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Ron Jacobs

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2013 4

  1. Status Update
  2. I will return...
  3. Another Post...
  4. My Last Post

2012 5

  1. Less is More
  2. How to use LINQ in a Workflow
  3. What’s Up With Ron
  4. What State is my StateMachine in?
  5. Extending ASP.NET MVC Account Registration with Workflow (WF4)

2011 61

  1. Troubleshooting Workflow Services with diagnostic logging
  2. How To Enable Service Metadata for Workflow Services
  3. Troubleshooting Silverlight, WorkflowServices, WCF and Behavior Extensions
  4. WF4 WorkflowServices Troubleshooting Tip: Browse the XAMLX
  5. Visual Studio 11 Preview and .NET 4 Platform Update 1 Side by Side Bug
  6. Using the WCF Test Client to Test Your Workflow Service
  7. Troubleshooting Workflow Services / Silverlight
  8. XamlInjector–Cannot create unknown type errors
  9. How to create a Custom Activity Designer with Windows Workflow Foundation (WF4)
  10. MSTest [DeploymentItem] and Environment Variables
  11. CleanProject - Cleans Visual Studio Solutions For Uploading or Email
  12. Nuget Package Images
  13. How to: Implement a WCF Asynchronous Service Operation with Task<T>
  14. Windows Workflow Foundation (WF4) ParallelFor Activity
  15. Windows Workflow (WF4) Task Parallelism with Sequences
  16. The Workflow Parallel Activity and Task Parallelism
  17. Windows Workflow Foundation (WF4) Activities and Threads
  18. Authoring Activities in Code or XAML
  19. XAML and Activity Assembly Spoofing
  20. How To Load WF4 Workflow Services from a Database with IIS/AppFabric
  21. Creating a State Machine in Code
  22. Passing arguments to Workflow Activities (again)
  23. Tracking Child Workflow with InvokeWorkflow
  24. Passing Values between Workflow Activities
  25. Performance Review Time
  26. How to handle the trailing slash in a WCF HTTP Service
  27. Using Workflow Services and Silverlight Together
  28. .NET Framework Platform Update 1–Supported Runtime Config
  29. Delay signing Visual Studio and XamlBuildTask
  30. Retargeting Visual Studio Test Projects for .NET 4 Platform Update 1.
  31. How to eliminate tempuri.org from your service WSDL
  32. Microsoft.Activities and Microsoft.Activities.UnitTesting now available via NuGet
  33. How to troubleshoot Windows Server AppFabric and Workflows
  34. WF4 Advanced State Machine Stuff
  35. How to detect if the .NET Framework Platform Update 1 is installed
  36. How to create a WF4 WorkflowServiceHostFactory for AppFabric Auto-Start
  37. Windows Server AppFabric–Reading the Monitoring Database from a Web Application
  38. Distributed System Versioning Myth #1
  39. Visual Studio 2010 Version Selector fails to Open SLN files
  40. WF4 Versioning Spike: Planning for Change
  41. WF4 Workflow Versioning Spike
  42. WF4 – How to Cast in VB Expressions
  43. WF4 How To Invoke a Child Workflow as XAML
  44. ASP.NET WF4 / WCF and Async Calls
  45. WF4 Workflow Services–Can you use the Same Operation more than once?
  46. AppFabric WCF Service Template (C#)
  47. AppFabric WCF HTTP Service Template
  48. WF4 Performance Tip–Cache Activities
  49. WF4 Workflow Episodes
  50. WF4 Collection Activities and Object Equivalence
  51. WF4: How to Unit Test a Workflow that calls a WCF Service
  52. WF4 Workflow Service Data Validation Design
  53. WCF Spike FaultContract, FaultException<TDetail> and Validation
  54. WF4: How Tracking Helped Me Write a Better Unit Test
  55. WF4 Versioning Spike: How To Unit Test Activity Versioning
  56. Assembly.Load, Version Numbers and Unsigned Assemblies
  57. WF4 Versioning Spike: IIS Hosted Workflow Services
  58. WF4 Activity Versioning Solution
  59. WF4 Spike: Activity Versioning, GAC and Loose XAML
  60. Workflow on Windows Azure Research
  61. endpoint.tv - A Better State Machine Driven WPF UI

