Walkthrough: Deploying Windows Server AppFabric in a Single-Node Development Environment

This section describes how to install and configure Windows Server AppFabric on a single computer to create a development environment. This environment enables you to develop WCF and WF services that depend upon HTTP and non-HTTP activation. In this scenario, you will configure monitoring, persistence, and caching to use SQL Server data stores. The environment will include the following:

• Windows 7 with the latest security patches

• SQL Server Express 2008

• Visual Studio 2010

• .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and .NET Framework 4

• Windows PowerShell 2.0

In This Section

• Preparing the Single-Node Environment for Installing Windows Server AppFabric

• Setting Up Windows Server AppFabric Hosting Features in a Single-Node Development Environment

• Setting Up Windows Server AppFabric Caching Features in a Single-Node Development Environment