Wow what a night planned!!! WF 101 (even good for managers! :)); BTS hosting
WF and making it all happen under BizTalk Labs (that’s next after R2)
Check it out and looking forward in seeing you there……
——– Details ———
Examine Windows Workflow talking to BizTalk R2 and BizTalk Labs.
Firstly a BIG thanks to those that enjoyed the exam cram we did last month (we had
to order additional pizza!) and I’ve since heard that several of you have
sat and passed the EXAM!!! Well done!!
With R2 just around the corner……I decided to tackle the Windows Workflow(WF) question.
The message is usually BTS vs WF, never BTS AND WF.
We’ll cover:
1. Workflow 101 (you should be able to
bring your manager along to this one J)
2. Hosting Workflow’s within BizTalk
with the new BizTalk extensions for WF SDK
3. BizTalk Labs – life after R2….and
where we are heading…..
Meeting details:
When: July 4th Food at 6pm, kick off 6.30pm. Finish up around 8pm.
Where: Microsoft
1 Epping Road
Riverside Corporate Park
North Ryde NSW 2113 Australia. (parking available)
WF Session Focus Details:
1.First up we will look at the fundamentals of Workflow; what
makes them run; communications; and how do we host them.
(WF is the technology that is brightly coloured in VS.NET and comes with .NET 3.0)
– you could even workflow your toaster if you wanted to.
2.Next – we’ll take a Workflow and use WCF
under the covers to act as the communication medium between BTS R2 & WF. Very
nice.
So now in BTS R2 we can host WF (through a small ’Orchestration wrapper’) meaning
that when BTS persists, WF does too – WF is now running inside BTSNTSvc.exe.
(cross off the list – ’find a place for my WF’s to live’)
3.Thirdly – Imagine being able to call our creation from anywhere
and behind umpteen firewalls between caller/sender…..enter into the ring
BizTalk Labs!!! Very exciting – labs.BizTalk.net.
(what communications do you think we use…….WCF……hmmm….seems to be a common
thread here!)
So it’s a night on WF/R2 wrapped up in WCF – wow what a great set of technologies!!!!
See you there and let me know your coming
Mick Badran.
p.s. I’ve fallen in love with Microsoft Surface…….wow!!!