SharePoint 2013 now supports two workflow platforms. We will walk through using the two workflow platforms and how they are different. We will configure the SharePoint 2013 Workflow Manager and build a workflow that can run locally and in the Azure cloud seamlessly.
Attendee Takeaways:
1. Understanding both of the SharePoint 2013 Workflow architectures.
2. Learn to setup and configure the SharePoint 2013 Workflow Manager.
3. Learn to build staged workflows and run them in the local or the Microsoft Azure cloud
Op de BIWUG van 17 november, dit maal gehost en georganiseerd door Tobania, nam onze eigenste Peter Plessers deel als gastspreker omtrent het onderwerp Office Add-in Development. In deze sessie bood Peter het talrijke publiek een overzicht van de mogelijkheden en aangebrachte verbeteringen van Office 2016 aan de hand van een aantal verhelderende demo’s en ervaringen uit recent gebruik ervan.
In this demo rich session, Penny will demonstrate will introduce some of the new workflow features of SPD 2013: concentrating on loops, the new dictionary variable and calling web services, as well as the new SharePoint 2013 Promoted Links list app.
Building Workflows for SharePoint 2010 with SharePoint Designer and VisioElaine Van Bergen
Workflow in SharePoint 2010 has been revamped with a new designer for building both reusable workflows and list-based workflows. Come and learn about the new possibilities for automating business processes in SharePoint 2010 with easy-to-use, no-code tools. This talk will describe the new workflow features and demonstrate how SharePoint 2010 can be used to create rich end-to-end workflows, cheaply and easily.
Op de BIWUG van 17 november, dit maal gehost en georganiseerd door Tobania, nam onze eigenste Peter Plessers deel als gastspreker omtrent het onderwerp Office Add-in Development. In deze sessie bood Peter het talrijke publiek een overzicht van de mogelijkheden en aangebrachte verbeteringen van Office 2016 aan de hand van een aantal verhelderende demo’s en ervaringen uit recent gebruik ervan.
In this demo rich session, Penny will demonstrate will introduce some of the new workflow features of SPD 2013: concentrating on loops, the new dictionary variable and calling web services, as well as the new SharePoint 2013 Promoted Links list app.
Building Workflows for SharePoint 2010 with SharePoint Designer and VisioElaine Van Bergen
Workflow in SharePoint 2010 has been revamped with a new designer for building both reusable workflows and list-based workflows. Come and learn about the new possibilities for automating business processes in SharePoint 2010 with easy-to-use, no-code tools. This talk will describe the new workflow features and demonstrate how SharePoint 2010 can be used to create rich end-to-end workflows, cheaply and easily.
Speakers: Saša Tomičić, Ivan Popek;
This session will introduce an interesting set of new features and capabilities of the SharePoint Server 2013 workflow engine powered by .NET Framework 4.5. We will show which platforms you can use to develop your workflows and show the SharePoint Designer workflow enhancements. Beside that you will see new Windows Azure Workflow capabilities and, last but not least, a few Windows PowerShell cmdlets that manage workflow.
Workflow allow you to automate your business processes
SharePoint Workflow
A Real Example of Workflow
SP Designer VS Visual Studio
SharePoint Designer 2013
Develop Workflow using SharePoint Designer
Demo: Developing SharePoint Designer 2013 Workflow
Create Workflow using Visual Studio 2012
Build scalable SharePoint 2013 Staged Workflows to run locally and in the CloudBrian Culver
SharePoint 2013 now supports two workflow platforms. We will walk through using the two workflow platforms and how they are different. We will configure the SharePoint 2013 Workflow Manager and build a workflow that can run locally and in the Azure cloud seamlessly.
Attendee Takeaways:
Understanding both of the SharePoint 2013 Workflow architectures.
Learn to setup and configure the SharePoint 2013 Workflow Manager.
Learn to build staged workflows and run them in the local or the Microsoft Azure cloud
Slide Deck of the session "Getting Started with SharePoint 2013 Workflows"
Date : 25 October 2014
Event : SPSEvents Washington DC Reston
Place : Microsoft Technology Center, 12012 Sunset Hills Road, Reston , Virginia USA 20190
Twitter Handle: #SPSDC
January’s call, hosted by Kim Brandl, featured the following presenters and topics:
-Alex Jerabek, Dev Writer, provided a general overview of Office Add-ins.
-Raymond Lu, Senior Program Manager, shared information about Excel preview (beta) APIs in requirement set 1.11.
-Vesa Juvonen, Principal Program Manager, presented about building Office Add-ins using the SharePoint Framework.
-Kim Brandl, Senior Dev Writer, shared that the Yeoman generator for Office Add-ins will soon support creating SSO-enabled Office Add-ins.
