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Matt's Musings
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My latest screencast in the Windows WF developer screencast series has been loaded up as of this morning. In this session, I discuss the basics of using WF to implement an operation in a WCF service, or using WF as the implementation of a WCF service...
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Today we got to see Windows 7 (the first time for me and many others) which had some cool features in the user experience around the taskbar and notification area. There are also new features around quickly jumping to certain documents and applications...
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I sat in on a session today that showed off the "Geneva" set of identity tools. I have to say that the presentation was very well done as it showed how easy it was to take a normal ASP.NET application that was using .NET constructs like IsInRole...
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Ray Ozzie set the stage by talking about how cloud computing is all about moving to the next level of web applications and services that need to reach your customers. The traditional data center model takes a lot of resources to manage all of the data...
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I had the pleasure of presenting at both the Minneapolis and Omaha Heartland Developers Conference this year. This is a great conference in the central region where national and regional speakers participate to create a great conference offering. I did...
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Microsoft announced today the details of upcoming features that will be added to Windows Server 2008 to provide a rich host for WCF Services and WF workflows. In addition, the announcement provides some information about upcoming features in the .NET...
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My latest screencast in the Windows WF developer screencast series has been loaded up as of this morning. In this session, I discuss the basics of add persistence services into the workflow runtime using code or configuration. Additionally, to show off...
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My latest screencast is up on the Endpoint.tv show on Channel 9. In this screencast I cover the basic steps to host workflows in your applications. I cover the basic hosting steps in a console application, then jump in and run a workflow in an ASP.NET...
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In the latest screencast in the ongoing series, I cover the basics of creating a state machine workflow. I show you the various activities to use, how to transition between states and handle events including time based events. Screencast: Creating Your...
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As Aaron pointed out a while back , Pluralsight has joined up with the WCF / WF folks at Microsoft to create a series of screencasts to give developers an introduction to these technologies. My first contribution to this effort is all about creating a...
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I just found out about a few new resources that Microsoft has put together to help developers locate relevant information for developing applications using WF and WCF. This includes some of the screencasts that Aaron and I have been doing on those technologies...
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I had a great time this week presenting two sessions at the Minnesota Developers Conference . For those of you who attended, I've posted the materials from my talk on LINQ as well as the materials for the ADO.NET Data Services talk. I hope you enjoyed...
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I'm excited to be teaching the first BizTalk double feature class coming up October in Irvine. Now I know what you are thinking: "of course you are happy to get out of Minnesota and go to sunny California", but I actually like fall in MN...
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Since the announcement of "Oslo" and the excitement around Windows WF and WCF, many customers have been concerned about their investment in BizTalk Server or questioning whether it is a wise investment today. Microsoft just published their roadmap...
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This weekend I took the plunge, literally, and participated in my first sprint triathlon here in Minneapolis. I won't say it was pretty, or that I did excellent, but I feel pretty good about my effort and the results. Mostly I was hoping to just finish...
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