Category : SharePoint

8 10, 2026

SharePoint Document Approval Workflow: Routing, Escalations, SLAs & Audit Trails

2026-10-11T00:27:25-07:00October 8th, 2026|

A SharePoint document approval workflow automates the process of sending documents to the right reviewers, collecting approval decisions, tracking deadlines, escalating overdue reviews, and maintaining an audit trail. For a simple process, SharePoint's built-in content approval capabilities may be enough. For more structured workflows, organizations can combine SharePoint with Power Automate or use a [...]

5 10, 2026

How to Build a Multi-Level Approval Workflow in SharePoint

2026-10-13T09:15:49-07:00October 5th, 2026|

A SharePoint multi-level approval workflow routes a request through two or more approval stages before the process is complete. For example, a purchase request might go to a department manager, then Finance, then a director. In Power Automate, the simplest way to create a SharePoint sequential approval workflow is to use the built-in Sequential [...]

3 10, 2026

SharePoint Contract Approval Workflow: How to Automate Legal & Business Approvals

2026-10-07T03:06:37-07:00October 3rd, 2026|

A SharePoint contract approval workflow automates the process of submitting, reviewing, approving, signing, and storing contracts in Microsoft SharePoint. Instead of managing approvals through email and manually tracking document versions, organizations can use SharePoint, Power Automate, or a SharePoint-integrated workflow platform to route contracts to the right people based on contract type, value, department, [...]

25 09, 2026

SharePoint Purchase Request & Approval Workflow: Complete Guide for 2026

2026-10-07T03:06:47-07:00September 25th, 2026|

  A SharePoint purchase approval workflow captures purchase requests and automatically routes them to the appropriate approvers based on rules such as purchase amount, department, budget, or other business requirements. A typical workflow follows this pattern: Submit request → Validate request → Determine approval path → Collect approvals → Notify requester → Authorize purchase [...]

20 09, 2026

How to Build a SharePoint Employee Onboarding Workflow Without Power Automate 

2026-10-07T03:06:53-07:00September 20th, 2026|

  A SharePoint employee onboarding workflow can coordinate the tasks, approvals, documents, and communications required to prepare a new employee for their first day. While Power Automate is one way to automate SharePoint processes, it is not the only option. Organizations can build an employee onboarding workflow in SharePoint without Power Automate by using [...]

17 09, 2026

SharePoint Business Process Automation: 10 Processes You Should Automate First

2026-09-22T06:08:15-07:00September 17th, 2026|

Organizations using Microsoft 365 and SharePoint often have dozens of manual processes that depend on email, spreadsheets, paper forms, or people remembering what to do next. SharePoint business process automation can replace much of that manual work with digital forms, workflows, approvals, notifications, task assignments, and automated recordkeeping. But where should you start? [...]

31 08, 2026

Microsoft Equivalent of Google Forms: Microsoft Forms Explained

2026-10-11T11:45:15-07:00August 31st, 2026|

If you're looking for the Microsoft equivalent of Google Forms, the answer is Microsoft Forms. Microsoft Forms is Microsoft's tool for creating surveys, quizzes, polls, questionnaires, and simple data-collection forms. It is designed to work within the Microsoft 365 ecosystem, making it a natural choice for organizations that use Microsoft 365, Teams, Excel, [...]

28 08, 2026

SharePoint Forms in 2026: What They Are, How to Create Them, and Your Options

2026-09-03T12:10:26-07:00August 28th, 2026|

SharePoint forms are the interfaces people use to add, view, and edit information stored in SharePoint lists and libraries. Every SharePoint list includes built-in forms for creating and editing items, and you can customize those forms using native SharePoint features, Microsoft Lists, JSON formatting, Power Apps, or third-party form designers. For simple data [...]

18 08, 2026

SharePoint Designer for SharePoint Online: What You Need to Know in 2026

2026-10-11T11:56:39-07:00August 18th, 2026|

About this guide: This is a hands-on guide to using SharePoint Designer with SharePoint Online, and what to do now that it has reached end of support. Crow Canyon offers a no-code platform in this space called NITRO Studio, which is covered near the end as one option. The rest of the guide [...]

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