Securing and Managing a WCF 4 Application with Visual Basic 2010

Overview/Description
This course shows how to implement security features such as transport and message-level security, and authentication, authorization and impersonation in a .NET Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) application. It demonstrates how to enable WCF applications to implement ASP.NET security features. It covers how to use features such as tracing, logging, and performance counters to monitor a WCF application. It also covers the different tools available for monitoring configuration. This course is one of a series in the SkillSoft learning path that covers the objectives for the Microsoft Technology Specialist: Windows Communication Foundation Development with Microsoft .NET Framework 4 exam (70-513).

Target Audience
All organizations or individual consultants who are using or intend to use the .NET Framework 4 with Visual Studio 2010 and Visual Basic 2010 to develop Windows Communication Foundation applications; corporate employees, consultants, and university or college students who are preparing for the associated Technology Specialist: Windows Communication Foundation Development with Microsoft .NET Framework 4 exam (70-513).

Prerequisites
Experience in developing .NET 3.5 or .NET 4 applications with Visual Basic; knowledge of .NET distributed technologies, particularly XML Web Services

Expected Duration (hours)
2.0

Lesson Objectives

Securing and Managing a WCF 4 Application with Visual Basic 2010

configure transport-level security

configure message-level security

configure client authorization

configure client impersonation and security auditing

integrate WCF and ASP.NET

configure ASP.NET role-based authorization for a WCF application

configure forms authentication

implement WCF security

configure tracing and logging

configure performance counters and WMI

use the Service Configuration Editor and the Service Trace Viewer