Welcome!<p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">   Welcome to this new forum, which is part of the <a title="http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/default.aspx?ForumGroupID=328&amp;SiteID=1" href="http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/default.aspx?ForumGroupID=328&amp;SiteID=1"><u><font color="#800080">SharePoint forums group</font></u></a> that contains a comprehensive set of forums designed to cover all aspects of SharePoint Products and Technologies. I’ve held off on having these forums created for over a year because we already had a <a title="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/newsgroups/server/sharepoint.mspx" href="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/newsgroups/server/sharepoint.mspx"><u><font color="#800080">handful of newsgroups</font></u></a> in place, but the benefits (search, moderation, filtering, stats, flexibility, planned enhancements, etc.) and the recent surge in usage have convinced me that it’s finally the right time to embrace forums as <b>the de facto channel for community Q&amp;A and discussion</b>.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"> </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">   <b>This particular forum is for topics about workflow as it relates to Windows Workflow Foundation and SharePoint products and technologies.</b> Before posting a question, please review the wealth of information in the <a title="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/aa830816(office.12).aspx" href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/aa830816(office.12).aspx"><u><font color="#800080">Developer Introduction to Workflows for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Office SharePoint Server 2007</font></u></a> MSDN article and the workflow oriented posts on the <a title="http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/tags/Workflow/default.aspx" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/tags/Workflow/default.aspx"><u><font color="#800080">SharePoint Team Blog</font></u></a> and <a title="http://blogs.msdn.com/ecm/archive/tags/Workflow/default.aspx" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/ecm/archive/tags/Workflow/default.aspx"><u><font color="#800080">ECM Team Blog</font></u></a>. Also, try searching for the answer within the SharePoint forums group or by using the <a title="http://search.live.com/macros/lliu/spsearch" href="http://search.live.com/macros/lliu/spsearch"><u><font color="#0000ff">SharePoint Community Search</font></u></a>. Moreover, note that <b>this forum is not an official channel for product support</b>. If you have an urgent or business critical problem, you should contact <a title="http://www.microsoft.com/services/microsoftservices/srv_support.mspx" href="http://www.microsoft.com/services/microsoftservices/srv_support.mspx"><u><font color="#800080">Microsoft Support Services</font></u></a>.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"> </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"><span style="">   </span>Unrelated topics should go the other forums, and it’s very important for a topic to be posted to the correct forum because different groups of MVPs and product group people monitor different forums. So, don’t be surprised if your post gets moved by a moderator as was the case <a title="http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1088498&amp;SiteID=1" href="http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1088498&amp;SiteID=1"><u><font color="#800080">here</font></u></a>. Our ultimate goal is to provide at least a useful response, if not the actual answer, to every question within a reasonable amount of time (2-3 business days), but we are still ramping up, so please bear with us.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"> </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">   While much thought and planning were put into the creation of this and the other SharePoint forums, I believe that there’s always room for improvement, so please send your ideas and feedback to me (<a title="mailto:LLiu@microsoft.com" href="mailto:LLiu@microsoft.com"><u><font color="#0000ff">LLiu@microsoft.com</font></u></a>) or post them in the relevant forum.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"> </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">   Thank you for being a part of the SharePoint community!</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"> </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">   And for the latest news and announcements about SharePoint Products and Technologies, subscribe to the <a title="http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint"><u><font color="#800080">SharePoint Team Blog</font></u></a>.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"> </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><a name="_MailAutoSig"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></a><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"><a title="mailto:LLiu@Microsoft.com" href="mailto:LLiu@Microsoft.com"><b><u><font color="#0000ff">Lawrence</font></u></b></a><a title="mailto:LLiu@Microsoft.com" href="mailto:LLiu@Microsoft.com"><b><u><font color="#0000ff"> Liu</font></u></b></a><b><br></b>Senior Technical Product Manager and Community Lead</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"><a title="http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint" href="http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint"><u><font color="#800080">Microsoft SharePoint Products &amp; Technologies</font></u></a> | <a title="http://blogs.technet.com/lliu" href="http://blogs.technet.com/lliu"><u><font color="#800080">WorkBlog</font></u></a> | <a title="http://spaces.msn.com/members/lliu" href="http://spaces.msn.com/members/lliu"><u><font color="#0000ff">LifeBlog</font></u></a></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><i><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"> </span></i><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><i><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">&quot;<b>Be the Change </b>you wish to see in the world!&quot; </span></i><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">-- Gandhi</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"> </span></p>© 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.Wed, 25 Mar 2009 05:15:15 Z25e38355-7eff-4741-a47e-e4affb6732c8http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointworkflow/thread/25e38355-7eff-4741-a47e-e4affb6732c8#25e38355-7eff-4741-a47e-e4affb6732c8http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointworkflow/thread/25e38355-7eff-4741-a47e-e4affb6732c8#25e38355-7eff-4741-a47e-e4affb6732c8Lawrence Liu - MSFThttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=Lawrence%20Liu%20-%20MSFTWelcome!