Moustafa Khalil's Space
Writings on .NET Services, Windows Azure Platform, and more
Windows Server AppFabric and Service Bus Integration
A few people asked about how they can integrate Windows Server AppFabric "Dublin" w/ Service Bus....
Author: moustafak Date: 05/10/2010
.NET Workflow Service v1 and .NET Framework 4.0
The .NET Workflow Service has been part of the .NET Services platform for multiple CTP releases. Its...
Author: moustafak Date: 06/24/2009
In memory of my father and professor; Prof. Dr. Khalil M. Ahmed
انا لله وانا اليه راجعون يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية فادخلي في عبادي وادخلي...
Author: moustafak Date: 06/23/2009
.NET Services Whitepapers
We just published 4 whitepapers on .NET Services: an intro, a workflow, service bus, and access...
Author: moustafak Date: 01/12/2009
How to Create your .NET Services Solution and run your first sample
Jenny talks about the steps you need to follow to create your first .NET Services solution. A great...
Author: moustafak Date: 11/05/2008
WF Activities supported by the .NET Workflow Service
A few folks asked about the set of supported activities in the Nov 2008 CTP of .NET Workflow...
Author: moustafak Date: 11/04/2008
Election Day 2008, Please Vote
If you didn’t fill your absentee ballot yet please take some time to vote this Tuesday. I personally...
Author: moustafak Date: 11/02/2008
Thursday sessions @ PDC: .NET Workflow Service and others
If you’re @ PDC, come to BB27 this Thursday @ 1:45 to learn more about .NET Workflow Service. During...
Author: moustafak Date: 10/29/2008
Announcing Microsoft .NET Workflow Service – a "Cloud"-based Workflow host
Last PDC in 2005, I was part of the team that announced Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) as the new...
Author: moustafak Date: 10/27/2008
John Shewchuk gives hints about his PDC08 talk
John Shewchuk talk about his PDC 08 talk here:...
Author: moustafak Date: 09/13/2008
Cloud-Related PDC 2008 Sessions
The PDC team is regularly posting a list of sessions. Lately, they posted a session to give me the...
Author: moustafak Date: 08/14/2008
Some press on BizTalk Services R12 and Workflow
InfoWorld talks about BizTalk Services R12 and Workflow here.
Author: moustafak Date: 07/19/2008
Announcing BizTalk Workflow Services
We released BizTalk Services R12 Release today. R12 contains the first public release of BizTalk...
Author: moustafak Date: 07/16/2008
Moustafa v2.0 and Labs.BizTalk.Net
Hello World! Its been few months since I wrote last time. I’ve been super busy over the past few...
Author: moustafak Date: 07/11/2008
Hosting WF workflows in BizTalk Server 2006
A lot of developers wanted to build WF workflows and host them in BizTalk Server. Jon Flanders and...
Author: moustafak Date: 01/11/2008
WF v.Next OOB Activities
The Connected Framework team is planning for the next version (v.Next) of WF and WCF and one of the...
Author: moustafak Date: 10/22/2007
BizTalk, SWIFT, and Banking
CNN Money has published an interesting article on how KAS bank is using BizTalk Server 2006 R2 and...
Author: moustafak Date: 10/22/2007
WF Pageflow Sample
WF Pageflow is a popular request from customers all over the globe. Shelly Guo, Israel Hilerio and...
Author: moustafak Date: 06/09/2007
WF Rules Extensibility Talk @ TechEd 2007
Next week @ TechEd 2007 in Orlando, I’ll present a WF Rules Extensibility breakout session. If...
Author: moustafak Date: 05/28/2007
WF Hand on Labs are now in VB
We just posted a VB version of the WF hands on labs. You can find them here:...
Author: moustafak Date: 05/08/2007
Visual Studio Orcas and WF/WCF/WF Rules Changes
If you don’t know already, the Visual Studio Code Name “Orcas” March CTP is released to the web...
Author: moustafak Date: 03/04/2007
Two WF Tracking MSDN Articles
Last Janruary MSDN published two articles on WF Tracking: David Gristwood authored a Tracking...
Author: moustafak Date: 03/04/2007
What to use Windows Workflow Foundation for?
Paul Andrew writes on what to use WF for, excellent information for you and your customers. Check it...
Author: moustafak Date: 02/23/2007
DinnerNow.Net, a connected application using server Microsoft technologies, released with source code
The Microsoft Developer and Platform Evangelism (DPE) group released a DinnerNow.Net sample. Get the...