2010 89

  1. New Release Microsoft.Activities.UnitTesting 1.71
  2. Book Review: Windows Workflow Foundation 4 Cookbook
  3. WCF and AppFabric Auto-Start
  4. How to consume a WCF Service from a WF4 Workflow
  5. New WF4 Caching Activities for Windows Server AppFabric
  6. TechEd Europe 2010 Sessions Now Available
  7. WCF How To–Configuration Based Activation
  8. WCF WebHttp Service returns HTTP 415 “Unsupported Media Type”
  9. Interesting Twist on Auto starting a Workflow with IIS / AppFabric
  10. Want to Learn Windows Workflow 4 (WF4)?
  11. Goodbye Evangelist, Hello Program Manager
  12. endpoint.tv - AppFabric Caching vs. IBM eXtreme Scale benchmark
  13. endpoint.tv - WF4 Activities, Callbacks and Event Handlers
  14. Cool things are happening down under
  15. WF4 Activities and Callbacks / Event Handlers
  16. How To Unit Test Workflows–Mocking Activities
  17. How to Unit Test a WorkflowService
  18. How to Unit Test WF4 Workflows
  19. How to make the WF4 Batch Worker Autostart
  20. The Problem of Versioning
  21. What do you want to see on endpoint.tv?
  22. AppFabric WCF DataService (C#)
  23. How to make a WorkflowService implement a contract
  24. Testing a WorkflowService .xamlx file with Visual Studio
  25. The Canonical REST Entity Service
  26. New Hands On Lab - Introduction to WF4
  27. WF4 Activities Best Practices
  28. Stepping Through .NET Source with VS2010 and .NET 4
  29. WF Tip: Use a StringWriter to capture WriteLine Activity output when testing
  30. System.Web.Routing RouteTable not working with IIS?
  31. AppFabric-enabled WCF Data Service Walkthrough (C#)
  32. AppFabric-enabled WCF Data Service Walkthrough (VB)
  33. AppFabric-enabled WCF Data Service Templates (C#/VB)
  34. Make WCF Simpler
  35. endpoint.tv - Workflow Messaging Architecture with Dave Cliffe
  36. Watch Out! Overloading Constructors on XAML based Activities
  37. Need Help Moving from WF 3.5 to WF 4?
  38. Designers for Custom Activities
  39. Ron Jacobs Tech-Ed North America Sessions
  40. Working with OutArgument<T> in Workflow
  41. New Native Activity Item Templates for Visual Studio 2010
  42. First Wave of AppFabric Patches
  43. CancellationScope Activity Updated for .NET 4 RTM
  44. endpoint.tv - How to Do API Key Verification with a WCF WebHttp (REST) Service
  45. endpoint.tv - Windows Server AppFabric Local Security
  46. New WCF Interop Dev Center on MSDN
  47. How to do API Key Verification for REST Services in .NET 4
  48. endpoint.tv - Windows Server AppFabric - Server Farm Setup
  49. Monitoring WCF Data Service Exceptions with Windows Server AppFabric
  50. Tracking WCF Data Services with Windows Server AppFabric
  51. endpoint.tv - Activity Designers and Designer Rehosting with Kushal Shah
  52. Fixing the PrePostSequence custom activity in Introduction to Workflow Hands On Lab
  53. How to detect if Windows Server AppFabric is installed
  54. CodeContracts – Amazing… simply amazing
  55. Visual Studio 2010 – Multi-Monitor Goodness!
  56. DataCache.Put with Regions
  57. I Love TDD and Code Contracts
  58. The specified module 'DistributedCacheAdministration' was not loaded because no valid module file was found in any module directory.
  59. Setting Up Windows Server AppFabric – order matters
  60. Using Moq with Windows Server AppFabric Caching
  61. Unit Testing with Windows Server AppFabric Caching
  62. &lt;localCache&gt; sync attribute changed in Windows Server AppFabric Beta 2 Refresh
  63. Using AppFabric Caching Powershell cmdlets with AppFabric Beta 2 Refresh
  64. State Machine Activity Pack and ADO.NET Activity Pack CTP1 Release now Available
  65. endpoint.tv – Developing Services with IIS/Windows Server AppFabric
  66. How to create a Workflow Service using a Flowchart
  67. DataContractSerializer vs. NetDataContractSerializer
  68. How to clear and reinitialize Windows Server AppFabric Persistence and Monitoring databases
  69. Developing Web Services on IIS with Windows Server AppFabric
  70. Visual Studio 2010 Training Kit April 2010 Update Is Released
  71. Today on https://endpoint.tv – AppFabric Dashboard Overview
  72. WCF Data Services (OData) and eliminating the .SVC file
  73. WCF Data Services and ServiceRoute
  74. Silicon Valley SQL Server User Group – April 20th
  75. Using System.Web.Routing with Data Services (OData)
  76. MIX10 – AppFabric Caching (“Velocity”) and REST
  77. WF Migration Kit CTP 1 Now Available
  78. How to add a reference to Microsoft.ApplicationServer.Caching.Client
  79. Installing Windows Server AppFabric with the Web Platform Installler
  80. Today on endpoint.tv – Creating an AJAX Enabled WCF Service
  81. WF4 Activities - Switch
  82. My Bytes by MSDN Interview
  83. WCF Sample ComplexTypeAjaxService
  84. Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Kit - February Release
  85. My .NET Rocks Episode
  86. How to get rid of https://tempuri.org in a Workflow Service
  87. How To Secure a Workflow Service in .NET 4
  88. Uh Oh – Workflow Services Lab is Missing…
  89. Visual Studio 2010 Training Kit – January Release now available

