Moustafa Khalil's Space https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/moustafa/feed.xml Writings on .NET Services, Windows Azure Platform, and more Wed, 17 Apr 2019 03:25:29 GMT en-US hourly 1 Windows Server AppFabric and Service Bus Integration https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/moustafa/windows-server-appfabric-and-service-bus-integration Mon, 10 May 2010 09:18:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/moustafa/2010/05/10/windows-server-appfabric-and-service-bus-integration/ A few people asked about how they can integrate Windows Server AppFabric "Dublin" w/ Service Bus. Check the whitepaper and the sample here on how you can host WCF services w/ Service Bus endpoints in IIS 7.5. A really great sample.

]]> .NET Workflow Service v1 and .NET Framework 4.0 https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/moustafa/net-workflow-service-v1-and-net-framework-4-0 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:21:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/moustafa/2009/06/24/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 architected to be the "cloud" Workflow hosting solution. The .NET Workflow Service was built on top of WF 3.5. Lately, we made a decision to build on top of WF 4.0 to take advantage of the enhancements WF 4.0 provides and because having a Workflow solution built on top of the latest framework version is what customers have been asking for. As a result, we will hold off releasing .NET Workflow Service as part of the .NET Services platform until after .NET Framework 4.0 ships. Please read the post here for more information.

 

]]> In memory of my father and professor; Prof. Dr. Khalil M. Ahmed https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/moustafa/in-memory-of-my-father-and-professor-prof-dr-khalil-m-ahmed Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:09:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/moustafa/2009/06/23/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 جنتي

 

On the 29th of March 2009 my father and my professor Prof. Dr. Khalil M. Ahmed of the Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University passed away peacefully in the comfort of his own house in Alexandria, Egypt. An obituary by our dear friend and professor Dr. Mina Abdel Malek of the Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University and the American University in Cairo is published here in the Egyptian daily paper “Al-Masry Al-Youm” in his honor. A translation of an earlier version of the obituary is attached. 

 

Prof. Dr. Khalil is survived by his wife and my mother Prof. Dr. Awatif Hafez of the School of Nursing, Alexandria University, his daughter any my sister Dr. Mona Khalil of the School of Medicine, Alexandria University, his son and my brother Mohamed Khalil Ahmed of Microsoft, and myself. He is remembered by all of us, his extended family, his friends, colleagues and former students.

 

I am honored to be my dad’s son and student.

 

نسألكم الفاتحة

 

Dr_Khalil_Ahram_Post.pdf

]]> .NET Services Whitepapers https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/moustafa/net-services-whitepapers Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:45:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/moustafa/2009/01/12/net-services-whitepapers/ We just published 4 whitepapers on .NET Services: an intro, a workflow, service bus, and access control specific ones. Check them out here: https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5057e2b3-c8e5-4b26-a601-ff9621589ce3&DisplayLang=en

]]> How to Create your .NET Services Solution and run your first sample https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/moustafa/how-to-create-your-net-services-solution-and-run-your-first-sample Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:58:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/moustafa/2008/11/05/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 post. Check it out here: https://blogs.msdn.com/jennylo/archive/2008/11/04/a-step-by-step-guide-from-creating-a-net-services-solution-to-running-the-multicast-sample.aspx

]]> WF Activities supported by the .NET Workflow Service https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/moustafa/wf-activities-supported-by-the-net-workflow-service Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:59:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/moustafa/2008/11/04/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 Service.

 

In the current release, Nov 2008 CTP, the Workflow Service supports a subset of the WF out-of-box (OOB) activities and some activities for the .NET Services platform. Therefore, the WF Workflows that the Workflow Service would run can only have these activities. The list is below. In the future, we plan to support more OOB WF Activities and provide more activities for the .NET Services platform.

 

In order for you to easily design .NET Workflow Service, you should visit https://www.microsoft.com/azure/netservices.mspx to download and install the Microsoft .NET Services (Nov 2008 CTP) SDK. After installtion, lanuch VS2008, select File-New-Project-CloudWorkflow and choose CloudSequentialWorkflow template. The toolbox will contain the set of supported activities and the root activity will perform design time validation.

