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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...

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...

There's not a lot of guidance out there on how to secure your Workflow Services using AD FS, nor that give you some cool ideas of how to leverage the two together (including how to leverage multiple attribute stores). Check...

If you are curious as to how to run WF 4 in Azure (Web and Worker Roles and hybrid scenarios), check out this article over at the AppFabric CAT's blog, and while you're there drop some feedback: Running .NET 4...

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 Way Use this link it will launch the web platform...

Auto-start is a really cool feature of Windows Server AppFabric. Recently I was asked about how you can do some kind of process initialization in your code with Auto-start (which the documentation implies that you can do). This led to a discussion with a number of questions that we want to address What...

If you're interested in the problem space of building hybrid solutions that leverage both Azure AppFabric and Windows Server AppFabric, go check out this really awesome blog entry I was honored to help author: Hybrid Cloud Solutions With Windows Azure...

If you're interested in building a custom, stand-alone application for designing Workflows and Workflow Services with .NET 4.0, you should check out the reference application we built that is now available from the MSDN Code Gallery. It's a feature rich...

I’m taking this week off to catch up on everything I haven’t done the last two months and to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday here in the US. PDC was a blast!  It was incredibly awesome to meet so many folks interested in WF and talking with others about how they are using (or plan to use) WF4...