The new packaging and deployment stuff for SharePoint 2010 is certainly a lot better than VSeWSS but there are a few things missing, such as the ability to add a WCF service as a project item. One of these days I’ll build a template to do it but for now here’s a quick step by step guide.

Add SVC file to Layouts folder
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Creating custom workflow activities for use in Visual Studio is all fine and well but what happens if we want to make those activities available within SharePoint Designer? Thankfully the process is pretty straightforward.

Since SharePoint Designer is a client tool, it’s designed to run remotely as opposed to on the SharePoint Server. As a result of this, when determining which workflow action should be available for use on a particular site, SharePoint Designer connects to the server to retrieve a list of available actions. The list of actions is stored at %SPRoot%\Template\1033\Workflow. In this folder there are a number of .actions files, each containing Xml that defines the actions that are available and how they should be configured.

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Develop Custom Workflow Activity for SharePoint 2010 Workflow
In this article, I’d be discussing the steps to create a custom workflow activity for SharePoint 2010. The need for custom workflow activity arises, when the out-of-box workflow activities do not suffice our requirement. The functionality of developing a custom activity for SharePoint 2010 Workflow is not a new feature in SharePoint 2010. This was available in SharePoint 2007, which is now continued to SharePoint 2010. Once the custom workflow activity is created, it can be made available for use inside SharePoint Designer 2010.

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Microsoft.Braindump.70-667.pdf (207.74 kb)

Cheers !!!
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What is the relationship between Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server and Microsoft Windows Services?

Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies (including SharePoint Portal Server and Windows SharePoint Services) deliver highly scalable collaboration solutions with flexible deployment and management tools. Windows SharePoint Services provides sites for team collaboration, while Share Point Portal Server connects these sites, people, and business processes-facilitating knowledge sharing and smart organizations. SharePoint Portal Server also extends the capabilities of Windows SharePoint Services by providing organizational and management tools for SharePoint sites, and by enabling teams to publish information to the entire organization.
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