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WF 4 Migration Guidance now live on MSDN
Our team has posted a set of WF 4 Migration documents on MSDN. You'll find 4 papers initially - an...
Date: 06/05/2009
VS 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 Beta 1 now available for public download
Earlier this week, we released Beta1 to MSDN subscribers. I am happy to share that the bits are now...
Date: 05/20/2009
WCF and WF .NET Framework 4.0 Beta1 Training Kit
In addition to the Beta1 samples I linked to, you may also find the training kit useful - it has...
Date: 05/19/2009
WF and WCF .NET Framework 4.0 Beta1 samples
When you download VS2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 Beta1, you do not automatically get the samples. To...
Date: 05/19/2009
Beta1 Forums
Here's a link to the Beta1 forums where you can provide feedback and ask questions:...
Date: 05/18/2009
VS 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 Beta1!
I'm finally excited to share that .NET Framework 4.0 Beta1 and Visual Studio 2010 Beta1 is being...
Date: 05/18/2009
PDC is here!
Finally, the PDC week is here. At the Ray Ozzie keynote this morning, he announced Windows Azure -...
Date: 10/27/2008
Oslo, the silence explained
Check out Doug's post and Don's post about Oslo. Finally, we're ready to talk about Oslo at the PDC....
Date: 09/07/2008
Request for scenarios : CAG
In Windows Workflow Foundation V1, we shipped an activity called the CAG or the Conditioned Activity...
Date: 08/14/2008
Come learn WF and WCF - quick and valuable how-to screencast series!
WCF and WF have been out since November 2006, and they are both still relatively new technologies....
Date: 08/14/2008
A bunch of WCF and WF webcasts in June
Our marketing team has launched a series of MSDN webcasts to explore the possibilities of Microsoft...
Date: 06/09/2008
Doug has openings for emacs.net and new language compilers!
Doug is looking to hire, and I can tell you he's great to work for! Check it out if these sound...
Date: 05/04/2008
RuleChainingBehavior.Update only and Rule attributes - need your feedback and scenarios
RuleChainingBehavior.UpdateOnly has been supported in WF Rules since .NET Framework 3.0. It allows...
Date: 01/14/2008
Rule Reevaluation Behavior - need your feedback and scenarios
RuleReevaluationBehavior has been supported in WF Rules since .NET Framework 3.0. It is an enum that...
Date: 01/14/2008
.NET Framework 3.5 release and available for download
The final bits for 'Orcas' or .NET Framework 3.5 are now available for download! I must say this was...
Date: 11/20/2007
BizTalk extensions for WF
Paul Andrew and co. have just released BizTalk extensions for WF. This is a really cool piece of...
Date: 11/03/2007
Finally - Oslo announced!
This past week, we announced "Oslo" at the SOA-BP conference in Redmond. Oslo is the code name for a...
Date: 11/03/2007
Tell us what Activities you want us to build
We would like to know what Activities you want us to ship with in the next version of Windows...
Date: 10/18/2007
Some open positions and Business Rules Forum 2007
It's been a while since I blogged, due to vacations and just a lot of work. I also have some...
Date: 10/14/2007
Come join the Connected Framework team!
Our team shipped WCF + WF and is now on a quest to build the next generation distributed application...
Date: 07/13/2007
Windows Workflow Foundation Rules - Part II Webcast
I did a webcast in May on Introduction to Windows Workflow Foundation Rules. I am doing another one...
Date: 07/02/2007
Doing a webcast, and doing it right
I had my first Live WebCast today on Intro to WF Rules. I did a tech-check with Julie and we checked...
Date: 05/19/2007
Intro to WF Rules Webcast
I will be giving a "Introduction to Windows Workflow Foundation Rules" webcast on Friday May 18th at...
Date: 05/17/2007
Your feedback
Alberto, a PM on the Activities team who drove our BPEL release, mentioned that there have been over...
Date: 04/25/2007
Business Analyst Authoring support
In WF V1, we targeted developers and worked with some partners to enable high level authoring...
Date: 04/06/2007
WF Web Approvals Starter Kit Released
Paul Andrew just announced the release of the first out of a series of new starter kits to help...
Date: 04/06/2007
Code as data, it's pretty neat
So I have to admit I've been late in jumping to the "code as data" magic! I did play around with...
Date: 03/16/2007
New sample for rules
After the excellent work done by our test team, I've written a small and simple sample that shows...
Date: 03/02/2007
Another sample from the rules team - Rules against XML
There's another new sample up, written by one of our testers Charlie. This sample shows how the WF...
Date: 02/21/2007
A new custom activity sample - PolicyFromFile activity
Maggie, a tester on the Rules team, recently wrote a PolicyFromFile sample. The idea here is similar...
Date: 02/21/2007
DinnerNow has been updated!
An updated version of Dinner Now is now available - (version 1.2) https://www.CodePlex.com/DinnerNow...
Date: 02/21/2007
DinnerNow.net is live on CodePlex
Our evangelism team has built a new sample application called DinnerNow.net. It is a fictious online...
Date: 02/01/2007
Another day, another storm
Well, Western Washington seems to have made this a habit. We got snow again yesterday, and where I...
Date: 01/11/2007
Patterns and Practices: Web Service Software Factory has been released
Don Smith from the Patterns and Practices group has published an architectural and development...
Date: 01/10/2007
Spanish post on the forum
My main work for the next two weeks is to take care of WCF servicing. This means responding to forum...
Date: 01/03/2007
Finally...
On Friday, Day 8, we got power. Felt great to be back home!
Date: 12/27/2006
Day 7 - no power
Another day gone, another day without power. It's just getting unbelievable. So, I found out that...
Date: 12/21/2006
Authoring rules against a collection
Sometimes you want to write rules against all items in a collection. In WF V1, this is not supported...
Date: 12/21/2006
Weird bug
I was looking into a question on the WF forums and trying out something. So I defined a WF...
Date: 12/20/2006
Day 6 - No power, still counting
What are the odds of living in a community where 99% of homes have power but ours doesn't? The...
Date: 12/20/2006
TechReady 4 in Seattle
As part of an effort to get the Microsoft field ready for the technologies the product teams are...
Date: 12/19/2006
Power outage
In the windstorm that hit the pacific northwest on Thursday night, a lot of homes lost power. We,...
Date: 12/19/2006
Linq to XSD releases Alpha today
A month ago I was investigating authoring WF rules against XML. We dont support it out of the box,...
Date: 11/28/2006
Our team on Channel 9
Last week the Channel 9 team came over to our building. They initially wanted to do an interview...
Date: 11/15/2006
Business Rules Forum - so far
I'm spending this week in DC at the Business Rules Forum Conference. It's been interesting. First,...
Date: 11/08/2006
We've shipped .Net Framework 3.0
After being on the WCF team for almost 4.5 years, I can tell you we've all been waiting for this...
Date: 11/07/2006
Internet Explorer 7 for XP is now available for free download!
Internet Explorer 7 (English Version) for Windows XP is now available as a free download. Other...
Date: 10/19/2006