SharePoint 2010 development with WCF services

Dinusha Kumarasiri

http://dinushaonline.blogspot.com

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Agenda

WCF - What & WhyWCF Services in SharePointExtending SharePoint services frameworkDeveloping service applications

WCF – What & Why

What ?Framework to facilitate service-oriented applications

Why?Service orientationInteroperabilityMultiple message patternsSecurityMultiple transports & encodingsMultiple hosting scenariosAjax and REST support

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Simple WCF Service

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WCF services in SharePoint

Out of the box services to perform tasksClients may not tightly coupled with SharePointRESTful and OData compliantWCF data services to get strongly typed entities

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Access data using SharePoint services

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Extending SharePoint services framework

Host new service in SharePointService runs in SharePoint contextComplete support of SharePoint APIsSame authentication/authorization as in farm

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New service to SharePoint services framework

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Extending SharePoint services framework

Asynchronous data accessAccess the service from client sideDon’t need client object model so loosely coupledMust have with heavy duty web parts

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Asynchronous data access

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Developing service applications

Federated service to be used across the farmCan run on multiple app servers and load-balanced

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New service application

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Q&A

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