The 2007 Microsoft Office system is a true developer platform that helps connect LOB information and Office client applications. Workflow solutions integrate many different Microsoft products and technologies, and we want to provide as many as possible. The space is limited, but here is a list of key developer resources that can help you with a deep dive into workflow capabilities offered by different Microsoft products and technologies.
Windows Workflow Foundation (WF)
Introducing Microsoft Windows Workflow Foundation: An Early Look: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa480215.aspx
Windows Workflow Foundation Samples: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms741723.aspx
Simple Human Workflow with Windows Workflow Foundation: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa480178.aspx
Essential Windows Workflow Foundation (Microsoft .NET Development Series) by Dharma Shukla and Bob Schmidt (Addison-Wesley Professional)
Windows SharePoint Services
Developer Introduction to Workflows for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and SharePoint Server 2007: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa830816.aspx
Understanding Workflow in Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services and the 2007 Microsoft Office System: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=DBBD82C7-9BDE-4974-8443-67B8F30126A8&displaylang=en
How-To Video: Building a Basic Approval Workflow with SharePoint (MOSS 2007) and Visual Studio: http://www.sheltonblog.com/archive/2007/11/21/how-to-video-building-a-basic-approval-workflow-with-sharepoint.aspx
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: Software Development Kit (SDK): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=05E0DD12-8394-402B-8936-A07FE8AFAFFD&displaylang=en
SharePoint Server 2007 Developer Portal: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/office/aa905503.aspx
SharePoint Server 2007 SDK: Software Development Kit: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=6D94E307-67D9-41AC-B2D6-0074D6286FA9&displaylang=en
Workflow Information Center: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/office/bb421687.aspx
Andrew May’s WebLog: SharePoint Workflow Object Model Map for download: http://blogs.msdn.com/andrew_may/archive/2006/05/31/SharePointBeta2ObjectModelMapsDownloads.aspx
Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Team Blog: Workflow: http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/tags/Workflow/default.aspx
Business Document Workflow: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/CH101782961033.aspx
Workflow projects in CodePlex: http://www.codeplex.com/Project/ProjectDirectory.aspx?ProjectSearchText=workflow
Workflow in the 2007 Microsoft Office System by David Mann (Apress)
InfoPath 2007 and Outlook 2007
InfoPath Forms for Workflows: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms573938.aspx
Building Simple Custom Approval Workflows with InfoPath 2007 Forms: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb629921.aspx
Scenarios for Using InfoPath and InfoPath Forms Services: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/infopath/HA102119421033.aspx
Use InfoPath E-mail Forms in Outlook: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA101645491033.aspx
Using InfoPath E-mail Forms: http://blogs.msdn.com/tudort/archive/2006/02/22/536800.aspx
Office SharePoint Designer 2007
BlogOffice SharePoint Designer 2007: http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepointdesigner
Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007: Create a Workflow: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointdesigner/HA101005911033.aspx
Workflow Development in Office SharePoint Designer: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms414204.aspx
SharePoint Workflow Solutions: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb386211(VS.90).aspx
VSTO Team Blog: OBA: http://blogs.msdn.com/vsto2/archive/tags/OBA/default.aspx
Workflow Deployment
Workflow Deployment Using Features: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms414556.aspx
How to: Deploy a Workflow Template: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms460303.aspx
Creating a Solution Package in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb466225.aspx
Signing an Assembly with a Strong Name: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/xc31ft41(VS.71).aspx
Stsadm command-line tool (Office SharePoint Server): http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/188f006d-aa66-4784-a65b-a31822aa13f71033.mspx?mfr=true
Open XML File Formats
Introducing the Office (2007) Open XML File Formats: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa338205.aspx
Open XML SDK Documentation: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb448854.aspx
Manipulating Excel 2007 and PowerPoint 2007 Files with the Open XML Object Model (Part 1 of 2): http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb739834.aspx
Manipulating Excel 2007 and PowerPoint 2007 Files with the Open XML Object Model (Part 2 of 2): http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727373.aspx
Preparing Open XML documents using MOSS and WF: http://blogs.infosupport.com/wouterv/archive/2007/04/12/Preparing-Open-XML-documents-using-MOSS-and-WF.aspx
Office Development
Office Developer Center: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/office/default.aspx
Microsoft Office Interactive Developer Map: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/office/bb497969.aspx
Office Business Applications: Price Exception Management: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb977552.aspx
Erika Ehrli Cabral’s blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/erikaehrli/