Channel 9 Microsoft http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/keydet/Posts Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/keydet/Posts en Fri, 24 May 2013 01:33:00 GMT Fri, 24 May 2013 01:33:00 GMT Rev9 46 2 25 Integrating with systems behind a firewall from CRM Online using Windows Azure Service Bus Relay The Windows Azure Service Bus Relay enables applications hosted anywhere with an internet connection to securely call back to applications hosted in your own datacenter behind a firewall.  The CRM 2011 SDK offers documentation on how to use the Windows Azure Service Bus Relay from CRM Online.  Here's a link to the documentation that describes the scenario:

http://dkdt.me/HOzzrr

This video demonstrates a working example of the end to end scenario and walks you through the configuration.

http://dkdt.me/HOzy6X 

NOTE: The video shows my WCF service running in a console application for  simplicity.  Many will want to host their services in IIS.  See IIS hosting of Wcf  Services with Servicebus Endpoints for more details.

@devkeydet

 

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Integrating-with-systems-behind-a-firewall-from-CRM-Online-using-Windows-Azure-Service-Bus-Relay The Windows Azure Service Bus Relay enables applications hosted anywhere with an internet connection to securely call back to applications hosted in your own datacenter behind a firewall.  The CRM 2011 SDK offers documentation on how to use the Windows Azure Service Bus Relay from CRM Online.  Here's a link to the documentation that describes the scenario: http://dkdt.me/HOzzrr This video demonstrates a working example of the end to end scenario and walks you through the configuration. http://dkdt.me/HOzy6X  NOTE: The video shows my WCF service running in a console application for  simplicity.  Many will want to host their services in IIS.  See IIS hosting of Wcf  Services with Servicebus Endpoints for more details. @devkeydet   655 http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Integrating-with-systems-behind-a-firewall-from-CRM-Online-using-Windows-Azure-Service-Bus-Relay Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:40:49 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Integrating-with-systems-behind-a-firewall-from-CRM-Online-using-Windows-Azure-Service-Bus-Relay keydet keydet 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Integrating-with-systems-behind-a-firewall-from-CRM-Online-using-Windows-Azure-Service-Bus-Relay/rss Dynamics CRM Online Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online Service Bus WCF Windows Azure Merging CRM 2011 Solutions In the Organize Your Team  To Develop Solutions section of the Microsoft  Dynamics CRM 2011 SDK, there is a section that talks about merging 2 or  more unmanaged solutions by importing them into a master solution.  However, the SDK doesn't exactly explain how.  In this screencast, I will show you.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Merging-CRM-2011-Solutions In the Organize Your Team  To Develop Solutions section of the Microsoft  Dynamics CRM 2011 SDK, there is a section that talks about merging 2 or  more unmanaged solutions by importing them into a master solution.  However, the SDK doesn't exactly explain how.  In this screencast, I will show you. 331 http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Merging-CRM-2011-Solutions Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:37:20 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Merging-CRM-2011-Solutions keydet keydet 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Merging-CRM-2011-Solutions/rss CRM Dynamics Dynamics CRM Dynamics CRM Online Dynamics CRM Platform Microsoft Dynamics CRM Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online CRM 2011 Script# & Dynamics CRM 2011 In this video, I walk you through two core usage scenarios for Script# in the Dynamics CRM 2011 context:

  • Creating JavaScript web resources
  • Sharing basic logic across server-side code (plugins/workflow activities) & client-side code (JavaScript web resources)

Think of this as an alternative approach to producing JavaScript code for Dynamics CRM 2011.  I tend to like it for all the same reasons the Script# home page calls out: Intellisense that works!, MSBuild Support, Visualize your Code, Intuitive OOP Syntax, Unit Testing Support, Create Documentation, FxCop Code Analysis.  Yes, there are ways to do these things with JavaScript, but Script# lets you use what you already know if you are a C# developer.  If after watching this video, you decide it's not for you, then erase it from your memory banks and continue with your current approach.

NOTE: Sorry about the audio quality (echo).

@devkeydet

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Script--Dynamics-CRM-2011 In this video, I walk you through two core usage scenarios for Script# in the Dynamics CRM 2011 context: Creating JavaScript web resources Sharing basic logic across server-side code (plugins/workflow activities) & client-side code (JavaScript web resources) Think of this as an alternative approach to producing JavaScript code for Dynamics CRM 2011.  I tend to like it for all the same reasons the Script# home page calls out: Intellisense that works!, MSBuild Support, Visualize your Code, Intuitive OOP Syntax, Unit Testing Support, Create Documentation, FxCop Code Analysis.  Yes, there are ways to do these things with JavaScript, but Script# lets you use what you already know if you are a C# developer.  If after watching this video, you decide it's not for you, then erase it from your memory banks and continue with your current approach. NOTE: Sorry about the audio quality (echo). @devkeydet 1812 http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Script--Dynamics-CRM-2011 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:03:26 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Script--Dynamics-CRM-2011 keydet keydet 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Script--Dynamics-CRM-2011/rss CRM Dynamics Dynamics CRM Dynamics CRM Online Dynamics CRM Platform JavaScript CRM 2011 Dynamics CRM 2011 Validation Framework - Setup and Configuration Walkthrough @devkeydet walks you through the functionality of his regular expression validation framework sample for Dynamics CRM 2011.  The sample shows you the foundational pieces of creating a custom, reusable validation framework for CRM forms/entities that allows you to define the validation rule through the CRM UI and have the validation execute both client-side using JavaScript and server-side through an "all entities" plugin.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dynamics-CRM-2011-Validation-Framework-Setup-and-Configuration-Walkthrough @devkeydet walks you through the functionality of his regular expression validation framework sample for Dynamics CRM 2011.  The sample shows you the foundational pieces of creating a custom, reusable validation framework for CRM forms/entities that allows you to define the validation rule through the CRM UI and have the validation execute both client-side using JavaScript and server-side through an "all entities" plugin. http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dynamics-CRM-2011-Validation-Framework-Setup-and-Configuration-Walkthrough Sat, 03 Dec 2011 23:00:28 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dynamics-CRM-2011-Validation-Framework-Setup-and-Configuration-Walkthrough keydet keydet 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dynamics-CRM-2011-Validation-Framework-Setup-and-Configuration-Walkthrough/rss CRM CRM Accelerators Dynamics CRM Dynamics CRM Online Dynamics CRM Platform Microsoft Dynamics CRM Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online CRM 2011 Hybrid Solutions with Windows Azure Connect In this screencast, Marc Schweigert (@devkeydet) shows you how easy it is to configure Windows Azure Connect to allow Windows Azure Compute Roles (Web/Worker/Virtual Machine) to communicate with a server behind your firewall (aka on-premises).  In “cloud computing” terms, this approach is often referred to as a “hybrid solution.”  Hybrid solutions are solutions where parts of your overall application run in a “public cloud” and parts run in your data center.

