Designing a Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Infrastructure Vol 2 part 7. This course is intended for IT Professionals who use Microsoft SharePoint 2010 in a team-based, medium-sized to large environment. While they may have implemented a SharePoint deployment, they have limited experience in designing a SharePoint infrastructure. They likely work as a senior administrator who acts as a technical lead over a team of administrators. Members of this audience should have at least 6 months experience with SharePoint 2010. | Planning Enterprise Content Management 10-41 Planning for Workflows Workflow Description Disposition Approval Manages document expiration and retention Three-state Tracks the status of a list item through three phases Collect Feedback Routes a document for review Approval Routes a document for approval before publishing Collect Signatures Gathers signatures that are required to completea document Use workflows to route documents and other content Key Points When you plan content management policies you must determine how you should plan and integrate workflows with your SharePoint Server 2010 content management solution. Overview of Workflows Workflows implement business processes on documents Web pages forms and list items in SharePoint Server 2010. You can associate them with libraries lists or content types. In terms of document management you use workflows to route documents from one person to another so that each person can complete his or her document management tasks. This typically includes reviewing documents approving document publication or managing the disposal of documents. In addition you can use custom workflows to move documents from one site or library to another for example when a document is scheduled to be archived. SharePoint Server 2010 includes the following workflows for lists document libraries and content types MCT USE ONLY. STUDENT USE PROHIBITED 10-42 Designing a Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Infrastructure Disposition Approval. You use this workflow to manage document expiration and retention by enabling participants to decide whether to retain or delete expired documents. Three-state. You use this workflow to track the status of a list item through three phases. Collect Feedback. You use this workflow to route a document for review. Reviewers can provide feedback which is compiled and sent to the document owner when the workflow has completed. Approval. You use this workflow to route a document for approval. Approvers can approve or reject
