SharePoint 2010 Workflows in Action

Phil Wicklund

ISBN 10: 1935182714 / ISBN 13: 9781935182719

Published by Manning Publications, 2011

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HIGHLIGHT A comprehensive guide to building business processes upon the SharePoint platform. DESCRIPTION Workflows are models of step-by-step processes that help businesses coordinate and streamline their operations. Within the SharePoint product stack, workflows are one of the most compelling and ROIgenerating features for many businesses, because they are very easy to use for less technical people, yet are easily extensible to meet even the most complex of requirements. SharePoint 2010 Workflows in Action covers all the bases, from fundamentals to advanced customization topics such as forms, task processes and leveraging external data sources. What?s more, the book makes building workflows achievable for all types of SharePoint professionals, from low-level techs to advanced programmers. There are dozens upon dozens of code samples to help readers incorporate all the neatest tricks and meet their most complex workflow needs. KEY POINTS F ? Useful to developers and non-developers alike F ? Advanced techniques F ? Dozens of code samples for customizations F ? Author has considerable real-world experience.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: SharePoint 2010 Workflows in Action
• Publisher: Manning Publications
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1935182714
• ISBN 13: 9781935182719
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

SharePoint 2010 is a huge technology with tens of thousands of companies adopting it from all across the globe. Within the SharePoint product stack, workflows are one of the most compelling and ROI generating features for many business.

SharePoint 2010 Workflows in Action will take you through the SharePoint workflow fundamentals, and all the way to very advanced topics to help you meet your most complex workflow requirements. This includes covering topics such as the out of box workflows, and building custom workflows with SharePoint Designer 2010, Office Visio 2010, and Visual Studio 2010.

Additionally, the book covers topics that are very important to workflow such as building forms with InfoPath 2010, building custom task processes, building custom activities and conditions, and how to leverage external data sources in your workflows via Business Connectivity Services. Other goodies include building State Machine workflows, leveraging ASP.NET forms, workflow event handlers, and publishing custom actions and conditions into SharePoint Designer. The book is a one stop shop workflow resource for anyone building workflows for the SharePoint 2010 platform.

About the Author

Phil Wicklund is a frequent blogger, speaker, and author around SharePoint products and technologies. He started working with SharePoint back in 2003 and has since architected and administered many dozens of corporate SharePoint environments. He started as a SharePoint development instructor for Mindsharp, and has since moved into consulting at RBA Consulting, where he shares real-world insights and in-depth best practices with his clients of many varieties.