New Beta: Windows® Workflow Foundation Beta 1.2 for Office "12" (Beta 1)

Tonight we released Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) Beta 1.2. This software is an update to the WF released at PDC. There are two downloads available. One consists of the platform components for Office 12 Beta users needed to run WF applications. The other download consists of solution templates, activities, the SDK and other tools for workflow developers who are using the Visual Studio 2005 release candidate. Make sure that you read the instructions!

WF is an exciting product in a number of ways. Internally, a number of key Microsoft products including Office and Vista will be implementing workflow functionality using WF. Like so many other organizations, several of Microsoft’s products have implemented workflow by building the functionality into the product. As an organization that marks an opportunity for us to consolidate our workflow related efforts into a reusable offering that will save us money and make us more efficient.

Similarly, corporate developers and ISVs should find the product to be a huge timesaver in building rich workflow applications. I spent a lot of my career in corporate development and managing product development for ISVs and workflow is another piece of the puzzle.

There is a great new webcast available featuring John Evdemon and Paul Andrew. For more information you can visit WindowsWorkflow.NET. Be aware that at this time the download links point to the PDC bits.