Todd A. Stone

May 2008, the DFWCSUG had Robby Powell present on FarPoint Spread for BizTalk 2006, which is a spreadsheet pipeline disassembler and pipeline assembler component for BizTalk.  We set a record turnout of attendees for this presentation and at the end there were numerous questions that Robby answered.  There were more than just a few people to comment that could have used this product to simplify processing on past and current jobs.  Be sure to try it out.  You can download a trial at ftp://ftp.fpoint.com/transfer/fpspbizv2.0.7-trial.zip.

The DFW Connected Systems User Group is looking for speakers for the rest of 2008.

We meet the 2nd Wednesday of each month at the Microsoft Campus in Irving. The August and December meeting dates have been filled. The next available open meeting date is, Wednesday, September 10th, we also need speakers for October 8th and November 12th.  The presentation topics can be on Microsoft BizTalk Server, BizTalk adapters and accelerators, Windows Communication Foundation, Windows Workflow Foundation, the Web Services Architecture, or XML technologies. If you would like to present on any of these topics or know of anyone else who may, please contact Todd Stone at vpmeetings (at) dfwcsug.com.

The current format we use for the meetings is as follows:

Each Meeting:
2 topics – 2 speakers
First speaker presents 30 minute beginner to intermediate level topic
Second speaker presents 1 hour advance level topic

Please join the DFW Connected Systems User Group on August 13th as Anderson Imes presents on Workflow as a Service! We will have FREE food, drinks, and there will be a prize drawing for those who attend - courtesy of Sogeti!

Presentation: Workflow as a Service
Date: Wednesday, August 13th 2008
Time: 6:30PM
Where: Microsoft, Las Colinas LC1 (7000 HWY 161, Irving TX)
RSVP: rsvp@dfwcsug.com
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Speaker Bio

Anderson is a developer for Mary Kay and an active member of Microsoft's Connected Technology Advisor program. Anderson is currently delivering software solutions built on .NET, including Windows Communication Foundation and Windows Workflow. You can learn more about Anderson from his blog http://theimes.com/.

Summary

In the past, raising events and communicating from the outside into a running workflow was difficult to understand and to manage. With .NET 3.5, though, Microsoft has blurred the lines between Windows Communication Foundation and Workflow Foundation, giving you the same great homogeneous communication model with workflow as you do a WCF service.

In this presentation you will learn:

• How to implement a WCF service declaratively, using WF
• How to create long-running operations that could span weeks, months, or years
• New bindings in WCF for use in and out of WF
• Tips to make sure your transition to .NET 4.0 WF is painless