ActiveNick

Communicating with the server-side and the rest of your corporate network infrastructure is a key aspect of any mobile smart client application that lives within a distributed enterprise architecture. However, mobile devices aren't always on the Web or docked into the corporate network. Therefore your applications have to handle a range of scenarios for transferring data to and from the home office during times when a connection is available and storing information locally when a connection is not available. WCF provides a unified programming model for building connected applications with managed code on the desktop and the server. Thanks to the WCF extensible channel architecture, mobile devices can also participate and leverage WCF, but only a subset of the full WCF model is supported. This session explores the similarities and the differences in building mobile communications infrastructures using .NET Compact Framework 3.5 and WCF. Through live demos using Visual Studio 2008 and other mobile tools, we cover the WCF programming model and available layers, the supported channels, integrating with the desktop and server-side, see how to cover the lack of device addressability, the role of Exchange 2007, e-mail and AirSync, extensibility points, security and more. If you think you know everything about WCF, think again... mobile devices are also part of the enterprise equation and you need to learn how to reach out to them.

 

I will also spend some time in the Technical Learning Center for Windows Mobile, so feel free to stop by and say hello.

 

Chers,

Nick