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Document Approvals Review Without the Email Chase.

Build structured document review and approval workflows with controlled routing, comments, status visibility, notifications and document management integration.

Discuss Your Document Workflow
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Document Submission

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Review Workflow

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Approval Tracking

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Document Control

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Overview

STRUCTURED DOCUMENT APPROVALS

Move documents through the right reviewers.

Policies, proposals, contracts, internal forms, procedures and other business documents may require review from multiple people before they become approved.

Document approval automation creates a defined route for submission, review, comments, approval and status tracking while keeping relevant document information connected to the process.

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Capabilities

DOCUMENT WORKFLOW CAPABILITIES

Control how business documents move.

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Document Submission

Submit documents into a structured review workflow.

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Document Categories

Organize workflows around different document types.

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Reviewer Assignment

Route documents to appropriate reviewers and approvers.

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Sequential Review

Move documents through multiple review stages in order.

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Approval Decisions

Capture approval, rejection and relevant review decisions.

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Comments

Keep review comments associated with the workflow.

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Status Tracking

Track draft, submitted, under review, approved and rejected states.

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Notifications

Notify reviewers and document owners when action is required.

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Approval History

Maintain relevant workflow activity and decisions.

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Version Alignment

Coordinate workflow processes with suitable document version management.

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Document Repository

Connect workflows with an appropriate centralized document location.

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Search & Reporting

Organize workflow data for document search and reporting.

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Workflow

DOCUMENT JOURNEY

From submission to approved document.

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Submit

Add document to workflow

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Review

Route to relevant reviewers

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Approve

Capture required decisions

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Publish

Move to defined approved state

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Use Cases

BUSINESS DOCUMENTS

Apply structured approval to different document types.

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Policies

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Procedures

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Contracts

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Proposals

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Internal Forms

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Business Requests

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Operational Documents

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Management Documents

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Microsoft

SHAREPOINT & POWER AUTOMATE

Connect document management and workflow.

SharePoint Online can provide document management capabilities while Power Automate can support suitable review, approval and notification workflows.

SharePoint Online Power Automate Power Apps Microsoft Teams Microsoft 365 Dataverse
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Process

IMPLEMENTATION

Build approval around document governance.

01

Discover

Understand document types, reviewers, approval rules and storage.

02

Map

Define workflow stages, decisions, ownership and statuses.

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Automate

Build routing, notifications and document workflow logic.

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Deploy

Launch and evolve the process as document requirements change.

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FAQ

COMMON QUESTIONS

Document approval automation, explained.

Can a document require multiple approvers?+

Yes. Workflows can include multiple sequential or condition-based approval stages.

Can SharePoint store the documents?+

Yes. SharePoint Online can be used as part of a document management and approval solution where appropriate.

Can reviewers receive reminders?+

Yes. Reminder logic can be included according to defined workflow conditions.

Can different document types have different workflows?+

Yes. Routing can be designed according to document category, department or other business rules.

DOCUMENT APPROVALS STUCK IN EMAIL?

Give every document a structured review and approval path.

Tell us which documents require review and how approvals currently move through your organization.

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