A Click on View from the SharePoint Designer 2013 Ribbon Serves Up a Graphical Representation of Workflows

As we noted in an earlier post to this blog, SharePoint Designer 2013 Presents Important Changes from SharePoint Designer 2010, Design View and Split View have been removed from SharePoint Designer 2013. All of the workflow development and configuration that we provide in our video, SharePoint Designer 2013 Workflow Enhancements are built with the Code […]

Configuring Workflows for Automatic Initiation is Easier with SharePoint Designer 2013

Of course one application of workflows with substantial promise for Line of Business (LOB) groups that are limited with regards to development capabilities, but long on need for governance, is the production of workflows which will seamlessly commence based upon conditions. As Asif Rehmani demonstrates in the video that we have explored over the last […]

SharePoint Designer 2013 Includes an Enhanced Copy Feature Accessible from the Ribbon

We demonstrate how to build a follow-on Stage with SharePoint Designer 2013 in our video SharePoint Designer 2013 Workflow Enhancements. Once Asif Rehmani has finished configuring the last step of the Assign a Task go-to action for the “Starting” first stage of the example approval workflow demonstrated in this video, he shows us how to […]

SharePoint Designer 2013 Go-To Actions for Workflows Offer Highly Useful Features

This blog post continues our commentary on a video authored by Asif Rehmani, SharePoint MVP and MCT, SharePoint Designer 2013 Workflow Enhancements. This video demonstrates how to use the “Assign the Task” “go-to action” that is included with SharePoint Designer 2013. Specifically, once this out of the box action has been selected, the user is […]

Further on SharePoint Designer 2013 Workflow Enhancements

As we quoted from Microsoft’s Technet web site in a post published last week to this blog, SharePoint Designer 2013 is Still the Best Way to Build Workflows for SharePoint 2013, three new “building blocks” have been added to SharePoint 2013’s workflow platform: Stage Loop and App Step In a video titled SharePoint Designer 2013 […]

What is the Relationship Between Workflow Manager 1.0 and SharePoint 2013 Workflow Manager Client 1.0?

As Microsoft notes on its download site for Workflow Manager 1.0 the relationship between Workflow Manager 1.0 and Workflow Manager Client 1.0 (which provides SharePoint Server 2013 with a new platform for building workflows) is as follows: “Workflow Manager is a multi-tenant host for running and managing Windows Workflow Foundation workflows, supporting high scale and […]

Workflows for Microsoft Project Server 2013 can be Built with SharePoint Designer 2013

As Heather OCull wrote on September 18, 2012 on the Microsoft Project Blog (which is published on the Office Blogs web site), ” . . . You can now create Project workflows [for Microsoft Project Server 2013] in SharePoint Designer [2013] in addition to Visual Studio. . . . these improvements make the whole process […]

Further Detail on Worflow Manager Client 1.0 for SharePoint 2013

Rehmani Consulting, Inc makes substantial efforts to keep SharePoint stakeholders, whether these individuals play a role as a line of business (LOB) decision-maker, or a role within an implementation and/or support team as an administrator, developer, architect, or SharePoint advocate, up to date with best practices with regards to using workflows to develop no-code processes […]

SharePoint Designer 2013 is Still the Best Way to Build Workflows for SharePoint 2013

Rehmani Consulting, Inc. offers video training content on building workflows with SharePoint Designer 2010. We also offer hourly rate consulting services, usually in the form of one to one coaching, for organizations looking to implement SharePoint features and processes like using SharePoint Designer to build workflows. Given our extensive level of expertise with SharePoint Designer, […]

SharePoint Designer 2013 Presents Important Changes from SharePoint Designer 2010

Rehmani Consulting, Inc. offers an extensive set of video training resources for SharePoint Designer, including SharePoint Designer 2010 Fundamentals, SharePoint Designer 2010 Workflows, and even a set of video training content on SharePoint Designer 2007. SharePoint Designer 2013 is a redesigned version of a tool that has been used, successfully to provide users with a […]