WF4

Wizards are a part of the web. Maybe you haven't thought of them as wizards, but multi-step processes such as checkout or registration are utilized by many websites. In this episode, Muhammad Usman from the Microsoft Product Quality team will show you the new system they are building to…

Sometimes you have work that you want to schedule for off-peak times or have happen on a recurring schedule, such as every 3 hours. While there are many ways to do this, Workflow Services are an interesting option. In this episode, I'll show you how youcan create a service that accepts start, stop,…

Wondering what the big deal is about Workflow?  Wondering how you can use it to support a long running process in a web application? Want to see how Windows Server AppFabric can help? In this episode I'll show you the Contoso HR sample application which demonstrates a Workflow Service…

In this video Steve Danielson, a Programming Writer on the WF team, gives a walkthrough of the WF4 State Machine Getting Started Tutorial from the MSDN documentation. Links Getting Started Tutorial Completed Version of the WF4 Getting Started Tutorial .NET Framework 4 Platform Update 1 Overview…

In our last episode I showed you the Contoso HR sample application.  The Submit Application workflow coordinated database updates, sending of email and multiple web service calls.  How can you unit test a workflow like this?  You don't want to update databases and send email when…

Windows Workflow in .NET 4 (WF4) is an all new workflow engine.  In this episode I'm going to take you through the hands on lab from the Visual Studio 2010 training course.I'm going to move quickly through the lab so keep the pause button handy.  Download the Visual Studio 2010…

In this dual-podcast episode of endpoint.tv and 10-4 we build a "Hello Workflow 4" application.  You might have heard that .NET 4 includes an all new Workflow engine - learn how you can not only use Workflow but also do test first style development with  it.

Have you heard about the new Windows Server AppFabric?  In this episode we take you through the new Beta 2 version of the Introduction to Workflow Services Hands On Lab in .NET 4 which now includes a look at portions of Windows Server Application Fabric.Look for this lab in the next update to…

WorkflowServices don't provide a way to implement a contract, but that doesn't mean you can't get them to look like they do. This is useful if you want to create a client proxy using a ChannelFactory. In this episode, I'll show you what I learned aboutthe messaging activities to make this work.I…

  In this exercise, you will modify your SayHello activity to provide a generic greeting if the name is blank, otherwise it will provide a personalized greeting.  The requirements for the SayHello activity are now When the name provided is not blank, return a personalized greetingWhen the…