Workflows coming back to SharePoint
According to the comments made by Bill Gates, SharePoint 12 will have “... rich workflow type capability, with the sharing of information in one common, rich way.”
Another nice comment about searching: “SharePoint's search function now can go out not just to documents but to structured information like your product catalogue, your project management status, your directory of who your employees are, and your accounting software”
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