Working with Microsoft Group Forms and Flow

Working with Microsoft Group Forms and Flow

Microsoft Forms is very popular because it is a very easy way to create web forms quickly. You can create surveys, quizzes and simple forms, and easily see results as they come in. This quick tutorial shows how you can use Microsoft Forms, convert a from into a group form, how to access the result file and how to add additional tasks with Microsoft Flow or Azure Logic Apps. So, here we go. ...

July 13, 2019 · 5 min · Martina Grom

Hello, PowerApps Portals and external users!

PowerApps are a great way to develop low-code apps for various platforms. With the big success of PowerApps and Flow, the number one request of many customers was: How can people *outside *my company use PowerApps? Well, soon there will be a way with PowerApps Portals! So far, using a PowerApp requires a login in the organization´s tenant. In real scenarios, there are of course many use cases in which the provision of a PowerApp for customers, partners, suppliers, etc. makes sense. So, there´s a huge demand for sharing PowerApps with external users. ...

June 10, 2019 · 2 min · Martina Grom

Groups Governance Toolkit-Working with group policies

At Microsoft Ignite conference last September, we demoed an approach for a self-built Office 365 Groups Governance Toolkit. Since Microsoft 365 is an evergreen service and continues to evolve, today we have more group settings available and we extend our provisioning function to work with group naming policies as well. See here how this can be accomplished by including new Graph requests. Foreword You can find the previous articles of our governance story at Provisioning an Office 365 group with an approval flow and Azure functions-part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5 and part 6 and the source code at martinagrom/Ignite2018GroupsGovernanceToolkit. ...

May 2, 2019 · 6 min · Martina Grom
Tips for PowerApps-6 tips for working with images

Tips for PowerApps-6 tips for working with images

Since I use PowerApps only from time to time, I wanted to document some common actions, such as working with images and the camera control. So, here are my little notes in 6 tips. Well it´s Saturday evening, and I am listening to fancy music and playing with PowerApps (and Flow, Cognitive Services and Adaptive Cards). To not forget the following basics, I thought, it´s a good idea to document a quick intro for working with the Camera control and pictures in PowerApps. ...

April 14, 2019 · 6 min · Toni Pohl
Tips for PowerApps-Working Offline with PowerApps

Tips for PowerApps-Working Offline with PowerApps

PowerApps provide a good solution for small apps. They run on a device and connect to an online data source. But what happens if no data connection is available, for instance in a building? Well, you can develop a PowerApp that works offline and synchronizes local data to the data source when you’re back online. See how this works here! A basic demo app To show the basic functionality, I developed the following, colorful demo PowerApp. The app consists of one screen in tablet mode including a connection toggle control, two input fields for a name and an email address, two data tables and some buttons. The goal is to read and write data in offline and online mode. ...

March 29, 2019 · 5 min · Toni Pohl
Having fun with IoT Flic buttons and Microsoft Flow

Having fun with IoT Flic buttons and Microsoft Flow

I just got a cute Flic button to play around with. It takes only some minutes to connect that IoT button to a connector and execute customs tasks. Well, as first step, I simply created a message in a Microsoft Teams channel. See the step-by-step instructions here. My colleague Christoph has started to play with the Flic button and another IoT button, so I was interested as well. Another article with that IoT button will follow shortly. ...

March 27, 2019 · 3 min · Toni Pohl
Groups Governance Toolkit Part 4-Ownerless Groups

Groups Governance Toolkit Part 4-Ownerless Groups

In this multi-part series we show you how to handle the Office 365 Groups and Microsoft Teams governance toolkit. The next article cover the governance part of our Groups Governance Toolkit.Imagine your company policy requires at least 2 owners per Office 365 Group or per Microsoft Team. In this part, we want to monitor all groups that are ownerless (orphaned), or do not comply with our organization’s policies. The IT department shall get the information of all groups and teams where there are no owners or not enough owners and the possibility to fix that. Read below how this can be accomplished. ...

February 13, 2019 · 5 min · Martina Grom
Groups Governance Toolkit Part 3-Develop Azure Functions

Groups Governance Toolkit Part 3-Develop Azure Functions

After the introduction of the Office 365 Groups and Microsoft Teams Governance Toolkit and with the necessary requirements we are now looking into Azure Functions. In our group and team provisioning scenario, we need a little code for provisioning of an Office 365 group and a Microsoft team. Serverless computing with an Azure Function provides the optimal solution for that. Follow these steps to create the function we need for our workflow. ...

January 16, 2019 · 6 min · Martina Grom
Groups Governance Toolkit Part 2-Provisioning requirements

Groups Governance Toolkit Part 2-Provisioning requirements

In part 1 of this series we described the scenario for our Office 365 groups governance toolkit. In this part we will setup a workflow for the Office 365 and Microsoft Teams provisioning. Workflows help to follow specific processes for a successful collaboration. Offering self-services for users is a key to reduce workloads on the IT department and to allow users to cover their requirements quickly while the organization’s policies are enforced during the process. A frequently asked request is how to provision a new Microsoft Team in Office 365 in a secure and monitored way. See how this can be implemented here. ...

January 11, 2019 · 5 min · Martina Grom

Join us at SPC19 North America!

We from atwork will are looking forward to see you at SharePoint Conference North America 2019 that will take place in May 2019 in Fabulous Las Vegas. Check it out now and save $50 off your registration! SharePoint Conference North America 2019 will take place in the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada from May, 21st to 23rd, 2019. Add #SPC19 to your calendar! See the details at sharepointna.com. “The SharePoint conference returns to Las Vegas: the world’s biggest and most comprehensive event empowering you to achieve more in the modern workplace with Microsoft 365.” ...

December 27, 2018 · 1 min · Toni Pohl