Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 Technical Enablement Tour Patrick Tisseghem (Managing Partner – U2U) patrick@u2u.be

The Power Of Workflow

Agenda WSS Platform Fundamentals Workflow Web Content Management Information Management Policies Records Repository 29/04/2019

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 29/04/2019

Windows WorkFlow Foundation Single workflow technology for Windows Extensible framework & toolset Base for Microsoft products and customer solutions Transform workflow from niche to mainstream paradigm Exposed to developers via WinFX (now called .NET 3.0)

Workflow Basics Custom Workflow consists out of one or more activities Activity Libraries WF Base Activity Library WSS Activity Library Custom Libraries Activity is a class Events/Properties Methods called by WF Runtime engine WF created using Visual Studio.NET Deployed as .NET assembly

Office 2007 Workflow Vision To facilitate automating business processes by attaching business logic to items and documents by providing workflow context and tracking progress by seamlessly integrating workflow into the SharePoint UI To provide users with self-service capabilities by using solutions that ship with Office servers by supporting broad range of routing & tracking scenarios by lessening/eliminating required involvement of IT staff To provide developers with an extensibility point to build WF solutions on top of WSS v3 and Office servers

WSS Workflow Fundamentals WSS supports workflows on items and documents Workflows associated with list, document library or content type Workflow started and completed by user actions Workflows are managed using WSS task lists Workflow-related task lists use standard WSS task list schema Workflow activities create and update task items as required Workflows are tracked through history tables Allows users to see workflow progress

Out-of-box Workflows With WSS v3 With Office servers Moderation Approval Disposition Approval East Asian Approval Issue Tracking Collect Feedback Collect Signatures

Out-of-the-box Workflow with MOSS 2007 DEMO Out-of-the-box Workflow with MOSS 2007

Workflow Authoring for SharePoint 2007 SharePoint Designer for corporate Web designers Visual Studio Workflow Designer for professional developers Development Model Wizard-based workflow designer Development Model Visual workflow designer Activities Re-use OOB/deployed activities Activities Re-use OOB/deployed activities Can author new activities Forms Autogenerated Forms -ASPX Forms Designed Forms -InfoPath -ASPX Deployment Workflow authored live against server Runtime compilation Deployment Solutions package generated Box administrator installable

Creating Custom Workflows DEMO Creating Custom Workflows

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