All posts by : Paul Andrew

1 of 35 | Hosting Quickstart Sample for Windows Workflow Foundation - IIS or NT Service - We just published a WF Hosting Quickstart sample today and it shows a common hosting model for building WF programs and running them in either of: ASP.NET and IIS Your NT Service A Console Host Okay the third is just a debugging convenience for the second....(read more)...

2 of 35 | Using WCF with Web Hoster DiscountASP - A little while back Discount ASP published this article describing how to use WCF in their hosting environment....(read more)...

3 of 35 | Patterns for Long Running Activities in Windows Workflow Foundation - Long Running Activity Have you ever noticed that long running operations are difficult to implement in software? Did you ever think about why that is the case? Some kinds of long running operations are obviously difficult in software such as requesting...(read more)...

4 of 35 | My Tech.Ed EMEA Talk Today on Workflow in a Web application - I'm in Barcelona this week for TechEd EMEA. The talk I gave today was about getting Windows Workflow Foundation hosted in ASP.NET. It was based on a quickstart sample that we built a couple of months ago and was recently updated to run on Visual Studio...(read more)...

5 of 35 | Just Released: BizTalk Server 2006 extensions for Windows Workflow Foundation SDK - Just released, the long awaited BizTalk Server 2006 extensions for Windows Workflow Foundation SDK. Use WF modeling and host workflows in BizTalk Server. Note the BTS messaging activities in the image. Download here . Quick steps to try it out Start with...(read more)...

6 of 35 | WF Persistence and Tracking Services for Oracle and MySQL - From the MSDN Forums Dean Ward announces the v0.3.0.0 release of WFTools , an open source project on Codeplex. If you want to use Windows Workflow Foundation but your database is not SQL Server please check it out....(read more)...

7 of 35 | New Windows Workflow Foundation book in Spanish - Unai Zorrilla (Microsoft MVP) has just written a book on Windows Workflow Foundation available here . Check it out....(read more)...

8 of 35 | Pantry Workflow at Coding for Fun - Check out this use of Windows Workflow Foundation. http://blogs.msdn.com/coding4fun/archive/2007/10/05/5296972.aspx...(read more)...

9 of 35 | New Microsoft CRM codename “Titan” - Philip Richardson has started blogging about new features coming in MS CRM codename "Titan". I'll watch out for more information about the workflow capabilities provided by Windows Workflow Foundation. Link: http://www.philiprichardson.org/blog/post/The-Titan-Project.asp...(read more)...

10 of 35 | No BizTalk Experience Required - This is for .NET developers who are trying out Windows Workflow Foundation and want a server environment to host workflows. The idea is that you create a workflow model in Visual Studio using WCF constructs to specify messaging to and from the workflow....(read more)...

11 of 35 | Redmond Developer News Tech Brief on Windows Workflow Foundation - Redmond Developer News just published my article on Windows Workflow Foundation....(read more)...

12 of 35 | BizTalk Adapter for Windows Workflow Foundation sample (June 2007 CTP) - Just announced today at TechEd 2007 in Orlando Florida. We are developing a new SDK Sample that lets software developers build workflow models in Windows Workflow Foundation and then host then in BizTalk Server 2006. The BizTalk Adapter for Windows Workflow...(read more)...

13 of 35 | Visual Studio tools presentation for WF and WCF - Next week is TechEd in Orlando, Florida and I have two talks. SOA202 on Monday is a talk about choosing between WF and BizTalk for process development. The second one is DEV305 on Wednesday is a demo session showing WF and WCF tools in the new Visual...(read more)...

14 of 35 | Updated Windows Workflow Foundation introductory Hands on Labs now in C# and VB.NET - The venerable WF introductory Hands on Labs were published June 22, 2006. They have been ported from C# to VB.NET and were republished yesterday and there is a single download containing both C# and VB.NET. You can find them listed in the training box...(read more)...

15 of 35 | WF Persistence Example - In Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) it's all about long running business logic. In effect WF provides a mechanism where you can use regular .NET objects that can execute over long periods of time. WF persists the .NET object state automatically when the...(read more)...

16 of 35 | We want to know what you think about our software - Have you downloaded BPEL for Windows Workflow Foundation? We are listening to you, this is the time to give your feedback. Here's how to do it. Click to our connect site http://connect.microsoft.com/wf Passport login is required Look for this text on...(read more)...

17 of 35 | Try out .NET Framework 3.0 Technologies (now including WCF) without Installing Them - To join the Windows Workflow Foundation MSDN Virtual Lab that was released Thursday here is a WCF lab on the same scenario. If you have heard and maybe read about the new technologies from Microsoft in the .NET Framework 3.0 but you find all the install...(read more)...

18 of 35 | Workflow Designer Problems in Visual Studio - Have you tried out the Web Client Software Factory from Microsoft Patterns and Practices? It's up on Codeplex here . There have been some reported issues with opening the Workflow model in design mode in Visual Studio as outlined on this thread . If you...(read more)...

