Integrating Mobile Client Applications with SharePoint 2010 Workflows

SharePoint 2010

Published: November 2010
Summary: Learn to integrate mobile devices with Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010. Learn to create a Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) application that calls a Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) service to submit data into a SharePoint site and update the status of a custom SharePoint workflow.
Applies to:    Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010, Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 | Provided by:   Todd Baginski, SharePoint Server MVP, Aptillon
Contents

• Integrating Client Applications with Business Processes
• Introducing the Sample Scenario
• Building the Mobile WPF Client Application
• Creating the WCF Service
• Deploying the Mobile Client Application and Other Components
• Debugging the Solution Components
• Conclusion
• Additional Resources

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Integrating Client Applications with Business Processes

Recently mobile devices have become more powerful and easy to use. Rugged laptops, netbooks, tablet PCs, and mobile phones are relied upon to provide workers access to the information and applications that they must have to do their jobs. Additionally, developing applications for mobile devices is now easier than ever. As a result, more and more often business scenarios demand integrating client applications together with business processes and workflows. This article is part of a series of articles that describe how to integrate client applications together with business processes and workflows:

• Integrating Mobile Client Applications with SharePoint 2010 Workflows
• Creating and Publishing Excel 2010 Documents with Custom SharePoint 2010 Workflows
• Integrating Custom Silverlight Applications with SharePoint Server 2010

Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 provide workflow capabilities that enable you to model business processes and integrate them with multiple applications and systems. You can create client applications to extend reach of the workflow and make it available outside the context of SharePoint sites. Creating client applications to access workflows in SharePoint sites requires a client application, networking (services), and integration with SharePoint lists and workflows.


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