2009 37

  1. Today on endpoint.tv – Windows Server AppFabric in action
  2. WCF Security Spike – Day 2
  3. WCF Security Spike – Day 1
  4. WCF Security Is Hard
  5. Where can I get the Workflow Services Lab?
  6. How do I clear my AppFabric Databases?
  7. WF4: How To Access Out Arguments
  8. WF4: Passing Arguments to Activities
  9. WCF Essentials – Great Stuff now online
  10. Testing a SendMail activity with WF4
  11. Windows Workflow in .NET 4 and Web Services
  12. Another reason I love Windows 7 - The Network Troubleshooter
  13. Mocking the Console
  14. How to test WF4 Workflows with Microsoft.Activities.Simulation
  15. WF / WCF 4 and “Dublin” Resources
  16. CancellationScope Activity
  17. Ready to learn WF/WCF 4?
  18. Configuring a VPC for the REST Starter Kit Hands On Labs
  19. Installing Microsoft URL Rewrite Module on Windows 7 Beta
  20. Today on endpoint.tv – The REST Collection Template
  21. RESTful Services and Business Exceptions
  22. WCF REST Starter Kit Preview 2, Windows 7 and the IIS 7 URL Rewrite Module
  23. WCF REST Starter Kit Preview 2 Is Here
  24. REST Starter Kit, ServiceBehavior and Thread safety
  25. Today on endpoint.tv: What is “Dublin” and why should I care?
  26. Partial Trust, System.ServiceModel.Activation.WebServiceHostFactory and ASP.NET Development Server
  27. Easy REST
  28. Partial Classes, Default Constructors – watch Out!
  29. Ambiguous UriTemplates, Query Parameters and Integration Testing
  30. Windows 7 and Silverlight Developer Tools Installer
  31. Have to go back to Windows Vista
  32. Doing Better with Less
  33. Windows 7 Beta 1 Installation Tip
  34. Mocking the TableGateway pattern
  35. ADO.NET Entity Framework Hands On Lab
  36. .NET Framework 3.5 Enhancements Training Kit and Getting it working with SQL 2008
  37. My Tech New Years Resolution

