A Consulting Technologist's Web [of thoughts]

I am presenting at the Australian SharePoint Conference in Melbourne on March 20th.

Checkout the other speakers and the various topics that are going to rock this Conference!!

http://www.sharepointconference.com.au/2012/SitePages/Speakers.aspx

Next Month, I am presenting on Business Process Automation in Colombo, Srilanka. This is an event for both business and technical decision makers. This free lunch time session will be run as a Workshop. Local MVPs and Microsoft people are also joining me. I look forward to a good turn up.

Check out the details here: #SharePoint #Workflow #Workshop #Colombo

We have just published another customer case study. Australian Amalgamated Terminals approached jEyLaBs for leveraging the power of workflow on SharePoint. jEyLaBs Team helped build AAT’s Incident Management, Asset Management and Claims management solutions. Read all about it here

We have just deployed jEyLaBs PowerToolz for K2 into a client environment. This tool makes testing & deploying K2 based applications across multiple environments a snap. jEyLaBs PowerToolz for K2 is a Microsoft Management Console snap-in. If you are a K2 developer/tester/consultant/admin it is a must have for your toolkit. Email us at sales@jeylabs.com.au for a test drive.

K2 SmartActions are a new feature coming with the next K2 update called 1420. K2 Smart actions enable workflow users to action a task without having to use a form.
It is a messaging based method of actioning work items using Microsoft Exchange Server. Email is supported out-of-the-box with options for alternative methods of cutom messaging.

Install time you setup options relating to this and off you go, Your K2 task notifications can now configured to access this additional capability.

Australian SharePoint Conference is coming to Melbourne in March 2012 and we are a silver sponsor of this event. We are very excited to be part of this great event. Check out the event information here. You can register for an early bird discount now.

The latest update for K2 4.5, KB001390, is now available for download on the Customer Portal.

One of the goodies you get as a K2 supported customer is product updates. Customers without a formal support agreement miss out on this. When I was working for K2, I have supported customers with issues and the first thing I ask is what is their update level.

The general rule I follow is, if there is a product update that resolves an issue you may be reporting then you should be installing that first.

It is important that you keep your software environment up-to-date be it Windows, SharePoint, SQL or K2. However, if you are running fine without any issues then you do not need to install every product update. But keep an eye on the K2 portal and technical bulletins to stay abreast of any developments. K2underground is also a great place to hear from the global community of K2 users. There is a K2 Linkedin group and a Facebook page and for those on Twitter you should follow @K2onK2.

As K2 experts, jEyLaBs invest a lot of our time keeping up with K2 developments. We are happy to help you with any questions you may have with K2. I am currently playing with the next K2 update. Watch this space.

My favourite SharePoint event of the year is SharePoint Saturday Melbourne. This year it is on Oct 22nd. As usual there will be some great sessions including some cool K2 content. K2 is a sponsor and will be presenting a session on K2 and SP2010 titled “Zero to Hero in 60 minutes with K2 and SharePoint 2010!”
You can find out more on #SPSMel website at http://www.sharepointsaturday.org/melbourne
There is about 50 seats left for the Event so if you are keen, hurry up and register. Be there!

Great news from the K2 camp! K2 have just announced the Smart Forms technology and you can sign up for the Beta and learn more about it here. From what I have seen so far, this is an awesome technology that is going to make building process applications very exciting.

SmartForms are the natural evolution to K2 SmartObjects. They make it very easy to build forms based on them and to process enable them. The Forms designer provides a simple drag and drop design experience and publishing to SharePoint.

Can’t wait.