Building workflows with the Durable Task Framework

The Durable Task Framework allows developers to write long running persistent workflows in .NET code using familiar async/await capabilities.

In this episode, Affan Dar, Simon Porter join Jeremy to give us a better understanding of this framework, what it enables, and where is it being used within Microsoft.

• [01:38] - What problem does the framework solve?
• [06:20] - How does the provider model enable extensibility?
• [08:26] - What does a typical workflow look like?  (Demo)
• [12:25] - Does the framework handle scale out scenarios?
• [15:46] - How does the framework enable durable workflows?
• [20:45] - Where's the best place to find documentation?
• [21:47] - What other projects at Microsoft use this framework?
• [24:09] - What are some good use cases?
• [26:19] - What's on the roadmap for future optimizations?

Useful Links

• Durable Task Framework
• Samples on GitHub
• Azure Storage Emulator