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Workflow is my thing

My passion for workflow and forms automation began over 25 years ago with Lotus Notes. Notes allowed a developer to build business rules into forms and create workflow messaging based upon those rules. An example of this is an expense report or proposal authorization that requires on authorization level for a specific amount and a second approval level for amounts that exceed a threshold.

 

All was good until Notes fell out of favor with large companies. In 2010 I began to focus on workflows using Microsoft SharePoint. The tools I used in the beginning were SharePoint Designer for workflow and InfoPath for forms.

 

Later on working for an energy company I had the opportunity to work with Nintex Forms and Workflow. This dedicated product not only made the design experience more intuitive, Nintex exposed a lot more functionality than the free Microsoft tools.

 

I attended a Microsoft event while working near Hartford CT where PowerApps and Flow where introduced. I immediately viewed all of the introductory videos ( sorry no link ) from Microsoft (Six) and experimented with my own Office 365 subscription.

 

I furthered my study with the following Lynda.com training:

SharePoint 2016: No-Code Workflows

Most recently I attended SPTechCon in Boston and attended several sessions related to PowerApps and flow:

  • Using PowerApps to Customize SharePoint List forms
  • Three Must-Have Workflows with Microsoft Flow
  • Integrate All the Things: PowerApps and Microsoft Flow for Developers
  • Using Azure Runbooks and Microsoft Flow to Automate SharePoint Tasks

http://matthewrubenstein.net/sharepoint/sptechcon-boston-august-2018/