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Have you ever kicked off an approval process, only to have it sit there waiting because the approver is on vacation? 😩 I have! In this blog and video, I show how to build a flow that automatically checks whether your approver has an out-of-office reply turned on. If they do, it routes the approval to someone else instead. No
If you’ve been working with SharePoint and Power Automate for any length of time and you work with SharePoint approval requests to get some form or file approved, you’ve probably experienced the frustration of trying to create approval workflows that feel seamlessly integrated with your SharePoint lists and libraries. The traditional Power Automate approval actions work, but they exist in
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In Microsoft Teams, there is a way to create quick and easy forms to run through simple approval processes. This is done in the built in “Approvals” app in Teams, and it uses Microsoft Forms. In this post, I’ll show you how to use the approval templates, and how to create your own templates and share them with your whole
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Microsoft’s virtual conference is tomorrow, 12/12! And it’s all about Microsoft Flow!
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In one week, I’ll be driving to Atlanta, to speak at SharePoint Saturday! This is always a great (FREE) event, and this year the list of speakers is phenomenal! You can Register now. Here’s some information about the sessions I’ll be teaching: 9:15 AM – Creating an Approval Workflow: Part 1 Level: 100 Track: End-User, Business Forms and documents are
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In SharePoint Designer workflows that are manually started, the initiation form is the page that has the “Start” button to kick off the workflow. In this 11 minute video, I show how to create an approval workflow that can be manually triggered. I walk you through: Setting up the workflow so that after the approval process, the content approval status
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