 

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Hybrid-Solutions-with-Windows-Azure-Connect In this screencast, Marc Schweigert (@devkeydet) shows you how easy it is to configure Windows Azure Connect to allow Windows Azure Compute Roles (Web/Worker/Virtual Machine) to communicate with a server behind your firewall (aka on-premises).  In “cloud computing” terms, this approach is often referred to as a “hybrid solution.”  Hybrid solutions are solutions where parts of your overall application run in a “public cloud” and parts run in your data center.   624 http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Hybrid-Solutions-with-Windows-Azure-Connect Wed, 18 May 2011 23:49:41 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Hybrid-Solutions-with-Windows-Azure-Connect keydet keydet 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Hybrid-Solutions-with-Windows-Azure-Connect/rss Azure Windows Azure hybrid JavaScript Intellisense for SharePoint In this screencast, you will learn how to get the most out of JavaScript programming with SharePoint 2010 projects in Visual Studio 2010.  You will see how to get JavaScript Intellisense and debugging working for jQuery and the Client Object Model.  You'll also learn about the benefits of using the Microsoft Ajax Content Delivery Network (CDN).

 

If you don't pause your video player at the right time, you might miss the location of the SharePoint JavaScript files.  Here is a link to the MSDN How to article that talks about those files: 

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff798328.aspx

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/JavaScript-Intellisense-for-SharePoint In this screencast, you will learn how to get the most out of JavaScript programming with SharePoint 2010 projects in Visual Studio 2010.  You will see how to get JavaScript Intellisense and debugging working for jQuery and the Client Object Model.  You'll also learn about the benefits of using the Microsoft Ajax Content Delivery Network (CDN).   If you don't pause your video player at the right time, you might miss the location of the SharePoint JavaScript files.  Here is a link to the MSDN How to article that talks about those files:  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff798328.aspx 629 http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/JavaScript-Intellisense-for-SharePoint Sun, 20 Feb 2011 07:50:57 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/JavaScript-Intellisense-for-SharePoint keydet keydet 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/JavaScript-Intellisense-for-SharePoint/rss Ajax JavaScript SharePoint sharepoint 2010 Visual Studio Visual Studio 2010 SharePoint 2010 Code Coverage for Silverlight and Windows Phone ViewModels From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_coverage:

"Code coverage is a measure used in software testing. It describes the degree to which the source code of a program has been tested."

In this screencast, you will learn how to get code coverage for your Silverlight and/or Windows Phone ViewModels through unit testing.  You can learn more about code coverage in Visual Studio 2010 from:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd537628.aspx

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Code-Coverage-for-Silverlight-and-Windows-Phone-ViewModels From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_coverage: "Code coverage is a measure used in software testing. It describes the degree to which the source code of a program has been tested." In this screencast, you will learn how to get code coverage for your Silverlight and/or Windows Phone ViewModels through unit testing.  You can learn more about code coverage in Visual Studio 2010 from: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd537628.aspx 879 http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Code-Coverage-for-Silverlight-and-Windows-Phone-ViewModels Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:55:51 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Code-Coverage-for-Silverlight-and-Windows-Phone-ViewModels keydet keydet 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Code-Coverage-for-Silverlight-and-Windows-Phone-ViewModels/rss DPEUSPublicSectorTeam Model-View-ViewModel MVVM Silverlight Unit Testing Windows Phone Congress App for Windows Phone 7 This video introduces the SunLight labs Congress application for Windows Phone Series 7. It demonstrates the key features of the Congress application and explains a bit about the Sunlight Labs API which allows users to:

  • Search for legislators by last name, 2-letter state code, and last name.
  • Call a legislator or visit their website.
  • Read aggregated news about a legislator.
  • Read a legislator's tweets.
  • Watch a legislator's YouTube videos.

Be sure to follow on the US Public Sector Developer & Platform Evangelism Team Blog for more information and videos about how this application was developed, architected, and designed. Also, the code for this application is available as Open Source as a SunLight labs community development project!

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Congress-App-for-Windows-Phone-7 This video introduces the SunLight labs Congress application for Windows Phone Series 7. It demonstrates the key features of the Congress application and explains a bit about the Sunlight Labs API which allows users to: Search for legislators by last name, 2-letter state code, and last name. Call a legislator or visit their website. Read aggregated news about a legislator. Read a legislator's tweets. Watch a legislator's YouTube videos. Be sure to follow on the US Public Sector Developer & Platform Evangelism Team Blog for more information and videos about how this application was developed, architected, and designed. Also, the code for this application is available as Open Source as a SunLight labs community development project! 247 http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Congress-App-for-Windows-Phone-7 Sun, 17 Oct 2010 16:23:02 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Congress-App-for-Windows-Phone-7 keydet keydet 1 http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Congress-App-for-Windows-Phone-7/rss DPEUSPublicSectorTeam Windows Phone Windows Phone 7 WP7 Welcome to the Open Government Data Initiative (OGDI) The Open Government Data Initiative (OGDI) is an initiative led by Microsoft Public Sector Developer Evangelism team. OGDI uses the Windows Azure Platform to make it easier to publish and use a wide variety of public data from government agencies. OGDI is also a free, open source ‘starter kit’ with code that can be used to publish data on the Internet in a Web-friendly format with easy-to-use, open API's. OGDI-based web API’s can be accessed from a variety of client technologies such as Silverlight, Flash, JavaScript, PHP, Python, Ruby, mapping web sites, etc.

