blog.atwork.at

news and know-how about microsoft, technology, cloud and more.

How to create or renew Service Principal Names in Azure Active Directory

Saturday, March 24, 2018 4:04 PM Toni Pohl
When an automated task or an app needs to access data from Office 365, you need to create an app in the tenant’s Azure Active Directory (AAD). For having full control, e.g. for deleting objects in AAD, a so called Service Principal Name (SPN) can be used. That is similar to a Global Admin in Office 365, but just for apps and usually with a predefined expiration date. Which is good. Or?
Azure | App | Cloud | Developer | English | Microsoft | Office365 | Security
mehr

Tips for PowerApps-Using SharePoint Customize forms with Bing Maps visualization

Monday, February 19, 2018 6:00 PM Toni Pohl
PowerApps are very powerful and simple to use.Through the integration in SharePoint Online lists, we now can create our custom forms within a SharePoint site and add additional features as calculations, modifications and even visualizations. See here, how to integrate a map for showing a location instantly directly in SharePoint without any coding!
Cloud | Developer | English | Microsoft | Office | Office365 | PowerApps | SharePoint | App | Mobile
mehr

Download the free Azure Serverless Computing Cookbook

Saturday, February 3, 2018 8:30 PM Martina Grom
Serverless Computing is popular. With Microsoft Azure, IT people can concentrate on their tasks and apps without taking care of managing any server infrastructure. One of the key Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) components from Microsoft is the new, extensive Azure Functions service. Learn how to use Azure Functions with the cost-free Azure Serverless Computing Cookbook!
Azure | Cloud | Developer | English | Microsoft | Visual Studio | DevOps | App
mehr

Forward emails from a Microsoft Account to a Work Account

Monday, October 9, 2017 6:00 AM Toni Pohl
Many of us have a Microsoft Account (MSA) that we use for Microsoft Azure or similar Microsoft services. But in reality, with Office 365, we’re used to work with our Work-or-School Account (AAD). So, often it is helpful to forward all mails from one MSA to the work account primarily used. This can be accomplished easily!
App | Cloud | English | Microsoft | Office | Office365
mehr

Provisioning an Office 365 group with an approval flow and Azure functions-part 3

Thursday, October 5, 2017 8:00 PM Martina Grom
This article describes the workflow for the group provisioning process by using the Azure function from part two in combination with PowerApps, SharePoint Online and Flow to enable a good user experience. Technically, we already have the toolset with the ProvisionGroup function. Now let’s create the rest.
Azure | App | Cloud | Developer | English | Exchange | Microsoft | MVP | Office | Office365 | PowerApps | Event | PowerShell | SharePoint | Flow
mehr

Provisioning an Office 365 group with an approval flow and Azure functions-part 1

Thursday, September 28, 2017 3:30 AM Martina Grom
Office 365 groups span over various Office 365 services and provide a great way for collaborating. By default, every user can create an Office 365 group. While self-service is a good thing and many businesses adopted into that direction, some companies still prefer the controlled approach. In real world environments, organizations usually want to restrict the group provisioning so that IT can control the wild growth of groups. This article series shows how to create an Office 365 group with an attached approval process with SharePoint Online, Flow and Azure functions. See how this works here!
Azure | Cloud | Developer | English | Exchange | Microsoft | Office | Office365 | PowerShell | SharePoint | Flow | App | MVP | Event | PowerApps
mehr