Sometimes you just don’t want to do an Add Service reference in the client application but still be able to to call a WF4 workflow service. The good thing is that a WF4 workflow service is just another WCF service from the client perspective so almost everything you can do with a regular WCF service you can also do with a workflow service. And calling the service without doing an Add Service Reference first is one of those things. In these examples I am going to use the default workflow service template...

When: START: Thursday 27, 2011, 3 pm PST END: Thursday 27, 2011, 4 pm PST Impact Alert: Customers of Service Bus CTP in LABS environment will experience intermittent failures for the duration of this maintenance. Action Required: None The Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog Post by: netsqlservicesteam

It is great to see Amazon app go live on XBox 360.. Already installed it and looks great If you've bought or are currently renting movies or TV shows from Amazon Instant Video, you'll now be able to watch them via an Xbox 360 console. It's part of the new Amazon Instant Video app that Amazon.com and Microsoft introduced today for Xbox Live Gold subscribers. The app also offers access to Prime Instant Video, if you're an Amazon Prime member. The Xbox 360 joins other devices, including...

The San Diego .NET User Group is really excited about doing our second all-day Azure event of the year. This one will be intense. You can blame me as I put the program together, but we are going from 8:00am to 5:00pm on Saturday Dec 4th. This is full-spectrum coverage, ranging from architecture and greenfield applications through to migration of existing apps. We will of course also have lots of great SWAG. Show up early, show up caffeinated (we’ll have food and coffee). This is a FREE event, sponsored...

Welcome to the new Windows Server AppFabric Blog for IT Professionals. All content on this blog is by Microsoft team members building the Windows Server AppFabric. This is our chance to show you some of the cool things we have been working on. It is also your opportunity to give feedback straight to the product team members building the Windows Server AppFabric. Today we are kicking off a series of topics on the AppFabric features related to Service and Wroflow Management. For IT P rofessionals,...