It’s looking more like the next-generation Windows Server, code-named Longhorn, will get key orchestration features derived from BizTalk Server. Microsoft is working on workflow and orchestration technology, called the Windows Orchestration Engine (WinOE), for the Longhorn/Orcas time frame, several sources familiar with the company’s plans said. The technology manages how processes or software services interact in distributed systems. Elsewhere, Microsoft will ‘componentize’ both the client and server versions of Windows Longhorn, its next-generation platform.
WinOE Likely To Join Indigo, WinFS In Longhorn
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Can someone explain what this is supposed to mean?
I have read through the page twice and I still have no clue as to what it is talking about.
perhaps someone who uses BizTalk Server could explain the article.
is a featureset BizTalk uses which lets you visually design B2B backoffice-style apps and generate a BizTalk ‘server app’. The concept is that of visually ‘orchestrating’ a workflow or design. 4GL for B2B, in a nutshell.
Don’t ask me, misread the article on this page. They started talking about orchestration and when I read the line that said “Longhorn/Orcas” I thought it said “Longhorn/Oscars”. Jeez.. talk about being dyslexic…
I admit I haven’t read the article, but wasn’t Microsoft trumpeting the value of an “integrated stack” not too long ago? It sounded to me like a clever way of locking together their server components while overlooking their monopoly conviction, and snidely insulting the open source community at the same time.
What’s changed? Is it that the various development teams aren’t all working at the same speed?
Did I miss something since when is Longhorn the next server version of Windows?
Longhorn is to be both a client and a server release. The server release was to follow shortly after the client, however, it was announced at WinHEC that they were working towards a simultaneous release for both client and server. Both client and server betas are supposed to start early/mid 2005.
Orcas is a code name for the next Visual Studio after VS.NET Whidbey called Visual Studio Orcas that design for Longhorn.