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We have completed our validation work and are pleased to announce that Microsoft AppFabric 1.1 for Windows Server now supports the following platforms: .NET 4.5 Windows Server 2012 Windows 8 x64 (for development purposes) Windows PowerShell 3.0 SQL Server 2012 No changes were required in AppFabric to...

December 2011 almost a year ago I wrote a blog post for TechNet Wiki on Windows Azure- and Server AppFabric . Now on the Server part a cookbook has been released written by fellow Microsoft Integration MVP Rick G. Garibay and Microsoft Architect Hammad Rajjoub . I know both Rick and Hammad (both very...

This post explains you on how to retrieve the AppFabric Cache Statistics by using c# so you can leverage them within your .NET application.

I’ve gotten a few questions about AppFabric for Windows Server, so I’d like to share some thoughts on the topic, specifically on the Workflow management aspects of AppFabric Server. First, it’s important to clarify what AppFabric Server is/isn’t, since I’ve seen some confusion...

The short, short version: A very good book arriving very late. If you have an implementation that uses Windows Server AppFabric (or AppFabric for short) then there is no reason what so ever for not getting this book. A definite 5 star! AppFabric Anyone remember the days when we called it Dublin and was...

I know that many of you have been wondering if BizTalk is just going away, and Microsoft has been particularly closed mouthed about their plans for it of late. After a period of relatively rapid growth, with BizTalk 2006 R2 in 2008, BizTalk 2009 and BizTalk 2010, all in rapid succession there has been...

Recently, I presented a webinar “Secure Integration Messaging with BizTalk and Windows Azure Service Bus (formerly known as AppFabric Service Bus). The webinar and slide deck and be viewed here. I’d like to take some time and walk through creating the solution. In this webinar, I demonstrated...

Hi there! I have an internal WCF service that needs to connect with an Azure queue. Does the BizTalk 2010 AppFabric connect tool support storage queues? According to the following MSDN blog it requires a relay endpoint. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/biztalk_server_team_blog/archive/2010/10/21/biztalk-server...

These code samples are part of the book "Applied Architecture Patterns on the Microsoft Platform". Each folder relates to a specific chapter in the book. While this code can be useful on its own, this code is best used along with the book. The book walks through a detailed use-case and then...

This is a brief overview of the solution presented in chapter 10 of my book "Applied Architecture Patterns on the Microsoft Platform". In this solution, a SharePoint 2010 List is used to store customer information. When inserted, a .Net 3.5 Workflow is triggered to make a call into a .Net 4...

This download contains the power point slides and code from the Azure Platform AppFabric session at the European BizTalk Convention in Stockholm, Sweden. This session reviewed a unique scenario related to Remote Message Broadcasting into home devices on different networks. Using the AppFabric Service...

This download contains the power points and code from the Human Workflow Session at the European BizTalk Convention in Stockholm, Sweden. This session includes a review of what is a Human Workflow, a review of potential solutions using AppFabric & BizTalk, and a detailed walk through of the selected...

This download contains the code and power point slides from the AppFabric and Workflow 4 Overview at the 2010 European BizTalk Convention in Stockholm, Sweden. This session includes a walk through of AppFabric, a live demo of Workflow 4 Services with Correlation, a review of strengths and weaknesses...