
• How to: Use Configuration to Add an Asp.NET AJAX Endpoint

o   claimTypeRequirements Element

o   ClaimTypeRequirement Class

o   WSE (Web Service Enhancements) 3.0

o   AspNetCompatibilityRequirements

o   ServiceHost.AddServiceEndpoint

o   Large Data and Streaming

o   Integrating WCF Services with COM+

o   IEndpointBehavior Interface

o   <serviceDebug>

o   Service Debug Behavior

o   <service> element

o   <endpoint> element

o   ServiceBase Class

o   ServiceMetadataBehavior.HttpGetEnabled Property

o   How to: Publish Metadata for a Service Using a Configuration File

o   Metadata Architecture Overview

o   <msmqIntegrationBinding>

• WCF Bindings Overview
• System-Provided Bindings
• MaxReceivedMessageSize Property
• Deploying an Internet Information Services- Hosted WCF Service
• How to: Add an ASP.NET AJAX Endpoint Without Using Configuration

·        Manage consistency between life cycle, sessions, concurrency, and bindings.

o   WCF Duplex Communication

o   DurableServiceAttribute Class

o   InstanceContext Class

o   wsFederationHttpBinding Element

o   basicHttpBinding  (Broadest Number of web service toolkits, has transport security)

o   <basicHttpBinding>

o   basicHttpBinding Class

o   <wsDualHttpBinding>

o   WSDualHttpBinding Class

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o   wsHttpBinding class

o   wsHttpBinding Attribute

o   wsFederationHttpBinding

o   netMsmqBinding 1

o   netMsmqBinding 2 (Class)

o   netMsmqBinding Samples

o   How to: Host a WCF Service in WAS

o   WAS

o   NetNamedPipeBinding Class

o   <netNamedPipeBinding>

o   NetTcpBinding Class

o   <netTcpBinding>

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o   ServiceBehaviorAttribute.InstanceContextMode Property

o   ServiceBehaviorAttribute Class

o   <mexHttpBinding>

o   MexHttpBindingElement Class

o   Duplex Services

o   How to: Access Services with a Duplex Contract

o   How to: Create a Duplex Contract

o   WebHttpBinding Class

• Sessions, Instancing, and Concurrency
• Using Sessions
• Reliable Sessions Overview

·        Host a service in a managed application.

o   Host WCF Service in a Windows Service

o   ServiceHost Class

o   How to: Host a WCF Service in a Managed Application

o   ServiceHostFactory Class

o   ServiceHostFactory.CreateServiceHost Method

o   Hosting

o   Hosting in a Windows Service Application

·        Host a service on a Web server.

• WCF Web HTTP Programming Model Overview
• WCF Web Programming Object Model
• <webHttp>

o   How to: Host a WCF Service in IIS

o   <serviceHostingEnvironment>

o   ServiceHostingEnvironment Class

o   WCF Services and ASP.NET

o   AspNetCompatibilitlyRequirementsAttribure Class

o   Deploying an Internet Information Services-Hosted WCF Service

• ServiceModel Registration Tool (ServiceModelReg.exe)
• Workflow Service Registration Tool (WFServicesReg.exe)

·        Create custom behaviors.

o   <behaviorExtensions>

o   IExtensibleDataObject Interface

• Extending WCF with Custom Behaviors
• Specifying and Handling Faults in Contracts and Services
• Defining and Specifying Faults
• Sending and Receiving Faults
• Configuring and Extending the Runtime with Behaviors

Instrumenting and Administering Services (11 percent)

·        Implement end-to-end service tracing.

o   SvcTraceViewer.exe

o   Configuring Tracing

o   Using Service Trace Viewer for Viewing Correlated Traces and Troubleshooting

·        Monitor service health.

• WCF Performance Counters

o   Using Windows Management Instrumentation for Diagnostics

o   Propagation

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·        Log messages.

o   MessageLogging Element

o   Configuring Message Logging

o   Event Logging

o   WCF errors end up in application event log

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• Message.GetReaderAtBodyContents Method

o   Message Class

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·        Dynamically configure the service by using the service model.

o   ServiceModel Registration Tool (ServiceModelReg.exe)

o   <serviceHostingEnvironment>

o   ServiceHostingEnvironment Class

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·        Implement inspectors.

o   IClientMessageInspector

o   IEndPointBehavior

o   IParameterInspector Interface

o   ClientBase<TChannel> Class

o   ClientOperation.ParameterInspectors Property

o   Message Inspectors

o   IDispatchMessageInspector.BeforeSendReply Method

• Configuring and Extending the Runtime Behaviors

Consuming Services (16 percent)

o   How to: Call WCF Service Operations Asynchronously

o   How to: Implement an Asynchronous Service Operation

o   AJAX Integration and JSON Support

o   Stand-Alone JSON Serialization

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·        Create a service proxy.

