Workflow Team

Workflow Manager 1.0 Now Supported on Windows Server 2016 with CU4

We have completed our validation work and are pleased to announce that Workflow Manager Server 1.0...

Author: Steve Danielson Date: 07/25/2017

Workflow Manager 1.0 Cumulative Update 4 (WFM CU4) is now available on the Microsoft Download Center

Workflow Manager 1.0 Cumulative Update 4 (WFM CU4) is now available on the Microsoft Download...

Author: Steve Danielson Date: 07/25/2017

Building C# expressions support and IntelliSense in the rehosted workflow designer

The Workflow Foundation Designer can be rehosted in environments outside of Visual Studio for the...

Author: Steve Danielson Date: 07/20/2016

Workflow Manager 1.0 Cumulative Update 3 (WFM CU3) is now available on Microsoft Download Center

Workflow Manager 1.0 Cumulative Update 3 (WFM CU3) is now available on Microsoft Download Center....

Author: Steve Danielson Date: 01/25/2016

I have created a video walkthrough of implementing side-by-side versioning with a web-hosted xamlx...

Author: Steve Danielson Date: 05/24/2013

New Workflow Manager 1.0 Getting Started Tutorial

A new Getting Started Tutorial for Workflow Manager 1.0 has been posted here: Workflow Manager 1.0...

Author: Steve Danielson Date: 05/16/2013

Cumulative Update 1 Released for Workflow Manager 1.0

I am pleased to announce the release of the first Cumulative Update (CU) for Workflow Manager 1.0;...

Author: Jurgen Willis Date: 03/02/2013

New Book on WF 4.5

Congratulations to Bayer White on his recently published book, Pro WF 4.5 !

Author: Jurgen Willis Date: 01/24/2013

Updated Workflow Developer Center

We've updated our Workflow Developer Center on MSDN. We've simplified the design and refreshed the...

Author: Jurgen Willis Date: 11/05/2012

Workflow Session at //build/

We delivered a Workflow session at the //build/ conference yesterday. Slides and a recording of the...

Author: Jurgen Willis Date: 10/31/2012

New Case Study from PayGlobal

We have a new case study from one of our good partners, PayGlobal. The case study does a great job...

Author: Jurgen Willis Date: 10/30/2012

AppFabric Now Supported on Windows Server 2012

We have completed our validation work and are pleased to announce that Microsoft AppFabric 1.1 for...

Author: Jurgen Willis Date: 10/25/2012

Announcing the Release of Workflow Manager 1.0

Today we announced the RTM release of Workflow Manager 1.0, a new offering that builds on and...

Author: Jurgen Willis Date: 10/24/2012

AppFabric Server

I’ve gotten a few questions about AppFabric for Windows Server, so I’d like to share...

Author: Jurgen Willis Date: 08/21/2012

Workflow Manager

I mentioned in the previous post that one of our key investments has been supporting the new...

Author: Jurgen Willis Date: 08/16/2012

Workflow Investments

We’ve been making significant investments in Workflow since the release of .NET 4, and now...

Author: Jurgen Willis Date: 08/14/2012

Windows Azure, Office 365 and SharePoint 2013 Workflows

Scott Guthrie has a new blog post which highlights our work to support the new model for SharePoint...

Author: Jurgen Willis Date: 07/29/2012

How to use LINQ in a Workflow

Question Can I use a LINQ Query such as the following in a Workflow? private static void...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 07/27/2012

Windows Server AppFabric book released

One of our long-time MVPs, Rick Garibay, and one of our DPE evangelists, Hammad Rajjoub, have just...

Author: Jurgen Willis Date: 07/26/2012

TechEd Presentations Available Online

We delivered two presentations at TechEd in June; thanks to everyone who attended in person. The...

Author: Jurgen Willis Date: 07/05/2012

Exception Using VB Expressions in Visual Studio 2012 RC

When using VB Workflow projects in Visual Studio 2012 RC, you may receive a...

Author: hanikn@hotmail.com Date: 06/19/2012

What State is my StateMachine in?

Recently saw this question in the MSDN Workflow Forum Is there a (SetState) in the new StateMachine...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 06/18/2012

Support of WF 4.5 Designer Improvements in Rehosted Scenarios

As you’ve seen in a previous post, we have added a lot of new features in WF 4.5; see this...

Author: hanikn@hotmail.com Date: 05/14/2012

New Article on WF 4.5 Features

Leon Welicki, PM on the Workflow team, has written a great MSDN Magazine article covering the new WF...

Author: Jurgen Willis Date: 02/08/2012

WF3 Types Marked Obsolete in .NET 4.5

In .NET 4 the Workflow Team released an all new Workflow engine in the System.Activities namespace....

Author: Jurgen Willis Date: 02/08/2012

How To Enable Service Metadata for Workflow Services

Try this… Create a new ASP.NET Web Application (MVC or Web Forms).  Then add a new a WCF...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 12/16/2011

Troubleshooting Silverlight, WorkflowServices, WCF and Behavior Extensions

In my previous posts I’ve written about my experiences with WorkflowServices and Silverlight....

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 12/14/2011

WF4 WorkflowServices Troubleshooting Tip: Browse the XAMLX

I was doing some work on my Contoso HR Workflow Services sample application today when for some...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 10/19/2011

Visual Studio 11 Preview and .NET 4 Platform Update 1 Side by Side Bug

If you install the Visual Studio 11 Preview release on a machine that has .NET 4 Platform Update 1...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 09/30/2011

Windows Workflow Foundation (WF4) Case Studies

Want to know about how our Customers are using Windows Workflow Foundation (WF4)? Check out these...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 09/26/2011

Using the WCF Test Client to Test Your Workflow Service

If you need a quick and simple way to manually test your WorkflowService the WCF Test Client makes...

Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 09/23/2011