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 Online

orSharePoint 2013

Azure Workflowor

Workflow Manager

Service Bus

Workflow Foundatio

n 4.5

SharePoint 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

approach

Workflow History List

Workflow Status

Email notification

s

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

Scenario

Garth

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

ContosoTweetsList

WorkflowHistoryList

WorkflowTaskList

“Remote Web”Azure Web Site

Default.aspx

Twitter

Azure Web SiteTweetAuthHelp (REST)

1

2

3

45

6

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

Explore our new Preview APIs

In-depth articles on MSDNSubject to change; not for production use

Connect with the community

Speak your mind at OfficeSPDev.UserVoice.ComSolve your roadblocks on StackOverflow

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