Windows Azure AppFabric SDK v1.0 Released (Service Bus and Access Control)

Microsoft Downloads - Windows Azure platform AppFabric SDK V1.0

“Windows Azure platform AppFabric is part of the Azure Services Platform. Microsoft .NET Services includes two services: the Access Control Service and the Service Bus.

Version:	V1.0
Date Published:	12/18/2009
Language:	English
Download Size:	1.9 MB - 4.5 MB*

Overview

This SDK includes API libraries and samples for building connected applications with the .NET platform. It spans the entire spectrum of today’s Internet applications – from rich connected applications with advanced connectivity requirements to Web-style applications that use simple protocols such as HTTP to communicate with the broadest possible range of clients.

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From the CHM;

“AppFabric Service Bus and AppFabric Access Control are a set of Microsoft-built and hosted Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) services for building Internet-enabled applications. AppFabric Service Bus and AppFabric Access Control provide applications with a common infrastructure to name, discover, expose, secure, and orchestrate Web services. They are designed to significantly lower the entry barriers for new types of interconnected Internet-scale applications regardless of whether they are Web-based, they work through application-to-application federation, or they want to exploit the rich user experience and media capabilities of modern desktop environments. This section discusses these two services in more detail.

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