Ron Jacobs
Windows Workflow Foundation
Today on https://endpoint.tv – AppFabric Dashboard Overview
AppFabric has this great new Dashboard that gives you insight into what is happening with your...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 04/09/2010
WCF Data Services (OData) and eliminating the .SVC file
After my previous post where I showed you how you can eliminate the .SVC extension from your URI...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 04/08/2010
WCF Data Services and ServiceRoute
After my previous post where I showed how you can eliminate the .SVC from your URI with WCF Data...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 04/06/2010
Silicon Valley SQL Server User Group – April 20th
I’ll be heading down to my old home in Silicon Valley to present to the Silicon Valley SQL Server...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 04/06/2010
Using System.Web.Routing with Data Services (OData)
So you like the new OData protocol and the implementation in WCF Data Services… but you hate having...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 04/05/2010
MIX10 – AppFabric Caching (“Velocity”) and REST
I just got back from MIX10 in Las Vegas where I had a great time meeting a lot of people and...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 03/18/2010
WF Migration Kit CTP 1 Now Available
Today the WF team released a migration kit to wf.codeplex.com As it says on the CodePlex page, the...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 03/08/2010
How to add a reference to Microsoft.ApplicationServer.Caching.Client
If you are ready to test out the new caching capabilities in Windows Server AppFabric beta 2 you...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 03/04/2010
Installing Windows Server AppFabric with the Web Platform Installler
If you want to setup Windows Server AppFabric Beta 2 on a Development Workstation your best option...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 03/04/2010
Today on endpoint.tv – Creating an AJAX Enabled WCF Service
After having worked through the WCF Sample ComplexTypeAjaxService and making a few improvements I...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 02/26/2010
WF4 Activities - Switch
Today I’m looking at the Switch activity. This activity does graphically just what the switch...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 02/24/2010
My Bytes by MSDN Interview
I almost forgot about this interview I did at PDC 09 with Bytes by MSDN. It went live on the...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 02/23/2010
WCF Sample ComplexTypeAjaxService
Today I decided to take a look at the WCF/WF Samples for .NET 4. There are quite a lot of them...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 02/18/2010
Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Kit - February Release
It’s here! It’s finally done. We’ve updated the labs so everything works on Visual...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 02/10/2010
My .NET Rocks Episode
Recently I recorded a .NET Rocks episode which went live this week. The episode is titled Ron...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 02/09/2010
How to get rid of https://tempuri.org in a Workflow Service
Edit: Ignore this really old post and view How to eliminate tempuri.org from your service WSDL...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 02/05/2010
How To Secure a Workflow Service in .NET 4
Edit: 7/5/11 - This sample has been updated and posted on MSDN Code Gallery - Windows Workflow...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 02/04/2010
Uh Oh – Workflow Services Lab is Missing…
Just yesterday I told you that we released an update to the Visual Studio 2010 Training Kit. ...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 01/21/2010
Visual Studio 2010 Training Kit – January Release now available
Finally the January release of the Visual Studio 2010 training kit is ready. This updated...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 01/20/2010
Today on endpoint.tv – Windows Server AppFabric in action
Before PDC I went to the Channel 9 studio and recorded an episode of endpoint.tv with Ian and Adam...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 12/14/2009
WCF Security Spike – Day 2
We learn what he have to learn. Does that surprise anyone? Some people have reacted with shock...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 12/04/2009
WCF Security Spike – Day 1
My first goal was to secure a service. I’m happy to say I managed to get a service that...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 12/03/2009
WCF Security Is Hard
Ok… I said it. Let’s just admit the truth for a second. It is hard. Recently...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 12/03/2009
Where can I get the Workflow Services Lab?
If you saw the walkthrough of the Workflow Services lab on Channel 9 you might be wondering where...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 12/02/2009
How do I clear my AppFabric Databases?