Whether you are a business wishing to use government data, a government developer, or a ‘citizen developer’, these open API's will enable you to build innovative applications, visualizations and mash-ups that empower people through access to government information. This site is built using the OGDI starter kit software assets and provides interactive access to some publicly-available data sets along with sample code and resources for writing applications using the OGDI API's.

Email us at askogdi@microsoft.com if you have government data sets that you would like us to publish or if you have other questions

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/Welcome-to-OGDI The Open Government Data Initiative (OGDI) is an initiative led by Microsoft Public Sector Developer Evangelism team. OGDI uses the Windows Azure Platform to make it easier to publish and use a wide variety of public data from government agencies. OGDI is also a free, open source ‘starter kit’ with code that can be used to publish data on the Internet in a Web-friendly format with easy-to-use, open API's. OGDI-based web API’s can be accessed from a variety of client technologies such as Silverlight, Flash, JavaScript, PHP, Python, Ruby, mapping web sites, etc. Whether you are a business wishing to use government data, a government developer, or a ‘citizen developer’, these open API's will enable you to build innovative applications, visualizations and mash-ups that empower people through access to government information. This site is built using the OGDI starter kit software assets and provides interactive access to some publicly-available data sets along with sample code and resources for writing applications using the OGDI API's. Email us at askogdi@microsoft.com if you have government data sets that you would like us to publish or if you have other questions 870 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/Welcome-to-OGDI Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:34:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/Welcome-to-OGDI keydet keydet 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/Welcome-to-OGDI/RSS Azure Azure Platform Azure Services Azure Services Platform DPEUSPublicSectorTeam Odata Windows Azure Improving perceived WPF app startup performance with MEF and a Splash Screen Marc highlights some tips and tricks for improving perceived startup performance of Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) applications using the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) and a Splash Screen.  The walkthrough focuses on using the .NET Framework 4.0.  However, MEF is available for WPF 3.5 SP1 as well at http://mef.codeplex.com. 

Details on how to download the code for this screencast are available at http://tinyurl.com/WpfMefStartupScreencast. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/Improving-perceived-WPF-app-startup-performance-with-MEF-and-a-Splash-Screen In this screencast, Marc highlights some tips and tricks for improving perceived startup performance of Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) applications using the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) and a Splash Screen.  The walkthrough focuses on using the .NET Framework 4.0.  However, MEF is available for WPF 3.5 SP1 as well at http://mef.codeplex.com.  Details on how to download the code for this screencast are available at http://tinyurl.com/WpfMefStartupScreencast. 742 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/Improving-perceived-WPF-app-startup-performance-with-MEF-and-a-Splash-Screen Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:21:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/Improving-perceived-WPF-app-startup-performance-with-MEF-and-a-Splash-Screen keydet keydet 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/Improving-perceived-WPF-app-startup-performance-with-MEF-and-a-Splash-Screen/RSS DPEUSPublicSectorTeam Managed Extensibility Framework MEF Windows Presentation Foundation WPF 3.5 SP1 WPF 4 WPF4 Running Reporting Services Reports in Windows Azure Marc shows you how to run a SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 report in Windows Azure using the ReportViewer control that ships with Visual Studio 2010.  As an added bonus, he demonstrates using ReportViewer against an OData service through the use of WCF Data Services client libraries and the ObjectDataSource. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/Running-Reporting-Services-Reports-in-Windows-Azure In this screencast, Marc shows you how to run a SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 report in Windows Azure using the ReportViewer control that ships with Visual Studio 2010.  As an added bonus, he demonstrates using ReportViewer against an OData service through the use of WCF Data Services client libraries and the ObjectDataSource. 984 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/Running-Reporting-Services-Reports-in-Windows-Azure Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:01:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/Running-Reporting-Services-Reports-in-Windows-Azure keydet keydet 3 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/Running-Reporting-Services-Reports-in-Windows-Azure/RSS ASP.NET DPEUSPublicSectorTeam Reporting SQL Server Reporting Services Visual Studio 2010 Windows Azure Implementing Single Touch Gestures with MouseGestureTrigger A common need for Windows 7 touch user interfaces is to react to a touch gesture.  In this screencast, Marc demonstrates a very simple and easy way to interpret single touch gestures using MouseGestureTrigger from the Expression Blend Samples.

To learn more about Behaviors, Triggers, and Actions mentioned in the screencast, visit http://tinyurl.com/TriggersActionsBehaviors.  If you are interested in touch/multitouch Behaviors, then have a look at http://touch.codeplex.com/.  You can download even more Triggers, Actions, Behaviors, etc. at Expression Gallery.

Sample download available at:
http://tinyurl.com/MouseGestureTriggerBlogPost 

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/Implementing-Single-Touch-Gestures-with-MouseGestureTrigger A common need for Windows 7 touch user interfaces is to react to a touch gesture.  In this screencast, Marc demonstrates a very simple and easy way to interpret single touch gestures using MouseGestureTrigger from the Expression Blend Samples. To learn more about Behaviors, Triggers, and Actions mentioned in the screencast, visit http://tinyurl.com/TriggersActionsBehaviors.  If you are interested in touch/multitouch Behaviors, then have a look at http://touch.codeplex.com/.  You can download even more Triggers, Actions, Behaviors, etc. at Expression Gallery.Sample download available at:http://tinyurl.com/MouseGestureTriggerBlogPost  333 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/Implementing-Single-Touch-Gestures-with-MouseGestureTrigger Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:00:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/Implementing-Single-Touch-Gestures-with-MouseGestureTrigger keydet keydet 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/Implementing-Single-Touch-Gestures-with-MouseGestureTrigger/RSS DPEUSPublicSectorTeam Expression Expression Blend Expression Blend 3 Multitouch Touch Windows 7 Multi Touch Managing Browser History Using Client Script Without ScriptManager ASP.NET Ajax has a great feature that helps make it easy to enable back/forward button and bookmarking support in your Ajax applications.  However, most people think you need ASP.NET WebForms and the ScriptManager control to take advantage of this feature.  Furthermore, most people think you actually have to be using ASP.NET to take advantage of these capabilities.  You don’t.  There’s a walkthrough on MSDN showing how to use this capability purely from client side JavaScript:

Managing Browser History Using Client Script

Basically, the walkthrough shows you how to use Sys.Application.navigate event and the Sys.Application.addHistoryPoint method.  Once you understand these two, it is pretty simple. 

