Getting Started with WCF in Vista RC1
At my current gig, we're getting ready to use Windows Communications Framework as the platform for our middle tier. Here's the simplified instructions on how to get rolling.
On a pristine machine with XP SP2 and .NET 2.0 installed, do the following.
1. Install Vista RC1, 3.0 Runtime and the Visual Studio extensions
2. Follow the instructions for the One Time WCF Samples Setup
3. If you installed IIS after installing .NET, register IIS by running aspnet_regiis -i in the .NET 2.0 directory
4. Explode the WCF samples from C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0\Samples and run the Getting Started sample in WCFSamples\TechnologySamples\Basic\GettingStarted\CS\GettingStarted.sln
If the project runs then you're all ready to roll.