For more information, visit https://developer.microsoft.com/office
The story for workflow in SharePoint 2010 has changed significantly. This sessions details the new capabilities that allow for business users designing workflows in Visio, through to SharePoint designer improvements and finishing in visual studio.
WF 103 - Build scalable SharePoint 2013 Staged Workflows to run locally and i...Brian Culver
SharePoint 2013 now supports two workflow platforms. We will walk through using the two workflow platforms and how they are different. We will configure the SharePoint 2013 Workflow Manager and build a workflow that can run locally and in the Azure cloud seamlessly.
Attendee Takeaways:
1. Understanding both of the SharePoint 2013 Workflow architectures.
2. Learn to setup and configure the SharePoint 2013 Workflow Manager.
3. Learn to build staged workflows and run them in the local or the Microsoft Azure cloud.
http://www.sharepointfest.com/Chicago/agenda/283-wf103
SharePointFest 2013 Washington DC - WF 204 - Build scalable SharePoint 2013 S...Brian Culver
SharePoint 2013 now supports two workflow platforms. We will walk through using the two workflow platforms and how they are different. We will configure the SharePoint 2013 Workflow Manager and build a workflow that can run locally and in the Azure cloud seamlessly.
Speakers: Saša Tomičić, Ivan Popek;
This session will introduce an interesting set of new features and capabilities of the SharePoint Server 2013 workflow engine powered by .NET Framework 4.5. We will show which platforms you can use to develop your workflows and show the SharePoint Designer workflow enhancements. Beside that you will see new Windows Azure Workflow capabilities and, last but not least, a few Windows PowerShell cmdlets that manage workflow.
Workflow allow you to automate your business processes
SharePoint Workflow
A Real Example of Workflow
SP Designer VS Visual Studio
SharePoint Designer 2013
Develop Workflow using SharePoint Designer
Demo: Developing SharePoint Designer 2013 Workflow
Create Workflow using Visual Studio 2012
Build scalable SharePoint 2013 Staged Workflows to run locally and in the CloudBrian Culver
SharePoint 2013 now supports two workflow platforms. We will walk through using the two workflow platforms and how they are different. We will configure the SharePoint 2013 Workflow Manager and build a workflow that can run locally and in the Azure cloud seamlessly.
Attendee Takeaways:
Understanding both of the SharePoint 2013 Workflow architectures.
Learn to setup and configure the SharePoint 2013 Workflow Manager.
Learn to build staged workflows and run them in the local or the Microsoft Azure cloud
Slide Deck of the session "Getting Started with SharePoint 2013 Workflows"
Date : 25 October 2014
Event : SPSEvents Washington DC Reston
Place : Microsoft Technology Center, 12012 Sunset Hills Road, Reston , Virginia USA 20190
Twitter Handle: #SPSDC
January’s call, hosted by Kim Brandl, featured the following presenters and topics:
-Alex Jerabek, Dev Writer, provided a general overview of Office Add-ins.
-Raymond Lu, Senior Program Manager, shared information about Excel preview (beta) APIs in requirement set 1.11.
-Vesa Juvonen, Principal Program Manager, presented about building Office Add-ins using the SharePoint Framework.
-Kim Brandl, Senior Dev Writer, shared that the Yeoman generator for Office Add-ins will soon support creating SSO-enabled Office Add-ins.
For more information, visit https://developer.microsoft.com/office
The story for workflow in SharePoint 2010 has changed significantly. This sessions details the new capabilities that allow for business users designing workflows in Visio, through to SharePoint designer improvements and finishing in visual studio.
WF 103 - Build scalable SharePoint 2013 Staged Workflows to run locally and i...Brian Culver
SharePoint 2013 now supports two workflow platforms. We will walk through using the two workflow platforms and how they are different. We will configure the SharePoint 2013 Workflow Manager and build a workflow that can run locally and in the Azure cloud seamlessly.
Attendee Takeaways:
1. Understanding both of the SharePoint 2013 Workflow architectures.
2. Learn to setup and configure the SharePoint 2013 Workflow Manager.
3. Learn to build staged workflows and run them in the local or the Microsoft Azure cloud.
http://www.sharepointfest.com/Chicago/agenda/283-wf103
SharePointFest 2013 Washington DC - WF 204 - Build scalable SharePoint 2013 S...Brian Culver
SharePoint 2013 now supports two workflow platforms. We will walk through using the two workflow platforms and how they are different. We will configure the SharePoint 2013 Workflow Manager and build a workflow that can run locally and in the Azure cloud seamlessly.
Slides from a presentation I did demonstrating the new features of SharePoint 2013 as well as a simple App I created which talks to a service on Windows Azure.