Once you start to develop apps with Windows Server App Fabric you will quickly find that your...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 11/24/2009
WF4: How To Access Out Arguments
To get a value from your workflow you must access the dictionary of output arguments returned from...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 09/24/2009
WF4: Passing Arguments to Activities
In Windows Workflow Foundation .NET 4 (WF4) everything is an Activity. That is a class that...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 09/14/2009
WCF Essentials – Great Stuff now online
Michelle Leroux Bustamante has written some great new papers for MSDN that you really should check...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 09/10/2009
Testing a SendMail activity with WF4
Many applications send email. After all it is the preferred binding for async app to human...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 09/01/2009
Windows Workflow in .NET 4 and Web Services
Today I published 10-4 episode 29: Workflow Web Services on our Channel 9 10-4 Show about Workflow...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 07/29/2009
Another reason I love Windows 7 - The Network Troubleshooter
After installing the RTM release of Windows 7 I dropped by the office this morning and when I put...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 07/28/2009
Mocking the Console
I’ve posted an update to the Microsoft.Activities.Simulation library. Today at the team...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 06/09/2009
How to test WF4 Workflows with Microsoft.Activities.Simulation
Recently I posted a new sample for the CancellationScope activity. Of course, I’m building...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 06/05/2009
WF / WCF 4 and “Dublin” Resources
Every now and then somebody will ask me about resources for WF/WCF 4. I usually copy a bunch...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 06/02/2009
CancellationScope Activity
Last Edit: 2-Jun-2009 How do you cancel work in your application? Many middle tier components...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 06/01/2009
Ready to learn WF/WCF 4?
Tomorrow Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4 beta 1 will be available for everyone to download. I’ve...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 05/19/2009
Configuring a VPC for the REST Starter Kit Hands On Labs
Today I was given a VPC image that someone had started and asked to put the WCF REST Starter Kit...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 04/03/2009
Installing Microsoft URL Rewrite Module on Windows 7 Beta
Recently I said that the IIS 7 URL rewrite module will not work on Windows 7. Someone...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 03/27/2009
Today on endpoint.tv – The REST Collection Template
One of the more interesting (challenging?) things we did with the WCF REST Starter Kit is the...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 03/26/2009
RESTful Services and Business Exceptions
Last week I had the privilege of speaking at MIX09. My session RESTful Services for the...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 03/23/2009
WCF REST Starter Kit Preview 2, Windows 7 and the IIS 7 URL Rewrite Module
Someone was asking on the WCF REST Starter Kit Forum if the WCF REST Starter Kit Preview 2 release...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 03/16/2009
WCF REST Starter Kit Preview 2 Is Here
Last night we posted the WCF REST Starter Kit Preview 2 release. This release features an all new...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 03/13/2009
REST Starter Kit, ServiceBehavior and Thread safety
If you have seen the REST Starter Kit (Preview 1) perhaps you noticed a TODO comment about the...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 03/03/2009
Today on endpoint.tv: What is “Dublin” and why should I care?
With the many new technologies that are coming your way in 2009 you have probably heard a lot of...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 03/02/2009
Partial Trust, System.ServiceModel.Activation.WebServiceHostFactory and ASP.NET Development Server
Recently I was doing some testing in partial trust scenarios with RESTful services and I ran into a...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 02/26/2009
Easy REST
In designing software there is a fundamental trade-off between simplicity and power. Great...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 02/25/2009
Partial Classes, Default Constructors – watch Out!
Recently I was working on some code where I was using classes generated by a tool. I wanted to...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 02/23/2009
Ambiguous UriTemplates, Query Parameters and Integration Testing
When I woke up this morning I had not planned on the day unfolding like this, but an email from a...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 02/10/2009
Windows 7 and Silverlight Developer Tools Installer
Kudos to the Windows 7 team for building an awesome feedback loop. Lately I had several tools...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 01/22/2009
Have to go back to Windows Vista
After this week when I do my final keynote for the MSDN Developer Conference in Detroit I'm going to...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 01/20/2009