Did You Know? Microsoft leverages Windows Workflow Foundation Technology in 6 Mayor Product Releases

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These are six products for which Microsoft is leveraging the power of the Workflow Foundation Engine:

  1. BizTalk Server: Next Major Version - known internally as V.Next will use the WF runtime.
  2. Office SharePoint Server 2007: Public Beta now includes workflow in document libraries and lists.
    1. Workflow History Entry, Audit Entry
    2. Create Task, Complete Task, On Task Change, Delete Task
    3. Review Task, Approval Task, Client-side scrub task
    4. Update Item, Copy/Delete Item, On Item Change
    5. and much more...
  3. Speech Server 2007: Now using workflow to model IVR calls, release in 2007.
    1. Leverages he WF designer
    2. Facilitates Voice Response application authoring
    3. Dialog API object as Activities
    4. Integrated Debugging
  4. Microsoft Identity Integration Server: Providing workflow for MIIS 3.5 to manage user account provisioning.
  5. Microsoft Dynamics products are building on Windows Workflow Foundation for future releases.
  6. System Center “Service Desk”: Joins the product family including SMS & MOM.
    1. Enable Cross Discipline Workflow Development
    2. Ability to visualize Execution flow
    3. Assemble workflow from existing activities
    4. Ease of management, versioning and deployment by simply managing XAML files

Joel Reyes