By continuing to browse this site, you agree to this use. AFAIK, there is a small team that is supporting Windows Workflow Foundation. There will be no new security updates, non-security updates, free or paid assisted support options or online technical content updates.The following products will be moving from Mainstream Support into Extended Support over the next year. But .NET 5 will be the evolution of .NET Core, not .NET Framework. I've been looking for a .NET workflow solution, and was interested in Workflow Foundation (née Worflow for Windows), but everything I've been able to find on it is really dated. The following list represents products retiring or reaching the end of support in 2018. Has Microsoft quietly killed WF? .NET 4.6.1 brought support for transaction coordinators outside of DTC (not a small effort). I've been looking for a .NET workflow solution, and was interested in Workflow Foundation (née Worflow for Windows), but everything I've been able to find on it is really dated. As long as SharePoint utilizes WF from the .Net Framework Thanks for helping make community forums a great place. Not withstanding whether MS is still "trying" to support it.Consider the following few announcements from Microsoft:Based on these alone, one can safely conclude that WF has no future in the EAI or middle-tier services.I would also doubt that WF is going to have any future elsewhere considering that all workflow related technologies in Azure (Logic Apps, Flow) have nothing common with WF.Yes this could be considered an indication of WF be deprecated in the offering on azure but there's another area that does continue to keep it alive and that's in it's deep integration with SharePoint. up Microsoft?Also what is the "regular" channel to request a new feature? We also gave them a feature wishlist :)One of my biggest pieces of feedback to them was that they needed to get active on the blogs and let people know they're still around.
new features they are working on for the next framework release. There are also Has its facilities been rolled into something else?Thanks, great to hear! I'm pretty sure that, despite the protests here, WF is pretty much dead. And the latest version … Upon retirement or end of support, there will be no new security updates, non-security updates, free or paid assisted support options or online technical content updates. We spoke with someone from the team very recently and they are still taking feature requests and doing bug fixes. From what it looks like on the web, it's been dormant for quite a while and I assumed Microsoft had given up on it.This has been my impression as well, I see very little updates on this technology, which has never been well-documented in the first place.This site uses cookies for analytics, personalized content and ads.

version of WF is 4.5 which seems to date from 2012. Products Ending Support in 2018. Extended Support includes security updates at no cost, and paid non-security updates and support. Originally published: September 19, 2017. The latest posts the Workflow Team blog has are from 2013. New feature requests are evaluated on a case by case basis. The latest posts the Workflow Team blog has are from 2013. At the //BUILD 2019 conference, Microsoft announced that after .NET Core 3.0(which is due to be released in Q3 of 2019) the next major release wouldbe called .NET 5.This is intended to prevent the extra confusion that mightresult from there being a .NET 4.x and a .NET Core 4.x existing in the sameuniverse. We're nearly in 2018!! 06/11/2020; 5 minutes to read; In this article. Please go here to search for your product's lifecycle..
The following list represents products retiring or reaching the end of support in 2018. Workflows are built using activities, which define units of work. If you have a feature request, please submit it through your normal support channel.We are trying to better understand customer views on social support experience, so your participation in this interview project would be greatly appreciated if you have time. From what I hear, I think that will be happening soon. Workflow Foundation is NOT dead! see Net 4.8 WF release notes). And the latest Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) provides a programming model, in-process workflow engine and re-hostable designer to implement long-running processes as workflows within.NET applications. From what I hear, I think that will be happening soon. new features they are working on for the next framework release. So what's I don't see any reason why it would go away anytime soon.Another indication is I saw a blog recently on code to implement intellisense inside the standalone workflow designer using Roslyn.I'm glad to finally have found a post from 2016 regarding WF and I'm also relieved to hear WF isn't dead but I've yet see any improved/increased activity on blogs regarding WF to let people know they are still around. The Windows Workflow Foundation (full) version that ships with.Net Framework (4x.x) will still be supported in the future – Sharepoint uses it and its end of life is 2026 – however it is most likely that no new features will be added, only bug-fixes will be provided (e.g. Workflow Foundation is NOT dead!