1. Asif Rehmani, SharePoint MVP VisualSP
Create Powerful SharePoint Designer 2013 Workflows in Office 365 & On-Premises
Asif Rehmani, SharePoint MVP
VisualSP
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2. Agenda
2 minutes intro about me and our company Explore workflow capabilities in SharePoint 2013 Examples of a few simple to complex workflows Guidance on packaging, migrating, and upgrading workflows

3. Trainer and Consultant
About me - Asif Rehmani
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4. About our company - VisualSP Two Solutions
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5. List of in-context Help Items
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6. VisualSP Training Center
SharePoint topics covered
End User
SharePoint Site Administration
InfoPath
SharePoint Designer
Workflows
Branding
Project management
Metadata Management
Access and Access Services
Records Management
Business Connectivity Services
Search
Reporting
JavaScript customizations
Hundreds of SharePoint video tutorials
Fully narrated by SharePoint experts

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8. Target audience for this session:
Intranet/Web Content Manager Portal Solutions Manager SharePoint Guy/Gal
Session level:
250 – Intermediate

9. Session focus
Rapidly build no-code workflows using SharePoint Designer 2013

10. Workflow case scenarios
Asset check out system Vacation approval Expense Reimbursement Onboarding Publishing approval Moving documents from one library to another Issue reporting Surveys

11. SharePoint workflow tools
Browser
SharePoint Designer 2013
Visio 2013
Visual Studio 2012/2013

12. Out of the box workflow templates
No new workflow templates introduced with SharePoint 2013
Only the legacy ones from SharePoint 2010

13. Out of the box workflow templates
Demo
Out of the box workflow templates

14. SharePoint 2013 - Workflow Manager 1.0
SharePoint 2013 workflow processing moved to Workflow Manager (WM)
Workflow no longer runs in the SharePoint content farm / servers
SharePoint farm & Workflow Manager farm can be on same / different servers

15. The ‘New Stuff’ Stages Web Services Visual Designer Loops!
New base level concept of stages
Able to call into Rest/HTTP web services
Visual Designer
Loops!
Direct Visio incorporation
Able now to loop indirectly with stages or directly with the new Loop actions
Stage-Level Diagrams
New Task Actions
Copy/Cut and Paste
Quick and easy to create tasks and approval processes
Core copy/cut and paste abilities now introduced

16. 2010 and 2013 style workflows SharePoint Designer

17. New Workflow Activities & Actions
New Actions & Activities
Microsoft Project Specific Actions
Assign a Task
Get Property from [Dictionary/DynamicValue]
Create a Project from Current Item
Start a Task Process
Count Items in [Dictionary/DynamicValue]
Set the current project stage status to this value
Go to This Stage
Trim String
Set the status field in the idea list item to this value
Call HTTP Web Service
Find Substring in String
Wait for Project Event
Start a List Workflow
Replace Substring in String
Set this field in the project to this value
Start a Site Workflow
Translate Document
Build [Dictionary/DynamicValue]
Set Workflow Status

19. SharePoint Designer Workflows
Demo
Workflow enhancements:
3007
SharePoint Designer Workflows

20. Creating / Acquiring new Workflow actions
Create new workflow actions using Visual Studio
Acquire workflow actions through vendors

21. What will happen to my workflows when we upgrade from SharePoint 2010 to 2013?
They will get transferred as SharePoint 2010 workflows
You can modify them with almost* the same type of environment as in 2010
* With the added ability to use copy/paste functions

22. Copying a workflow to another List or Site
Save as workflow template
Export to Visio
Copy / Paste stages

23. Packaging a workflow
SharePoint Designer 2010: Only reusable workflows can be packaged SharePoint Designer 2013: List workflows, Reusable workflows and Site workflows can all be packaged as a wsp

24. Realize the benefits of SPD 2013 Workflows
Rapid design with visual and text-based designers Leverage web services(HTTP/REST) Did I mention Looping!  Portable workflows using WSP package Copy & Paste Call SharePoint 2010 workflows for pre-developed functionality

25. Example of fairly advanced workflow
Example of using:
Stage
Loop
Web service
Workflow variables
Dictionary variable
XML to JSON
Calculation
Creating items
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26. How do I practice my ideas and concepts?
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27. What about Workflows in SharePoint 2016?
No SharePoint Designer 2016 (but SharePoint 2016 will support SPD 2013) Web based workflows someday… (according to Mark K. at Ignite) Visual Studio workflows

28. Call to Action Thank You!
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Thank You!
@asifrehmani