Foreword

Have you ever set foot in the kitchen with a certain hunger and found that you had no clue as to how to make that dish? At such a time a cookbook is a wonderful thing. That's why I appreciate this concept of a cookbook for workflows and services. At Microsoft when we build products they are often chocked full of little known but wonderful capabilities and guys like Hammad and Rick are just the sort of chefs that have what it takes to make you successful with it. AppFabric brings some terrific capabilities to Windows Server and IIS with distributed caching and terrific hosting features for WCF Services and WCF Workflow Services at no additional cost, so using it is a no-brainer but maximizing it will take the kind of insight you will find in this book. So break out the mixing bowls, spatulas, and turn on the oven... I can almost smell success from here.

Ron Jacobs

Senior Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation