The diverse collection of data connectors in PowerApps is impressive. There are over 250 different connectors available, not only from the Microsoft ecosystem but across the entire internet. You can connect to Salesforce, Gmail, Zendesk, Azure and so much more. These connections are great, but I have found that data connectors bring one of the... Continue Reading →
Breaking Bad: Culture and Collaboration
Excerpt from my post on Slalom Technology: Your employees are collaborating today And they’re doing it without specific software. It happens during meetings, phone calls, at the water cooler, at their desks, in the hallways. Is it efficient? Maybe not. Is it breaking silos? Doubtful. Finding the right collaboration technology for your organization can and... Continue Reading →
SLIDES & VIDEO: Office 365 is more than SharePoint
I'm pleased to share that my slides and video of my session at the Boston Office 365 User Group are up on their website. Click below to download and watch! Office 365 is more than SharePoint on Bos365 Big thanks to TrnDigital for sponsoring, and for The Garage out of the NERD for hosting!
Speaking at Bos365: Office 365 is more than SharePoint
It's true! Office 365 is more than SharePoint, more than Exchange, more than any single service or offering it has. I'm excited to share I'll be presenting next week at the Boston Office 365 User Group, with the goal to explore more of what O365 has to offer. We won't be just talking about what... Continue Reading →
Squeezing a little more formatting out of Microsoft Forms
As it stands today, Microsoft Forms is quite limited in its customization capabilities: with changing the background to a custom image only being released in recent weeks, you can select a theme or create your own. Forms will continue to grow and adapt and will eventually offer the necessary level of customizations we need. I... Continue Reading →
Creating a user-friendly SharePoint view using PowerApps
In my previous post, I shared a winning combination of Forms, SharePoint, Flow, and PowerApps. In this post, we're going to dive in deeper into the PowerApp I created. I wanted to take this approach as it's more user-creator-friendly than using the cool new custom view formatting available in SharePoint Online. I wanted to highlight... Continue Reading →
Microsoft Forms Ranking Questions to Individual SharePoint Fields with Flow
In my previous post, I shared a winning combination of Forms, SharePoint, Flow, and PowerApps. In this post, we're going to dive in deeper with the Flow used to save survey results from Forms into SharePoint. Forms will save it's data to Excel pretty easily, but sometimes certain question types are funky. In my use... Continue Reading →
Sending a beautifully formatted email from Microsoft Flow
I recently shared a winning use case for Office 365. Within this use case, I am using Flow to send beautifully formatted emails to our users. Something like: Okay, maybe it's not that beautiful, but it is colorful, has an image, and pops in comparison to black and white text only emails. Microsoft Flow sends... Continue Reading →
Winning with Office 365: Forms, Flow, SharePoint, and PowerApps
I love these little wins that truly highlight the power of Office 365! Here's my use case: in the Boston office of Slalom, we have an annual Learning Day that everyone is required to attend. It's a fun day, and we do learn some great things from it. Every consultant and leader has to register... Continue Reading →