How to get multiple versions of a workflow running side by side in the same workflow runtime. A real must have for long (as in 'a few years') running business applications.

Onderaan deze post staan al enkele puntjes waarmee nu in WF 3.5 reeds rekening mee te houden valt om de overgang naar WF 4.0 iets pijnlozer te laten verlopen…

Software gets more important every day. Organizations that once viewed IT solely as a support function now see it as essential to their business strategy. Yet building new applications, running those applications, and keeping track of what’s going on across the IT environment remain demanding challenges.

To help organizations get better at meeting these challenges, Microsoft is releasing a group of new technologies. Used separately or together, these technologies can help in creating and running workflow-based, service-oriented, and model-driven applications. This overview provides an early look at this new wave.

Major, major changes heading our way in Windows Workflow Foundation 4.0, part 2

Major, major changes heading our way in Windows Workflow Foundation 4.0

We're making Windows Workflow Foundation Toys for Us and Now for You.
Attempting to fill in the gaps in regards to Windows Workflow Foundation.
This project will be expanding over time as we identify holes in the product that reusable code can fill.

Programs coordinate work. The code for coordination and state management often obscures a program's purpose. Learn how programming with Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) 4.0 provides clarity of intent while preserving the functional richness of the .NET framework. See how easy it is to build workflows with the new Visual Studio workflow designer. Learn about text-based authoring options for WF. Hear how WF integrates well with other Microsoft technologies (WCF, WPF, ASP.NET). If you've looked at WF before, come and see the changes to data flow, composition, and new control flow styles. Significant improvements to usability, composability, and performance make Workflow a great fit for a broad range of solutions on both the client and the server.

Combining ASP.NET and Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) will provide us with all the essential tools for building workflow-enabled web applications. Both ASP.NET and WF, however, are significant pieces of technology. Joining the two into a long-term relationship requires some careful thought and planning. In this article, we will look at an order processing application built for the web, and walk through the design.

Iets ouder artikel vanop ScottGu's Blog met enkele basics over WF

Some insights into some best (and less-than-best) practices to consider when using WF to realize software solutions in the real world

Windows Workflow Foundation: MSDN Online Library, MSDN Virtual Labs, WF Code Samples and Hands on Labs & WF Sample Applications

Site van TheProblemSolver over WF, met wiki. "Windows Workflow Foundation is a new and very powerful way of making your business applications. This power is contained in the fact that by using Windows Workflow Foundation a developer gets a clear separation between the business cases and the actual code required to implement them."

How can you use Windows Workflow Foundation to address a common business scenario where automatic processes intersect with human activity.

Artikel uit .Net magazine #19 (december 2007) over Workflow Foundation.