Microsoft announced that Viva Topics will be retired and disabled in February 2025. So, what is the plan for knowledge management after this announcement of the retirement of Viva Topics? Read more for my thoughts on benefits and gaps of the move.
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System Column Names in SharePoint & Microsoft Lists
Have you ever created a column in a SharePoint list or library and noticed that the system name is different from the name you gave it? This is because column names in SharePoint have a system name that does not include spaces. Read more on best practices to use system names appropriately and how to find them!
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Creating a Budget for Microsoft Syntex & SharePoint Premium
Microsoft Syntex is a powerful tool that can help you automate your content-based processes. You will need to create a budget for Syntex because of it's pay-as-you-go licensing. This post (with short video) shows you how!
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Announcements in Viva Connections
The new Announcements in Viva Connections feature enables you to create & share time-sensitive messages with your employees. Check out my post and the short video that demonstrates exactly how to use the feature!
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Microsoft Office Account Error Fix
I recently ran into an issue when trying to open documents in Microsoft Office apps in Windows. My Office apps are licensed via a Microsoft 365 license and the documents I wanted to open were stored in OneDrive for Business. However, when I tried to open the document in the desktop app, I received an error: Sorry, another account from your organization is already signed in on this computer. I was able to fix the issue, but it did take a few minutes of troubleshooting to figure it out. Read below how to easily get this error removed. I also created a video showing the solution that's embedded at the…
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“SharePoint drives me crazy!”
I have been working with Microsoft SharePoint for a long time and have encountered many moments where I thought “SharePoint drives me crazy!” I know I'm not the only one and recently I had the opportunity to join the Microsoft Intrazone podcast to share my story. Two other guests joined the podcast with me: Joanne Klein, SharePoint and Microsoft 365 consultant – Microsoft MVP – and founder of NexNovus Consulting Ruven Gotz, Director, Workplace Experience Lead at Avanade. All three of us have experienced frustration with the product or with situations where SharePoint was a key component. We also have had great success with SharePoint and enabled our clients to…
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End of Internet Explorer 11 Support in Microsoft 365
Microsoft has announced today that the end of Internet Explorer 11 support in Microsoft 365 will happen soon. Your organization needs to prepare now for this change. End of Internet Explorer 11 Support and sunset of Microsoft Edge Legacy As announced August 17th, 2020, the end of support within Microsoft 365 apps will be happening over the course of the next year. However, the first service to stop supporting Internet Explorer 11 (IE 11) is Microsoft Teams on November 30th, 2020. If your users are utilizing Teams using IE 11, they need to either switch to Microsoft Edge, another supported browser, or use Teams using the Windows application. Starting August…
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SharePoint Workflows are Dead (Almost)
The end of support for “SharePoint 2010 workflows” in Microsoft 365 will be November 1st, 2020. The title of the blog post, Support update for SharePoint 2010 workflows in Microsoft 365, doesn't make it clear, but we are seeing the beginning of the end for SharePoint workflows in SharePoint Online. This is truly the end of SharePoint workflow. End of SharePoint Workflow It isn't a surprise that Microsoft is moving to not support native workflows in SharePoint. At Microsoft's Ignite conference in 2016, Microsoft announced that support for SharePoint Designer workflows (and InfoPath forms) in SharePoint Server (on-premises) would in time not be supported. The end of support date was…
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How to Increase Your OneDrive Storage Limit
As your user's storage needs grow, they may find themselves needing more than the default storage allotment. Via the OneDrive Admin Center, Microsoft provides a way to increase the storage quota for your Office 365 tenant. However this change does not apply to existing users in your Office 365 tenant. So you may be asking: how do I increase my storage limit on OneDrive in Office 365? Read on! How do I check my OneDrive quota? In the video below, I show how a user can check their storage quota, as well as how you can check your Office 365 tenant quota. What is the capacity of OneDrive? Office 365's…
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Back to the ATL 2019
I hope you will join me in Atlanta Georgia on October 19th for SQL Saturday Atlanta - BI Edition!
