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Paul Andrew

Microsoft Technical Product Manager for the SharePoint Developer Platform

November 2007 - Posts

New .NET Framework namespaces and types in French
We now have a French language version of the .NET Framework namespaces and types poster available for download . Read More...
New book on Windows Workflow Foundation in Chinese
I can't read it. But it was written by a colleague of a friend of mine. And it's about Windows Workflow Foundation. Read More...
Hosting Quickstart Sample for Windows Workflow Foundation - IIS or NT Service
We just published a WF Hosting Quickstart sample today and it shows a common hosting model for building WF programs and running them in either of: ASP.NET and IIS Your NT Service A Console Host Okay the third is just a debugging convenience for the second. Read More...
Using WCF with Web Hoster DiscountASP
A little while back Discount ASP published this article describing how to use WCF in their hosting environment. Read More...
Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 RTM
Get your new RTM bits now. I'm running Visual Studio 2008 on my box Soma announced it here today. The final RTM bits for Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 are available. The trial editions of Visual Studio 2008 are online here . You can also get Read More...
New .NET Framework 3.5 Whitepapers Published
We just published some new whitepapers discussing high level concepts of .NET Framework 3.5 which I hope you will find useful. Introducing the .NET Framework 3.5 by David Chappell This paper drills into each of the new features added in the .NET Framework Read More...
Patterns for Long Running Activities in Windows Workflow Foundation
Long Running Activity Have you ever noticed that long running operations are difficult to implement in software? Did you ever think about why that is the case? Some kinds of long running operations are obviously difficult in software such as requesting Read More...
Multipage Print Version of .NET Framework Poster
We published another version of the .NET Framework common Namespaces and Types poster . It's an XPS format file which prints over 16 individual pages. This will allow you to put the poster on your wall, with the help of some tape and scissors. Read More...
Instant Message from My Blog
From Angus Logan , you can put MSN Instant Messenger on your blog now. Check the news section on my blog and you can send me IM if I'm online. The icon will be green if I am online. It seems to me like this would be a great idea for companies for sales Read More...
My Tech.Ed EMEA Talk Today on Workflow in a Web application
I'm in Barcelona this week for TechEd EMEA. The talk I gave today was about getting Windows Workflow Foundation hosted in ASP.NET. It was based on a quickstart sample that we built a couple of months ago and was recently updated to run on Visual Studio Read More...
Simple Human Workflow Quickstart with WF, AD, Exchange and IM
This article that Chris Auld wrote came out a while ago with the Beta 2 of WF. We've updated the sample code in it for Visual Studio 2008 and that is available here . The sample is all about some simple workflow between Alice, Charlie and Dave using email Read More...
Announcing: The .NET Framework 3.5 Commonly Used Types and Namespaces poster
We just completed the .NET Framework 3.5 update to the Commonly Used Types and Namespaces poster. Here's a link to the PDF if you want to grab it now and be the first on your block to get it on your wall. We'll be using it at a variety of places, if you Read More...
Just Released: BizTalk Server 2006 extensions for Windows Workflow Foundation SDK
Just released, the long awaited BizTalk Server 2006 extensions for Windows Workflow Foundation SDK. Use WF modeling and host workflows in BizTalk Server. Note the BTS messaging activities in the image. Download here . Quick steps to try it out Start with Read More...
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