Accompanying article is at: http://www.shailensukul.com/2012/10/sharepoint-2013-swordfish-app.html
This 60 min webinar will introduce you to all the ideas and best practices for migration of SharePoint workflows from SP2010 to SP2013. After this webinar, you will be able to plan your migration strategy for SharePoint workflows - an important component in the overall SharePoint architecture.
Our SharePoint Expert Consultant will share his personal experiences of migrating workflows in SharePoint.
Overview of the Webinar Topics
- Personal Experiences in Workflow Migration
- 5 Steps to Migrate SharePoint OOTB Workflows
- 4 Keys to Migrate SharePoint Designer Workflows
- 3 Challenges in Migrating SharePoint Custom Workflows
- Workflow Migration using Visual Studio 2012
- Leveraging Workflow Manager in SharePoint 2013
SharePoint online training offered by Quontra Solutions with special features having Extensive Training will be in both SharePoint Online Training and Placement. We help you in resume preparation and conducting Mock Interviews.
Emphasis is given on important topics that were required and mostly used in real time projects. Quontra Solutions is an Online Training Leader when it comes to high-end effective and efficient IT Training. We have always been and still are focusing on the key aspect which is providing utmost effective and competent training to both students and professionals who are eager to enrich their technical skills.
SharePoint Designer Workflows - Nuts, Bolts and ExamplesDrew Madelung
This session will touch on all different aspects of SharePoint Designer workflows. Whether you are just getting started with your first workflow or want to see some cool complex examples, this session is for you!
The key areas this session will cover are:
• Differences between SharePoint 2010 and 2013 workflows
• Getting started with SharePoint Designer workflows
• Great workflow features you might not be using
• My handy tips and tricks
• Real world examples of when you can use workflows
Getting Started
- Pre Requisites
- Installation Steps
- Features Overviews
- Business Connectivity Services
- Business Intelligence
- Identity Management
- UI enhancements for Mobile Devices
- Web Content Management
- Workflows
Getting Started with SharePoint Development
- What we can Customize?
- Tools for SharePoint Customization
Similar to Building Scalable SharePoint 2013 Workflows - WF101 - SPFestDC (20)
Real World SharePoint Framework and Azure ServicesBrian Culver
Building Solution in Office 365 requires leveraging other cloud services, such as Azure Services. For those new to SharePoint and all SharePoint veterans, building cloud ready “Full Trust” solutions for Office 365 introduces a huge paradigm shift over the traditional on-premise full-trust development model.
In this session, we will look at a couple common full trust solutions and move them to Office365 and Azure. We will leverage various Azure services such as Azure Functions, Event Grids and WebJobs. See demonstrations on how event receivers become Azure Function and Event Grids, and timer jobs become Azure WebJobs. Learn about other useful Azure services for replacing full trust functionality. Don’t pass up this opportunity to learn skills and knowledge you need to build Office 365 Solutions leveraging Cloud Services
Attendee Takeaways:
1. Understand how to take Full Trust solutions from On-premise to the Office365.
2. Learn how to use Azure Functions, Event Grids, WebJobs and several other Azure Services.
3. See demonstrations of a couple common Full Trust Solutions converted to cloud solutions on Office365 and Azure.
Real World SharePoint Framework and Azure ServicesBrian Culver
Building Solution in Office 365 requires leveraging other cloud services, such as Azure Services. For those new to SharePoint and all SharePoint veterans, building cloud ready “Full Trust” solutions for Office 365 introduces a huge paradigm shift over the traditional on-premise full-trust development model.
In this session, we will look at a couple common full trust solutions and move them to Office365 and Azure. We will leverage various Azure services such as Azure Functions, Event Grids and WebJobs. See demonstrations on how event receivers become Azure Function and Event Grids, and timer jobs become Azure WebJobs. Learn about other useful Azure services for replacing full trust functionality. Don’t pass up this opportunity to learn skills and knowledge you need to build Office 365 Solutions leveraging Cloud Services
Attendee Takeaways:
1. Understand how to take Full Trust solutions from On-premise to the Office365.
2. Learn how to use Azure Functions, Event Grids, WebJobs and several other Azure Services.
3. See demonstrations of a couple common Full Trust Solutions converted to cloud solutions on Office365 and Azure.
How to convert your Full Trust Solutions to the SharePoint Framework (SPFx)Brian Culver
This is a walkthrough on the tools, steps and process for converting common full trust solution to SharePoint Framework solutions. We will cover several scenariosn and discuss how to handle each appropriately. We have established a general workflow for converting your full trust solutions to SPFx solutions that I will share. We also will cover the proper configuration for your development environment. Lastly I will quickly highlight and show the process for building an SPFx solution and deploying it to Office 365. Lots of DO’s and DON’Ts will be shared. I’ll show you some of my scars too. From this session forward, you will want to hone your skills in modern SharePoint and convert everything to SPFx solutions.
