Designing and Deploying workflows with Project Server 2013

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Presenter: Kiran Khanvilkar, MCTS

Senior Support Engineer

10 years of experience with MS Project and Project Server that includes:

MS Project and Project Server Support and consulting Administering and configuring Project Server Managing Project Server implementation and upgrade projects

Certifications
Microsoft Project 2010, Managing Projects
Microsoft Project 2010, Configuration

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Agenda
1.
i. ii.

About Us What's new in SharePoint 2013 workflow

Two SharePoint workflow platforms SharePoint Designer enhancements

iii.

Windows PowerShell cmdlets that manage workflow

2.

Creating a workflow using SharePoint Designer

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Sample of MSProjectNow! Clients

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Two SharePoint workflow platforms

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SharePoint Designer enhancements

A visual workflow development experience that uses a Visio 2013 add-in A new action that enables no-code web service calls from within a workflow New actions for creating a task and starting a task process A new Dictionary type New workflow building blocks such as Stage, Loop, and App Step

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Project Lifecycle

Phase 1
Stage1 Stage2 Stage3

Phase 2
Stage4 Stage5 Stage6

1. A stage represents one step in a project life cycle in Microsoft Project Web App 2. A Phase represents a collection of stages grouped to identify a common set of activities in the project life cycle

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DEMO
Initial Proposal Information NO If Cost > $25000 Yes If Approved

Proposal Review

Scheduling

Yes

Send Email to the owner

Send Email to the owner

NO

Automated Rejection

Automated Rejection

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Prerequisite
1. Fully provisioned PWA site : http://A004.msprojectonline.com/pwa

2. Phases, Stages, custom fields and PDPs

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg597638(v=office.14).aspx 3. Workflow Manager 1.0 http://msdn.microsoft.com/enus/library/windowsazure/jj193478(v=azure.10).aspx 4. SharePoint Designer 2013 / Visual Studio 2013

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Upcoming Courses and Webcasts

PS2013 Overview 5/22 (invite your colleagues)

Business Intelligence with PS2010 Course 6/10 6/13

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Thank you for your participation

Thank you for attending todays MPN Webcast!

Follow-up: Visit our blog site for additional information and link to download PPT http://blogs.msprojectnow.com Any follow-up can be directed to Kiran.khanvilkar@msprojectnow.com Contact Information: Main: 800-895-3254 Email: info@msprojectnow.com

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