SharePoint 2013 vs. 2010 – Part 7 – Composite

SharePoint 2013 and Office 15 considerably improve the capabilities for Composite solution development and further empower power users to solve many of their business problems on their own. Here are some of the new and enhance features: New features Enhanced features  

1. Access Apps: robust way to create and combine a Composite solution and a SharePoint app without code and without even using Visual Studio. By contrast, Access 15 uses SQL Server to store data. This significantly improves the manageability and scalability of Access applications.
2. Workflow: The new SharePoint 2013 workflow features enable more advanced, robust no-code solutions and include the following:
   1. A redesigned Workflow architecture that supports legacy workflows.
   2. Workflow Stages that enable more complex logic.
   3. Authoring workflows in SharePoint15 declaratively or visually.
   4. Integration of data from SOAP Web Services into workflows.
3. Business Connectivity Services: Changes in Business Connectivity Services for the SharePoint 2013 expose more of Business Connectivity Services to the power user, and include the following:
   1. Enhancements to external lists
   2. Ability to export to Excel
   3. Workflows and subscriptions
   4. Support for OData sources