1.1. Understanding SOA1.2. What Is a Service?1.2.1. Tenet 1: Boundaries Are Explicit1.2.2. Tenet 2: Services Are Autonomous1.2.3. Tenet 3: Services Share the Schema and Contract, Not the Class1.2.4. Tenet 4: Service Compatibility Is Based on Policy1.3. A Brief History of the Microsoft Distributed Stack1.4. Why Are Web Services the Preferred Option?1.5. What Does WCF Solve?1.6. Unification of Existing Technologies1.7. Interoperability Across Platforms1.8. WCF As a Service-Oriented Development Tool1.9. Exploring Features in WCF1.10. Developer Productivity1.11. Attribute-Based Development1.12. Coexisting with Existing Technology1.13. Hosting Services1.14. Migration/Integration with Existing Technology1.15. One Service, Multiple Endpoints1.16. Integration Technologies1.17. How Do You Unify All These Technologies?1.18. Summary