The WF 4 runtime allows you to extract “payload” data from workflow instances as they run. By configuring a workflow to use a tracking profile you configure which instance states, activity states, workflow variables, and workflow arguments get tracked...

Microsoft can’t keep me quiet for much longer. I haven’t written about Dublin for many months, and I’m about to explode. Lucky for me we’re getting close to a public release, when I’ll be able to talk about features specifically and post new screenshots...

Lately we've been having some interesting discussions about how to think about distributed service configuration. We've built some neat tools in IIS Manager that make it really easy to configure WCF and WF services--to set persistence, adjust throttling...

IIS Manager is the management tool for WAS, and in Dublin we're extending this tool. Here is a quick look at some of the extensions we have added to IIS Manager. These screen shots are from a pre-alpha build of Dublin. Design will change considerably...

When we describe Dublin we talk about WAS-hosted WCF services. Our team thinks of WCF services along two pivots: Stateless versus durable services. A stateless service is a transient one. When the service is processing a request it keeps that service...

"Life after F5" is one of the slogans we're using to convey the motivation behind Dublin. Today Microsoft, with the .Net Framework and Visual Studio, makes it easy to build powerful connected services. But what comes next? How to you use one of these...

Welcome to my blog. I've been around Microsoft for about 8 years, working on a number of Server technologies. I'm a loud mouth at work but haven't ever taken my voice beyond the Redmond campus. I'm really excited about "Dublin," and I can't keep this...