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Windows Workflow Foundation 4.0 and “Dublin”

If you develop with Microsoft Workflow Foundation 3.5 you will be interested in upcoming “Dublin” technology. Essentially, “Dublin” is a workflow engine (“process host” that currently you have to code yourself) integrated into the operating system. It also provides services for durable, persisted workflows and improved management of workflow instances leveraging familiar IIS7 management console.

Following whitepaper comments the improvements in WCF and WF being prepared for .Net Framework 4.0 and introduces “Dublin”:

WCF And WF Services In The .NET Framework 4.0 And “Dublin”

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.01.net40.aspx

More detail including technology demonstrations can be found in Professional Developer Conference 2008 talks:

WF 4.0: A First Look

Learn how programming with Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) 4.0 provides clarity of intent while preserving the functional richness of the .NET framework.

Webcast-Online

"Dublin": Hosting and Managing Workflows and Services in Windows Application Server

Hear about extensions being made to Windows Server to provide a feature-rich middle-tier execution and deployment environment for Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) applications.

Webcast-Online

The  overview of “Dublin” features and a mini FAQ for this technology can be found in

Riding the Next Platform Wave: Building and Managing Composite Applications

https://download.microsoft.com/download/5/9/B/59B74A2A-245D-4304-802E-E0A0800FACD3/Dublin__NET_4_overview.docx

And for architectural overview of the relationship of “Dublin” to “Oslo” modeling and WWF4.0 check

Creating Modern Applications: Workflows, Services, and Models

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd200919.aspx