posted on Tuesday, November 29, 2005 10:43 AM
by
Jonathan Hodgson
Hosted Microsoft technology virtual labs
With so many new technology previews coming out of Microsoft recently it is hard to find to time to investigate and try out these tools.
Microsoft has some
great hosted labs, you can try for free, think Terminal Server/Remote Desktop into a pre-configured lab session complete with a labs manual for you to work through some basic concepts.
There is a
Windows Workflow Foundation lab:
"Windows Workflow Foundation is the programming model, engine and tools for quickly building workflow enabled applications on Windows. It consists of a WinFX? namespace, an in-process workflow engine, and designers for Visual Studio 2005.
Learn how to create simple workflows and use them in Windows applications via MSDN’s Windows Workflow Foundation virtual lab. This free, 90-minute, guided hands on lab will teach you how to:
- Create and debug a hello world workflow.
- Receive data into the workflow using parameters.
- Create an expense reporting workflow using IF/Else?, declarative conditions and custom activities.
- Extend the expense workflow with some advanced event-based activities."