Introduction

A PowerShell PnP based provisioning process used to creating a new site collection for demo'ing Nintex for Office 365 forms and workflows.

Getting Started

First, you'll need to Install PnP-PowerShell

You also need access to a SharePoint Online Tenant with sufficient permissions to create a new site collection. It's highly recommended that an Office 365 Demo Tenant be used. A Free Demo Tenant can be created by using this link: Microsoft Demos

Finally, you'll need a DocuSign account. A 30 day trial can be obtained by visiting THIS LINK

Syntax

./provision.ps1 -TenantName <String> 
                -OwnerEmail <String> 
                [-SiteName <String>] 
                [-SiteUrl <String>] 

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
TenantName	String	True	The name of the tenant. (e.g. If your SPO Url is https://foo.sharepoint.com, you would enter 'foo')
OwnerEmail	String	True	The email address of the account that will be the primary owner and admin of the create site collection.
SiteName	String	False	The display name of the site you wish to create. Defaults to "Nintex Office 365 Demo"
SiteUrl	String	False	The tenant relative URL for the site collection you wish to create.

Examples

Example 1

./provision.ps1 -TenantName itrm492873 -OwnerEmail admin@itrm492873.onmicrosoft.com

Provisions a New Office 365 Site Collection titled 'Nintex Office 365 Demo', an Accounts list, a "Nintex Requests" list and with a group email address of [email protected].

Example 2

./provision.ps1 -ProjectCode "pnp-demo-01" -ProjectName "PnP Demo 01" -Description "Contoso PnP Team Site" 

Provisions a New Office 365 Group titled 'PnP Demo 01', a description of 'Contoso PnP Team Site', a team site at https://contoso.sharepoint.com/teams/pnp-demo-01, and with a group email address of [email protected].

Creating a new Nintex Demo Site

Run the provisioning Script

• Open a PowerShell Window and set the directory to the folder containing the 'provision.ps1' script

cd c:/github/NintexO365Demo

• Execute the script with whatever parameters necessary.

./provision.ps1 -TenantName itrm492873 -OwnerEmail admin@itrm492873.onmicrosoft.com

• When prompted, enter the credentials for the tenant you wish to provision the site in.
• Wait for the script to finish.

Install the Nintex Apps

• Open the site you created in the browser and go to the Site Contents page.
• Click the "New" button from the ribbon and choose the "App" option.
• In the "Find an app" search box, type the word "Nintex" and press enter.
• Find and install both the "Nintex Forms for Office 365" and the "Nintex Workflow for Office 365" apps.
• When prompted, trust both apps.

Add the Nintex Form to the 'Nintex Request List'

• Open the "Nintex Requests" list.
• Click the "Nintex Forms" ribbon button.
• Click the "Nintex Requests New List Workflow" button.
• Click the "Import" button from the ribbon.
• Find and open the /Nintex Files/NintexForm.nfp file.
• Click the "Publish" button.
• Close the Form Designer

Add the Nintex Workflow to the 'Nintex Request List'

• Open the "Nintex Requests" list.
• Click the "Nintex Workflow" ribbon button.
• Click the "Nintex Requests/New list workflow" button.
• Click the "Import" button from the ribbon.
• Find and open the /Nintex Files/Nintex Request Approval.nwp file.
• Double Click the "Tenant Variables" action.
• Update the 'Tenant Name' variable to match your environment.
• Update the MOD Admin Login name and password if you're using a different account.
• Click the Save Button
• Double Click the "DocuSign Variables" action.
• Update the email addresses as necessary.
• Click the "Publish" button.
• Close the Workflow Designer

Developer Notes

Currently, this project uses the '2016-05' version of the PnP Provisioning-Schema

Click Here to view a sample