To ensure students are fully aware of each stage in their journey, we’ve implemented a Power Automate connector that sends automated SMS notifications every time a new challenge begins. The connector is integrated directly to Linkmobility APIs through an Azure function, and the connector is connected to the Azure function. This keeps them informed and ready to tackle each step with confidence.
Example of the registration flow:
The SMS received upon completing the registration:
Our solution would not be possible wihtout the hard work and dedication of our sponsors solutions, enabling magical abilities we would not be able to reproduce and transforming our solutions with wizardy love.
Our first process is to send an Owl with the letter to invite prospective wizards and witches to their school. If the wizard is an area which doesn’t have good owl coverage, due to extreme weather conditions, muggle political infighting or just too far away, we send them a text with their invite
This is done via Link Mobility in Power Automate, utilising their API to send out an invite to our Static Web App Portal.
This is received by prospective sorcerors as a text message
Once the prospective candidate has filled out their details and qualified for the next stage, we need to get agreement from their parents or guardians to allow them to attend wizarding school, and ensure they agree to go to diagon alley to get the wizarding items to prepare the new wizard for school.
This is enabled by the Contract templates and capablities of Oneflow solution.
Firstly we set up a template, then using their API, create a contract based on that template. and sent to the parent of the prospective students.
The parents then get to sign in to Oneflow to enter their details as well as the students and confirm they agree to the terms, all seamless!
For Resco, we had an abundance of choice to use their PCF components. This control bring usability to the platform easily.
We embedded the multi attachment uploader into our applicaiton process, allowing uploading of many documents all at once in an easy and user friendly manner.
Finally, not content with just those 3, we have used a PCF control from the PCF Gallery. This control is a Tag Picker, which allows quick and easy association and disassociation of records via the many to many relationship.
We used this to allow a simple, user-friendly process to associate characteristics to our potential sorcerors.
In the shadowy depths of the dungeons, where cauldrons bubble and secrets brew, one thing is certain: Professor Snape does not tolerate unauthorized use of his prized potion-making equipment. But fear not, for we’ve conjured up a magical solution to ensure Snape is always in the know when his cauldron is in use!
Using Power Automate and the LinkMobility API, we’ve implemented a real-time alert system that sends SMS notifications directly to Snape’s pocket (or anyone who dares to take on his role).
Here’s how it works:
This system is as elegant as a perfectly brewed Felix Felicis:
Here’s a sneak peek at our flow and the magical SMS messages it sends:
This system doesn’t just notify—it builds accountability and security in potion-making. Whether you’re monitoring sensitive ingredients or just ensuring Snape gets his due credit, this SMS alert adds a layer of magical oversight.
We love to get this challenge from the sponsors! And with getting to know those, we got an immediate idea. Kudos to @linkmobility!
Given our workflow, Wayfinder academy offers a Logiquill portal. That portal is used to make an application, upload some documents, schedule and run an interview, and all of that is used to allocate a student to the new faculty. Once that it done, we still believe there is a huge asset in all of that information and therefore, we want to use it further to follow up the student in his or her integration/adaptation journey.
We store all the data in Sharepoint (we love it!) and also set up some automated workflows (we describe it in the different artcle).
There are several things we do, and one of those is personalized sms.
As a notification service our platform uses Link Mobility for sending sms messages to the students with some daily reminders, encouragement, motivation, tips and tricks (based on all the info we collected about the student). For this purpose, we are using an Azure function that receives message and the number of students.
Our Azure function is written in C# and has a Http triggered function that receives the data necessary for sending sms messages. Link Mobility uses Basic and Oauth2 authentication, and we used the last one is it is more secure and reliable.
In addition we will make time triggered function, that has own schedule, and will refine all records of the students that are stored in sharepoint.
If you are also wanting to use this wonderful and easy to use API in addition to the username and password you need also to specify correct Uri, PlatformId and PlatformPartnerId.
platformId”:”SMS”,
platformPartnerId = “lHGdgewX”
The most simple message look like this:
In documentation to Link Mobile API we found these Urls:
So, we were the first one to try and it was successful 😊
As an addition we will try to receive a delivery reports. The delivery report Uri also could be configured in the message as a property
“deliveryReportGates”: [“{our response URL}”]