Connection String and Connection String Name

This topic applies to Windows Workflow Foundation 4 (WF4).

Connection String property specifies the connection string that the SQL Workflow Instance Store should use to connect to a persistence database. This parameter is an optional parameter. Connection String Name property specifies the name of the named connection string that the SQL Workflow Instance Store should use to connect to the persistence database. This parameter is an optional parameter. You should specify a value for the Connection String Name property or the Connection String property if you do not want the SQL Workflow Instance Store to use the default named connection string DefaultSqlWorkflowInstanceStoreConnectionString.