The document discusses workflows in SharePoint 2010. It covers the different workflow tools available in SharePoint 2010, including Visio 2010, SharePoint Designer 2010, and Visual Studio 2010. It provides an overview of the key improvements to workflows in SharePoint 2010, such as improved out of the box workflows, reusable declarative workflows, and workflow events. The document also describes how to create workflows using each of the different tools.

1. Using Workflows in SharePoint 2010

2. About Me
Amit Vasu, Sr. SharePoint Consultant
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3. Agenda
SharePoint 2010 Workflow
What’s new in SharePoint 2010
Creating Workflows in SharePoint 2010 using different
Tools (Visio 2010, SPD 2010 and VS 2010)

4. How workflows initiated in SharePoint
2010

5. Workflow Improvements
 For the end-user
 Improved OOB workflow
 New targets to run a workflow
 Visio visualization of running workflows
 For the power-user
 Improved designer and nested logic
 Reusable declarative workflows
 Customizable OOB workflows
 Visio Workflows
 For the developer
 Visual Studio 2010 SharePoint tools
 Workflow Events
 Pluggable External Data Exchange Services

6. SharePoint Workflow Tools
Business Analyst/Process Designer/IW/Power User Professional developer
Designer
Declarative
Workflows
.wsp
.vwi

7. Creating Workflows in Visio 2010
 New SharePoint Workflow template
 Allows you to create workflow design in Visio
 Workflow can be exported to SharePoint Designer

8. Designing Workflows in
SharePoint designer 2010

9. SharePoint Designer 2010
 New declarative workflow designer
 New Types of Workflows
 New Actions/Activities
 Task Process Designer
 Visio Visualization
 Support for Sandboxed Custom Activities

10. SharePoint Designer Workflows
 New declarative workflow designer

11. SPD 2010 – Impersonation
 Now you can Impersonate the workflow Owner
 Separate actions available for Impersonation Step

12. SPD 2010 – Parallel Block
 Now you can run the Parallel activity.

13. Types of Workflows
 List Workflow
 Associated with a list
 Much like MOSS 2007 Workflows
 Can be created in SPD 2010
 Can be imported/exported from Visio
 Reusable Workflow
 Can be assigned to content type
 Can be exported to .wsp for use in other sites
 Can be imported/exported from Visio
 Can be created in SPD 2010 & VS2010
 Site Workflow
 Not bound by a list
 Manually Started or via OM
 Can be created in SPD 2010 & VS2010

14. Visio Visualization
 Visualize a single workflow instance
 Not for aggregation, reporting or auditing
 Only for SharePoint Designer

15. Developing Workflows
with Visual Studio 2010

16. What’s new in Visual Studio 2010
 Site Workflows
 Import Reusable Workflows
 ASP.NET Form Templates
 Workflow Events
 Sandboxed Custom Activities
 External Data Exchange Services

17. Developing Site Workflows
 Site Workflows
 List / Item activation properties are null
 No auto-start

18. Import Reusable Workflows

19. ASP.NET Workflow Form Templates
 Generates the
required code
 Updates the
elements.xml file
 Available
 Association
 Initiation

20. InfoPath Workflow Form Templates
 Design form Outside of Visual Studio Using InfoPath form
designer
 Get displayed using Form Services Web Part
 Works with SharePoint Server Standard License and CAL
 Available form types
 Association
 Initiation
 Modification
 Edit Task

21. Sequential workflow
 A sequential workflow executes a
series of predefined steps to
accomplish a task.
 Works like a flowchart
 One way for approval or rejection
 Workflow controls the flow

22. State Machine workflow
 State-machine workflows
work in event-driven
scenarios.
 Connected States
 Driven by an Event
 User drives the flow

23. Workflow Event Receivers
 Similar to List Event Receivers
 Applies to Site, Root Web, Web, List, or List Template scope
 Support built into VS 2010 SharePoint Tools
 EventReceiver Project or Item Template
 Scenarios
 Call sub-workflows and wait for completion
 Provide more elaborate reporting

24. Workflow Event Receivers - Example