I've been selected as Subject Matter Expert By Microsoft Redmond
to design the Exam 70-504: TS: .NET Framework 3.5 - Windows Workflow Foundation.
Being under NDA, I won't provide more details about this, but I had a great week in Redmond with several MS guys and other Workflow Foundation experts.
I really think we did a nice job and we are proud of it.
Working on this first Workflow Exam has been an honour for me.

Here is the final picture:

From Left to Rigth : my new friends :

Ariel Schapiro, Serge Luca, Alfred Gary Myres, Brian Myers (author of an "Introduction to Windows Workflow Foundation") and Mark Dunn (co-creator of ".Net Rocks").

(By the way, don't try to read the questions on the white board behind us)

And here's me in front of building 40.

 

 

Very exciting ! I'm going to Redmond (Seattle) tomorrow in order to work with a Microsoft team on some Windows Workflow Foundation stuff for a week.

Being under NDA I cannot give you more details (maybe later, who knows...).

The funny story is my colleague Patrick T will also be there for something else.

A kind of U2U invasion...

It's a great satisfaction to know that the Workflow Foundation Hands on Labs I've ported from C# to VB.Net have been published a few days ago by Microsoft on the MSDN under the supervision of Paul Andrew (WF & WC PM). Actually Labs 1 to 3 were ported by Ken Kam Hung Lim (another MVP) and I ported labs 4 to 10.

It took us a lot of time because we've translated everything : word documents, snippets, libraries; illlustrations have been adapted.

They can be downloaded here.

 

The (online) Windows Sharepoint Services 3 sdk has been updated a few days ago.The download version will only be available in june.

The Workflow Configuration schema is part of this update :

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb417439.aspx