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WF, BPEL and the Dark Side of the Moon
There are a few common questions I usually get when I talk about workflow: That's great, but I can't...
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 02/26/2007
WF, WCF and CardSpace training materials posted
We've put a fair amount of content out on the community site. 4 days worth of presentations, labs...
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 02/13/2007
Mechanical Turk Activities
Mark Blomsma has put together some activities and an article which shows how to interact with...
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 02/07/2007
DinnerNow, the other thing shipping
One of the things my team has been working on for the last few months has finally been released. It...
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 02/01/2007
Tracking Objects and Querying For Them
A sample that I like to give during WF talks is that the tracking service can be used to track...
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 01/24/2007
Upcoming Ohio and Michigan Tour
Next week I will be in Ohio and Michigan meeting with customers and speaking about Windows Workflow...
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 01/05/2007
Hosting WF inside a Windows Service
Dennis has put together a nice sample showing how to host a workflow inside of a Windows Service, a...
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 12/28/2006
Matt and Paul talk WF
A few weeks back Paul Andrew and I sat down with Ron Jacobs to record this Arcast about WF. The...
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 12/14/2006
WF inside of SharePoint
I'm a little late to notice this, but Eilene Hao, a PM on the SharePoint Workflow team, has put...
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 12/13/2006
Where Are the Tools?
I get a number of queries about when WF will ship, or (more frequently) when the tools will be...
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 12/13/2006
Solution Showcase Launched
Head on over to https://showcase.netfx3.com and check out the solution showcase. You can dive down...
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 11/16/2006
Back From Barcelona
I arrived into SEA yesterday around 3, so I'm feeling a little bit of the 'lag from my week in...
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 11/13/2006
Did you hear the news, .NET 3.0 is live
Things got signed off last week, and early yesterday (depending on the timezone), the RTM build was...
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 11/08/2006
Free WF Training Materials
Paul has the scoop, check this out. Disclaimer: My voice may be the one that appears in parts of the...
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 10/11/2006
SOA Conference Questions
I headed over to building 33 yesterday for the Microsoft SOA and Business Process Conference to host...
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 10/05/2006
Sweet Actvity Designer
Mark Schmidt recently posted a great sample to the community site showing how you can implement your...
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 10/04/2006
Sudoku Validator, part I - Rules and Collections
When I go out and I talk to partners and customers about WF there is a lot of interest in leveraging...
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 09/08/2006
RC Madness
Moustafa has the scoop, right before a three day weekend here in the US, here's the RC of the .NET...
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 09/01/2006
Office Activity, or Wrapping Existing Code Quickly
One of the nice things about the WF activity model is that you can pretty rapidly take existing code...
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 08/29/2006
In this corner... (and $100)
The great thing about this position is that I get to pay attention to all of the conversations folks...
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 08/22/2006
24 Workflow Screencasts Posted to wf.netfx3.com
The other day, someone directed me to Mike Taulty's blog (https://mtaulty.com/blog/ ) where he has...
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 08/11/2006
Tracing Rules Execution
So, we've got some examples of using the WF Rules Engine outside the confines of a workflow (see...
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 08/07/2006
WF & Sudoku
I would be remiss if I did not point out this, a sample showing a nice WPF interface, WCF...
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 08/07/2006
Great Workflow Quote
From Brian R's blog:"Workflow is both cute and pretty" A little more background on the quote will be...
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 08/04/2006
wf.netfx3.com new rss feeds
One thing that isn't so nice about the new https://wf.netfx3.com site is that all of the file...
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 07/10/2006
New Screencasts for WF
I just posted two screencasts over on channel9. Rules Driven UI using WF - Moustafa talks us through...
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 07/10/2006
Must-See Workflow Sample
First, a quick welcome to the world of wokflow blogging to Sergey, a developer on the WF team....
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 07/06/2006
Hosting What Where? As a Web Service?
This comes from a forum post here. After writing almost 4 pages in response, I figured I'd place it...
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 06/28/2006
Hosting Workflows in a Web Service
This started as a discussion over on the forums, but I ended up writing a fairly long winded...
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 06/28/2006
Speech Server Video on Channel 9
Channel 9 has just posted a video showing off the new version of Speech Server. Speech Server is one...
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 06/28/2006
TechEd Workflow Chalk Talks
One of the things that worked out incredibly well at TechEd was our chalk talks. We had a small...
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 06/22/2006
.NET Rocks does Workflow
I'm still digging out from TechEd, but while I did that I fired up my podcatcher and found a new...
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 06/19/2006
Look Mom, We Made CNET!!!
The workflow Technical Learning Center appears in CNET's "The View From TechEd 2006"
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 06/14/2006
WinFX Name Change
S. Somasegar just announced the WinFX name change. It's now the .NET Framework 3.0. This is a name...
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 06/09/2006
Custom WF Designer Sample
As mentioned below, the sample is now available here.
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 06/01/2006
MSDN Workflow Webcast Info
I did my first MSDN webcast this morning (you can find details about it here). As promised I wanted...
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 06/01/2006
Yet Another TechEd Post
There is one additional chalk-talk that is not in the previous list. In addition to chalk talks that...
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 05/30/2006
So, maybe you're not going to TechEd this year...
No problem, you can still take part in the sessions. Dennis will be doing one that talks about using...
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 05/26/2006
Using the Rules Engine outside of Workflow
Moustafa has put together a fantastic sample application that shows how you can use the Rules Engine...
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 05/21/2006
Workflow @ TechEd 2006
The scene: Boston, June 20006 The story: Workflow is going to be out in full force, we've got a ton...
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 05/19/2006
Testing from Microsoft Word 2007
I’m pleased to find out that Word 2007 produced this! More details available here.
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 05/14/2006
New Workflow Activities
We've gotten a few submissions over on the community site. I want to thank the contributors, and...
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 05/05/2006
WF Beta 2 vs. Beta 2.2
As announced on the community site, Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) Beta 2.2 is available here. A...
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 04/28/2006
Rules Engine Webcast
Jurgen put together a great webcast on building rules-based applications using WF. Check it out....
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 04/28/2006
Pointing out something cool...
So, everybody out there probably saw this XBox 360 tracker application from https://untitlednet.com/....
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 04/10/2006
workflowRuntime.CreateWorkflow(typeof(mwinkle));
So here I am...Two weeks following my NEO (new employee orientation) here in Redmond, I've finally...
Author: Matt Winkler -- MSFT Date: 04/03/2006