One of the greatest improvements in Modern SharePoint is the page authoring experience. Things that were once difficult are now straightforward and accessible to everyone. In this video I demonstrate the basics of SharePoint Page authoring. I talk about sections, web-parts, page layouts and give a few tips to help you go from zero to hero in less than 10 minutes. Here are some things … Continue reading SharePoint Page Authoring
The Quick Links webpart is a great way to add links to your SharePoint pages and is one the webparts I use frequently when developing Intranet sites. The bug bear I have is that it doesn’t have a tick box to say open this link in a new browser tab. If the URL for the link is to a page or document in your SharePoint, … Continue reading SharePoint Quick Links Open in new Tab
For the first time since March 2019, Microsoft MVP’s from around the world gathered at the Microsoft Campus in Redmond for the MVP Summit. I was fortunate enough to be able to make the long journey from New Zealand to attend in-person. This is a truly unique opportunity to meet and provide feedback directly to the product groups that build Microsoft’s applications, services, and platforms. … Continue reading MVP Summit 2023
I was asked recently to add a welcome message to an Intranet. Microsoft doesn’t provide an out of the box webpart for this, so I thought I’d take a look in the SharePoint App Store, there are a couple but neither of them really did what I wanted. The design I had been given called for a background image with overlayed text welcoming the person … Continue reading How to create an Intranet Welcome Message
In my Intranets book I talk a lot about making an Intranet that adds value to a persons day. If someone visits your Intranet, it shouldn’t be just to click a button that takes you somewhere else, we can do that with bookmarks. Adding information and resources for employees is a good place to start. Think about the sorts of things that are good to … Continue reading Create an Employee Toolkit on your Intranet
On the 11th of April SharePoint 2013 reaches the end of support. If you haven’t already moved to the cloud or upgraded to a newer on-premises version, time is running short. Here are a few things you should know. Upgrade options Migrating to SharePoint Online is the choice many people make, but it does take time and effort. The SharePoint Migration Tool (and tools from … Continue reading Farewell SharePoint 2013
How do you secure your SharePoint Online environment? This is one of the most important questions people ask (or should ask) before they start moving document content to SharePoint Online. The answer is often dependent on type of licenses used. Microsoft 365 Business Standard doesn’t have the same capabilities of Microsoft 365 E5 Enterprise licensing and if the licensing decision has already been made, it … Continue reading How do you secure SharePoint Online?
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