Windows Server AppFabric v1 RTW (and samples too)

Microsoft Downloads - Windows Server AppFabric

“Windows Server AppFabric is a set of integrated technologies that make it easier to build, scale and manage Web and composite applications that run on IIS.

Version:	1.0.0.0
Date Published:	6/4/2010
Language:	English
Download Size:	23 KB - 167.8 MB*

Windows Server AppFabric is a set of integrated technologies that make it easier to build, scale and manage Web and composite applications that run on IIS. Windows Server AppFabric targets applications built using ASP.NET, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), and Windows Workflow Foundation (WF).

It provides out-of-the-box capabilities for you to easily build and manage composite applications, including:

• Enhanced design and development tools in Visual Studio to build rich composite applications
• Management and monitoring of services and workflows via integration with IIS Manager and Windows PowerShell
• Distributed in-memory application cache to improve application performance

Windows Server AppFabric allows developers to build their next-generation composite applications, and for administrators to host and manage them. It integrates technologies previewed as code name "Dublin" and code name "Velocity".

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System Requirements

• Supported Operating Systems: Windows 7; Windows Server 2008; Windows Server 2008 R2; Windows Vista

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• Supported Architectures:

• 32-bit (x86)
• 64-bit (x64)

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Instructions

• Upgrade from Windows Server AppFabric Beta 2 Refresh and Windows Server AppFabric RC is supported. However upgrade from older versions of Windows AppFabric (Beta 1 and Beta 2) is not supported. Before starting the installation, uninstall older versions (pre-Beta 2 refresh) of Windows Server AppFabric, then install pre-requisite software. It is important to uninstall Windows Server AppFabric Beta 1, Windows Server AppFabric Beta 2 before uninstalling .NET 4 Beta 2 or .NET 4 RC respectively and installing the final version of .NET 4. For more information and a work-around see the release notes.

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Microsoft Downloads - Windows Server AppFabric Samples

“Windows Server AppFabric is a set of integrated technologies that make it easier to build, scale and manage Web and composite applications that run on IIS. These samples provide a introduction to some of Windows Server AppFabric's hosting and caching features.

File Name:	WindowsServerAppFabricSamples.exe
Version:	1
Date Published:	6/4/2010
Language:	English
Download Size:	7.8 MB

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There’s some interesting features in AppFabric and now that the on-premises v1 is RTW it might be time to check them out in more depth. If I were doing web work, instead of a “might” it would probably be a “must”…

 

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