Attendee Takeaways:
1. Understand the why, the how, and what make up the SharePoint Framework (SPFx).
2. A demonstration where we take a common Full Trust Solutions and covert it to the SharePoint Framework (SPFx).
3. I share lots of tips, DO’s and DON’Ts to save you hours and days of your life
Convert your Full Trust Solutions to the SharePoint Framework (SPFx)Brian Culver
This is a walkthrough where we convert a common full trust solution to a SharePoint Framework solution. I will show you the general workflow for converting your full trust solutions to SPFx solutions. I show you the proper configuration for your development environment. We walk through building the SPFx solutions and deploying it to Office 365. Lots of DO’s and DON’Ts will be shared. I’ll show you some of my scars too. From this session forward, you will want to hone your skills in modern SharePoint and convert everything to SPFx solutions.
Attendee Takeaways:
1. Understand the why, the how, and what make up the SharePoint Framework (SPFx).
2. A demonstration where we take a common Full Trust Solutions and covert it to the SharePoint Framework (SPFx) in less than 1 hour.
3. I share lots of tips, DO’s and DON’Ts to save you hours and days of your life. Yes, you are welcome :)
Share Upgrading and Migrating to SharePoint 2016 Like a ProBrian Culver
SharePoint 2016 is finally out and it brings tons of new features that continue to make SharePoint an amazing collaboration tool for companies. Many companies are still on SharePoint 2010, maybe even earlier versions. In this session, I discuss and show you the approach for upgrading and migrating to SharePoint 2016. It’s time to get with the times and upgrade your farm. I will shares best practices and lots of tips as we upgrade our sample farm. I will include some troubleshooting and custom solutions based on real world scenarios to make sure this isn’t another “simple” upgrade. Best of all, we will have fun doing this.
Attendee Takeaways:
1. Learn how to upgrade to SharePoint 2016 from various SharePoint versions.
2. Learn best practices for upgrading smoothly and properly.
3. Learn some tips and tricks to making the upgrade faster, less error prone and efficient to reduce downtime.
4. Learn how to troubleshooting and deal with upgrade issues.
How to convert your Full Trust Solutions to the SharePoint Framework (SPFx)Brian Culver
This is a walkthrough on the tools, steps and process for converting common full trust solution to SharePoint Framework solutions. We will cover several scenariosn and discuss how to handle each appropriately. We have established a general workflow for converting your full trust solutions to SPFx solutions that I will share. We also will cover the proper configuration for your development environment. Lastly I will quickly highlight and show the process for building an SPFx solution and deploying it to Office 365. Lots of DO’s and DON’Ts will be shared. I’ll show you some of my scars too. From this session forward, you will want to hone your skills in modern SharePoint and convert everything to SPFx solutions.
Attendee Takeaways:
1. Understand the why, the how, and what make up the SharePoint Framework (SPFx).
2. A demonstration where we take a common Full Trust Solutions and covert it to the SharePoint Framework (SPFx).
3. I share lots of tips, DO’s and DON’Ts to save you hours and days of your life. You’re welcome :)
Convert your Full Trust Solutions to the SharePoint Framework (SPFx)Brian Culver
This is a live walkthrough where we convert a common full trust solution to a SharePoint Framework solution. May the demo Gods be kind to me. Really, we will do it. Does not cover all possible scenarios, but I will show you the general workflow for converting your full trust solutions to SPFx solutions. I show you the proper configuration for your development environment. We walk through building the SPFx solutions and deploying it to Office 365. Lots of DO’s and DON’Ts will be shared. I’ll show you some of my scars too. From this session forward, you will want to hone your skills in modern SharePoint and convert everything to SPFx solutions.
Attendee Takeaways:
1. Understand the why, the how, and what make up the SharePoint Framework (SPFx).
2. Discussion where we compare common Full Trust Solutions and options for converting to the SharePoint Framework (SPFx) in less than 1 hour.
Convert your Full Trust Solutions to the SharePoint Framework (SPFx) in 1 hourBrian Culver
This is a live walkthrough where we convert a common full trust solution to a SharePoint Framework solution. May the demo Gods be kind to me. Really, we will do it. Does not cover all possible scenarios, but I will show you the general workflow for converting your full trust solutions to SPFx solutions. I show you the proper configuration for your development environment. We walk through building the SPFx solutions and deploying it to Office 365. Lots of DO’s and DON’Ts will be shared. I’ll show you some of my scars too. From this session forward, you will want to hone your skills in modern SharePoint and convert everything to SPFx solutions.
Attendee Takeaways:
1. Understand the why, the how, and what make up the SharePoint Framework (SPFx).
2. A live demonstration where we take a common Full Trust Solutions and covert it to the SharePoint Framework (SPFx) in less than 1 hour.
