Run WF 4.0 as a server-side component

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Hi all,

For a new project, we need to use WF 4.0 for deploying and running workflows. Instead of hosting workflows within the application itself, we decided to implement a server-side component that is in charge of running workflows.

Before WF 4.0, one had explicit access to the the runtime engine (WorkflowRuntime), which provided some basic management functionalities, such as retrieving the workflows currently running etc ... As far as I could find out, WF 4.0 lacks this explicit access, as workflows are created via the WorkflowInstance class and no reference is immediately available to the WorkflowRuntime ...

If I need these management functionalities on the server side, I'm a correct that I will need to implement these myself? Or did I miss out on something ...

Thanks in advance for your answers!

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