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6462A: Windows Workflow Foundation (WF)

Course Length: 2 Days

Overview:
Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) is a new .NET 3.0 API which allows you to execute and monitor business processes workflows directly in managed code. This two-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to build and configure a Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) solution.

Prerequisites:
Intermediate experience developing applications by using previous versions of Microsoft Visual Studio at level 200.

Course Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Explain Windows Workflow Foundation concepts and features
• Create sequential workflows
• Create state machine workflows
• Modify workflows at run time
• Implement conditional branching in a workflow
• Define and execute rule sets
• Forward chain rules
• Change rules at run time
• Call methods on the host process
• Handle events from the host process
• Consume services from a workflow
• Publish a workflow as a service
• Create a custom activity
• Create a custom composite activity
• Define custom activity layout
• Customize activity serialization
• Create a custom runtime service
• Hydrate and dehydrate workflows
• Monitor workflows
• Track workflows
• Handle faults in a workflow
• Handle cancellations in a workflow
• Create and manage transactions in a workflow
• Create and handle compensations

Course Content

Lesson 1: Creating and Hosting Workflows

• Overview of Windows Workflow Foundation
• Creating Sequential Workflows
• Creating State Machine Workflows
• Modifying Workflows at Runtime
• Lab: Creating and Hosting Workflows

Lesson 2: Applying Conditions and Rules

• Implementing Flow Control
• Defining and Executing Rule Sets
• Forward Chaining of Rules
• Changing Rules at Run Time
• Lab: Applying Conditions and Rules

Lesson 3: Communicating with Workflows

• Calling Methods on the Host Process
• Handling Events from the Host Process
• Consuming Services from a Workflow
• Publishing a Workflow as a Service
• Lab: Communicating with Workflows

Lesson 4: Creating and Configuring Custom Activities

• Creating Custom Activities
• Creating Custom Composite Activities
• Customizing Activity Serialization
• Defining Custom Activity Layout
• Lab: Creating and Configuring Custom Activities

Lesson 5: Creating and Managing Runtime Services

• Creating a Custom Runtime Service
• Hydrating and Dehydrating Workflows
• Monitoring Workflows
• Tracking Workflows
• Lab: Creating and Managing Runtime Services

Lesson 6: Managing Faults, Cancellations, Transactions, and Compensations

• Handling Faults
• Handling Cancellations
• Creating and Managing Transactions
• Creating and Handling Compensations
• Lab: Managing Faults, Transactions, and Compensations

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