Windows Workflow Foundation 4.0 and “Dublin”
If you develop with Microsoft Workflow Foundation 3.5 you will be interested in upcoming “Dublin” technology. Essentially, “Dublin” is a workflow engine (“process host” that currently you have to code yourself) integrated into the operating system. It also provides services for durable, persisted workflows and improved management of workflow instances leveraging familiar IIS7 management console.
Following whitepaper comments the improvements in WCF and WF being prepared for .Net Framework 4.0 and introduces “Dublin”:
WCF And WF Services In The .NET Framework 4.0 And “Dublin”
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.01.net40.aspx
More detail including technology demonstrations can be found in Professional Developer Conference 2008 talks:
Learn how programming with Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) 4.0 provides clarity of intent while preserving the functional richness of the .NET framework. |
Webcast-Online |
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"Dublin": Hosting and Managing Workflows and Services in Windows Application Server |
Hear about extensions being made to Windows Server to provide a feature-rich middle-tier execution and deployment environment for Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) applications. |
Webcast-Online |
The overview of “Dublin” features and a mini FAQ for this technology can be found in
Riding the Next Platform Wave: Building and Managing Composite Applications
And for architectural overview of the relationship of “Dublin” to “Oslo” modeling and WWF4.0 check
Creating Modern Applications: Workflows, Services, and Models