• WCF Client Overview
• ClientBase<TChannel> Class

o   SvcUtil.exe

o   Generating a WCF Client from Service Metatdata

o   Configuration Editor Tool (SvcConfigEditor.exe)

·        Configure the client endpoint.

o   How to: Configure WCF Service to Interoperate with ASP.NET Service Clients

o   ChannelFactory.ApplyConfiguration

o   ServiceHost.ApplyConfiguration

o   Configuring Client Behaviors

o   <clientVia>

o   WCF Client Configuration

o   How to: Use the ChannelFactory

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·        Call a service by using a service proxy.

o   Accessing Services Using a WCF Client

o   How to: Access Services with a Duplex Contract

o   Understanding State Changes

·        Handle exceptions on clients.

o   Fault Contract

o   FaultContractAttribute Class

o   FaultException Class

o   FaultException<TDetail> Class

o   Sending and Receiving Faults

o   Specifying and Handling Faults in Contracts and Services

·        Consume non-WCF services.

o   SyndicationFeed Class    

• Architecture of Syndication
• How to: Expose a Feed as Both Atom and RSS
• How to: Configure a WCF Client to interoperate with WSE 3.0 Services
• ServiceModel Metadata Utility Tool (SvcUtil.exe)
• How to: Create a Basic RSS Feed
• Integrating with COM+ Applications Overview
• How to: Configure COM+ Service Settings
• How to: Use the COM+ Service Model Configuration Tool (ComSvcConfig.exe)

Securing Services (16 percent)

o   Binding SecurityMode

o   How to: Set the Security Mode

o   SecurityMode Enumeration

o   Declaritive WCF Security

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·        Implement transport-level security.

o   basicHttpBinding  (Broadest Number of web service toolkits, has transport security)

o   HttpTransportBindingElement.KeepAliveEnabled Property

o   How to: Configure a WCF Client to Interoperate with WSE 3.0 Services

·        Implement message-level security.

o   wsHttpBinding

o   Message Security in WCF

o   Securing Messages Using Message Security

o   Federation

o   How to: Create a WSFederationHttp Binding

o   How to : Create a Federated Client

·        Authenticate clients.

o   Securing a WCF Service W/ wsFederationBinding and STS

o   wsFederationHttpBinding Element

o   Security Token Service

o   ClaimSet.FindClaims

o   ClaimSet Class

o   Brokered Authentication: Security Token Service (STS)

o   Building a Custom Security Token Service with Geneva Framework

o   WsFenderationHttpBinding Class

o   How to: Create a WsFederationHttpBinding

o   <wsFederationHttpBinding>

o   HttpTransportSecurity.ClientCredentialType Property

o   ClaimTypeRequirement Class

o   UserNameServiceElement.CustomUserNamePasswordValidatorType Property

o   How to: Use a Custom User Name and Password Validator

o   Bindings and Security

• SecurityBindingElement Class
• SecurityBindingElement Authentication Modes
• Custom Bindings
• Security Architecture
• How to: Use Security Tokens of the Same Type
• Access Control Mechanisms
• How to: Use the ASP.NET Role Provider with a Service
• ASP.NET Authorization

·        Authorize clients.

o   IAuthorizationPolicy Interface

o   PrincipalPermission Class

o   PrincipalPermissionAttribute Class

o   <serviceAuthorization> element

o   Partial Trust Feature Compatibility

• How to: Restrict Access with the PrincipalPermissionAttribute Class
• Managing Claims and Authorization with the Identity Model

·        Impersonate clients.

• Federation
• How to: Create A Federated Client

o   Delegation and Impersonation with WCF

• Using Impersonation with Transport security

Managing the Service Life Cycle (15 percent)

·        Manage instances.

·        Manage sessions.

·        Manage transactions.

o   TransactionFlowAttribute Class

o   ServiceBehaviorAttribute.TransactionTimeout Property

o   TransactionFlowOption Enumeration

o   Windows Communication Foundation Transaction Overview

• Using WS-AtomicTransaction
• ServiceModel Transaction Configuration

·        Manage concurrency.

• Concurrencymode = multiple, instanceContectmode = single (allows multiple callers simultaneously
• Sessions, Instancing, and Concurrency

o   ConcurrencyMode Enumeration

o   OperationBehaviorAttribute.TransactionScopeRequired Property

·        Manage consistency between instances, sessions, transactions, and concurrency.

• How to: Access Services with a Duplex Contract

·        MISC

o   Hosting and Consuming WCF Services

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I hope this helps!