Implement a SharePoint Timer job using Azure WebJob

15th of March, 2016 / / 1 Comment

The SharePoint Timer service runs in background to do long running tasks. The Timer service does some important SharePoint clean up tasks in the background but can also be used to provide useful functional tasks. For instance, there may be  a situation when you want to send newsletters to your users on regular basis or want to keep your customer up to date with  some regular timed information.

I will be using SharePoint Timer Service to send an email to newly registered customers/users for this demo.… [Keep reading] “Implement a SharePoint Timer job using Azure WebJob”

How to parse JSON data in Nintex Workflow for Office 365

20th of October, 2015 / / 1 Comment

A workflow is usually described as a series of tasks that produce an outcome. In the context of Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies, a workflow is defined more precisely as the automated movement of documents or items through a specific sequence of actions or tasks that are related to a business process. SharePoint Workflows can be used to consistently manage common business processes within an organisation by allowing the attachment of business logic that is set of instructions to documents or items in a SharePoint list or library.… [Keep reading] “How to parse JSON data in Nintex Workflow for Office 365”

Kloud Solutions named as Microsoft Australia Partner Awards finalist in four categories!

10th of August, 2015 / / No Comments

MELBOURNE, VICTORIA – 10 August, 2015 – Today, Kloud Solutions proudly announced it has been named a finalistin four categories in the 2015 Microsoft Australian Partner Awards (MAPA):

  • Cloud Productivity
  • Cloud Platform
  • Managed Service
  • Social Enterprise

Earlier this year, Kloud won Cloud Productivity Partner of the Year and was recognised as a finalist for Enterprise Mobility Suite Partner of the Year at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference in Orlando, Florida.

Kloud’s managing director Nicki Bowers is proud of the recognition, saying it is representative of the way customers entrust Kloud with their journey to the cloud.… [Keep reading] “Kloud Solutions named as Microsoft Australia Partner Awards finalist in four categories!”

The Secrets of SharePoint Site Mailbox

18th of June, 2015 / / 5 Comments

A Site Mailbox serves as a central filing cabinet, providing a place to file project emails and documents that can be only accessed and edited by SharePoint site members.

It can be used from a SharePoint team site to store and organise team email or via Outlook 2013 for team email, and as a way to quickly store attachments and retrieve documents from the team site.

Users will not see a Site Mailbox in their Outlook client unless they are an owner or member of that Site in SharePoint.… [Keep reading] “The Secrets of SharePoint Site Mailbox”

Connecting Salesforce and SharePoint Online with Azure App Services

26th of April, 2015 / / 1 Comment

Back in November I wrote a post that demonstrated how we can integrate Salesforce and SharePoint Online using the MuleSoft platform and the MuleSoft .NET Connector. In this post I hope to achieve the same thing using the recently released into preview Azure App Services offering.

Azure App Services

Azure App Services rebrands a number of familiar service types (Azure Websites, Mobile Services, and BizTalk Services) as well as adding a few new ones to the platform.… [Keep reading] “Connecting Salesforce and SharePoint Online with Azure App Services”

The SharePoint Governance Puzzle

22nd of April, 2015 / / 1 Comment

If you have been using or managing SharePoint then you would know how quickly content, customisations and their growth, if not properly governed, can get out of control. Today most organisations deploying SharePoint have realised this and have SharePoint Governance Plans or Policies defined for their deployments. A Governance Plan can just be a brief document focusing on what users can and cannot do or it may be a detailed framework governing every part of SharePoint from custom development to usage and maintenance.… [Keep reading] “The SharePoint Governance Puzzle”

Kloud develops online learning portal for leading education organisation

8th of January, 2015 / / No Comments

Customer Overview

Catholic Education South Australia (CESA) is made up of the South Australian Commission for Catholic Schools (SACCS), Catholic Education Office of South Australia (CEO) and 103 Catholic schools across South Australia. The organisation comprises 6,000 staff who care for more than 48,000 students.

Business Situation

Catholic Education South Australia recently made the decision to offer the capabilities of Office 365 to its 103 schools across the state (including Exchange email, Lync, SharePoint and Office on Demand).… [Keep reading] “Kloud develops online learning portal for leading education organisation”

Connecting Salesforce and SharePoint Online with MuleSoft – Nothing but NET

5th of November, 2014 / / No Comments

Often enterprises will choose their integration platform based on the development platform required to build integration solutions. That is, java shops typically choose Oracle ESB, JBoss, IBM WebSphere or MuleSoft to name but a few. Microsoft shops have less choice and typically choose to build custom .NET solutions or use Microsoft BizTalk Server. Choosing an integration platform based on the development platform should not be a driving factor and may limit your options.

Your integration platform should be focused on interoperability.… [Keep reading] “Connecting Salesforce and SharePoint Online with MuleSoft – Nothing but NET”

The NRMA engages Kloud to develop a group-wide intranet solution to improve usability and collaboration

5th of November, 2014 / / No Comments

Customer Overview

The National Roads and Motorists’ Association (the NRMA) is Australia’s largest member-owned organisation, with 2.4 million members across New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. In recent years the NRMA has expanded beyond its original roadside offering, to help members across a broad range of services, including NRMA MotorServe service centres, NRMA Emergency Home Assist, NRMA Travel, holiday accommodation through NRMA Holiday Parks and car rental, where NRMA owns Thrifty Car Rental in Australia and New Zealand.… [Keep reading] “The NRMA engages Kloud to develop a group-wide intranet solution to improve usability and collaboration”

Creating new Office documents for OneDrive for Business from another ASPX page

23rd of October, 2014 / / 1 Comment

Recently one of my clients wanted to add a new control to their widget dashboard that would give them access to OneDrive for Business functionality. As part of the control they wanted the ability to create new Word, Excel and PowerPoint files. These files would then be edited using Office Web Apps.

Our control has been written as a single page application deployed to the My Site Host of the Office 365 Tenant. It would then be accessed via an IFRAME on a non ASPX page.… [Keep reading] “Creating new Office documents for OneDrive for Business from another ASPX page”