19 of 35 | New MSDN Virtual Lab for Windows Workflow Foundation - Great, a new online Hands-on-Lab for Windows Workflow Foundation. You can try out Windows Workflow Foundation here for yourself using the Fabrikam CRM solution . Just a web browser is required and we're hosting this workflow project in Visual Studio 2005...(read more)...

20 of 35 | Windows Workflow Foundation Web Workflow Approvals Starter Kit - The first of a set of starter kits for WF and WCF on the .NET Framework 3.0 has just been released. These starter kits are planned to help developers new to these technologies to get started on their first project faster. The starter kits are not supported...(read more)...

21 of 35 | KB Article and Hotfix for Persistence Problem in WF and in SharePoint - If you are using the persistence service in Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) you may experience failures in the Delay activity to fire it's completed event. This can be worked around in WF but not in SharePoint workflows. We now have KB932816 article...(read more)...

22 of 35 | Just Posted WCF Performance Whitepaper - Saurabh Gupta is a program manager on the connected frameworks team at Microsoft. That's the team that was combined from the WF and WCF teams. We just published his A Performance Comparison of Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) with Existing Distributed...(read more)...

23 of 35 | .NET Framework 3.5 - WF and WCF 3 Day Event in Redmond, WA - You are invited to Redmond , WA . Well... let's qualify that - you can apply and may be selected :-) Are you using WF or WCF v1 today? Do you product /project timelines that needs to go into production between June and August 2007? Are you about to embark...(read more)...

24 of 35 | Real World SOA using WCF and WF - My talk at VS Live San Francisco - I gave this talk at VS Live in San Francisco today. The slides are available here . The concept behind the talk is that SOA is a style of enterprise architecture which can be implemented using WCF and WF. The talk describes SOA's place in the enterprise...(read more)...

25 of 35 | BPEL for Windows Workflow Foundation March Community Technology Preview is released - As I predicted last month , the March 2007 CTP for our BPEL activities for Windows Workflow Foundation was released today. BPEL for Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) is an add on for Windows Workflow Foundation in the .NET Framework 3.0. BPEL is the Business...(read more)...

26 of 35 | Presenting on WF and WCF at VS Live in March 2007 in San Francisco - Later this month I'm travelling to San Francisco and presenting about building workflow enabled services using Windows Workflow Foundation and Windows Communication Foundation. Hope to see you there at VS Live ....(read more)...

27 of 35 | Microsoft provides BPEL 2.0 in WF - BPEL for Windows Workflow Foundation March CTP - In March 2007 Microsoft plans to release a CTP of a set of BPEL activities for Windows Workflow Foundation (WF). This will be called BPEL for Windows Workflow Foundation March CTP and the CTP release will implement the BPEL 1.1 specification. The final...(read more)...

28 of 35 | What to use Windows Workflow Foundation for? - We established that Windows Workflow Foundation isn't an end user product in a recent entry . In this entry I want to give my opinions on what software developers should be using WF for. WF is a new capability in the .NET Framework 3.0 that developers...(read more)...

29 of 35 | Integrating Windows Workflow Foundation and Windows Communication Foundation - Just posted today: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb266709.aspx This new article and sample provide a great demo and example code for using WF and WCF together for building workflow-enabled services. It is a rebuild of an Expense Reporting demo...(read more)...

30 of 35 | SharePoint Workflow Starter Kit for Software Developers - The SharePoint team originally primarily targetted information workers in providing a workflow development environment for their SharePoint Designer product when they released Windows SharePoint Services v3. For developers who prefer Visual Studio for...(read more)...

31 of 35 | Worlds First Forums Bash - Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) - A group from the WF SDE/Test team did what is possibly the worlds first Forums Bash last night. These are dedicated folks and they are helping to provide what is an invaluable service for WF developers. Click here for the WF Forums . Take a look at who...(read more)...

32 of 35 | How does Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) compare to product X? - I get asked this question a bit from people who have heard of WF but have not read much about it. This applies to BizTalk Server 2006, Office SharePoint Server 2007, SourceCode K2, Skelta, Captaris, other BPM products, etc. Here's how I explain it. I'll...(read more)...

33 of 35 | A new WF Case Study on KiwiBank is Published Today - KiwiBank in New Zealand is using Windows Workflow Foundation as part of its service layer in the banks infrastructure....(read more)...

34 of 35 | Back from Holidays and into Workflow (WF) - Since my last post we've had the Christmas holidays and I had a relaxing break. We also had a power outtage for four and a half days which was less relaxing. Today I'm catching up on some of the goings on around Windows Workflow Foundation with a link...(read more)...

35 of 35 | Glenn Block digs into workflow properties - Check Glenn's post on implementing WF properties: http://blogs.msdn.com/gblock/archive/2006/12/14/attached-properties-and-the-workflow-designer.aspx...(read more)...