Once the Windows Server AppFabric is installed successfully on the host machine, workflow services can start leveraging the underlying hosting, monitoring, and persistence features.
In this recipe, we will learn how persistence is enabled for workflow instances running on IIS/WAS. We will specifically focus on the following three related tasks:
Workflow persistence configuration using AppFabric Dashboard
Invoking a workflow service using WCF Test Client
Viewing workflow instances using AppFabric Dashboard
Note
Services built with WCF Service Application, WCF Workflow Application
, and WCF Service-Based Website
project templates in Visual Studio are managed by Window Server AppFabric by default.
For the sake of simplicity, we will use a sample workflow service available for download at MSDN via Windows Server AppFabric Samples (at http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/confirmation.aspx?id=19603).