Sharepoint 2007
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On Sharepoint
2007 we can find more than 100 new functionalities, where the most important
are:
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Content and
Document Management New Features
- Recycle bin
for deleted items
- Automated
migration of CMS sites to the new Sharepoint based architecture
- New version
of CMS will be built natively on WSS architecture
- Frontpage
wizard for workflow development
- Reusable
column (field) definitions
Integration With Enterprise Systems New
Features
- Ability to
create both browser based and client based InfoPath forms
Integration With Office New Features
- Use of
Sharepoint sites for email archiving
- Rendering of
spreadsheets as HTML
- Access will
treat Sharepoint site data as datasources
- Ability to
insert a side into PowerPoint from a WSS “Slide Library”
Lists And Data Management New Features
- Ability to
create forms with ASP.Net controls
- Ability to
create custom data field types with validation
- Version
history for all list and library, showing what changes were made
- Lists view
available in any list type with date fields
- Lists can
receive incoming email and extract data
- Better
filtering, sorting, navigating in views
- Folders
available with all lists, with custom folder properties
- Lookup fields
can reference fields on lists and libraries on other sites
Maintenance And Support New Features
- Multiple
options for upgrading to new version
RSS And Data Export New Features
- Content can
be syndicated via RSS on a per-site or per-list basis
- Ability to
send Sharepoint lists to mobile devices
User Interface And Presentation New
Features
- Easy global
change of UI via master pages
- More
out-of-the-box support for multilingual deployments
Workflow New Features
- Multi-step
serial and parallel workflows using WWF workflow templates
- Users can
participate in workflow from wherever they are editing – via Sharepoint,
Outlook, or the document itself. Workflows can be initiated from
Sharepoint or the document
- Workflow can
be asociated with docyments, content types or libraries
So as to
detail one of the most importat functionalities in Sharepoint 2007, in next
section can be seen how to work with Workflows.
Workflows
Infornation
workers who created and worked with documents were part of often loosely
defined business processes. Those processes have remained elusive, and until
now they have been difficult to define with any degree of precision of
reproducibility .
With the 2007
Microsoft Office system, information workers and developers can answer that
question by associating a workflow and workflow activities to a document
library, list, or content type that is part of a Microsoft Windows Sharepoint
Services site. Workflows provide a solution to automating business processes
related to document creation and management.
Workflows and Activities
The workflow
functionallity in Windows Sharepoint Services is base don the Windows Workflow
Foundation (WF).
WF also
provides tools for the development and execution of workflow based
applications.
You can create
two kind of workflows based on WF or too can create a type of Windows
Sharepoint Services.
State machine
Workflows and Sequential workflows.
State machine
Workflows
They must be
modeled as templates for human-based workflows and represents states,
trsitions, and actions. One state can de the start state, based on an event
where a transition is made to another state. Too can have a final state ending
the workflow. This kind of workflows are useful for capturing processes that
can be modified as they run.
Sequential
Workflows
They must be
modeled as flowcharts and are useful for system-oriented workflows. They are a
sequuence of steps. These workflows can be affected by external events so the
way of activities executed can vary.
The concepts in
WF are the workflow and the activities. A workflow represents a set of activities
coordinated by events which are compiled into a .Net assembly.
An activity is
a .Net class with methods and properties and events. A workflow runs by
executing the methods in the activities.
On a workflow
you ll be able to associate a business process to items on a site.
Microsoft
Office Sharepoint Server 2007 uses of Windows Sharepoint Services for
sofisticated workflows.
Some samples
are:
- Moderation
- Approval
- Issue
tracking
- Collecting
feedback
- Collecting
signatures
WF is is
integrated with Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Office Outlook where you can
see on a task list with tasks generated by workflows.
Microsoft
Office Access can also take advantage for reporting.
Windows
Workflows Foundation Run-Time Engine
This engine
manages workflow execution and keeps activity for long periods of time
surviving to machine reboots.
Too provides
services to workflow applications with support for sequencing, state
management, tracking capabilities and transactions.
Windows
Sharepoint services has its own implementations of services fro transactions,
persistence, notifications roles, tracking, and messaging, all exposed through
thw WSS object model.
Custom
Workflows
With the WSS
workflow activities you can define sophisticated workflows.
When you need
to create your own activities, you can do it with managed code in Microsoft
Visual Studio 2007. They can be created with Microsoft Office Sharepoint
Designer 2007 and with the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Designer for WWF, or
can also be customized with the user interface in Windows Sharepoint Services
itself.
It is needed to
create a form or a series of forms for associating and configuring the
workflow.
You can build
them using Office Sharepoint Designer that generates .aspx pages.
You can build
them using Visual Studio and Microsoft Office Infopath 2007 forms.
You can create
a workflow with graphical elements, XML specification, code, or a combination
of these.
Workflow
authors use and extend the workflow model in the same way they use and extend
other elements of the Micorsoft .Net Framework
Sharepoint Workflow Designer
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