SharePoint

Welcome to SharePoint Lists! – At least that’s how Microsoft likely worded their introduction back in 2001 (Wow!). The purpose of this post is to give a little background on what a SharePoint List is, the evolution over the years to the newer ‘Modern List’ in mid-to-late 2016, and the announcement of the new Microsoft…

Microsoft has recently announced the release of SharePoint Workflow Manager. The new workflow engine powers the SharePoint 2013 Workflow platform and replaces the Service Bus and Microsoft Workflow Manager for Windows Server. SharePoint Server uses Microsoft Workflow Manager and Service Bus to facilitate business processes in on-premises environments. These components could be particularly useful to…

When organizations decide to migrate data from on-premises file servers or other platforms to SharePoint on-premises or SharePoint Online, they need to determine how tagging and classifying content should work. In this article, we’ll explain how you can use Sharepoint managed metadata to control how users add metadata to content across SharePoint sites in an…

Keywords are your friend. Learn to use the managed metadata service app in SharePoint 2013 and create enterprise keyword term sets while you’re at it.

Microsoft announced a major change to how it delivers new releases of SharePoint Server Subscription Edition. Indeed, Microsoft will now switch to a biannual release schedule that will allow the company to release new feature updates twice a year. Microsoft launched SharePoint Server Subscription Edition in July last year. It’s an on-premises version of SharePoint…

It’s time for you and your team to take a short break from your busy work demands and deadlines to refresh, revitalize and invest in yourselves at ESPC22, Nov 28 – Dec 1 – Europe’s premier Microsoft technologies conference. ESPC22 offers you the choice of 9 expert-led full-day Microsoft 365 and Azure tutorials. This is…

Microsoft surprised more than a few in the IT Pro and tech industry by announcing SharePoint Server Subscription Edition. Billing it as ‘the next generation of SharePoint,’ this new product ‘represents the next step in the SharePoint Server journey emphasizing the specific needs of our on-premises customers.’ They developed this new product around three core…

In the world of Microsoft, everything is cloud, cloud, cloud, but the reality is that many operations are still using racks locally or more than likely, in some sort of hybrid configuration. And especially for companies that have been around for a decade or more, there is a good chance that you are running a…

A long-requested feature in SharePoint Online is the ability to change the URL of the top-level SharePoint site.  This setting is determined by the tenant name you choose when your tenant was first created, meaning the URL will always be https://<tenantname>.sharepoint.com.  Poorly considered tenant name choices, along with company rebranding or renaming, are just a…