3. I share lots of tips, DO’s and DON’Ts to save you hours and days of your life. Yes, you are welcome :)
Houston TechFest 2017- Migrate and Upgrade to 2016 SuccesfullyBrian Culver
SharePoint 2016 is finally out and it brings tons of new features that continue to make SharePoint an amazing collaboration tool for companies. Many companies are still on SharePoint 2010, maybe even earlier versions. In this session, I discuss and show you the approach for upgrading and migrating to SharePoint 2016. Its time to get with the times and upgrade your farm. I will shares best practices and lots of tips as we upgrade our sample farm. I will include some troubleshooting and custom solutions based on real world scenarios to make sure this isn’t another “simple” upgrade. Best of all, we will have fun doing this.
Attendee Takeaways:
1. Learn how to upgrade to SharePoint 2016 from various SharePoint versions.
2. Learn best practices for upgrading smoothly and properly.
3. Learn some tips and tricks to making the upgrade faster, less error prone and efficient to reduce downtime.
4. Learn how to troubleshooting and deal with upgrade issues.
Real World Add-in Development for Office365Brian Culver
Building Add-ins for Office 365 requires many new skills and knowledge. For those new to SharePoint and all SharePoint veterans, building add-ins and apps for Office 365 introduces a huge paradigm shift over the full-trust development model. Full-trust development is on its way out whether we like it or not. In this session, we will learn how to create real world add-ins and apps deployable on Office 365. Learn to build SharePoint-Hosted add-ins/apps and Provider-Hosted add-ins/apps that will leverage various Azure services to create robust solutions, including Azure Web Sites, Azure Web Jobs and more. We will demonstrate and build a couple apps to explain and demonstrate many of the key Azure Services. The future is today. Don’t pass up this opportunity to learn the skills and knowledge you need to build SharePoint Add-ins and App solutions for Office 365.
Attendee Takeaways:
1. Understand the difference between full-trust solutions, sandbox solutions and add-ins/app solutions.
2. Create real world add-ins and apps deployable on Office 365 and On-premise SharePoint.
3. Build SharePoint-Hosted add-ins/apps and Provider-Hosted add-ins/apps.
Building SharePoint 2016 Hybrid the right wayBrian Culver
Let’s build a SharePoint 2016 Hybrid farm following best practices on Azure in real time. During the build process we will discuss how the new features in 2016 affect the farm architecture and what new features need to be configured. We will also configure the farm to enable a hybrid farm with Office365. Following the session, the attendees will receive all scripts used during the demos.
Attendee Takeaways:
1. Tips and shortcuts to how to build a SharePoint 2016 farm.
2. Learn about many of the new SharePoint 2016 features.
3. Learn how to enable hybrid scenarios between On-premise SharePoint 2016 and Office 365.
Presented at Houston TechFest 2016
SPSHOU - Upgrading and Migrating to SharePoint 2016 like a ProBrian Culver
SharePoint Saturday Houston #SPSHOU
Level: 300
Track: Administrator, Development / SharePoint App
SharePoint 2016 is finally out and it brings tons of new features that continue to make SharePoint an amazing collaboration tool for companies. Many companies are still on SharePoint 2010, maybe even earlier versions. In this session, I discuss and show you the approach for upgrading and migrating to SharePoint 2016. Its time to get with the times and upgrade your farm. I will shares best practices and lots of tips as we upgrade our sample farm. I will include some troubleshooting and custom solutions based on real world scenarios to make sure this isn’t another “simple” upgrade. Best of all, we will have fun doing this.
Attendee Takeaways:
1. Learn how to upgrade to SharePoint 2016 from various SharePoint versions.
2. Learn best practices for upgrading smoothly and properly.
3. Learn some tips and tricks to making the upgrade faster, less error prone and efficient to reduce downtime.
4. Learn how to troubleshooting and deal with upgrade issues.
HSPUG Loving one drive for business as a productivity toolBrian Culver
Presentation for Houston SharePoint User Group on March 16, 2016
The Cloud is changing everything very quickly. We started out with MySites, SkyDrive and now the OneDrive. OneDrive for Business offers many Enterprise class feature that are easy to miss and confuse. For example, OneDrive for Business provides you with 1 TB of space in the cloud. Who doesn’t love that? You can share files from anywhere with anyone anywhere securely. All your devices can synchronize and allow you to transition from one to the next seamlessly without shuffling through several thumb drives. Come out and learn how OneDrive for Business can make you more productive at work and collaborate better.
Attendee Takeaways:
Understand what OneDrive for Business offers.
Using OneDrive for Business to improve file sharing experiences anywhere.
Leverage the Enterprise features of OneDrive for Business.
