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Beginner's Guide to Windows Workflow Foundation

This page contains resources to help developers get up to speed on developing with Windows Workflow Foundation (WF).

For more resources see the Learning Resources page.

Introductory Videos

In this video series, CSD MVP Matt Milner from PluralSight guides the viewer through how to create, manage and use workflows using Windows Workflow Foundation.

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Creating Your First Sequential Workflow


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Creating Your First State Machine Workflow


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Running Workflows in your .NET Applications


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Tutorials & Articles

Learning Workflow Foundation Tutorial Series
This tutorial series introduces the basics of creating Workflow applications.

How to Choose Your Workflow Model in WF
The main focus of this article is to help you decide the question, “What Root workflow model is right to solve my problem?”

WF Scenarios Guidance Series
This article series describes the most common scenarios using WF: showing the choices involved in their selection, their implementation, and answering common questions that may arise during development.

Product Documentation

Additional Resources

Virtual Labs

In this lab you will learn to use Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) to model a business process and business rules. You will also learn how to use the tracking services of WF and how it can be used to monitor running workflows as well provide history on completed workflows. Finally, you will be shown the extensible nature of Windows Workflow Foundation through custom activities and services.

Webcasts

This webcast introduces you to Windows Workflow Foundation by examining, modifying, and extending the workflow components of the DinnerNow sample solution. Learn to create custom activities, manage workflow persistence and tracking, and take some time to understand how Windows Workflow Foundation was applied in this application.

Instructor-led Training

This two-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to build and configure a Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) solution.

Self-paced Training

In this 12-hour on-line collection, application developers will learn how to build and configure a Microsoft Windows Workflow Foundation solution.

Samples & Downloads

Hands on Labs for Windows Workflow Foundation
This download is a set of 10 Hands-on Labs for Windows Workflow Foundation in C# and VB.NET versions.

Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 Training Kit
The Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 Training Kit includes presentations, hands-on labs, and demos. This content is designed to help you learn how to utilize the Visual Studio 2008 features and a variety of framework technologies including: LINQ, C# 3.0, Visual Basic 9, WCF, WF, WPF, ASP.NET AJAX, VSTO, CardSpace, SilverLight, Mobile and Application Lifecycle Management.

Books on WCF

Learning WCF
Microsoft Windows Workflow Foundation Step by StepPro WF
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