Hi I'd like to either export Outlook 2007 tasks to a file or access them using some kind of API, preferably without messing around with other Microsoft products. What are my options?
You can export/syncronize your Outlook 2007 tasks to Google Tasks using GogTasks and use the Google Tasks API to manipulate those tasks. GogTasks is not free but it's just $9.
Another alternative would be using putting your Outlook tasks in the cloud using Producteev two-way e-mail syncronization and then use the Producteev API to manipulate those tasks.
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Is there a way to perform a bulk update from an CSV file into Dynamics 365 via Microsoft Flow?
I have been looking at the following capability that was supposed to be released (September 2019), but could find the "Batch" action anywhere under common data service:
Automated flows support batch operations in Common Data Service
Release notes:
What's new and planned for Microsoft Flow
However, I was hoping there is an alternative that could even possibly leverage some bulk update task in the mean time.
The requirement is that I would like to perform a bulk update of records once a day, updating/inserting as needed.
ETL job for Dynamics 365 is huge deal, we have third party providers like Kingswaysoft for SSIS, Scribe, Cozyroc, etc to furnish the necessary connector versions along with rapidly changing CRM endpoints. They support batch operations, multi threading using RESTful web api as well.
Pro developers will do console app & do task schedulers for the same ETL job. Now we want to do the same in MS Flow (Power Automate), surprisingly the links you shared were removed for the trace of those terminologies. Impossible?
We can do read the CSV file & iterate the rows, then transform the values for the datatypes like currency, picklist (optionset), lookup, and finally update/create in Dynamics 365 as per our need.
Microsoft Flow: CSV Integration with Dynamics 365 (Example)
Yes, this is not batch operation, but CRM REST web api endpoint supports batch operation, I know to use it only using C# and JavaScript :)
Looking for information on how to integrate VSTS to Office365: Outlook. Essentially looking for a method whereby a team member that does a great amount of fix-it tickets can drop them into the Azure DevOps Project from Outlook as many of those tickets get passed to her from users through email.
A right click >> add new task from Outlook to Azure DevOps would be ideal.
There is no built-in feature, but you can work miracles with Microsoft Flow, basically, the If This Then That from Microsoft. it comes with built-in tasks to trigger on Outlook/Office 365. Moving an email to a specific folder or tagging it with a specific tag would be enough for Flow to trigger a rule.
This template rule uses the "When an email is tagged" and this template rule creates a Bug work item based on a trigger. Combining these two should let you achieve what you're looking for.
If you want integration in the Outlook Windows client, then there are a couple of commercial options available: There are a couple of add-ins for Outlook. Team Companion, TeamLook and TFS Work Item from Outlook spring to mind.
An alternative option is to use an Azure Function which is triggered by Azure DevOps Service Hooks. Not sure if you can bind an Azure Function to an Office 365 mailbox. Flow could act as an intermediary here as well.
You might want to check this tool called TMO that will enable you to create and manage work items from Outlook. It also allows you to automatically create work items in Outlook using a rule based engine called Auto Pilot
I had the same issue and just downloaded the TMO tool, and it works great. It does what I expected, once I figured out how to find the URL to connect to my Azure Dev Ops (ADO) server. Note: ADO is the new name for TFS or VSTS.
There's also a PowerAutomate called Create an Azure DevOps work item when email arrives with 'Bug' in subject that does just what it says. If that doesn't work for you, try modifying this one or creating your own.
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I am .NET developer and new to both JIRA and MS Dynamics API development. Recently I got a task to integrate JIRA and MS Dynamics. Basically I need to update JIRA Issue time tracking Information to Dynamics. And also need to share some Dynamics Information on JIRA.
Possible approaches to solve this problem.
Write JIRA plugin to Connect with Dynamics via WEB API. (This approach need Java development Experience)
Write Dynamics extension to communicate with JIRA through JIRA web service
Write Scheduled task to synchronize JIRA and Dynamics using JIRA and Dynamics web services
Develop ASP.NET web site and use JIRA and Dynamics Webhooks to synchronize
I am thinking of write a scheduled task or use Webhooks to achieve this task. Is there any other way to achieve this task? What is the best possible approach to sync JIRA and MS Dynamics.
If you are updating issues only one way (JIRA to CRM) then you can't do this with CRM plugin. Also I don't see how you could do this with ASP.NET website (I mean without any user action on this site). If you need most current data in CRM then best option would be JIRA plugin if not then sheduled task.
I've more or less always seen people go with #3 when having to sync CRM (usually with ERPs like NAV or SAP). We too code custom programs to be scheduled in order to do the syncing.
Or you could buy Scribe, which allegedly syncs anything with anything... No hands-on experience on that, but I know it's used by big companies so it should work.
I'm designing a winforms application that will run on users machines at my company. One of its features will be to pull up upcoming appointments from the user's outlook account. I'm wondering what the primary purposes for both office outlook interop and exchange web services are so that I can choose the best one for this situation.
I would use Office interop primarily from within Outlook - for example, an Outlook Addin. In all other cases I would use EWS, primarily, because it removes the dependency on Outlook. If you use Outlook interop you need to care about the user having multiple outlook profiles and only working in the correct ones. You can use notifications (push, pull or streaming) to get notifications about changes in the users calendar so you don't have to constantly poll for changes.
You can pull appointments quite easily using the EWS Managed API:
EWS Managed API - Download: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=13480
EWS Managed API - SDK: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd633710(v=exchg.80).aspx
I've a scenario wherein I need to send/assign tasks from my browser UI to the concerned. This should happen with Outlook being offline (or for that matter outlook not even configured on the terminal) so that the user can be accessing a workflow from any terminal (using his/her AD credentials) and if required should have the ability to send a task to the concerned without having to return to his own terminal to be able to do so.
I envision that the user's credentials should be used to look up the AD for his/her email ID and send a task using the same from anywhere in the intranet.
Using Outlook object library I have been able to assign/send tasks, but with the Outlook being fired up and not otherwise.
Redemption does the sync of contacts while Outlook is offline but not tasks.
Kindly help if anybody has had a chance to do something similar.
Thanks in advance.
Redemption could help you here as you can run it it on a web server which will connect to you exchange env via mapi for you.
There are other ways dependant on you version of exchange EWS or Exchange DAV.
EWS comes with a managed API now a days to take some of the sting out of it.
There are similar 3rd party libraries for Exchange DAV as well.
They all contain contact and directory lookups.