The challenge with MSDN sample is that it leaves the reader to figure out how to accomplish the same thing without ASP.NET WebForms and the ScriptManager control.  In this screencast, Marc takes the guesswork out of it and shows you how implement the sample without the ScriptManager as well as doing it using ASP.NET MVC.

Sample Download:

http://blogs.msdn.com/devkeydet/archive/2010/02/09/screencast-managing-browser-history-using-client-script-without-scriptmanager.aspx

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/Managing-Browser-History-Using-Client-Script-Without-ScriptManager ASP.NET Ajax has a great feature that helps make it easy to enable back/forward button and bookmarking support in your Ajax applications.  However, most people think you need ASP.NET WebForms and the ScriptManager control to take advantage of this feature.  Furthermore, most people think you actually have to be using ASP.NET to take advantage of these capabilities.  You don’t.  There’s a walkthrough on MSDN showing how to use this capability purely from client side JavaScript: Managing Browser History Using Client Script Basically, the walkthrough shows you how to use Sys.Application.navigate event and the Sys.Application.addHistoryPoint method.  Once you understand these two, it is pretty simple.  The challenge with MSDN sample is that it leaves the reader to figure out how to accomplish the same thing without ASP.NET WebForms and the ScriptManager control.  In this screencast, Marc takes the guesswork out of it and shows you how implement the sample without the ScriptManager as well as doing it using ASP.NET MVC. Sample Download: http://blogs.msdn.com/devkeydet/archive/2010/02/09/screencast-managing-browser-history-using-client-script-without-scriptmanager.aspx 735 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/Managing-Browser-History-Using-Client-Script-Without-ScriptManager Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:11:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/Managing-Browser-History-Using-Client-Script-Without-ScriptManager keydet keydet 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/Managing-Browser-History-Using-Client-Script-Without-ScriptManager/RSS Ajax ASP.NET ASP.NET AJAX ASP.NET MVC ASP.NET WebForms DPEUSPublicSectorTeam InfoStrat.VE: Integrating Virtual Earth 3D into WPF and Surface Applications for Mere Mortals

Virtual Earth 3D has many applications, but until recently has only been practical on the web with a JavaScript interface.  WPF applications could not use the full potential of Virtual Earth 3D without requiring a WPF wizard and some XAML magic due to Win32 interop limitations.

Information Strategies (InfoStrat) has the solution.  They created a WPF / Surface control, InfoStrat.VE, and are sharing with the community on CodePlex.  This control provides a WPF interface for the Virtual Earth 3D control, complete with data binding for camera control and WPF-based pushpins. All Win32 restrictions (air space control, no rotation or visual brush) are eliminated.  Microsoft Surface is also supported.

Watch the interview to learn the history behind the control, see it in action, learn how to get started, and even contribute back to the community.

The video is a little long, so we have provided a timeline below in case you want to skip to specific sections:

00:00     Introduction / Background

10:18     DEMO: Surface application using InfoStrat.VE

15:00     CodePlex project / code walkthrough

38:15     DEMO: Surface application using advanced capabilities in action

43:08     Wrapup / community call to action

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Inside+Out/InfoStratVE-Integrating-Virtual-Earth-3D-into-WPF-and-Surface-Applications Virtual Earth 3D has many applications, but until recently has only been practical on the web with a JavaScript interface.  WPF applications could not use the full potential of Virtual Earth 3D without requiring a WPF wizard and some XAML magic due to Win32 interop limitations. Information Strategies (InfoStrat) has the solution.  They created a WPF / Surface control, InfoStrat.VE, and are sharing with the community on CodePlex.  This control provides a WPF interface for the Virtual Earth 3D control, complete with data binding for camera control and WPF-based pushpins. All Win32 restrictions (air space control, no rotation or visual brush) are eliminated.  Microsoft Surface is also supported. Watch the interview to learn the history behind the control, see it in action, learn how to get started, and even contribute back to the community. The video is a little long, so we have provided a timeline below in case you want to skip to specific sections: 00:00     Introduction / Background 10:18     DEMO: Surface application using InfoStrat.VE 15:00     CodePlex project / code walkthrough 38:15     DEMO: Surface application using advanced capabilities in action 43:08     Wrapup / community call to action 2787 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Inside+Out/InfoStratVE-Integrating-Virtual-Earth-3D-into-WPF-and-Surface-Applications Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:16:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Inside+Out/InfoStratVE-Integrating-Virtual-Earth-3D-into-WPF-and-Surface-Applications keydet keydet 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Inside+Out/InfoStratVE-Integrating-Virtual-Earth-3D-into-WPF-and-Surface-Applications/RSS DPEUSPublicSectorTeam Surface Virtual Earth WPF WPF 3.5 SP1 SnagL: Visualizing Government Data using Silverlight SnagL, from Berico Tailored Systems, is a thin client collaborative link analysis tool, which can be integrated with any existing tool or data repository.  Advanced analytics, like clustering and ranking, enables users to intuitively navigate massive amounts of data through a thin client in a web browser.

