Book Image

Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019 and SharePoint Hybrid Administration

By : Aaron Guilmette
Book Image

Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019 and SharePoint Hybrid Administration

By: Aaron Guilmette

Overview of this book

SharePoint Server is an on-premises collaboration and business productivity platform. It serves as a content management and web services platform, enabling users to create, publish, and discover content and applications and integrate with business systems. This SharePoint book offers complete, up-to-date coverage of the SharePoint Server 2019 interface to help you configure and deploy confidently from the start. With the help of clear and succinct explanations and expert tips, this book covers SharePoint Server and SharePoint Hybrid configuration as well as the process for migrating to Microsoft SharePoint Online. As the book takes you through strategies and techniques for configuring and managing SharePoint on-premises and hybrid scenarios, you’ll get to grips with the concepts essential for SharePoint deployments, such as authentication, Business Connectivity Services, and the data gateway. You’ll also explore migration methods and strategies. By the end of this book, you'll have learned the fundamentals of deploying SharePoint Server 2019 and be able to use this reference guide for your administration tasks.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)

Managing SharePoint workflows

SharePoint workflows are automation processes built on top of the Windows Workflow Foundation. The SharePoint Workflow Manager Platform is primarily developed with SharePoint Designer 2013, though Visual Studio can also interact with workflows to some degree.

SharePoint Designer 2013 is the last version of the designer platform. It can connect to SharePoint Server 2013, 2016, and 2019, as well as SharePoint Online.

Microsoft recommends utilizing the Power Automate platform for future workflow development. The Power Automate platform can connect to SharePoint Server environments using a data gateway. You'll learn more about data gateways in Chapter 14, Implementing a Data Gateway. You'll learn more about creating a workflow that uses the Power Platform in Chapter 15, Using Power Automate with a Data Gateway.

SharePoint Workflow Manager is not installed with SharePoint Server and must be downloaded separately. Workflow Manager requires both the App...