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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.

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 Workflow Foundation Videos
Download Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack (SP) 1 Beta Today
Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta introduces full support for SQL Server 2008, improved performance in the IDE and WPF designers, improved Web development and site deployment, as well as many Team Foundatio... more
Microsoft
Mon, 12 May 2008 10:10:10 -0700
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack (SP) 1 Beta Now Available
Download the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 Beta for improved features for both client and Web development. Additionally, SP1 for the .NET Framework introduces the ADO.NET Entity Framework and ADO.N... more
Microsoft
Mon, 12 May 2008 10:10:09 -0700
 Downloads
Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5
The Windows SDK for Windows Server® 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 provides the documentation, samples, header files, libraries, and tools (including C++ compilers) that you need to develop applications to run on Windows Server 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5.
Workflow Foundation Blogs
Usability Testing the WF Designer vNext (or, Yelling at Customers)
One of the things that my team is working on is the next version of the workflow designer.  In... more
mwinkle
Thu, 15 May 2008 17:22:21 GMT
What You Need To Know: WCF, WCF, ADO.NET SyncServices, and ClickOnce
I had a great time visiting with a great team at Verizon this week.  I was able to present on... more
kaevans
Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:17:34 GMT
TechEd US 2008
You already know TechEd is coming in June.  And you also know we'll have a PDC this year.&... more
eileenrum
Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:45:00 GMT
We're Hiring
My team is looking for people interested in building the next generation of the WF designer.  W... more
mwinkle
Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:17:43 GMT
WF ARTICLES
//If you know any good WF articles, Please let me know  Workflow Communicationshttp://msd... more
madhu_ponduru@hotmail.com
Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:17:00 GMT
Inside Workflow Foundation Activities
Activities are the heart of WF. Together they form workflows, control the flow or do loops. They can... more
knom
Sat, 01 Mar 2008 19:17:28 GMT
Advanced Workflow Foundation - MSDN Briefing
This week I had a session about advanced topics of Windows Workflow Foundation. Some features I co... more
knom
Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:04:59 GMT
You say XAML, I say XOML, PoTAYto, PoTAHto, let's call the whole thing off
With all due respect to George and Ira Gershwin, I have a quick question for the readers of this blo... more
mwinkle
Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:00:29 GMT
MVP Blogs About Workflow Foundation
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Featured MVP
Maurice de Beijer
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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