Windows Workflow Foundation...

provides a programming model, in-process workflow engine and rehostable designer to implement long-running processes as workflows within .NET applications.Read the WF whitepaper | Watch a short video Get it Beginner's Guide Learn more

WF and WCF in .NET 4

In the .NET Framework 4, there have been significant enhancements in the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) frameworks. .NET developers can use these technologies, either independantly or together, to eliminate the tradeoff between ease of service authoring and performant, scalable services. Read more about .NET 4.

Workflow Highlights

A Developer's Introduction to Windows Workflow Foundation (WF4) in .NET 4 Beta 2 An overview of the most important new features and improvements in WF, with enough technical detail and code to help you as a developer understand how to use them. Now updated for Beta 2

Introducing Windows Server AppFabric On Nov 17th at the Professional Developers Conference (PDC) Microsoft announced the release of Windows Server AppFabric beta1. AppFabric evolves the existing application server capabilities of Windows Server to make it easier to build, scale and manage ASP.NET and WCF and WF applications that run on Internet Information Services (IIS).

.NET Framework 4 Beta 2 is Here .NET Framework 4 and Visual Studio 2010 mark the next generation of developer tools from Microsoft. Be sure to download Beta 2 and let us know what you think.

Merchant Service Workflows: Rules-driven Workflows in Coffee Ordering In this article, Zoiner Tejada explores workflows built using business rules that are interdependent -- where the evaluation of one rule can set off a cascade of re-evaluations of previously executed rules.