Office 365 and more

Of course the world of IT is never a quiet one. Luckily for that! So I rounded up some cool stuff I ran in recently: Azure Machine learning  Azure machine learning (ML) is a "Powerful Cloud-based predictive analytics" platform. It gives users the ability to use predictive analytics on a much more user friendly scale. The Cloud gives you the possibility to experiment at scale extremely cheaply. Microsoft delivers some out-of-the-box algorithms but users can also add their own. A nice way to start learning predictive analytics. Manus Machinea Manus Machinea is a kickstarter that gives users the ability to use their hands in a virtual world (for example Oculus Rift). I got a chance to try the Oculus rift and it terrified me pretty much, now with the combination of Manus Machinea it could get even more (virtually) realistic. When will the point come that people don't know in what world they are in, Inception? Netherlands win RoboCup 2014 As a big soccer fan I

It's been a while since I posted something on my blog. I thought of a lot of subjects to discuss but the fact being that I'm a SharePoint consultant it should have something to do with SharePoint or Microsoft. BUT, I chose to go with Nintex. I'm going to talk about the experience I have/having with Nintex forms for Office 365.  To make the story a little clear I'll start with a table of contents. - Nintex Forms for Office 365 intro - Why Nintex? - The good the bad the ugly - Conclusion Nintex Forms for Office 365 intro In October 2013 it was released to the SharePoint store to download. To get things starting a 30 day trial was available. It was a logic choice for Nintex to put this in the SharePoint store especially with Nintex workflow already being released a month earlier in the store. Why Nintex? I am a big fan of InfoPath. I really am. I thought the product had some great features which I used a lot. Especially the "Views" was one of my fav

I had an issue where the Administration reports in Central admin didn't work for my Nintex Workflow environment. Thanks to Peter D on Nintex Connect I was able to fix this issue. Here is what had to be done: You have to add the following lines in you Web.Config file under "Safecontrols": <SafeControl Assembly="Nintex.Workflow.ServerControls, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=913f6bae0ca5ae12" Namespace="Nintex.Workflow.ServerControls" TypeName="*" Safe="True" />       <SafeControl Assembly="Nintex.Workflow.ServerControls, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=913f6bae0ca5ae12" Namespace="Nintex.Workflow.ServerControls.WebParts" TypeName="*" Safe="True" /> Now the Administration Reports will work in Central Admin.

To see if the XOML file is created by Nintex for a workflow you can use the following URL: http[s]://[servername]/[pathToSite]/[siteName]/NintexWorkflows For more info check: http://mmman.itgroove.net/2012/05/nintex-workflow-2010-server-was-unable-to-process-request-the-file-filename-xoml-is-not-checked-out/

Nintex has a step to step manual on how to upgrade your Nintex Workflow 2013 environment. See link below: http://nintexdownload.com/sl/supportfiles/NW2013_version_history.pdf