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CHAPTER 4 ■ INSTALLING AND CREATING WCF SERVICES 101ramrameshreddy.blog.comdiscussed the “cleanliness” of the SDK installation process with the Microsoft program managers,we know they empathize with the development community and are looking to make theprocess as tight as possible.■Note The .NET 3.0 Framework is an additive set of class libraries, assemblies, and tools that runs on topof the .NET 2.0 Framework. Prior to being released to manufacturing, the working name was WinFX. Therenaming has, as expected, caused confusion about the versioning, about what is included in each version,and about what installation packages are needed. However, with Vista, all the base components are distributedwith the core operating system installation.Appendix C contains detailed installation steps. The following are the componentrequirements to run and develop .NET 3.0 and WCF-based applications:• Windows 2003 Service Pack 1, Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows Vista• The .NET Framework 2.0 redistributable package (x86/x64/I64), which is part of Vista(this is an add-on for Windows 2003 and XP Service Pack 2)• The .NET 3.0 Framework components, which are part of Vista (these are add-ons forWindows 2003 and XP Service Pack 2)The development environment requires a few extra tools and, as a general recommendation,should be equipped with a bit more resources for the hardware—specifically RAM, CPU,and disk space:• Windows 2003 Service Pack 1, Windows XP Service Pack 2, or Windows Vista• The .NET Framework 2.0 redistributable package (x86/x64/I64), which is part of Vista• The .NET Framework 2.0 SDK (x86/x64/I64)• The Microsoft Windows SDK—formerly known as Platform SDK• The.NET Framework 3.0 runtime components (RTC), which are already included inWindows Vista• Recommended: IIS installation—not required with Visual Studio 2005 development webserver• Recommended: Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Express Edition (or “larger” version—Pro,Suite, and so on)ramrameshreddyramrameshreddy• Recommended: The .NET Framework 3.0 Development Tools for Visual StudioNote that the .NET Framework 3.0 Development Tools for Visual Studio 2005 provide templatesupport for .NET 3.0 projects and project items. They are not required, but they makeworking with WCF and .NET 3.0–based solutions and components inside Visual Studio 2005 alittle bit easier because they add all the references and template code for you.