SnagL is used by U.S. Government customers to help visually analyze, determine relationships in, and make decisions based on data.  Watch the interview with members of the team to learn about the product, see a demo of it in action, and how it uses Silverlight to deliver compelling data visualizations that go beyond what you might expect from a browser based application.  The team also gives you a history of their early adoption of Silverlight, evolution of SnagL, and how Silverlight enabled them to “see things you wouldn’t normally see just looking at the data.”  They also talk about how Silverlight gave them a level of performance and visualization in the browser unmatched by their previous approaches.  Finally, the team shares their excitement to start incorporating capabilities coming in Silverlight 3.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Inside+Out/SnagL-Visualizing-Government-Data-using-Silverlight SnagL, from Berico Tailored Systems, is a thin client collaborative link analysis tool, which can be integrated with any existing tool or data repository.  Advanced analytics, like clustering and ranking, enables users to intuitively navigate massive amounts of data through a thin client in a web browser. SnagL is used by U.S. Government customers to help visually analyze, determine relationships in, and make decisions based on data.  Watch the interview with members of the team to learn about the product, see a demo of it in action, and how it uses Silverlight to deliver compelling data visualizations that go beyond what you might expect from a browser based application.  The team also gives you a history of their early adoption of Silverlight, evolution of SnagL, and how Silverlight enabled them to “see things you wouldn’t normally see just looking at the data.”  They also talk about how Silverlight gave them a level of performance and visualization in the browser unmatched by their previous approaches.  Finally, the team shares their excitement to start incorporating capabilities coming in Silverlight 3. 1873 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Inside+Out/SnagL-Visualizing-Government-Data-using-Silverlight Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:45:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Inside+Out/SnagL-Visualizing-Government-Data-using-Silverlight keydet keydet 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Inside+Out/SnagL-Visualizing-Government-Data-using-Silverlight/RSS analysis DPEUSPublicSectorTeam Silverlight Silverlight 2 Northrop Grumman: Innovating for the War Fighter with Microsoft Surface Northrop Grumman partnered with the Microsoft Technology Center and the Microsoft US Public Sector Developer and Platform Evangelism team to build a Proof Of Concept (POC) application that would demonstrate how Microsoft Surface could enhance mission planning, rehearsal, and post mission knowledge collection for military command and control decision making.  Northrop Grumman Corporation is a leading global security company whose 120,000 employees provide innovative systems, products, and solutions in aerospace, electronics, information systems, shipbuilding and technical services to government and commercial customers worldwide.
 
Watch the interview to see a full demo of the POC.  The interview highlights Northrop Grumman’s learning experiences on the POC especially with regard to Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), the Surface SDK, the designer/developer workflow enabled by WPF and the new thinking behind Natural User Interfaces with an emphasis on User experience.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Inside+Out/Northrop-Grumman-Innovating-for-the-War-Fighter-with-Microsoft-Surface Northrop Grumman partnered with the Microsoft Technology Center and the Microsoft US Public Sector Developer and Platform Evangelism team to build a Proof Of Concept (POC) application that would demonstrate how Microsoft Surface could enhance mission planning, rehearsal, and post mission knowledge collection for military command and control decision making.  Northrop Grumman Corporation is a leading global security company whose 120,000 employees provide innovative systems, products, and solutions in aerospace, electronics, information systems, shipbuilding and technical services to government and commercial customers worldwide.   Watch the interview to see a full demo of the POC.  The interview highlights Northrop Grumman’s learning experiences on the POC especially with regard to Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), the Surface SDK, the designer/developer workflow enabled by WPF and the new thinking behind Natural User Interfaces with an emphasis on User experience. 1997 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Inside+Out/Northrop-Grumman-Innovating-for-the-War-Fighter-with-Microsoft-Surface Wed, 04 Mar 2009 10:29:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Inside+Out/Northrop-Grumman-Innovating-for-the-War-Fighter-with-Microsoft-Surface keydet keydet 1 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Inside+Out/Northrop-Grumman-Innovating-for-the-War-Fighter-with-Microsoft-Surface/RSS DPEUSPublicSectorTeam Surface Windows Presentation Foundation WPF US Public Sector Developer Dinner for Partners - Implementing Modern User Experiences with Expression Blend & Silverlight This is a recording of the US Public Sector Developer Dinner for Partners covering "Implementing Modern User Experiences with Expression Blend & Silverlight" held on January 27, 2009 in Reston, Va.

Building off the sample app built during the Building Business-Focused Applications Using Silverlight 2 and Beyond Developer Dinner, James Chittenden will cover all the basics that every designer and developer of WPF and Silverlight applications needs to know. Building off of preceding developer session, we’ll use Expression Blend to walk through the process of creating and manipulating objects, building timeline-based animations, and converting a typical user interface into one that harnesses the power of Silverlight.

To learn more about US Public Sector Developer Dinner For Partners, visit:

http://tinyurl.com/uspsdevdinner

Follow up resources (links, deck, code) from the dinner are available at:

http://tinyurl.com/sl2uxblenddevdinner 

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/US-Public-Sector-Developer-Dinner-for-Partners-Implementing-Modern-User-Experiences-with-Expression- This is a recording of the US Public Sector Developer Dinner for Partners covering "Implementing Modern User Experiences with Expression Blend & Silverlight" held on January 27, 2009 in Reston, Va. Building off the sample app built during the Building Business-Focused Applications Using Silverlight 2 and Beyond Developer Dinner, James Chittenden will cover all the basics that every designer and developer of WPF and Silverlight applications needs to know. Building off of preceding developer session, we’ll use Expression Blend to walk through the process of creating and manipulating objects, building timeline-based animations, and converting a typical user interface into one that harnesses the power of Silverlight. To learn more about US Public Sector Developer Dinner For Partners, visit: http://tinyurl.com/uspsdevdinner Follow up resources (links, deck, code) from the dinner are available at: http://tinyurl.com/sl2uxblenddevdinner  5727 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/US-Public-Sector-Developer-Dinner-for-Partners-Implementing-Modern-User-Experiences-with-Expression- Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:30:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/US-Public-Sector-Developer-Dinner-for-Partners-Implementing-Modern-User-Experiences-with-Expression- keydet keydet 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/US-Public-Sector-Developer-Dinner-for-Partners-Implementing-Modern-User-Experiences-with-Expression-/RSS DPEUSPublicSectorTeam Expression Blend Silverlight Silverlight 2 US Public Sector Developer Dinner for Partners - Silverlight Business Applications This is a recording of the US Public Sector Developer Dinner for Partners covering "Building Business-Focused Applications Using Silverlight 2 and Beyond" held on January 15, 2009 in Reston, Va.

