Moustafa Khalil's Space

Writings on .NET Services, Windows Azure Platform, and more

Windows Server AppFabric and Service Bus Integration

A few people asked about how they can integrate Windows Server AppFabric "Dublin" w/ Service Bus....

Author: moustafak Date: 05/10/2010

.NET Workflow Service v1 and .NET Framework 4.0

The .NET Workflow Service has been part of the .NET Services platform for multiple CTP releases. Its...

Author: moustafak Date: 06/24/2009

In memory of my father and professor; Prof. Dr. Khalil M. Ahmed

انا لله وانا اليه راجعون يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية فادخلي في عبادي وادخلي...

Author: moustafak Date: 06/23/2009

.NET Services Whitepapers

We just published 4 whitepapers on .NET Services: an intro, a workflow, service bus, and access...

Author: moustafak Date: 01/12/2009

How to Create your .NET Services Solution and run your first sample

Jenny talks about the steps you need to follow to create your first .NET Services solution. A great...

Author: moustafak Date: 11/05/2008

WF Activities supported by the .NET Workflow Service

A few folks asked about the set of supported activities in the Nov 2008 CTP of .NET Workflow...

Author: moustafak Date: 11/04/2008

Election Day 2008, Please Vote

If you didn’t fill your absentee ballot yet please take some time to vote this Tuesday. I personally...

Author: moustafak Date: 11/02/2008

Thursday sessions @ PDC: .NET Workflow Service and others

If you’re @ PDC, come to BB27 this Thursday @ 1:45 to learn more about .NET Workflow Service. During...

Author: moustafak Date: 10/29/2008

Announcing Microsoft .NET Workflow Service – a "Cloud"-based Workflow host

Last PDC in 2005, I was part of the team that announced Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) as the new...

Author: moustafak Date: 10/27/2008

John Shewchuk gives hints about his PDC08 talk

John Shewchuk talk about his PDC 08 talk here:...

Author: moustafak Date: 09/13/2008

The PDC team is regularly posting a list of sessions. Lately, they posted a session to give me the...

Author: moustafak Date: 08/14/2008

Some press on BizTalk Services R12 and Workflow

InfoWorld talks about BizTalk Services R12 and Workflow here.

Author: moustafak Date: 07/19/2008

Announcing BizTalk Workflow Services

We released BizTalk Services R12 Release today. R12 contains the first public release of BizTalk...

Author: moustafak Date: 07/16/2008

Moustafa v2.0 and Labs.BizTalk.Net

Hello World! Its been few months since I wrote last time. I’ve been super busy over the past few...

Author: moustafak Date: 07/11/2008

Hosting WF workflows in BizTalk Server 2006

A lot of developers wanted to build WF workflows and host them in BizTalk Server. Jon Flanders and...

Author: moustafak Date: 01/11/2008

WF v.Next OOB Activities

The Connected Framework team is planning for the next version (v.Next) of WF and WCF and one of the...

Author: moustafak Date: 10/22/2007

BizTalk, SWIFT, and Banking

CNN Money has published an interesting article on how KAS bank is using BizTalk Server 2006 R2 and...

Author: moustafak Date: 10/22/2007

WF Pageflow Sample

WF Pageflow is a popular request from customers all over the globe. Shelly Guo, Israel Hilerio and...

Author: moustafak Date: 06/09/2007

WF Rules Extensibility Talk @ TechEd 2007

Next week @ TechEd 2007 in Orlando, I’ll present a WF Rules Extensibility breakout session. If...

Author: moustafak Date: 05/28/2007

WF Hand on Labs are now in VB

We just posted a VB version of the WF hands on labs. You can find them here:...

Author: moustafak Date: 05/08/2007

Visual Studio Orcas and WF/WCF/WF Rules Changes

If you don’t know already, the Visual Studio Code Name “Orcas” March CTP is released to the web...

Author: moustafak Date: 03/04/2007

Two WF Tracking MSDN Articles

Last Janruary MSDN published two articles on WF Tracking: David Gristwood authored a Tracking...

Author: moustafak Date: 03/04/2007

What to use Windows Workflow Foundation for?

Paul Andrew writes on what to use WF for, excellent information for you and your customers. Check it...

Author: moustafak Date: 02/23/2007

DinnerNow.Net, a connected application using server Microsoft technologies, released with source code

The Microsoft Developer and Platform Evangelism (DPE) group released a DinnerNow.Net sample. Get the...

