UPDATE: Microsoft Flow: Posting to LinkedIn
In a previous post, I showed how to post to LinkedIn about a blog post. The connector available at that time used V1 of the LinkedIn API. That version no longer works. Thankfully, Flow already…
Microsoft Flow: Feeding Forms data to Dynamics 365 CRM
In this post, I’m going to show you how easy it is to use Microsoft Flow to automatically populate that data from whatever input form you’re using directly into your CRM.…
Remember to initialize your Dynamics 365 Retail RCSU
Always remember to initialize your Retail Cloud Scale Unit…
Site change
Well, I decided to take my website back to WordPress. I tried to like Ghost blog. I really did. There’s just too much that just isn’t… there. And no signs of it arriving any time soon.…
Microsoft Flow for Expiration Dates pt. 2
In the previous Flow post, I walked through using Flow to set up reminders for things you need to keep track of, like expiration dates, renewal dates and so forth. In this follow up, I’ll walk through creating a weekly process that emails you a list of upcoming reminders so you know what’s coming in the future.
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The True Costs of a Startup Failing
I read an article in Fortune magazine’s online site this week titled “What Happens When a Startup Goes Bust”. The article focused on vendors who don’t get paid when startup fails. It gives examples of several small businesses owed various amounts of money in the wake of Bay area food delivery startup Munchery failing. And while the article is interesting in its take on vendors losing out on payments and how venture capital firms should have more accountability, it doesn’t even give a single mention to those who end up getting screwed the most when a startup fails: the employees of the startup. …
Microsoft Flow For Expiration Dates
We all have a near endless list of expiration and reminder dates to keep track of: software renewals, contracts, driver’s license, certifications, warranties, and on and on. Or maybe we want a better way of seeing when that pesky doctor or vet appointment is without scrolling endlessly through our calendar. …
Developer Stockholm Syndrome
Developers seem to have an irrational love/hate relationship with programming languages. We tend to love the languages we use on a regular basis. And we seem to hate languages we don’t or no longer use. I’ve come to refer to this as Developer Stockholm Syndrome.
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Microsoft Flow – Manually Triggering a Flow
My previous articles on Flow have all had external Triggers of some kind: a blog post, a tweet, a timer and so forth. There are times when you want to have a Flow that you can trigger on demand. One solution to that is to use a Flow button. …
Microsoft Flow – Adding Some Delay
In a previous post, I walked through saving tweets to an Azure table so they could be retweeted later with an #ICYMI tag. As with most processes of learning, we do the hard way first to learn the concepts. And then we learn the easier ways to do it. As it so happens, Flow provides a much easier way to do this. We’re going to add some delay. …