K2 FOR
SHAREPOINT
AND SHAREPOINT 2013
PRESENTED BY: ASHLEY EVANS
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LOCATION: NEENAH, WI
INDUSTRY: MANUFACTURING
Kimberly-Clark is a global company that
manufactures well-known consumer products,
healthcare products and professional products.
Its brands include Huggies, Depends, Pull-ups
and Kleenex.
MORE THAN 150 APPS DEPLOYED ON K2
Integration with SAP, SharePoint and other
structured and unstructured information
throughout the enterprise
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What are K2 used for ?
Business Applications
SharePoint Worfklow Application
• Document / List routing based workflow solutions
in SharePoint
• Combined workflow for SharePoint 2010 & 2013
• Workflow for Cloud or hybrid solutions in Office
365
• Standalone process based solutions integrated
SAP other LOB
• Mobile solutions
• eforms centric solutions based on SAP data
BPM platform
Case Management Solutions
• Multi-document, -form centric Case Management
embedded in SharePoint
• Standalone Case Management apps, integrated to
3rd party DMS, SAP and other LOB systems
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SharePoint BPM Solutions
BPM apps outside SharePoint
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EXAMPLE OF A K2 SIMPLE APP
User initiated
Schedule initiated
Rules configure
Rule?
WEB SERVICE
Business Rules
MI
Escalate
Manual User Task
Process interaction
Update SharePoint
SharePoint
Send notification
Update SAP
SAP
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FORMS
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WORKFLOW
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REPORTS
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WORKFLOW APPLICATIONS
SharePoint: ECM, WCM, Portal, Search, BI
Item-centric
Forms-centric
 Document
routing
 Business Data
Focused
 Item routing
 Data bound forms
 Simple forms
 Actionable
Decisions
 Approvals
 Simple LOB
information
 Audit
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 Moderate LOB
information
Business Critical
 Core processes
 Data bound forms
 Decision
Management
 Extensive LOB
information
 Some integration
 Rich integration
needs
 Integrated
reporting
 Visibility & audit
 Business insight
EXPENSE CLAIM SCENARIO
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We need additional information to make
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Employee’s department?
Employee’s manager?
Current state of budget for department?
Estimated deal size?
Dollars spent on this opportunity?
BUILDING APPS WITH INFORMATION
K2
SharePoint 2013
K2 SMARTOBJECTS
REPORTS
HR
HR
SECURITY
FORMS
CRM
WEB
SERVICE
CRM
FINANCIAL
WORKFLOWS
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Configuration instead of code to access information
Connect to information real-time, at the source
Information is best protected by native system
Use information in workflow, forms and reports
Create once, reusable across many apps
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FINANCIAL
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External Lists not supported in 2013 Workflow
Custom code required to develop Web Services
Call Web Services limited to workflow
Copy unprotected info into the workflow or list
Making decisions on outdated information
CREATING FORMS FOR APPS
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SharePoint 2013
K2 SMARTOBJECTS
• Connect to information real-time, at the source
• Transform information into user-friendly UI
• Create full featured forms with no code
• Show info that drives informed decisions
• K2 smartforms - 8x faster than ASP.NET
• Create once, reuse across many apps
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InfoPath not supported – 2013 Style workflow
Limited code only editor in SPD 2013
Multiple forms to review a single task
Auto-generated forms are basic
Custom development required for full featured
workflow forms
SHAREPOINT 2013 CHANGES
WHAT’S NEW/CHANGED
Considerations
• Two SharePoint workflow platforms
• Workflow Manager V1.0
• SharePoint 2010 Workflow platform
• Two workflow platforms, both needed due to
features that are no longer available in 2013
Workflow
• A visual workflow development experience that
uses a Visio 2013 Pro add-in
• Workflow forms creation limited to ASP.NET, no
support for InfoPath 2013
• A new action that enables no-code web service
calls from within a workflow
• Workflow Visualization with Visio no longer
available for 2013 style workflows
• New coordination actions that let you start a
workflow built on the SharePoint 2010 Workflow
platform from a workflow built on the SharePoint
2013 Workflow platform
• Support for External Lists (BCS), Records
Management and Document Sets no longer
available in 2013 workflows
• New workflow building blocks such as Stage and
Loop
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• No improvements made to Management and
Reporting, this will remain a challenge in
SharePoint 2013
APPS IN AND OUT OF SHAREPOINT
SHAREPOINT 2007/2010/2013 & OFFICE 365
BUSINESS APPS
ERP
Lists
Docs
Content
Types
CRM
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WHAT VERSIONS OF SHAREPOINT
WILL BE SUPPORTED?
K2 for SharePoint
Full K2 feature set available
 Build K2 applications on SharePoint 2010 today, and be confident that the migration
of these apps to SharePoint 2013 will be seamless
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LICENCING MODELS
 Bundles
 100, 250, 500, 1000 users
 Enterprise Server + CAL
 Individual server components as per your requirements
 Component
 Counted per Component used, e.g. Forms, SmartObject, Process
 Priced per month
 Unlimited users
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