Latest Workflow topics

Client-side SharePoint solutions have benefits, like SPAs written in JavaScript. However, all business logic is technically open for anyone to see.

Learn how to create integrated workflow apps in SharePoint Online and deploy them in non-AppWeb sites without using sandboxed solutions.

One of the capabilities Microsoft introduced for SharePoint 2013 workflows is the ability to publish a custom event into a running workflow instances.

Let’s tackle the SharePoint 2013 workflow development issue, recommends updating tools after creating workflow pre-Service Pack 1.

Today Pluralsight published a course dedicated on creating workflows that talk to various types of web services: SharePoint 2013 Workflow - Web Services.

I’m excited to share that another one of my courses was published in Pluralsight’s catalog: SharePoint 2013 Workflow - Advanced Topics.

Building off the SharePoint 2013 Workflow - Fundamentals and SharePoint 2013 Workflow - Advanced Topics courses, this course will demonstrate how you can use web services within your SharePoint 2013 workflows.

Sharing my experience setting up a Provider-Hosted app for SharePoint 2013 on-premises. It was challenging & required a lot of trial and error.

This article touches on one of the things that Microsoft added to SharePoint 2013 to support the new style of creating custom workflow forms: the improvements to the CSOM and addition of the Workflow Services CSOM API.

Demonstrates how SharePoint now relies on Workflow Manager 1.0 for all workflow processing and management, and demonstrates debugging options.

I encountered an error when upgrading from Visual Studio 2012 to 2013, and shares a solution that worked for them.

Common questions about deploying Workflow Manager 1.0 and Service Bus 1.0 for SharePoint 2013. Focus on HA, scalability, and certificates.

The goal of this course is to build off my previous course and tackle some of the more complex things you’ll need to accomplish in your day-to-day SharePoint workflow development. The target audience for this course are developers as I cover building workflows using Visual Studio primarily. There is no specific customer focus… everything I show you works both in an on-premises deployment as well as a hosted environment such as Office 365.

The goal of this course is to help people immediately get up to speed and productive in creating automated business processes as workflows in SharePoint 2013. The target audience for this course are developers and power users as I cover building workflows and assigning tasks using both SharePoint Designer 2013 and Visual Studio 2012. There no specific customer focus… everything I show you works both in an on-premises deployment as well as a hosted environment such as Office 365.

I’ve refreshed & republished my samples using the latest SharePoint 2013 & Visual Studio 2012 developer tools. Check them out now.

The sample fleet manager workflow for SharePoint helps manage a company’s fleet of vehicles by starting a workflow when a new vehicle is added

Microosft recently published 2 of my How To’s: Create Remote Event Receivers (RER) & Start Workflows in SharePoint.

The document review and approval workflow assigns a task to a reviewer to evaluate and comment on a draft, concluding with approval or rejection

Learn how to create custom tasks in SharePoint 2013 workflows using Visual Studio 2012 with this helpful demonstration.

In this article, learn how to bypass the SharePoint 2013 workflow engine bug and create custom task outcome buttons with my workaround and tips.

Explore updated Visual Studio 2012 workflow samples for SharePoint 2013, featuring external web service calls and custom activities.

Grace Kochavi shares SharePoint 2013 workflow updates, tips for creating workflows with Office Developer Tools, and essential undocumented publishing step.

Learn the changes in SharePoint 2013 workflow development that requires using JavaScript to capture & submit form values, opening up new possibilities.

Reflecting on my experience building workflows in previous versions of SharePoint, specifically the pain of building them in Visual Studio.

In this article, learn about the release of Critical Path Training’s ‘SharePoint Server 2013 RTM Set up Guide for Developers’.

I explain debugging workflows in SharePoint 2013 using Fiddler and recommend recycling SharePoint services after closing Fiddler to avoid issues.

I recently ran into a weird issue with workflows in my SharePoint 2013 Beta 2 environment. In this article, learn what the issue & resolution was.

This sample workflow is linked to the Customers list, where users can manually run it after entering a value for CustomerID to search for customers

A sample workflow in SharePoint bound to a Customers list uses a manually run workflow to search for customers via CustomerID in OData service

MSDN shared numerous SharePoint 2013 code samples, including one on creating a workflow in Visual Studio 2012 that calls an external web service.

Installing the Azure Workflow Beta 1 for SharePoint 2013 Beta 2/Preview?. I’ve got some helpful tips and additional steps you should follow.

This post builds off my previous post about what’s new with workflow in SharePoint Server 2013. In this post, learn how to debug workflows using Fiddler.

Discover the benefits of using DynamicValue data type and HTTP activities in SharePoint 2013 workflows for seamless service integration.

Discover SharePoint 2013’s workflow overhaul - leverage the new Windows Azure Workflow for scalable, reliable processes & dive into the new tools.

As a SharePoint expert, I share my thoughts and experiences on the public Beta release of SharePoint 2013. Learn about my course development process too!