Check out the latest updates to the FabrikamShipping SaaS sample application. This sample provides a great example on how the Access Control service helps solve real-life identity federation requirements. You can find more details in Vittorio Bertocci’s blog post . If you want to learn more on the Access Control service please visit our website or the MSDN developers website . If you haven’t started checking out Windows Azure AppFabric already make sure to take advantage of our free trial offer....

In my last post I showed you how the _XamlStaticHelper class uses different semantics when loading assemblies referenced by XAML files. Today I’m going to show you a solution I’ve built into the Microsoft.Activities library that can help you apply standard CLR behavior when loading referenced assemblies. endpoint.tv - How To Make WF4 Load the Assemblies You Really Want   Strict Assembly Resolution for Compiled Workflows Step 1: Download and reference Microsoft.Activities.dll Download the latest...

In agile software development , a spike is a story that cannot be estimated until a development team runs a timebox ed investigation. The output of a spike story is an estimate for the original story. - SearchSoftwareQuality.com Definitions Update 1/8/2011: For a solution to these problems see this post .  Special thanks to Krisragh for his help with this post. For this spike I want to answer the following questions What happens when a V1 workflow loads a V2 activity? What happens when a V2...

The WorkflowApplication is a great way to execute your workflows in process. Usually the fact that the WorkflowApplication is asynchronous is a great thing but there are cases when a little more synchronous execution is nice. For example executing a workflow and updating the state of the user interface is much simpler when the WorkflowApplication.Run() doesn’t finish until all work is done. The key to creating a synchronous WorkflowApplication is using its SynchronizationContext. Normally you set...

If you have not yet registered for CloudCamp LA next week, sorry, but it’s sold out. I’ll be there doing a lightening talk. I’m trying something new, File|New|PowerPoint, and pretty radical and hip given it is, after all, Los Angeles. I’m pushing my creative limits to come up with a compelling yet non-commercial rapid-fire presentation. This could go either way, but I’m pretty sure you’ll be entertained! Registration for the San Diego CloudCamp is open, at http://cloudcamp.org/sandiego/2011-02-09...