Author: moustafak Date: 02/04/2007
Tracking Workflow Data
Matt Winkler shows how you can use WF Tracking to track workflow data and how to later query for...
Author: moustafak Date: 02/04/2007
Rules Driven Pageflow
Kushal Shah, Software Design Engineer/Test on the WF Rules Feature Team, just published a sample on...
Author: moustafak Date: 01/26/2007
Connected Systems Division Giving Campaign Raffle
Microsoft Giving Campaign is a tradition where employees are encouraged to give time and money to...
Author: moustafak Date: 01/22/2007
Hosting WF Workflow Designer in a Web Application
The WF workflow designer is a very powerful tool for developers and non-developers who want to...
Author: moustafak Date: 01/06/2007
WF Performance Article is Live!
We just published a WF performance whitepaper. Get it here. Thanks to Marc Mezquita, Paul Andrew,...
Author: moustafak Date: 11/13/2006
Microsoft is going to Egypt this December
Microsoft is going to Egypt this December to recruit. If you’re interested, send your resume/CV to...
Author: moustafak Date: 11/12/2006
.Net Framework 3.0 is live!
Microsoft .Net Framework 3.0 is now officially live. Click here for download links for various...
Author: moustafak Date: 11/08/2006
Election Day, Please Vote!
Its Election Day and I am in the capitol. I've never been in DC on Election Day before and I thought...
Author: moustafak Date: 11/07/2006
Business Rules Forums
I am writing from the Business Rules Forums in Washington DC. I attended a couple of sessions...
Author: moustafak Date: 11/07/2006
New .NET Framework 3.0 training e-Clinics from Microsoft Learning
Microsoft Learning just released .Net Framework 3.0 courses. Check them out here, you find a course...
Author: moustafak Date: 10/11/2006
WF Rules and Rete
Don McCrady talks about Rete and WF Rules here.
Author: moustafak Date: 10/09/2006
Roger Waters Live in Seattle
I'm going to see Roger Waters at Key Arena, Seattle on October 12th on his last stop of his 2006...
Author: moustafak Date: 10/08/2006
Microsoft and Its Employees Surpass $2.5 Billion Mark Through Charitable Donations
Oh yeah, this is one of the reasons I am proud to be working for Microsoft. Microsoft and its...
Author: moustafak Date: 10/04/2006
About WF Tracking Profiles...
Some people have asked me recently about tracking profiles and how to author them so I thought to...
Author: moustafak Date: 10/01/2006
Don McCrady is live!
Don McCrady, WF Rules Dev Lead and an avid stargazer, is now blogging here.
Author: moustafak Date: 09/13/2006
Introduction to Hosting Windows Workflow Foundation
We just published an article on MSDN that provides an overview of how an application hosting WF can...
Author: moustafak Date: 09/08/2006
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 RC1
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 (formerly known as WinFX) RC1 is now available here.
Author: moustafak Date: 09/01/2006
Naguib Mahfouz (1911-2006)
Egypt's Nobel Prize winning writer Naguib Mahfouz died in Cairo, Egypt yesterday. He is one of the...
Author: moustafak Date: 08/31/2006
WF Rules Execution Tracing
Some customers asked how they can find information about what rules got executed and what was the...
Author: moustafak Date: 08/05/2006
Custom Rule Expressions
John Rummell, Senior Developer and Jurgen Willis, Lead Program Manager, both work on WF Rules, just...
Author: moustafak Date: 07/12/2006
Rules Driven UI Video
I've posted a channel#9 screencast here where I demo the Rules Driven UI Sample which shows how you...
Author: moustafak Date: 07/07/2006
WF and WCF Tech.Ed 2006 Chalk Talk Slides are available
At TechEd Boston 2006 Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)...
Author: moustafak Date: 07/07/2006
Define and execute WF rules on any target object
Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) offers rules capabilities to the WinFx developer platform. You can...
Author: moustafak Date: 05/21/2006
Microsoft Tech.Ed 2006 - Boston, MA
Windows Workflow Foundation team members are presenting at TechEd this coming June in Boston, MA....
Author: moustafak Date: 05/09/2006
ASP.NET hosting of Windows Workflow Foundation in WF Beta 2.2 and Beyond
Paul Andrew has just posted a great entry on the support of ASP.Net hosting in Windows Workflow...
Author: moustafak Date: 04/28/2006
SqlTrackingService Data Maintenance 101
WF provides data maintenance functionality for the OOB SqlTrackingService by partitioning the...
Author: moustafak Date: 03/23/2006