Business-focused applications, sometimes referred to as Line Of Business (LOB) applications, are almost universally about working with data in some shape or form.  At it’s a heart, a business app needs:

  • A way to move data between tiers
  • A way to shape data (sort, filter, etc.)
  • A way to bind & display data
  • A way to soundly apply business logic

What you will learn:

In this session, we’ll start off by discussing approaches to building this kind of functionality TODAY using Silverlight 2.  Next, we will give you a peek into how a future version of Silverlight will make building these applications even easier.  You will learn about an exciting new technology that is all about making business applications for RIA (Rich Internet Applications) much easier to build.  You will hear how we've made n-tier application development as simple as traditional 2-tier, provided application level solutions to developers, and how we're doing all of this with the same .NET platform and tools on both the client and server.

To learn more about US Public Sector Developer Dinner For Partners, visit:

http://tinyurl.com/uspsdevdinner

Follow up resources (links, deck, code) from the dinner are available at:

http://tinyurl.com/silverlightbizappsdevdinner 

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/US-Public-Sector-Developer-Dinner-for-Partners-Silverlight-Business-Applications This is a recording of the US Public Sector Developer Dinner for Partners covering "Building Business-Focused Applications Using Silverlight 2 and Beyond" held on January 15, 2009 in Reston, Va. Business-focused applications, sometimes referred to as Line Of Business (LOB) applications, are almost universally about working with data in some shape or form.  At it’s a heart, a business app needs: A way to move data between tiers A way to shape data (sort, filter, etc.) A way to bind & display data A way to soundly apply business logic What you will learn: In this session, we’ll start off by discussing approaches to building this kind of functionality TODAY using Silverlight 2.  Next, we will give you a peek into how a future version of Silverlight will make building these applications even easier.  You will learn about an exciting new technology that is all about making business applications for RIA (Rich Internet Applications) much easier to build.  You will hear how we've made n-tier application development as simple as traditional 2-tier, provided application level solutions to developers, and how we're doing all of this with the same .NET platform and tools on both the client and server. To learn more about US Public Sector Developer Dinner For Partners, visit: http://tinyurl.com/uspsdevdinner Follow up resources (links, deck, code) from the dinner are available at: http://tinyurl.com/silverlightbizappsdevdinner  6559 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/US-Public-Sector-Developer-Dinner-for-Partners-Silverlight-Business-Applications Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:23:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/US-Public-Sector-Developer-Dinner-for-Partners-Silverlight-Business-Applications keydet keydet 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/US-Public-Sector-Developer-Dinner-for-Partners-Silverlight-Business-Applications/RSS DPEUSPublicSectorTeam Entity Framework Silverlight Silverlight 2 US Public Sector Developer Dinner for Partners - .NET Framework 3.5 SP1

This presentation is a demo focused walkthrough of the new features and functionality in SP1.  You will see demonstrations that will include:

  • Making data access easier with the ADO.NET Entity Framework.
  • Exposing your data access layer using ADO.NET Data Services
  • Building “Data Entry” Web-based applications faster than ever using ASP.NET Dynamic Data.
  • Making AJAX Applications faster with script combining and easier with built in support for handling browser history (i.e. back/forward buttons).
  • How to achieve up to 40% faster startup performance for your WPF applications and further improve the startup experience using a splash screen.
  • Reducing the time it takes to deploy your WPF applications using the New .NET Framework Client Profile.
  • Build services faster using enhancements in WCF.

To learn more about US Public Sector Developer Dinner For Partners, visit:

http://tinyurl.com/uspsdevdinner

Follow up resources (links, deck, code) from the dinner are available at:

http://blogs.msdn.com/devkeydet/archive/2008/08/21/follow-up-developer-dinner-on-net-framework-3-5-sp1.aspx

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/US-Public-Sector-Developer-Dinner-for-Partners-NET-Framework-35-SP1 This is a recording of the US Public Sector Developer Dinner for Partners covering .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 held on August 20, 2008 in Reston, Va. This presentation is a demo focused walkthrough of the new features and functionality in SP1.  You will see demonstrations that will include: Making data access easier with the ADO.NET Entity Framework. Exposing your data access layer using ADO.NET Data Services Building “Data Entry” Web-based applications faster than ever using ASP.NET Dynamic Data. Making AJAX Applications faster with script combining and easier with built in support for handling browser history (i.e. back/forward buttons). How to achieve up to 40% faster startup performance for your WPF applications and further improve the startup experience using a splash screen. Reducing the time it takes to deploy your WPF applications using the New .NET Framework Client Profile. Build services faster using enhancements in WCF. To learn more about US Public Sector Developer Dinner For Partners, visit: http://tinyurl.com/uspsdevdinner Follow up resources (links, deck, code) from the dinner are available at: http://blogs.msdn.com/devkeydet/archive/2008/08/21/follow-up-developer-dinner-on-net-framework-3-5-sp1.aspx 6317 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/US-Public-Sector-Developer-Dinner-for-Partners-NET-Framework-35-SP1 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:15:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/US-Public-Sector-Developer-Dinner-for-Partners-NET-Framework-35-SP1 keydet keydet 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/US-Public-Sector-Developer-Dinner-for-Partners-NET-Framework-35-SP1/RSS ADO.NET ADO.NET Data Services ASP.NET ASP.NET AJAX ASP.NET Dynamic Data Astoria Data Services DPEUSPublicSectorTeam Dynamic Data Entity Framework WCF Windows Communication Foundation Windows Presentation Foundation WPF 3.5 SP1 US Public Sector Developer Dinner for Partners - ASP.NET MVC This is a recording of the US Public Sector Developer Dinner for Partners covering ASP.NET MVC held on October 15, 2008 in Reston, Va.

