Windows Azure might not support the WCF and WF4 hosting parts of Windows AppFabric bit that doesn’t mean you can’t run workflow services on Windows Azure. After all a workflow is just a .NET 4 type and Windows Azure runs the .NET framework. As a result running a workflow service is quite easy once you know how to configure it.   The web.config file The first problem is that the machine web.config of an Azure virtual machine is different than that on a regular machine. As a result, by default...

In my previous previous post on the WCF Fault Spike and the other post on 4 Tenets of Service Oriented Data Validation I discussed some options and best practices for service data validation with WCF.  In this post I want to consider how the same scenario applies to WF4. Download Sample Code – WCF Service Fault and Validation Example I created an application that ran three scenarios each resulting in an exception thrown from the service and a web UI page then shows what the sender can do based...

Architecture SIG Meeting - Special Date/Time Thursday, January 20th (6 pm - 8:30 pm) Windows Azure in the Real World: Best Practices and Migration Tips with David Pallmann   Summary : Cloud computing with Windows Azure is exciting but it is vital to approach it correctly. In this talk, David Pallmann will share best practices and lessons learned from real-world use of Windows Azure, including application migration tips and stories from the trenches. If you want to succeed in your adoption of...

With the Windows Azure SDK 1.3 comes full support for IIS in web roles, giving your web roles the ability to access the full range of web service features available in IIS.  This provides a lot of powerful capabilities, some of which are outlined here. By default, the AppPool runs as the NetworkService.  Go ahead [...] Blog Post by: Wade

When the new Web Platform Installer (3.0) was released I had trouble finding Windows Server AppFabric.  The new UI can be a little confusing so to save you some trouble here are the instructions for installing Windows Server AppFabric. The Simple...( read more ) Blog Post by: The .NET Endpoint : AppFabric