I’m a fan of Document Sets for complex document management scenarios. Document Sets are a great way to store related documents together (folder style) while also adding metadata that can inherit to each document stored in the document set. The use case for Document Sets is usually where you have a requirement to store related documents in one place and also want the ability to … Continue reading SharePoint Document Sets
Microsoft Dataverse for Teams is a lowcode development environment for building Apps, Chatbots and Flows in Microsoft Teams. Citizen developers can build applications that are accessed directly from Teams. Dataverse was formerly known as the Common Data Service (CDS), the Teams edition provides a subset of functionality for Teams users without any additional licensing costs. The security model uses Office 365 Groups (the Group used … Continue reading Introducing Microsoft Dataverse for Teams
I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve been asked about using Calendar views in Modern SharePoint sites. It’s a common question for almost everyone migrating from classic SharePoint and they aren’t always happy with the answer. Now for some GOOD NEWS! Microsoft have added Calendar views to Modern SharePoint, but not quite like the classic version. Calendar views can be created in either … Continue reading Modern SharePoint Calendar Views
Microsoft Ignite is here bring us many announcements that will make SharePoint fans smile. In this post I’ll highlight the announcements and news that grabs my attention the most. I’ll also throw in a few things from other parts of Microsoft 365. I’ll update this blog frequently over the next three days, so check back later! Modern SharePoint is maturing as a platform with many … Continue reading Microsoft Ignite SharePoint Summary
I have always been a self-learning. It is something I have done as far back as I can remember. My parents gave our family a Sinclair ZX Spectrum computer when I was 12. My family wasn’t well off, in fact we had very little back then. I spent time in the local computer store looking at games and wondering how I could ever afford to … Continue reading Investing in Yourself
If you know SharePoint then you’ll know Lists have been around from the very beginning. Lists allow data to be captured, items to be tracked, data to be group and shared. Lists are a great tool with infinity use cases! Microsoft have been teasing us for a while about a new Microsoft Lists App giving users direct access to create and work with Lists without … Continue reading Introducing Microsoft Lists
Asking your users for feedback and suggestions is a great way to improve your Intranet. There are all sorts of ways to do this from using an email address, pop up forms, focus groups etc. The process of collecting feedback and suggestions can be automated using Microsoft Forms to capture details and PowerAutomate to create items in Planner for review. In this video I demonstrate … Continue reading Gather Suggestions with PowerAutomate, Microsoft Forms and Planner