ASP.NET MVC enables you to build Model View Controller (MVC) applications by using the ASP.NET framework. ASP.NET MVC is an alternative, not a replacement, for ASP.NET Web Forms that offers the following benefits:

  • Clear separation of concerns
  • Testability - support for Test-Driven Development
  • Fine-grained control over HTML and JavaScript
  • Intuitive URLs

What you will learn:

This demonstration focused session covers the fundamentals of the ASP.NET MVC framework.  You will learn how ASP.NET MVC differs from the current ASP.NET Web Forms framework.  Through a series of demonstrations, you will see:

  • How ASP.NET MVC provides you with fine-grained control over HTML and JavaScript
  • Test Driven Development fundamentals
  • AJAX with ASP.NET MVC fundamentals

To learn more about US Public Sector Developer Dinner For Partners, visit:

http://tinyurl.com/uspsdevdinner

Follow up resources (links, deck, code) from the dinner are available at:

http://tinyurl.com/aspnetmvcdevdinner

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/US-Public-Sector-Developer-Dinner-for-Partners-ASPNET-MVC This is a recording of the US Public Sector Developer Dinner for Partners covering ASP.NET MVC held on October 15, 2008 in Reston, Va. ASP.NET MVC enables you to build Model View Controller (MVC) applications by using the ASP.NET framework. ASP.NET MVC is an alternative, not a replacement, for ASP.NET Web Forms that offers the following benefits: Clear separation of concerns Testability - support for Test-Driven Development Fine-grained control over HTML and JavaScript Intuitive URLs What you will learn: This demonstration focused session covers the fundamentals of the ASP.NET MVC framework.  You will learn how ASP.NET MVC differs from the current ASP.NET Web Forms framework.  Through a series of demonstrations, you will see: How ASP.NET MVC provides you with fine-grained control over HTML and JavaScript Test Driven Development fundamentals AJAX with ASP.NET MVC fundamentals To learn more about US Public Sector Developer Dinner For Partners, visit: http://tinyurl.com/uspsdevdinner Follow up resources (links, deck, code) from the dinner are available at: http://tinyurl.com/aspnetmvcdevdinner 5116 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/US-Public-Sector-Developer-Dinner-for-Partners-ASPNET-MVC Mon, 22 Dec 2008 08:58:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/US-Public-Sector-Developer-Dinner-for-Partners-ASPNET-MVC keydet keydet 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/US-Public-Sector-Developer-Dinner-for-Partners-ASPNET-MVC/RSS ASP.NET ASP.NET AJAX ASP.NET MVC DPEUSPublicSectorTeam Test Driven Development Rendering Polygons from SQL Server 2008 on Virtual Earth Marc Schweigert builds off of the concepts shown in his previous screencast and shows you how to render a polygon on a Virtual Earth map using REST, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), LINQ to SQL, and the new geography data type in SQL Server 2008.

To learn more about the GeoRSS utility library, visit:
http://blogs.msdn.com/eugeniop/archive/2008/07/01/simple-georss-utility-library-released.aspx

A big thanks to Eugenio Pace for letting me use it as part of my sample!

To download the source code visit:
http://blogs.msdn.com/devkeydet/archive/2008/07/19/screencast-rendering-polygons-from-sql-server-2008-on-virtual-earth.aspx
]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/Rendering-Polygons-from-SQL-Server-2008-on-Virtual-Earth Marc Schweigert builds off of the concepts shown in his previous screencast and shows you how to render a polygon on a Virtual Earth map using REST, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), LINQ to SQL, and the new geography data type in SQL Server 2008. To learn more about the GeoRSS utility library, visit: http://blogs.msdn.com/eugeniop/archive/2008/07/01/simple-georss-utility-library-released.aspx A big thanks to Eugenio Pace for letting me use it as part of my sample! To download the source code visit: http://blogs.msdn.com/devkeydet/archive/2008/07/19/screencast-rendering-polygons-from-sql-server-2008-on-virtual-earth.aspx 954 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/Rendering-Polygons-from-SQL-Server-2008-on-Virtual-Earth Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:08:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/Rendering-Polygons-from-SQL-Server-2008-on-Virtual-Earth keydet keydet 6 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/Rendering-Polygons-from-SQL-Server-2008-on-Virtual-Earth/RSS Saving Virtual Earth Polygons to SQL Server 2008 Marc Schweigert shows you how to draw a polygon on a Virtual Earth map and save it using ASP.NET AJAX, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), LINQ to SQL, and the new geography data type in SQL Server 2008.

To download the source code visit:
http://blogs.msdn.com/devkeydet/archive/2008/07/18/screencast-saving-virtual-earth-polygons-to-sql-server-2008.aspx ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/Saving-Virtual-Earth-Polygons-to-SQL-Server-2008 Marc Schweigert shows you how to draw a polygon on a Virtual Earth map and save it using ASP.NET AJAX, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), LINQ to SQL, and the new geography data type in SQL Server 2008. To download the source code visit: http://blogs.msdn.com/devkeydet/archive/2008/07/18/screencast-saving-virtual-earth-polygons-to-sql-server-2008.aspx 656 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/Saving-Virtual-Earth-Polygons-to-SQL-Server-2008 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:12:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/Saving-Virtual-Earth-Polygons-to-SQL-Server-2008 keydet keydet 3 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/Saving-Virtual-Earth-Polygons-to-SQL-Server-2008/RSS Using Virtual Earth in a WPF Application Marc Schweigert shows you how to use Virtual Earth in a WPF application by using a prototype WPF Virtual Earth control.  You'll also see a walkthrough of how the prototype control was built.  You can download the prototype and sample application at http://blogs.msdn.com/devkeydet/archive/2008/06/24/wpf-and-virtual-earth-revisited.aspx.  ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/Using-Virtual-Earth-in-a-WPF-Application Marc Schweigert shows you how to use Virtual Earth in a WPF application by using a prototype WPF Virtual Earth control.  You'll also see a walkthrough of how the prototype control was built.  You can download the prototype and sample application at http://blogs.msdn.com/devkeydet/archive/2008/06/24/wpf-and-virtual-earth-revisited.aspx.  1428 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/Using-Virtual-Earth-in-a-WPF-Application Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:52:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/Using-Virtual-Earth-in-a-WPF-Application keydet keydet 4 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/Using-Virtual-Earth-in-a-WPF-Application/RSS Hosting a Workflow in a Local Executable using Workflow Services Part I When the Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) was first introduced in the .NET Framework 3.0, the only way to host a workflow in a client application was to use the WorkflowRuntime class programmatically, start the runtime, and create/start an instance of a workflow.  Furthermore, if you wanted to communicate between the client code and the workflow logic, you needed to ues a ExternalDataExchangeService.  This required a fair amount coding effort to get even the simplest of workflows up and running.  The .NET Framework 3.5 introduced Workflow Services which are Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Services authored as workflows.  Workflow Services give you a new way to accomplish this scenario using a much simpler, cleaner, and arguably more elegant approach.  In this three part screencast, I show you how to improve on the more manual hosting + ExternalDataExchangeServices approach by hosting a workflow in a client executable using Workflow Service.