 

Supported Activities

 

OOB WF Activities

  • IfElse
  • Sequence
  • Suspend
  • Terminate
  • While

 

.NET Workflow Service Activities

  • CloudSequentialWorkflow -- Root Activity
  • CloudDelay
  • CloudHttpSend
  • CloudHttpReceive
  • CloudServiceBusSend
  • CloudXPathRead
  • CloudXPathUpdate

Please visit the MSDN library here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd129879.aspx to learn more about the .NET Workflow Service activities.

]]> Election Day 2008, Please Vote https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/moustafa/election-day-2008-please-vote Sun, 02 Nov 2008 01:26:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/moustafa/2008/11/02/election-day-2008-please-vote/ If you didn’t fill your absentee ballot yet please take some time to vote this Tuesday. I personally think the 2008 presidential election is of great magnitude but please remember this Tueday's election is not just a presidential one. All seats in the house of representatives, 33 seats in the senate and 11 governor seats are up for election.

 

Please take some time to vote.

]]> Thursday sessions @ PDC: .NET Workflow Service and others https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/moustafa/thursday-sessions-pdc-net-workflow-service-and-others Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:36:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/moustafa/2008/10/29/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 this session, I’ll talk about the .NET Workflow Service roadmap and how you can use the live CTP bits this Thursday @ PDC.

 

Also, there are a lot of good sessions on Thursday that you don't want to miss. I would recommend going to TL31 "Oslo": Building Textual DSLs @ 12:00 to hear more about Oslo.

 

]]> Announcing Microsoft .NET Workflow Service – a "Cloud"-based Workflow host https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/moustafa/announcing-microsoft-net-workflow-service-a-cloud-based-workflow-host Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:42:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/moustafa/2008/10/27/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 declarative programming model in .NET Framework. WF allows you to focus on writing the core logic of your application, declaratively. It handles a lot of complications and logic that exist in applications that orchestrate services or coordinate work. WF is best for programs that are long running; i.e. stop and start during their lifetime. We released key developer enhancement in each version of the framework, and will continue to do so.

As more people started using WF, they needed to write WF hosting environments to run the workflows in a scalable and reliable manner – if you ever wrote a server application you will immediately realize that this is not a trivial task. They also needed to invest and maintain infrastructure – for some businesses this is not an economical option.

Over the last months, myself and few other people spend all our time focusing on cloud-based hosting environment for workflows. The goal is to allow you to run workflows in a scalable and reliable off premises host which Microsoft wrote and maintain its infrastructure. Earlier today, at PDC 2008, with the help of a lot of people across the company, we announced the Microsoft off premises hosting environment for workflows: .NET Workflow Service. .NET Services and .NET Workflow Service are part of Microsoft Azure Services platform. Workflow Service runs declarative workflows in an off premises hosting environment which Microsoft wrote and maintain its infrastructure.

Please visit the developer center here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/netservices to learn more about .NET Services and .NET Workflow Service. Also, you can download the SDK and start using the services by visiting https://portal.ex.azure.microsoft.com

Send me an email through this blog or visit the discussion forums here: https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/netservices/threads/ if you have any questions or feedback on .NET Workflow Service or .NET Services in general.

Thanks

]]> John Shewchuk gives hints about his PDC08 talk https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/moustafa/john-shewchuk-gives-hints-about-his-pdc08-talk Sat, 13 Sep 2008 04:20:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/moustafa/2008/09/13/john-shewchuk-gives-hints-about-his-pdc08-talk/

John Shewchuk talk about his PDC 08 talk here: https://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/Countdown-to-PDC2008-Technical-Fellow-John-Shewchuk-Talks-About-His-Talk-at-PDC2008/

 

John’s PDC talk is a high-level talk giving you an overview of what our team at Microsoft has been busy building for the last few years. Don’t miss his session. Also, don’t miss the details talks by feature owners. The details talks will drill down in in-depth details to excite you even more about what we’re building. Don’t miss our sessions!

 

We’ll talk more and more at PDC :) See you there.

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