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Copy Appointments from Microsoft Bookings to Dataverse or Dynamics

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 13:41:53 +0000

If you or your organization uses Microsoft Bookings and would like to sync events from Microsoft Bookings to Dynamics or Dataverse or to any other calendar, then this blog post is for you. 👉

A while ago, I had a use case with a client where they were using Bookings to let their customers book a time-slot for a 1:1 feedback session as a part of annual customer survey. That time, there wasn’t a straight-forward way to sync events and also the Bookings API was in beta. Now, with the new Bookings connector in Power Automate, it should make things much easier.

Setting goals for 2020

Mon, 13 Jan 2020 13:00:00 +0000

Happy new year!!!

Do you like new year resolutions? Do you like setting personal goals every year?

It’s the new year and the whole world is talking about taking new year’s resolutions. This year, the added layer of a new decade has made it even more exciting for some people. However, there are some people who don’t like to do it just for the sake of it, and then there is always this other group of people who just ask - “So how many days did your resolution last? 😏”. Recently, I have seen another group of people who just set goals for the year and work towards achieving them.

Alexa, ask Microsoft Flow to read out my latest e-mail

Mon, 11 Mar 2019 11:53:18 +0000

[tweet https://twitter.com/that_API_guy/status/1104836878107373570 ]

I posted this on twitter and got a lot of requests to create a blog on this , so here you go -

Why are we doing this?

We are all surrounded by different smart home devices and voice assistants around us. Wouldn’t it be great if we could use them to -

Add a task to To-Do
Read email/ send email
Read out calendar
Create a meeting invite
Add an item to SharePoint list and much more…

What do we need?

Microsoft Flow - If you don’t know what Microsoft Flow is , check out this video from Jon Levesque https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOr6wlH5Kgs and sign up for the free trial now!
Alexa device / Alexa app
Alexa Developer console account - Here is an overview of the developer console for your reference - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-mrSBrlDso

Concept -

Open Meeting Links Automatically on Desktop | Microsoft Flow

Sun, 17 Feb 2019 09:04:35 +0000

Frustrated with always opening the meeting invite and clicking on the join Skype / Teams meeting?

Want to know how to automatically start the meeting window on your desktop a few minutes before any meeting starts?

You are at the right place! What you need -

Microsoft Flow
Pushbullet Account
Pushbullet API Access token (don’t get scared, it’s simple)

That’s all you need to automate your online meetings.

Step 1: Get the access token for Pushbullet API

After signing up for Pushbullet, go to My account and click on “Create Access Token” Copy this token and save it in some document / sticky note.

Microsoft To-do! Due dates based on E-mail Importance

Mon, 04 Feb 2019 19:06:49 +0000

I recently read this blog post from Luise Freese about Microsoft To-do - 11 reasons why I fell in love with Microsoft To-Do and I couldn’t agree more. In-fact, I can add 10 more to that list! :) One of the reasons mentioned was around moving flagged e-mails to To-Do using Microsoft Flow . To take this a step further, I wanted a way to assign due dates and reminders for the e-mails based on some priority level. Below is a step-by-step approach to achieve this - Note: This applies only for desktop Outlook