OneDrive for Business benefits in SharePoint 2016 over SharePoint 2013
http://www.h-spug.org/
SPT 104 Unlock your big data with analytics and BI on Office 365Brian Culver
SharePoint Fest Denver 2016
SPT 104 - Unlock your Big Data with Analytics and BI on Office 365
Brian Culver, MCM - Invited Speaker
Companies have huge amounts of data waiting to be explored. With Azure HDInsights you can realize the value of your data. With Microsoft Excel 2013 and Office 365, you have a complete platform for BI solutions and services. Power BI allows companies to manipulate and study a variety of data points, gain actionable insights and share their insights. PowerPivot, Power View, Power Query, Power Map and Power BI Sites let users analyze and make decisions using structured and unstructured data.
Attendee Takeaways:
1. Learn to setup and configure HDInsights on Microsoft Azure.
2. Understand how to use Excel for BI capabilities.
3. Build a BI Dashboard in Office365.
Spt 101 Loving Onedrive for business as a productivity toolBrian Culver
SharePoint Fest Denver 2016
SPT 101 - Loving OneDrive for Business as a Productivity Tool
Brian Culver, MCM - Invited Speaker
The Cloud is changing everything very quickly. We started out with MySites, SkyDrive and now the OneDrive. OneDrive for Business offers many Enterprise class feature that are easy to miss and confuse. For example, OneDrive for Business provides you with 1 TB of space in the cloud. Who doesn’t love that? You can share files from anywhere with anyone anywhere securely. All your devices can synchronize and allow you to transition from one to the next seamlessly without shuffling through several thumb drives. Come out and learn how OneDrive for Business can make you more productive at work and collaborate better.
Attendee Takeaways:
Understand what OneDrive for Business offers.
Using OneDrive for Business to improve file sharing experiences anywhere.
Leverage the Enterprise features of OneDrive for Business.
OneDrive for Business benefits in SharePoint 2016 over SharePoint 2013
SPS Utah 2016 - Unlock your big data with analytics and BI on Office 365Brian Culver
SharePoint Saturday Utah has begun with a great crowd. I presented my session "Unlock your Big Data with Analytics and BI on Office 365" which is a Level 200 class. In my session I discuss how companies have huge amounts of data waiting to be explored. With Azure HDInsights (Microsoft's Hadoop cluster solution in partnership with Nortonworks) you can realize the value of your data. With Microsoft Excel 2013 and Office 365, you have a complete platform for BI solutions and services. PowerPivot, Power View, Power Query, Power Map and Power BI Sites empowers users analyze and make decisions using structured and unstructured data.
Attendee Takeaways:
1. Learn to setup and configure HDInsights on Microsoft Azure.
2. Understand how to use Excel for BI capabilities.
3. Build a BI Dashboard in Office365.
Loving OneDrive for Business as a Productivity ToolBrian Culver
The Cloud is changing everything very quickly. We started out with MySites, SkyDrive and now the OneDrive. OneDrive for Business offers many Enterprise class feature that are easy to miss and confuse. For example, OneDrive for Business provides you with 1 TB of space in the cloud. Who doesn’t love that? You can share files from anywhere with anyone anywhere securely. All your devices can synchronize and allow you to transition from one to the next seamlessly without shuffling through several thumb drives. Come out and learn how OneDrive for Business can make you more productive at work and collaborate better.
Attendee Takeaways:
1. Understand what OneDrive for Business offers.
2. Using OneDrive for Business to improve file sharing experiences anywhere.
3. Leverage the Enterprise features of OneDrive for Business.
Unlock your Big Data with Analytics and BI on Office 365Brian Culver
Companies have huge amounts of data waiting to be explored. With Azure HDInsights you can realize the value of your data. With Microsoft Excel 2013 and Office 365, you have a complete platform for BI solutions and services. Power BI allows companies to manipulate and study a variety of data points, gain actionable insights and share their insights. PowerPivot, Power View, Power Query, Power Map and Power BI Sites let users analyze and make decisions using structured and unstructured data.
Attendee Takeaways:
1. Learn to setup and configure HDInsights on Microsoft Azure.
2. Understand how to use Excel for BI capabilities.
3. Build a BI Dashboard in Office365.
SharePoint 2013 has FAST search built into its core fabric. New site templates and web parts have been added to allow you to build search driven applications. Through these search web parts, we can cross site collection boundaries to surface information, improve navigation and create a seamless experience across the different sites, site collection and web application. We will also demonstrate how to use cross site publishing to leverage multiple content sources. We also discuss several approaches for publishing internet sites.
Attendee Takeaways:
1. Understanding how to work with the Product Catalog site template in SharePoint 2013
2. Learn to setup and configure cross site publishing
3. Learn to add responsive design to your site
2. About Brian Culver
SharePoint Solutions Architect for Expert Point Solutions
Based in Houston, TX
Author
ProveIT! Analytics
SharePoint 2010 Unleashed
Various White Papers
Speaker and Blogger
3. Session Agenda
Why do we use Workflows?
