Exporting Workflows

In SharePoint 2010 you can now save your workflows and move them between environments as Web Solutions Packages (WSP). A new enhancement in SharePoint 2010 is the concept of Sandbox Solutions. Using a Sandbox Solution, you can deploy custom code to your SharePoint environment without the need to involve an administrator as you can deploy the WSP files to a site collection via the browser. There are some limitations to the capabilities of sandbox solutions. For more information on sandbox solutions see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee536577.aspx.

When working with SharePoint Designer you are able to export workflows as WSP files. To export a workflow and import it into another site collection or SharePoint environment ...

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