We just released the new SharePoint Designer 2010 Workflows DVD. The complete information on this DVD package is available here: http://www.sharepoint-videos.com/sharepoint-designer-2010-workflows-training-dvd/ There are four ways to implement workflows in your SharePoint sites: 1) Use the browser and built in workflow templates – A great way to start making simple workflows. Doesn’t require any other tools other than the browser. 2) Use SharePoint Designer 2010 – SharePoint Designer 2010 is free and lets you create powerful and robust workflows using a variety of built in activities (such as sending an email, creating list items, copying documents and a whole lot more). …

Being able to create reusable workflows is a major component of SharePoint Designer 2010. In this presentation, you will see how you can create a reusable workflow and attach it to a content type and then use that content type in multiple libraries. Create Reusable Workflows using SPD 2010 and attach to Content Types * This video will be available for free until Dec 3rd, 2010. It will then be returned to the Subscribers only video collection. If you liked our Workflow videos, buy the SharePoint Designer 2010 Workflows Video Package which contains all of our SharePoint Designer 2010 workflow …

One of the types of workflows you can create using SharePoint Designer 2010 is the site workflow. This type of workflow is not attached to a list or library but rather to a site itself. In this video, you will see how to accomplish that. In addition, you will also see how to modify the user interface form, that this workflow creates, using InfoPath 2010. Create a Site Workflow and modify its form using InfoPath * This video will be available for free until Dec 2nd, 2010. It will then be returned to the Subscribers only video collection. Check back …

SharePoint Designer can be used to create powerful workflows on your site. You can create workflows on a list or library, create reusable workflows or create site based workflows. This video focuses on creating list workflows. While showing you how to create a list workflow, the various capabilities of the workflow designer environment (such as steps, conditions, actions, parallel branching, moving actions around etc) are explained so you can take full advantage of this robust environment. Creating a Workflow on a SharePoint List or Library * This video will be available for free until Dec 1st, 2010. It will then …

A couple of weeks ago, I conducted a webinar on SharePoint Designer 2010 workflows integration with InfoPath and Visio. The recording for this is available for free right now on our site right here: http://www.sharepoint-videos.com/sp10-creating-workflows-with-sharepoint-designer-2010-visio-2010-and-infopath-2010/ This will remain free on the site until 8/20/2010 and then it will be returned to the subscribers only area.

This applies to SharePoint 2007. Learn how to route a document through the Approval Workflow process. Configure the workflow so that once it is completed successfully, the Content Approval column is automatically marked as Approved. Watch the video on Content Approval and Publishing with Approval Workflow that explains this functionality. This video is available for free until Aug 6, 2010.

Our next webinar is set to be held on Thursday, July 29th 3-4pm Eastern. Hope you can join us. Registration link: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/737138753 Creating Workflows with SharePoint Designer 2010, InfoPath and Visio Skill Level – 200 (Intermediate) Forms and Workflows are important for automating business processes. Companies usually rely on programmers to create the forms and workflows using code. Not anymore! With InfoPath 2010 and SharePoint Designer 2010, you can create powerful data driven form composite solutions on your SharePoint sites. InfoPath gives you the ability to pull data from databases and lists, and create forms with data validation and conditional …

Microsoft’s Senior Program Manager Keith Combs has produced a podcast on SharePoint Workflows and posted on TechNet’s home page. It’s about a 15 minute podcast in which I discuss workflows from scratch and talk about the integration possibilities with Visio and InfoPath as well. Hope it’s beneficial. Here it is: http://technet.microsoft.com

In a previous article regarding Workflow Designer in SharePoint Designer 2010, I had tried to point out as many new things as I could think of at the time regarding the workflow designer environment. However, the fact remains that a video will always be a better way to communicate ideas than an article ever can (at least about a technical subject). So we have made the video on List Workflows using SharePoint Designer 2010 free on the site for a limited amount of time. This video highlights the following areas and more: Designing workflows using the workflow designer environment Moving …

This article is the third in the series trying to demystify all that SharePoint Designer 2010 has to offer. Check out the other two articles here: User Interfaces of SharePoint Designer 2010 Site Level Customizations and Settings using SharePoint Designer 2010 Also, related to this article, you can obtain the SharePoint Designer 2010 Workflow videos we have available here: SharePoint Designer 2010 Workflow Videos Types of Workflows The Workflow Designer in SharePoint Designer 2010 is used to create workflows on the currently opened SharePoint site. There are 3 types of workflows that can be created using SharePoint Designer: List, Reusable, …