SharePoint Saturday UK - Workflow Evolution
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The document discusses the evolution of workflows in SharePoint 2013, emphasizing enhancements such as expressive design with stages and transitions, cloud readiness, and improved connectivity using REST web services. It outlines the configuration and management of a workflow manager, including its standalone installation and integration with SharePoint. Key features include unbounded workflows that can execute independently and scalability options based on user needs.
SharePoint Saturday UK - Workflow Evolution
- 1. Workflow Evolution For SharePoint 2013 Alan Richards
- 2. About Me Worked in the education sector for over 17 years Speaker / Blogger SharePoint MVP
- 3. Agenda What's New Configuration Demo ?
- 4. What's New
- 5. Expressive SharePoint Designer 2013 can do more Connected Cloud ready Uses SharePoint app model Authorisation Unbounded onPrem In the cloud Scalable
- 6. 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)
- 7. Connected Cloud ready Runs onPrem or in SharePoint online REST web services External Data Web services JSON
- 8. 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
- 9. Unbounded Loosely coupled Runs a separate server Workflow Manager Manageable & scalable
- 10. Configuration
- 11. 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
- 12. Collocated
- 13. Federated
- 14. 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
- 15. 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
- 16. arichards@edutechnow.com www.edutechnow.com twitter.com/arichards_Saruk