Part I - Reviewing the SimpleExpenseReport application from the Create a Sequential Workflow tutorial so we can compare the two approaches. The application explicitly hosts the WorkflowRuntime & uses ExternalDataExchangeService

Part II - Walking through the fundamentals of creating a Workflow Service and hosting the Workflow Service locally

Part III - Walking through my rewrite of the SimpleExpenseReport application using Workflow Services.

Source code for the Workflow Services version of SimpleExpenseReport is available at http://cid-1f72da7294089597.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/WCF_WF/SimpleExpenseReportWorkflowServices.zip.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/Hosting-a-Workflow-in-a-Local-Executable-using-Workflow-Services-Part-I When the Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) was first introduced in the .NET Framework 3.0, the only way to host a workflow in a client application was to use the WorkflowRuntime class programmatically, start the runtime, and create/start an instance of a workflow.  Furthermore, if you wanted to communicate between the client code and the workflow logic, you needed to ues a ExternalDataExchangeService.  This required a fair amount coding effort to get even the simplest of workflows up and running.  The .NET Framework 3.5 introduced Workflow Services which are Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Services authored as workflows.  Workflow Services give you a new way to accomplish this scenario using a much simpler, cleaner, and arguably more elegant approach.  In this three part screencast, I show you how to improve on the more manual hosting + ExternalDataExchangeServices approach by hosting a workflow in a client executable using Workflow Service. Part I - Reviewing the SimpleExpenseReport application from the Create a Sequential Workflow tutorial so we can compare the two approaches. The application explicitly hosts the WorkflowRuntime & uses ExternalDataExchangeService Part II - Walking through the fundamentals of creating a Workflow Service and hosting the Workflow Service locally Part III - Walking through my rewrite of the SimpleExpenseReport application using Workflow Services. Source code for the Workflow Services version of SimpleExpenseReport is available at http://cid-1f72da7294089597.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/WCF_WF/SimpleExpenseReportWorkflowServices.zip. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/Hosting-a-Workflow-in-a-Local-Executable-using-Workflow-Services-Part-I Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:40:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/Hosting-a-Workflow-in-a-Local-Executable-using-Workflow-Services-Part-I keydet keydet 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/Hosting-a-Workflow-in-a-Local-Executable-using-Workflow-Services-Part-I/RSS Hosting a Workflow in a Local Executable using Workflow Services Part II When the Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) was first introduced in the .NET Framework 3.0, the only way to host a workflow in a client application was to use the WorkflowRuntime class programmatically, start the runtime, and create/start an instance of a workflow.  Furthermore, if you wanted to communicate between the client code and the workflow logic, you needed to ues a ExternalDataExchangeService.  This required a fair amount coding effort to get even the simplest of workflows up and running.  The .NET Framework 3.5 introduced Workflow Services which are Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Services authored as workflows.  Workflow Services give you a new way to accomplish this scenario using a much simpler, cleaner, and arguably more elegant approach.  In this three part screencast, I show you how to improve on the more manual hosting + ExternalDataExchangeServices approach by hosting a workflow in a client executable using Workflow Service.

Part I - Reviewing the SimpleExpenseReport application from the Create a Sequential Workflow tutorial so we can compare the two approaches. The application explicitly hosts the WorkflowRuntime & uses ExternalDataExchangeService

Part II - Walking through the fundamentals of creating a Workflow Service and hosting the Workflow Service locally

Part III - Walking through my rewrite of the SimpleExpenseReport application using Workflow Services.

Source code for the Workflow Services version of SimpleExpenseReport is available at http://cid-1f72da7294089597.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/WCF_WF/SimpleExpenseReportWorkflowServices.zip.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/Hosting-a-Workflow-in-a-Local-Executable-using-Workflow-Services-Part-II When the Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) was first introduced in the .NET Framework 3.0, the only way to host a workflow in a client application was to use the WorkflowRuntime class programmatically, start the runtime, and create/start an instance of a workflow.  Furthermore, if you wanted to communicate between the client code and the workflow logic, you needed to ues a ExternalDataExchangeService.  This required a fair amount coding effort to get even the simplest of workflows up and running.  The .NET Framework 3.5 introduced Workflow Services which are Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Services authored as workflows.  Workflow Services give you a new way to accomplish this scenario using a much simpler, cleaner, and arguably more elegant approach.  In this three part screencast, I show you how to improve on the more manual hosting + ExternalDataExchangeServices approach by hosting a workflow in a client executable using Workflow Service. Part I - Reviewing the SimpleExpenseReport application from the Create a Sequential Workflow tutorial so we can compare the two approaches. The application explicitly hosts the WorkflowRuntime & uses ExternalDataExchangeService Part II - Walking through the fundamentals of creating a Workflow Service and hosting the Workflow Service locally Part III - Walking through my rewrite of the SimpleExpenseReport application using Workflow Services. Source code for the Workflow Services version of SimpleExpenseReport is available at http://cid-1f72da7294089597.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/WCF_WF/SimpleExpenseReportWorkflowServices.zip. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/Hosting-a-Workflow-in-a-Local-Executable-using-Workflow-Services-Part-II Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:30:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/Hosting-a-Workflow-in-a-Local-Executable-using-Workflow-Services-Part-II keydet keydet 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/keydet/Hosting-a-Workflow-in-a-Local-Executable-using-Workflow-Services-Part-II/RSS