One of the things I've heard from people when I show them the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) is that they would like some sort of ''Service Designer'' similar to the class designer inside of Visual Studio 2005, but that allows you to visually define your services.  Well, the next version of the Service Factory from patterns & ...

By way of Don Smith.  Details: http://blogs.msdn.com/donsmith/archive/2007/01/09/come-and-get-yer-service-factory.aspx The two features that jumped out at me are support for the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and ''WSDL-first support.''  The direct download is here. -Marc