Workflow services in the OS? - What does this mean for BizTalk?
As is stated at one of the MSDN Blogs there are going to be some interesting webcasts on Workflow services.
The week of Sept. 26-30th MSDN is hosting workflow webcasts. Below are the details: (and links)
- September 26th (Monday) – Simple Human Workflow Using Email
- September 27th (Tuesday) – Hosting and Communication Options in Workflow Scenarios
- September 28th (Wednesday) – Workflow + Messaging + Services: Developing Distributed Applications using Workflows
- September 29th (Thursday) – Developing Event Driven State Machine Workflows
- September 30th (Friday) – Extending Workflow Capabilities with Custom Activities
These are being presented by Paul Andrew, Product Manager at MS, who works in the Business Process and Integration group. I believe with the next release of Windows, workflow is going to change the face of Integration drasticially. Never before has there been such a drive to incorporate workflow capabilities into the OS. (Although MSMQ gave us a structure to use, it didn’t enable workflow features out of the box.) As I’ve said before, these are exciting times for integration.
On Paul’s site an additonal presentation is stated:
Before the Week Starts: Introduction to Workflow in Windows Applications
Thursday, September 15, 2005
10:00 A.M.–11:00 A.M. Pacific Time
This session is a code-focused introduction to use of workflow in applications. We cover the “hello world” of developing workflow enabled applications and take you to a level where you can be confident choosing workflow for everyday applications. We cover the basics of developing, designing, and debugging workflow solutions. Presented by Bill Devlin & Paul Andrew live from the PDC.
This surely is one presentation I will be attending :-), now to find the room number…