Imlementing Business Process Workflows in .NET

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Hi,

Does Microsoft have a product that integrates with Visual Studio .NET that
can be used to develop Web based Workflows for Business Process scenarios?

Thanks.
 
Tahnsk for that. Looks good.
What about BizTalk 2006? Would it be difficult to learn on the fly or is it
too heavy for just workflows (we might also need it for integration)?
 
Hello C,

BizTalk is not just workflow it's Orchestration that allows you to model
business processes (BP) and business operations (BO) that comprise workflow
too.

The little desctiption of BizTalk is there http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BizTalk

C> Tahnsk for that. Looks good. What about BizTalk 2006? Would it be
C> difficult to learn on the fly or is it too heavy for just workflows
C> (we might also need it for integration)?
C>
C> "Michael" wrote:
C>---
WBR,
Michael Nemtsev :: blog: http://spaces.live.com/laflour

"At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not
cease to be insipid." (c) Friedrich Nietzsch
 
What about Sharepoint?

Can I use this to automate workflows and integrate with Visual Studio?
 
What about Sharepoint?

Can I use this to automate workflows and integrate with Visual Studio?

Just want to look at all my options.

Below seems to be what I need though.
 
C said:
What about Sharepoint?
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What about Sharepoint? It has no real workflow of its own, a lot of people
resort to using office document/mail workflow- you need third party tools
like K2, but you can certainly integrate WWF with MOSS2007 (the next version
of SPS), I dont know if you could integrate it with SPS2003 but only because
I've never looked at it.
Can I use this to automate workflows and integrate with Visual Studio?
Yes

Just want to look at all my options.

Below seems to be what I need though.
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Its an exciting product, well worth a sniff at.

Regards

John Timney (MVP)
VISIT MY WEBSITE:
http://www.johntimney.com
 
Thansk for that John.

"but you can certainly integrate WWF with MOSS2007 (the next version
of SPS),"

So will SPS 2007 provide similr functionality to what k2 does or will it be
mainly for handling documents / files ?
 
Hello C,

Sharepoint isn't workflow tool, it's more document orient, to keep and share
doc among others

C> What about Sharepoint?
C>
C> Can I use this to automate workflows and integrate with Visual
C> Studio?
C>
C> "Michael Nemtsev" wrote:
C>---
WBR,
Michael Nemtsev :: blog: http://spaces.live.com/laflour

"At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not
cease to be insipid." (c) Friedrich Nietzsche
 
C said:
Does Microsoft have a product that integrates with Visual Studio .NET that
can be used to develop Web based Workflows for Business Process scenarios?
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They sure do.

..Net 3.0 includes "Windows Workflow Foundation" and it's exactly what you
just described.
 
K2 are already building on what they have for MOSS2007, from 2003. The out
of the box workflow is limited only by your ability to programme new
workflow in tools like vs.net, using WWF.

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Regards

John Timney (MVP)
VISIT MY WEBSITE:
http://www.johntimney.com
 
Its release is pegged to that of MOSS2007, speaking to Microsoft today it is
a few months away but close to RTM in stability so you should be fairly
confident on using it now but it remains subject to change as all beta's do.

--
--
Regards

John Timney (MVP)
VISIT MY WEBSITE:
http://www.johntimney.com
 
The current thinking is that .Net 3.0 will ship at exactly the same time as
Vista.

RC1 is out now. You can see the Microsoft Site at:
http://www.netfx3.com/

I went to a presentation last night on CardSpace that was put on by the
CommunityServer guys (aka: The guys who run netfx3.com), and it was pretty
neat. I'm still a bit on the fence though - there seem to be some issues
there that still need solving.
 
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