<p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">   Welcome to this new forum, which is part of the <a title="http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/default.aspx?ForumGroupID=328&amp;SiteID=1" href="http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/default.aspx?ForumGroupID=328&amp;SiteID=1"><u><font color="#800080">SharePoint forums group</font></u></a> that contains a comprehensive set of forums designed to cover all aspects of SharePoint Products and Technologies. I’ve held off on having these forums created for over a year because we already had a <a title="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/newsgroups/server/sharepoint.mspx" href="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/newsgroups/server/sharepoint.mspx"><u><font color="#800080">handful of newsgroups</font></u></a> in place, but the benefits (search, moderation, filtering, stats, flexibility, planned enhancements, etc.) and the recent surge in usage have convinced me that it’s finally the right time to embrace forums as <b>the de facto channel for community Q&amp;A and discussion</b>.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"> </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">   <b>This particular forum is for topics about workflow as it relates to Windows Workflow Foundation and SharePoint products and technologies.</b> Before posting a question, please review the wealth of information in the <a title="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/aa830816(office.12).aspx" href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/aa830816(office.12).aspx"><u><font color="#800080">Developer Introduction to Workflows for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Office SharePoint Server 2007</font></u></a> MSDN article and the workflow oriented posts on the <a title="http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/tags/Workflow/default.aspx" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/tags/Workflow/default.aspx"><u><font color="#800080">SharePoint Team Blog</font></u></a> and <a title="http://blogs.msdn.com/ecm/archive/tags/Workflow/default.aspx" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/ecm/archive/tags/Workflow/default.aspx"><u><font color="#800080">ECM Team Blog</font></u></a>. Also, try searching for the answer within the SharePoint forums group or by using the <a title="http://search.live.com/macros/lliu/spsearch" href="http://search.live.com/macros/lliu/spsearch"><u><font color="#0000ff">SharePoint Community Search</font></u></a>. Moreover, note that <b>this forum is not an official channel for product support</b>. If you have an urgent or business critical problem, you should contact <a title="http://www.microsoft.com/services/microsoftservices/srv_support.mspx" href="http://www.microsoft.com/services/microsoftservices/srv_support.mspx"><u><font color="#800080">Microsoft Support Services</font></u></a>.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"> </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"><span style="">   </span>Unrelated topics should go the other forums, and it’s very important for a topic to be posted to the correct forum because different groups of MVPs and product group people monitor different forums. So, don’t be surprised if your post gets moved by a moderator as was the case <a title="http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1088498&amp;SiteID=1" href="http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1088498&amp;SiteID=1"><u><font color="#800080">here</font></u></a>. Our ultimate goal is to provide at least a useful response, if not the actual answer, to every question within a reasonable amount of time (2-3 business days), but we are still ramping up, so please bear with us.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"> </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">   While much thought and planning were put into the creation of this and the other SharePoint forums, I believe that there’s always room for improvement, so please send your ideas and feedback to me (<a title="mailto:LLiu@microsoft.com" href="mailto:LLiu@microsoft.com"><u><font color="#0000ff">LLiu@microsoft.com</font></u></a>) or post them in the relevant forum.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"> </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">   Thank you for being a part of the SharePoint community!</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"> </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">   And for the latest news and announcements about SharePoint Products and Technologies, subscribe to the <a title="http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint"><u><font color="#800080">SharePoint Team Blog</font></u></a>.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"> </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><a name="_MailAutoSig"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></a><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"><a title="mailto:LLiu@Microsoft.com" href="mailto:LLiu@Microsoft.com"><b><u><font color="#0000ff">Lawrence</font></u></b></a><a title="mailto:LLiu@Microsoft.com" href="mailto:LLiu@Microsoft.com"><b><u><font color="#0000ff"> Liu</font></u></b></a><b><br></b>Senior Technical Product Manager and Community Lead</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"><a title="http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint" href="http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint"><u><font color="#800080">Microsoft SharePoint Products &amp; Technologies</font></u></a> | <a title="http://blogs.technet.com/lliu" href="http://blogs.technet.com/lliu"><u><font color="#800080">WorkBlog</font></u></a> | <a title="http://spaces.msn.com/members/lliu" href="http://spaces.msn.com/members/lliu"><u><font color="#0000ff">LifeBlog</font></u></a></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><i><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"> </span></i><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><i><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">&quot;<b>Be the Change </b>you wish to see in the world!&quot; </span></i><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">-- Gandhi</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"> </span></p>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:14:05 Z2007-01-18T11:14:05Zhttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointworkflow/thread/25e38355-7eff-4741-a47e-e4affb6732c8#180019f9-8207-4ee3-8a00-035cba180825http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointworkflow/thread/25e38355-7eff-4741-a47e-e4affb6732c8#180019f9-8207-4ee3-8a00-035cba180825Tzhepiezohttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=TzhepiezoWelcome! Thaks for the welcome. <br><br>I would like to ask, does SharePoint use API or Web services to communicate with external applications (outside of the sharepoint e.g TeamFoundation)?Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:55:35 Z2008-08-18T13:55:35Zhttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointworkflow/thread/25e38355-7eff-4741-a47e-e4affb6732c8#14399988-46df-41c3-98e9-6382ca8042e9http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointworkflow/thread/25e38355-7eff-4741-a47e-e4affb6732c8#14399988-46df-41c3-98e9-6382ca8042e9msholderhttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=msholderWelcome!I recently, was very much helped by this website: http://www.articles.maindevice.com/ or http://www.maindevice.com/<br>Here many technical articles.<br><br>How you think it interesting article? - &quot; Does a Smartphone Beat a Laptop &quot;<br>HERE: http: // www.articles.maindevice.com/mobile_art_10.htm<br>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 05:15:12 Z2009-03-25T05:15:12Z