In the preceding three articles in this series we had discussed the development of Sequential workflows in SharePoint Server. In this article we introduce State Machine Workflows with SharePoint Server and briefly highlight the differences between the two types of workflows that are possible in SharePoint Server. In the next few articles of this series we will be discussing State...
Author: Vanitha Vaidialingam
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