Just posted a new release of Microsoft.Activities.UnitTesting This release incorporates the Task Parallel Library to greatly simplify test code. Episodes You can now create a task that will run an episode of work in the workflow. An episode is simply a pulse of work that the workflow runs. For example an episode might look like the following Thread Action host Run the workflow host Wait for idle Workflow Activity 1 Workflow Activity 2 (creates a bookmark) Workflow Invoke Idle delegate - host sets...

If you are using the information in this MSDN page to get started with the ASP.NET Session State Provider to use Windows Server AppFabric Caching you might run into some problems as the steps are less than complete. First make sure you have Windows Server AppFabric Caching setup and working and add the configSections and dataCacheClient elements as specified. If you next add the sessionState element as specified you will receive the following error: Parser Error Message: Could not load type 'Microsoft...

  I’ve always enjoyed building systems that utilized flexible messaging platforms. Before joining Microsoft, I was a member of a small ISV team that built a commercial .NET based ESB product (a rare creature in and of itself) that was primarily … More » Blog Post by: Christian Martinez

Some networks are more restrictive than others, and (much to my continual chagrin) this is especially true here at Microsoft.  As I wrote and tested the post Using Web Deploy with Windows Azure for Rapid Development, I found that I was not able to use Web Deploy on port 8172; turns out that we prevent [...] Blog Post by: Wade

  If you’re interested in attending, better register now, space is limited. 43 spots open as of right now when this was written.   CloudCamp LA, Jan 11, 2011 There is very limited space at this Cloud Camp.  If you want to attend, you need to Register ASAP Register Here: CloudCamp is an unconference where early adopters of Cloud Computing technologies exchange ideas. With the rapid change occurring in the industry, we need a place where we can meet to share our experiences, challenges...