How did Workflows change in
SharePoint 2013
Why are they better in 2013?
Workflow Manager 1.0
Building a Workflow in 2013
Workflows Best Practices
4. Why do we use Workflows?
A workflow is basically a series of tasks that produce an outcome.
In a business scenario, a workflow is a business process.
Workflows can be used to automate, solve and improve processes:
Help people to collaborate on documents
Manage project tasks
Help organizations to adhere to consistent business processes
Improve organizational efficiency and productivity
They enable the people who perform these tasks to concentrate
on performing the work rather than managing the workflow or
process.
5. How did Workflow change in SharePoint 2013?
SharePoint 2013 offers two workflow engine flavors:
SharePoint 2010 Workflows (based on .NET3.5)
SharePoint 2013 Workflows (based on .NET4.x)
SharePoint 2010 Workflows run within SharePoint (the internal
workflow host)
SharePoint 2013 Workflows run outside of SharePoint in the new
Workflow Manager (formerly labeled as Azure Cloud) Farm
2010
Workflows
2013
Workflows
SharePoint 2013
Rest Services
6. Why are they better in 2013?
Several improvements in several areas:
Workflow Engine
For SharePoint 2013 Workflows – taken out of SharePoint
Uses Workflow Framework in .NET 4.x which is much more robust
Can be extended and enhanced more easily
Much more scalable
SharePoint Designer 2013
Leverages Visio 2013 to provide a better design experience for users and
developers.
Business user builds the Workflow in Visio 2013 with SharePoint 2013
Workflow Shapes.
Designer/Developer can import into SharePoint Designer 2013 and/or Visual
Studio 2012.
Export to Visio 2013 files preserves workflow properties and details which
makes it much more portable between sites and environments.
7. What is better in 2013?
New Workflow Actions, Components and Conditions
8. What is better in 2013?
Stage Shapes
A stage is a container which can contain any number of shapes and actions, such as sending
an email and logging to the workflow history. A stage must have only one path in and one
path out.
9. What is better in 2013?
The following rules apply to stages:
A workflow must have at least one stage. A stage, by
default, has a Start, Enter and Exit shape SharePoint 2013
Workflow template.
An explicit Start shape is required outside of the stage for
the entire diagram. An explicit Terminate shape outside of the
stage is not required.
Stage containers cannot be nested. Use other containers
within a stage to nest, such as a Step container.
Stop Workflow shapes may exist within a stage.
At the top level, the workflow can contain only stages,
conditional shapes, and Start and Terminate terminators.
All other shapes must be contained within a stage.
10. What is better in 2013?
Loop shapes
Loops are a series of connected shapes that will execute as a single unit
within a loop container. Like stages, loops are a container shape with an
Enter and Exit shape. A loop shape also requires that an Enter and Exit
shape be added to the edges of the container to define the paths in and
out of the loop. Workflows in SharePoint Server 2013 support two types
of loops: loop n times and loop with condition.
11. What is better in 2013?
The following rules apply to loops:
Loops must be within a stage.
Steps may be within a loop.
Loops may have only one entry and one exit point.
12. What is better in 2013?
Step shapes
Steps represent a group of sequential actions to be performed as a single unit.
13. What is better in 2013?
The following rules apply to steps:
Steps must be within a stage.
Steps may be within a loop.
Steps may have only one entry and one exit point.
Steps can contain steps.
To learn more about the workflow Shapes available in the SharePoint Designer
2013, go to:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj164055.aspx
14. What is better in 2013?
Designer Improvements (with Visio 2013 only)
Text-Based Designer
Visual Designer
16. What is better in 2013?
SharePoint 2013 Workflows Architecture
SharePoint 2013 workflows are powered by the .NET 4.x workflow
infrastructure or Windows Workflow Foundation 4 (WF4).
WF4 was substantially redesigned from prior versions in that it is built
on the messaging functionality provided by the Windows Communication
Foundation (WCF).
In WF4 workflows, each business process step is represented by a
workflow "activity". Thus, workflow activities represent the underlying
managed objects whose methods drive workflow behaviors.
17. What is better in 2013?
SharePoint 2013 Workflows Architecture
18. What is better in 2013?
SharePoint 2013 Workflows Architecture
In SharePoint Designer, workflow actions are the user-friendly
representations of the underlying activities from WF4.
As the workflow executes, each workflow action interacts with
the workflow execution engine which in turn acts on the
corresponding activities.
The workflow activities are implemented declaratively by using
XAML.
Workflow activities are invoked by using loosely coupled web
services that use messaging APIs (Windows Communication
Foundation or WCF) to communicate with SharePoint Server
2013.
