After Service Pack 1 and the inherent security improvements that had been implemented you may find yourself having issues with SharePoint Designer workflows kicking off automatically. One way that we have found around that issue is setting workflows in a list / library that you know will have that issue...
Note that we're only a day away from the next user group meeting. Also note that the location has changed for this meeting. It's still in Bloomington and is only a few blocks away from the Microsoft facility, just wanted to make sure to point that out clearly to anyone who didn't read the...
When moving a workflow between MS CRM 4.0 environments, plan on having to update all references to that user within the Workflow before you can publish it in the new environment. Most of the time environments are in different domains, so the users will not be identical, even if they use the same name...
A while back I wrote a post about how you can use JavaScript and workflow to include an e-mail link for a newly created or updated record. While the method works, it was less than efficient and opened the door to more problems than solutions. There is a much better solution and it can be implemented...
The Timecard Management template is a part of the site admin templates provided directly from Microsoft here . This template is based off of a site template (.stp file) which can be installed by a SharePoint administrator by either uploading it into the Site Templates gallery or installing it globally...
It's been a while since I've been able to continue my Application Templates series, but we move on to the Help Desk template which has some neat customizations that you can take onto your own projects. The Help Desk template is a part of the server admin templates provided directly from Microsoft here...
One of the great new features introduced by SharePoint Designer is the ability to create and customize Workflows using predefined conditions and actions. Most Workflows created by SPD reference a list or library so before we get started, we'll create one of each: Next, we'll open SharePoint Designer...
The Board of Directors template is a part of the site admin templates provided directly from Microsoft here . This template is based off of a site template (.stp file) which can be installed by a SharePoint administrator by either uploading it into the Site Templates gallery or installing it globally...
The Absence and Vacation Schedule template is a part of the server admin templates provided directly from Microsoft here . This template is based off of a site definition which needs to be installed by a SharePoint server administrator using stsadm. The Absence and Vacation Schedule template was designed...
As I was testing out some workflows in a development environment earlier today, that has SP1 applied to it, I was running across some weird issues with some SharePoint Designer workflows. If I had a SharePoint Designer workflow attached to any list or library that was set to automatically start (either...