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What is Power Automate?
As one of the five applications available in the Power Platform, Power Automate is the most widely used among our clients and team. It enables users to build flows that automatically complete the repetitive manual tasks they spend so much time on daily. From web [...]
Getting Started with Microsoft Power Pages
Microsoft Power Pages is an app allowing users to quickly pull together and build professional websites. Power Pages is a rebrand of its predecessors, enhanced with new intuitive workflows and an easy design process. In October 2016, Microsoft released Dynamics Portals, a collection of [...]
Prevent Microsoft 365 Teams Sprawl
Microsoft Teams is an intuitive, user-friendly chat-based app within Microsoft 365 that makes digital collaboration a breeze. In fact, it’s so user-friendly that anyone can create a new Team and get a group of users working together in no time. While creative freedom seems promising, we’ve found this [...]
Microsoft Ignite 2022 | Satya Nadella Keynote Takeaways
Microsoft Ignite sure has grown since its TechEd Florida days of the early 90s. The annual Microsoft conference usually lasts three to five days, and we look forward to every minute of it each year. It's where Microsoft unveils product roadmaps and its latest innovation. [...]
The State of Microsoft Viva & the Digital Workspace | Webinar
Walk away with practical applications to configure and architect your Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Viva-empowered digital workspace.
Microsoft Ignite 2022 | Creospark’s Session Picks
Registration for Microsoft Ignite 2022 is now available! The annual developer and IT conference for Microsoft will be held virtually and in-person from October 12th-14th. There are 818 sessions to assist you with discovering the newest technologies, gaining knowledge from industry experts, developing your talents, [...]
Convert Your Figma Designs to Microsoft Power Apps
The gap between design and development is not easily filled. In fact, some agile teams might even go without one or the other. With design apps like Figma or coding platforms like the Microsoft Power Platform, citizen designers and developers — as well as their [...]
Which Personal Booking System is Right for You?
Did you know that professionals on average spend 5 hours per week trying to schedule meetings? Personal booking systems are here to help you reclaim your precious time! What are personal booking systems? Personal Booking Systems are platforms that allow you to create and schedule [...]
Intro to Intranet Success Metrics
A lot of effort went into implementing, building, and preparing your digital workspace. Whether you’ve passed a development milestone or are ready to go live today, you’ve come a long way. The next step — measuring your digital workspace's success — requires the same amount of [...]
Accelerate Custom Power App Creation | Convert Figma Designs to Power Apps Automatically
The Viva Dashboard is one of Viva Connections' most powerful yet misunderstood components. The Dashboard pulls the tools your employees need in a quick and easily consumable dashboard that they can access in the office or on the go. Dynamic interactive dashboard cards allow employees to complete simple tasks or review critical data right in the flow of their work.
Digital Transformation | Modernizing a Legacy System
Software is involved with everything we do. As employees, it’s heavily integrated into our workflows, which can affect our mood. That's why digital transformations are so important nowadays. Using the right software can foster innovation, productivity, and growth while using the wrong software can leave [...]
What is Microsoft Power Platform?
The Microsoft Power Platform might sound like standalone software, but it’s actually a set of powerful business applications that help organizations transform the way employees work by providing actionable insights, automating processes, and enabling data-driven decision-making. The collection of applications includes Power Automate, Power Apps, Power [...]
An Introduction to Power Platform Centre of Excellence (CoE)
If you’ve hung around the IT world over the past few years, you’ve probably heard the term ‘digital transformation.’ It seems like everyone’s talking about it. But that’s about where it ends, talking about it. Not many companies are actually doing it, and if they [...]
Viva Dashboard | What is it? How to use it. How to make it your own.
The Viva Dashboard is one of Viva Connections' most powerful yet misunderstood components. The Dashboard pulls the tools your employees need in a quick and easily consumable dashboard that they can access in the office or on the go. Dynamic interactive dashboard cards allow employees to complete simple tasks or review critical data right in the flow of their work.
Microsoft 365 Business Premium vs. Enterprise Licenses
Having an efficient, hybrid work environment with easy-to-use software is one of—if not the biggest—needs in companies today. Harnessing the ability to create distinct types of documents tailored to your specific needs and collaborating with your colleagues gives users the tools they need to complete [...]
Microsoft Teams Essential vs Microsoft 365
How do I know which Microsoft product is right for my organization? With different, yet similar products like Microsoft Teams (free), Microsoft Teams Essential, Microsoft 365 Business, and Microsoft 365 Enterprise, it’s no wonder we can get lost in deciding which product is right for us. [...]
Dataverse | 6 Easy Steps to Enable Column Level Security
Were you ever worried about who has permission to see sensitive information stored within the company's database? Nowadays, a business' data has evolved from being stored in traditional files and cabinets to being fully on the cloud. With the Implementation of Microsoft Power Platforms including [...]
Modern Work, Process Transformation, and Secure Cloud | What It Means at Creospark
If you’ve been keeping up with us for a while, you probably know what we’re all about. If you don’t - that’s ok, we’ll cut you some slack (just this one time). At Creospark, we like to think of ourselves as an organization that [...]
Microsoft Viva Learning | Your New Study Buddy
* Viva Topics will be retired on Feb 22, 2025, and has ceased new feature developments as of February 22, 2024, due to Microsoft's focus on Copilot. * Whether you’re an expert in your field or have just switched professions or maybe you’re just a curious being, there are always more opportunities [...]
Understanding Microsoft Viva Topics | A Comprehensive Overview
* Viva Topics will be retired on Feb 22, 2025, and has ceased new feature developments as of February 22, 2024, due to Microsoft's focus on Copilot. * Artificial intelligence is taking over the world. Time to stop fearing SkyNet and embrace Johnny 5, friends! [...]