extend business processes with workflow manager
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Extend business processes with Workflow ManagerAlex RandallSenior ConsultantMicrosoft
SPC317
Office 365 Platform Contextual Apps
Robust O365 API’s Flexible Tools Documents People | Groups
Mail Tasks
Calendars REST Web Services
Extend business processes with Workflow What is
Workflow Manager?
What is SharePoint Workflow?
Workflow Creation
Tools
Scenario-Based
Demos!
How to Choose Between the Tools?
What is Workflow Manager?
What is Workflow Manager?Office 365 SharePoint
Onlineor
SharePoint 2013
Azure Workflowor
Workflow Manager
Service Bus
Workflow Foundatio
n 4.5SharePoint 2010
Workflow Platform
SQL Server SQL Server
Workflow Manager Farms
Want to know more?
IT Pro Session:
SPC356 - Designing, deploying, and managing Workflow Manager farms
What is SharePoint Workflow?
Scenario
Meet Garth:
Proposal Writer
Proposal
Proposal
Proposal
Proposal
Technical
Reviewer
Proposal Reviewe
rs
file attachment chaos!
Demo
Automate proposal review process using the browser
SharePoint Workflow 101
What we saw in this example:
People focused
approach
Document focused
approachWorkflow
History ListWorkflow
StatusEmail
notifications
More Workflow Templates…
There are more workflow templates available soon in SharePoint Online
DEV Session:
SPC3994 - What's new in Workflow for SharePoint Online
Workflow Creation Tools
Workflow Creation Tools
The BrowserSharePoint Designer 2013
Visual Studio 2013/2012
Simple Complex
Visio 2013
Scenario
Katie
Wants a Team Site
SharePoint
Admin
Team Site
Too many requests for team sitesAutomate approval, site creation, and tracking
Demo
Automate an approval and team site creation process using SharePoint Designer 2013
SharePoint Designer 2013The premier tool for custom workflow developmentto automate your business processesNew Features in SharePoint Designer 2013New Visual Design Surface (with Visio Pro 2013)Stages, StepsDictionaryCall Web ServiceTasksLoops Many other new workflow activities
Free downloadhttp://www.microsoft.com/en-ie/download/details.aspx?id=35491
ScenarioGarth
Chief CommOfficer
Contoso TwitterFeed
Has a idea for a tweet
Katie
Demo
Automate Contoso Twitter Feed approval and auto-posting process by creating a workflow powered app using Visual Studio 2013
Architecture of ContosoTwitterAppWindows Azure SharePoint Online
Azure Workflow
App Web
Team Site
ContosoTweetsListWorkflowHistoryListWorkflowTaskList
“Remote Web”Azure Web Site
Default.aspx
Azure Web SiteTweetAuthHelp (REST)
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Visual Studio 2013/2012Workflow powered apps for SharePointModeling the ‘human way’ of doing workAutomating-monitoring-improving a business processLong running processesConnecting to other enterprise systems
Custom REST based Web ServicesCustom ActionsWhat’s new in Visual Studio 2013/2012 for workflows?Fully declarative no code authoring environmentNew workflow actions DynamicValue
What about Farm/Sandbox solutions?
Still supported…
Farm solutions don’t work in SharePoint
Online
Sandbox solutions with
code are deprecated
How to choose between the tools?
How to choose between the tools?
The BrowserVisual Studio 2013/2012
Simple Complex
SharePoint Designer 2013
Extend business processes with Workflow What is
Workflow Manager?
What is SharePoint Workflow?
Workflow Creation
Tools
Scenario-based
Demos!
How to Choose Between the Tools?
Resources
SharePoint 2013 workflow hubhttp://aka.ms/sp2013workflow
Workflow Videos from SPC2012 http://aka.ms/SPC2012WorkflowSessions
Additional Workflow Sessions
DEV:SPC3994 - What's new in Workflow for SharePoint
OnlineSPC348 - Update on InfoPath and SharePoint
Forms
IT PRO:SPC356 - Designing, deploying, and managing
Workflow Manager farms
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In-depth articles on MSDNSubject to change; not for production use
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