Workflow Evolution For SharePoint 2013
Alan Richards
About Me
Worked in the education sector for over 17 years
Speaker / Blogger
SharePoint MVP
Agenda
What's New
Configuration
Demo ?
What's New
Expressive SharePoint Designer 2013 can do more
Connected Cloud ready Uses SharePoint app model
Authorisation
Unbounded onPrem In the cloud Scalable
Expressive Stages & Transitions
Stages carry out a function Transition to stages
Looping Loop n times or with condition
Start classic workflow Visual Designer (Requires Visio Professional 2013)
Connected
Cloud ready Runs onPrem or in SharePoint online
REST web services External Data
Web services JSON
Connected SP2010 – Workflows ran as the initiator or as
publisher (Impersonation step) SharePoint 2013 - Workflows are apps
Workflows have an identity Read/write to site App/User combination by default for permissions Use an App Step to use Workflow as app for
permission to a location the user does not have permission for
Unbounded
Loosely coupled Runs a separate server
Workflow Manager Manageable & scalable
Configuration
Workflow Manager Downloadable product
Install with SharePoint
Install separate to SharePoint
Powershell command to connect the two together
Workflow client Installed to SharePoint server if Workflow manager on separate server
Service Bus Azure service now used onPrem
Manages communication
Uses oAuth for communication http or https
Collocated
Federated
Topology is your choice Install on same server as SharePoint
Install on standalone Server (Install workflow client to SharePoint server)
Scale as necessary First workflow server creates the farm
Add servers to workflow farm
Load balance
http or https communication
PowerShell connects it all together
Summary Expressive
Better flow control with stages & transitions
Visual Designer
Connected
Cloud ready
REST web services
JSON
Unbounded
Loosely coupled with SharePoint
Manage and scale independent of SharePoint
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