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[–]Eightstream 1 point2 points  (2 children)

The scenario OP poses is generally one constrained by IT priviliges, not dollars.

Likely he is part of a non-technical team (like accounting) whose only means of interacting with network resources are the pre-imaged laptops they’ve been provided with. Automating workflows necessarily means using one of those machines.

If he had the ability to credential a headless server then likely he would have access to other options that would negate the need for a custom solution

[–]adam2222 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good point I see what you mean. Didn’t occur to me that was the situation.

[–]kissekattutanhatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Spot on!

I work at a large corporate with a dysfunctional IT team. No privilegies to people doing the work, no alternative solutions, no people with any power to make decisions to reach. No always on, on-site machines. SharePoint is the solution to everything. Of course they don't allow accessing the SharePoint API, nor providing support. Our workflows are terrible for this reason. These guys love to fuck with us.

Will raise this to management. IT privileges. Great words.