Hi all One workflow action that anyone getting into SharePoint Designer 2013 workflow development needs to know is the Call HTTP Web Service action. This action opens up many possibilities for workflow developers, and in some ways, turns them into …

Tips for using SPD Workflows to talk to 3rd party web services Read more »

Hi all In case you have not been paying attention, I’ve churned out a large series of posts – twelve in all – on the topic of SharePoint Designer 2013 workflows. The premise of the series was to answer a …

Trials or tribulation? Inside SharePoint 2013 workflows–conclusion and reflections Read more »

Hi all, and welcome to part 12 of my articles about SharePoint 2013 Workflows and whether they are ready for prime time. Along the way we have learnt all about CAML, REST, JSON, calling web services, Fiddler, Dictionary objects and …

Trials or tribulation? Inside SharePoint 2013 workflows–Part 12 Read more »

Hi all, and welcome to the penultimate article in what has tuned into a fairly epic series about SharePoint 2013 Workflows. From part 6 to part 8 of this series, we implemented a workflow that made use of the web …

Trials or tribulation? Inside SharePoint 2013 workflows–Part 11 Read more »

Hi there and welcome back to my series of articles that puts a real-world viewpoint to SharePoint 2013 workflow capabilities. This series is pitched more to Business Analysts, SharePoint Hackers and generally anyone who might be termed a citizen developer. …

Trials or tribulation? Inside SharePoint 2013 workflows–Part 10 Read more »

Hi all and welcome to my series that aims to illustrate the trials and tribulations of SharePoint 2013 workflow to those who consider themselves as citizen developers. In case you don’t want to go all the way back to part …

Trials or tribulation? Inside SharePoint 2013 workflows–Part 9 Read more »

Hi and welcome to part 7 of my series of articles around SharePoint 2013 workflows. We have been examining the trials and tribulations (mainly trials so far) of implementing a relatively simple document approval workflow for a mythical organisation called …

Trials or tribulation? Inside SharePoint 2013 workflows–Part 7 Read more »

Hi and welcome to part 6 of my series of articles aimed at demystifying various aspects to SharePoint 2013 workflows. We have been using a mythical example of a document approval workflow from our mythical multinational called Megacorp Inc. We …

Trials or tribulation? Inside SharePoint 2013 workflows–Part 6 Read more »

Hi and welcome to part 5 of my series of articles that take a peek under the hood of SharePoint 2013 workflows. These articles are pitched at wide audience, and my hope is that they give you some insights into …

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