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Windows Workflow Foundation (WF)

Windows Workflow Foundation is the programming model, engine and tools for quickly building workflow enabled applications on Windows. It consists of .NET classes, an in-process workflow engine, and designers for Visual Studio.

Getting Started with Workflow Foundation (WF)

1. About Visual Studio

2. Get Visual Studio

3. Learn WF

4. WF Documentation

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Windows Workflow Foundation Guidance on Choosing the Right Root Workflow Type
In .NET 3.5, there are two root workflow types: Sequential Workflows and State Machine Workflows. This document is the first in a series of articles whose goal is to provide guidance to the WF developer on the selection of the root workflow type.
Wednesday, October 01, 2008 3:00:07 PM
.NET Framework 3.5 SP1 available for download
The .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1) delivers more controls, a streamlined setup, improved start-up performance, and powerful new graphics features for client development and rich data scaffolding, improved AJAX support, and other improvements for Web development.
Friday, August 08, 2008 3:15:23 PM
WF Scenario Guidance
This article series summarizes the value proposition for using Windows Workflow Foundation in a number of common scenarios.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008 2:21:22 PM

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Endpoint Screencasts - Using Persistence Services in Windows Workflow Foundation (WF)
Welcome to the latest video in the weekly WF/WCF Screencast series. In this short video, CSD MVP Matt Milner from PluralSight guides the viewer through how to add and use persistence services of Wi... more
cliff.simpkins
Wednesday, October 01, 2008 8:00:00 AM
Endpoint Screencasts - Running Workflows in your .NET Applications
Welcome to the latest video in the weekly WF/WCF Screencast series. In this short video, CSD MVP Matt Milner from PluralSight guides the viewer through how to run a WF workflow in your .NET applica... more
cliff.simpkins
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 8:00:00 AM

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Workflow Samples (Updated)
Learn Windows Workflow Foundation by exploring these updated samples of common development scenarios.

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WF Blogs

SAMPLE WF CONFIG FOR NLB SCENARIO
If you are deploying your workflow application to multiple machines(NLB scenario) and all these mach... more
madhu_ponduru@hotmail.com
Wednesday, October 08, 2008 1:36:00 PM
Which WF/WCF Talks Should You Attend at PDC?
Just got the email the other day that PDC is less than 4 weeks away, and it got me thinking a bit ab... more
mwinkle
Thursday, October 02, 2008 4:19:10 PM
New Screencast – Using the Persistence Service in WF
Welcome to the fourth week of WF screencasts. This is the last screencast in the WF mini-series; nex... more
Cliff Simpkins
Wednesday, October 01, 2008 8:10:00 AM
More Details On WF/WCF in .NET 4.0
Steve Martin, a director of product management for CSD, has a blog post containing more information... more
mwinkle
Wednesday, October 01, 2008 1:15:27 PM

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Featured MVP

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Read Maurice's articles "Workflow Foundation 101", "The Power of Custom Workflow Activities (Part 1)", "The Power of Custom Workflow Activities (Part 2)" and his blog post "ReceiveActivity, ContextTokens and conversations".
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