ASMX Web Service Software Factory - Now Available!

As you may already know we have spent the last couple of weeks (or was it months?) with our heads down polishing our first Web Service Software Factory for release - and last Friday it was finally released. Click here to download.

This Web Service Software Factory is the first in a series of Service Factory releases, initially targeting current .Net 2.0 technologies, with a second release planned for late Q406 to incorporate guidance for WCF and .Net 3.0 and culminating with the release of the Service Factory that will accompany the next version of Visual Studio (currently code named Orcas).

The Q406 release has also been in development since the Service Factory program was initiated and a CTP release is also available at the Service Factory Community. The Q406 CTP release already incorporates significant guidance for designing secure and interoperable WCF based services based on the Feb CTP of WCF.

Over the next couple of weeks we are migrating the WCF Factory to the latest public CTP of WCF and will also start working on additional guidance covering topics like versioning and messaging. Don is also working on some hands on labs for the community workspace and Lonnie is also going to demonstrate how our layered architecture simplifies the process of migrating from ASMX to WCF. So if you haven't already provided feedback on the community site please join the community and let us know where you think we should be providing guidance...