Windows Workflow

One of my favorite features in .NET 3.5 is the integration work that has been done between WF (Windows Workflow Foundation) and WCF (Windows Communication Foundation).  Check out a c9 video with that team here.  This short screencasts walks through how to consume a WCF service from a…

The technical evangelist for Windows Workflow Foundation, Matt Winkler, took some time to interview the team that worked to create the Workflow Services functionality inside of .NET 3.5.  Workflow Service allow a developer to implement a WCF service as a WF workflow, and to expose a WF…

In this screencast, we show how we can use a workflow first design pattern to dynamically create a service contract when we are building workflow services.  For more information, check out my blog post  here.

Got VS 2008 Beta 2?  In this screencast, we walk through the new project templates to rapidly create a WCF service that is implemented in WF using the Send and Receive activities in .NET 3.5.  This is one of the biggest asks we have had from customers, and in this short 3 minutes of your…

This screencast shows how to work with tasks in a workflow build in Visual Studio for SharePoint. Part 1 can be found under http://blogs.msdn.com/kalleb look for SharePoint inovation day. There you will find a "Hello World" workflow. It will show you how to deploy a workflow from…

Sometimes when facing a new technology stack what you need is a good example.  It is difficult to know how things ought to be put together and reading the reference documentation just doesn't cut it.  Recently I met with the team  that built DinnerNow.net.  This amazing example…

Benvenuti! Con questo video Channel9 inaugura una serie di interviste IN ITALIANO a italiani che lavorano qui al campus di Redmond: Italia 9.Con una mappa d’Italia sotto braccio, Vittorio andra’ a trovare i colleghi direttamente nei loro uffici: il format tipico sara’ una breve chiacchierata su…

This video shows how to use this sample to integrate BizTalk and WF today. From Paul Andrew's blog here. The BizTalk Adapter for Windows Workflow Foundation SDK Sample (June 2007 CTP) is a preview of some new technology for business logic and process developers. It provides for workflow…

I often liken WF and WCF to long lost siblings separated at birth.  Almost every customer I talk to wants to use these two technologies together.  In V1, one could certainly use the two together, there was just some plumbing that had to be written.  In Orcas, we aim to take care…

Most people think of workflows as a tool to represent and automate back-end business processes. Back-end business processes normally require some user interaction but their main purpose is not to drive the user experience or manage the UI. However, there is a growing type of application that…