In this lab you will work with the DinnerNow application to build and consume services created with Windows Communication Foundation. You will get the chance to build both services and clients while learning about the security and manageability features of Windows Communication Foundation. In addition, you will also see how the Windows Communication Foundation provides a single, unified communications API by also building a Plain Old XML (POX) service that returns data for HTTP Get requests.

In this lab you will get an introduction to Windows Workflow Foundation by examining, modifying and extending the workflow components of the DinnerNow sample solution. You will create custom activities, manage workflow persistence and tracking, and take some time to understand how Windows Workflow Foundation was applied in this application.

In this lab you will learn how to take advantage to the new improvements to the event logging, viewing and management features in Windows Server “Longhorn”. You will learn how to create event manifests for your application, use tools for compiling and installing event information, and how to use the APIs to write events. In addition, you will learn about some of the improvements to the Windows Event Viewer to simplify querying and viewing events in Windows. This lab is based on the DinnerNow sample scenario.

In this lab you will learn about the new features of the latest version of Internet Information Services available in Windows Server “Longhorn”. Taking advantage of IIS 7 modularity, extensibility, and .NET integration – you will create a new managed handler as well as extend the IIS 7 user interface to configure the handler’s actions. In addition, you will see how to use built IIS7’s built in tracing and diagnostics to see the events in the http request processing pipeline, using the DinnerNow sample scenario.

In this lab you will learn about two powerful management technologies that encompass both the command line and graphical user interface (GUI). Windows PowerShell is the new command shell and scripting language from Microsoft that helps IT professionals and developers achieve greater productivity. In this lab, you will write cmdlets for Windows PowerShell which will allow an operator to retrieve workflow data from the workflow tracking system. In addition, you will build a snapin for the Microsoft Management Console 3.0 (MMC) using managed code. Version 3.0 of MMC has greatly improved the managed code model for building management consoles or your applications and services. This lab is based on the DinnerNow sample scenario.

In this lab you will get an introduction to Windows CardSpace and see how you can integrate information card support into your web applications. Information cards provide an alternative to the authentication methods used today and a new model for managing your digital identity. CardSpace is the software that enables you to manage and select information cards. This lab will show you how to integrate CardSpace using the DinnerNow sample application as a scenario.

In this lab you will get a chance to work hands on with the new transactional file system in Windows Server “Longhorn”. In the past, it was extremely difficult to ensure consistency between work done on the file system and work done with transactional resources such as SQL Server or Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ). Systems that manage documents or files along with other data, often had a tendency to become inconsistent. You will get a chance to see how you can now move, create, copy, etc. files right within the TransactionScope in your .NET code and ensure that when the transaction commits or rolls back, your file operation has completed or reverted as expected. This lab is based on the DinnerNow sample scenario.