Workflow is the glue that binds information worker processes, users, and artifacts. Without workflow, information workers are just islands of data and potential. Workflow in Microsoft Office 2010 details how to implement workflow in SharePoint 2010 and the client Microsoft Office 2010 suite to help information workers share data, enforce processes and business rules, and work more efficiently together or solo.

This book covers everything you need to know—from what workflow is all about to creating new activities; from InfoPath forms to ASP.NET forms; from the Rules Engine to the object model. There’s even a section on integrating legacy Office clients with SharePoint 2010 workflows.

Want solid knowledge of how to implement workflow in the new world of Office and SharePoint? Pick up Workflow in Microsoft Office 2010 today.

What you’ll learn

• Discover the new workflow actions supported in SharePoint 2010, including reading and writing to external lists, document set and record management, user profile lookups, and more.
• Understand how to design effective, reusable, declarative workflows.
• Use SharePoint Designer 2010 to edit workflows.
• Create workflows via importing and exporting functionality with Visio.
• Understand how to customize a task process, including instructions involved with when a task is assigning, while it is pending, and more.
• Create custom declarative activities in Visual Studio that you can then use in SharePoint Designer.Who this book is for

This book is for anyone who wants to learn how to implement workflows within SharePoint and Office 2010. It is an intermediate-level book that assumes a working familiarity with SharePoint and elementary coding skills.