Author: moustafak Date: 02/04/2007

Tracking Workflow Data

Matt Winkler shows how you can use WF Tracking to track workflow data and how to later query for...

Author: moustafak Date: 02/04/2007

Rules Driven Pageflow

Kushal Shah, Software Design Engineer/Test on the WF Rules Feature Team, just published a sample on...

Author: moustafak Date: 01/26/2007

Connected Systems Division Giving Campaign Raffle

Microsoft Giving Campaign is a tradition where employees are encouraged to give time and money to...

Author: moustafak Date: 01/22/2007

Hosting WF Workflow Designer in a Web Application

The WF workflow designer is a very powerful tool for developers and non-developers who want to...

Author: moustafak Date: 01/06/2007

WF Performance Article is Live!

We just published a WF performance whitepaper. Get it here. Thanks to Marc Mezquita, Paul Andrew,...

Author: moustafak Date: 11/13/2006

Microsoft is going to Egypt this December

Microsoft is going to Egypt this December to recruit. If you’re interested, send your resume/CV to...

Author: moustafak Date: 11/12/2006

.Net Framework 3.0 is live!

Microsoft .Net Framework 3.0 is now officially live. Click here for download links for various...

Author: moustafak Date: 11/08/2006

Election Day, Please Vote!

Its Election Day and I am in the capitol. I've never been in DC on Election Day before and I thought...

Author: moustafak Date: 11/07/2006

Business Rules Forums

I am writing from the Business Rules Forums in Washington DC. I attended a couple of sessions...

Author: moustafak Date: 11/07/2006

New .NET Framework 3.0 training e-Clinics from Microsoft Learning

Microsoft Learning just released .Net Framework 3.0 courses. Check them out here, you find a course...

Author: moustafak Date: 10/11/2006

WF Rules and Rete

Don McCrady talks about Rete and WF Rules here.

Author: moustafak Date: 10/09/2006

Roger Waters Live in Seattle

I'm going to see Roger Waters at Key Arena, Seattle on October 12th on his last stop of his 2006...

Author: moustafak Date: 10/08/2006

Microsoft and Its Employees Surpass $2.5 Billion Mark Through Charitable Donations

Oh yeah, this is one of the reasons I am proud to be working for Microsoft. Microsoft and its...

Author: moustafak Date: 10/04/2006

About WF Tracking Profiles...

Some people have asked me recently about tracking profiles and how to author them so I thought to...

Author: moustafak Date: 10/01/2006

Don McCrady is live!

Don McCrady, WF Rules Dev Lead and an avid stargazer, is now blogging here.

Author: moustafak Date: 09/13/2006

Introduction to Hosting Windows Workflow Foundation

We just published an article on MSDN that provides an overview of how an application hosting WF can...

Author: moustafak Date: 09/08/2006

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 RC1

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 (formerly known as WinFX) RC1 is now available here.

Author: moustafak Date: 09/01/2006

Naguib Mahfouz (1911-2006)

Egypt's Nobel Prize winning writer Naguib Mahfouz died in Cairo, Egypt yesterday. He is one of the...

Author: moustafak Date: 08/31/2006

WF Rules Execution Tracing

Some customers asked how they can find information about what rules got executed and what was the...

Author: moustafak Date: 08/05/2006

Custom Rule Expressions

John Rummell, Senior Developer and Jurgen Willis, Lead Program Manager, both work on WF Rules, just...

Author: moustafak Date: 07/12/2006

Rules Driven UI Video

I've posted a channel#9 screencast here where I demo the Rules Driven UI Sample which shows how you...

Author: moustafak Date: 07/07/2006

WF and WCF Tech.Ed 2006 Chalk Talk Slides are available

At TechEd Boston 2006 Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)...

Author: moustafak Date: 07/07/2006

Define and execute WF rules on any target object

Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) offers rules capabilities to the WinFx developer platform. You can...

Author: moustafak Date: 05/21/2006

Microsoft Tech.Ed 2006 - Boston, MA

Windows Workflow Foundation team members are presenting at TechEd this coming June in Boston, MA....

Author: moustafak Date: 05/09/2006

ASP.NET hosting of Windows Workflow Foundation in WF Beta 2.2 and Beyond

Paul Andrew has just posted a great entry on the support of ASP.Net hosting in Windows Workflow...

Author: moustafak Date: 04/28/2006

SqlTrackingService Data Maintenance 101

WF provides data maintenance functionality for the OOB SqlTrackingService by partitioning the...

Author: moustafak Date: 03/23/2006

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