2008 42

  1. New WCF REST Hands On Lab Drop
  2. Testing RESTful Services and Win7 Updates
  3. Ready to learn more about REST with WCF?
  4. WorkflowServices and Context Binding
  5. Windows 7 - Day 7
  6. Windows 7 - Day 3
  7. More Video on the WCF REST Starter Kit
  8. WCF REST Starter Kit
  9. Clean that Project
  10. Building A Better Sample Application
  11. Securing AJAX services with ASP.NET Membership
  12. Unit Testing Activities with Windows Workflow Foundation
  13. TDD and Windows Workflow Foundation
  14. Make your program run as admin on Vista
  15. The Road to "Oslo"
  16. SOAP and REST a Perspective
  17. Why Does my DelayActivity's InitializeTimeoutDuration not work?
  18. endpoint.tv - Getting Control of the URI with RESTful WCF Services
  19. Setting up Workflow Databases for Persistence and Tracking
  20. uR 5UcH 4 n00B
  21. Locking in SqlWorkflowPersistenceService
  22. Putting the "You" in Usability
  23. Help - My Head Is Exploding
  24. Modeling Change
  25. Behavior Change and State
  26. Living through "The Change"
  27. AdventureWorks REST API Version 4 updated for Architect Connections Orlando
  28. Death at the hands of the Demo gods or PowerPoint glitch? You decide....
  29. My first WCF REST Talk at Tech-Ed Israel
  30. My RESTful Client / Service Sample
  31. Building and Managing the Magic of Software - My talk in Athens with Bill Gates
  32. AdventureWorks Security and webHttp endpoint behavior
  33. Why the wait?
  34. WCF Deployment Challenge - Phase II deploy to IIS on local machine
  35. WCF Deployment Challenge
  36. What I've learned so far about REST with Yahoo Services
  37. Implementing the Asynchronous Programming Model
  38. Confessions of a RESTful newbie
  39. Using the Windows Workflow SynchronizationScopeActivity with the ParallelActivity
  40. Meet The Parallel Activity
  41. Today's Learning: ReplicatorActivity
  42. Time For A Change

2007 16

  1. Visibility + Supportability + Consistency == Great UX?
  2. Supportability - Keeping the "Main Thing" the "Main Thing"
  3. Visibility as an Architectural Property
  4. ARCast on Silverlight
  5. Today on ARCast.TV - DinnerNow.net Windows Cardspace (Part 1)
  6. Exceptions vs. Error codes with Services
  7. Presentation Tips from Tech-Ed 2007
  8. Tech-Ed US 2007 - The Architecture Landscape
  9. Today on ARCast.TV Architecting for Performance
  10. Want to be an Architect? Learn to think like one
  11. Investing in the long tail
  12. User Experience Distraction #32 Dialogus Interruptus
  13. Questions on SaaS
  14. A new idea for ARCast.TV - SurvivorTect
  15. Today on ARCast.TV - Exploring Disney Studios with Steve Davis
  16. Thanks a Million!

2006 26

  1. I forgot the Security Video
  2. SaaS - meet the little guy and the middle man
  3. Doh! ARCast(at)microsoft(dot)com wasn't working
  4. Must See ARCast.TV!
  5. My Zune Is Finally Here!
  6. Architect as Explorer
  7. How do you Saas?
  8. ARCast TV - Project Web21C @ British Telecom
  9. What do you think about ARCast?
  10. The ARCast Top 20 for FY07
  11. Tell me what you think about ARCast - www.arcastsurvey.net
  12. Take the ARCast listener survey
  13. CBA Case Study Videos Completed
  14. More video case studies on the way
  15. Video Case Study - CommSee Project - Commonwealth Bank of Australia
  16. Who is in charge - us or the machines?
  17. Patterns and Anti-Patterns for SOA
  18. Architecture Design Question of the Week
  19. Want to be a podcaster?
  20. Question of the Week - Validation Code Reuse
  21. Blogging from Word 2007
  22. Add Accessibility to the list of User Experience
  23. Architecting the User Experience
  24. SPARK something!
  25. Autonomous Services - closer than ever
  26. My friend... the legend.

2005 20

  1. Topics Maps / ARCast Acquired ArcTalk
  2. ArcTalk - Bring It On!
  3. Contending for Canada Tour Day 2
  4. My Quest: Architecture
  5. PDC2005 .NET invades the platform (finally!)
  6. Composite UI Application Block - today is the day
  7. TechEd 2005 Reflections
  8. Generating the Data Tier
  9. Dynamic configuration of data access block
  10. SQLScript.NET
  11. On the road again...
  12. Brazil: Day 1
  13. Why am I still at the office?
  14. Inside the Delta Lounge with the Enterprise Library Dev team
  15. Blog Spam!
  16. Record setting webcast!
  17. Enterprise Library Webcast Series
  18. VSLive Reflections
  19. Hello World - its Enterprise Library
  20. Exception Handling & Metadata

2004 11

  1. Looking for some people in cyberspace...
  2. Some more thinking about open source projects
  3. Judging the quality of open source projects
  4. Getting into Wiki...
  5. How much would you pay?
  6. Committed to guidance
  7. Why SOA?
  8. You know you are a geek when...
  9. Blog in my mouth...
  10. My Best Webcast - ever
  11. Building Blocks for Everyone