19. What is better in 2013?
SharePoint 2013 Workflows Architecture
In SharePoint Server 2013, the Workflow Manager Client 1.0
hosts the WF4 engine and WCF web services.
Together, the Workflow Manager Client 1.0, SharePoint 2013,
and SharePoint Designer 2013 each provide the functionality that
makes up the SharePoint 2013 Workflow Architecture.
The Workflow Manager Client 1.0 provides the management of
workflow definitions and hosts the execution processes for each
workflow instance.
The SharePoint 2013 platform provides the framework for
building SharePoint workflows and storing the SharePoint
workflows.
20. Is there bad news?
So the bad news?
There is no bad news. There is only news.
SharePoint 2013 does not support all the
actions SharePoint 2010 did.
Why?
WorkAround:
Invoke a SharePoint 2010 Workflows via
the SharePoint Interop (Start Another
Workflow action).
Bad ALM Story
Dueling Banjos
Dictionaries are hard to build dynamically
21. Workflow Manager 1.0
Installing the Workflow Manager 1.0
Download “Workflow Manager 1.0”
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35375
Install
Prerequisites: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj193451.aspx
WorkflowManager.exe in the Application Servers or Workflow Farm Servers.
For SharePoint 2013, WorkflowClient.exe in the Web Front Ends.
Run the “Workflow Manager Configuration”
“Configure Workflow Manager with Custom Settings”
Note: Do not pick “Recommended” option
For more information: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/jj658588.aspx
22. Workflow Forms
The New Story
Is InfoPath 2013 going away?
.NET 4 Workflows and Forms
Generates .ASPX pages
Can work with InfoPath 2013 as well
InfoPath 2013 does have new improvements.
Web service, WCF, REST, JSON
23. Workflow Forms
The New Story
New features in InfoPath 2013
The development experience has been drastically improved to
work with Visual Studio 2012
InfoPath can now be deployed as a sandbox solution
The publishing process has been simplified
SharePoint List forms have been enhanced
An InfoPath form Web part has been added
The InfoPath Form Service provides richer Web forms
The InfoPath Form Service follows better compliant standards
InfoPath now supports digital signatures
24. Building a Workflow in 2013
Reusable and Global Reusable Workflows
Reusable workflows were introduced in SharePoint Designer 2010 along with site workflows.
Reusable workflows are associated with a content type instead of a specific list.
SharePoint provides the ability to reuse content types across multiple sites and lists, and
enables associated workflows to execute on any list where the content type has been
configured for use.
Reusable workflows are only aware of site columns on the associated content type, and
certain core list metadata columns that are shared across all lists such as “Created” and
“Created By”.
Global Reusable workflows are available for use anywhere within a Site Collection, but the
workflow and associated content type must be created in the top-level site of a site collection.
One of the most powerful features of the reusable workflow is the ability to export for use in
other site collections, web applications and SharePoint farms.
SharePoint Designer automatically packages the workflow and dependencies including forms
as a solution package (.WSP) that can be deployed as a sandbox solution, making it possible
to also deploy them to hosted SharePoint environments such as Office 365.
25. Building a Workflow in 2013
Site Workflows
Site workflows were new in SharePoint 2010. Site workflows are published to a
site rather than a content type or list. Since they are not associated with a specific
list or content type, they are not associated with any specific list item (or within the
workflow context, the current item). Since a site workflow does not have the
specific list item associated with the workflow context, some workflow actions are
not available, such as workflow actions triggered when the current list item
changes.
Site workflows also do not have events in SharePoint that trigger them. Therefore, site
workflows have to be started manually either directly by user or programmatically.
Site workflows are essentially best designed to perform administrative functions on the
sites upon which they execute.
Site workflows greatly benefited from custom workflow actions which can expand the
capabilities far beyond what is provided out of the box.
26. Building a Workflow in 2013
List Workflows
List workflows have been supported since SharePoint 2007 in SharePoint
Designer. A list workflow is designed and published directly to a specific list
instance.
List workflows do offer a key feature not found in site workflows or reusable workflows,
the ability to access list columns (columns created directly on the list).
A very annoying flaw in list workflows is their affinity to the list where they were published.
Cannot be moved or reused on another list or another site.
List workflows have a place where a small and specific process is required.
They are not good choices for complex workflows or workflows that may need to be used
elsewhere, such as another site or list.
32. Workflows Best Practices
Document the High-Level workflow
Then break it up into smaller units
Plan before you build
Most workflows do not look the same after a couple iterations
Put in the time to carefully understand the workflow and identify
issues
Create Reusable workflows
Portable and reusable
Create smaller, simpler workflows (when possible)
Larger workflows are harder to reconfigure
Larger workflows are harder to fix and diagnose
Larger workflows increase complexity of logic
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