Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Inside Out

Chapter 7. Using and creating workflows

SharePoint workflow basics

Gathering requirements using Visio diagrams

Creating, editing, and managing custom workflows with SharePoint Designer

Summary

MICROSOFT SharePoint 2010 introduced a considerable array of new functionality concerning the creation, maintainability, reusability, and deployment of workflows. However, this new functionality often was difficult to scale in organizations that made heavy use of workflows, especially if their SharePoint farms were not properly architected, and the added workflow functionality often had a negative effect on the ability of the SharePoint servers to respond to users’ requests for SharePoint webpages. Fortunately, SharePoint 2013 introduces new capabilities to ...