How to prevent users from accessing old versions of a document
I had an interesting request from one of my clients the other day. They are using SharePoint Online to store various policies/SOPs and specifications for their engineering practice. As part of their industry regulation, they need to make sure that users cannot accidentally access the previous versions of the document. Out of the box, Version History allows to easily access older versions if need be. They needed it turned… keep reading >
Office 365 Groups or SharePoint Team Sites?
This was a question when Office 365 Groups made it to the world a few years ago and still remains THE BIG question to this day. When do you need to create just a SharePoint site and when do you opt for an Office 365 Group Site with all the bells and whistles that come with it? First, let me explain the… keep reading >
How to stop site and file sharing in SharePoint and OneDrive
Say, you shared a site, file or a folder with someone in your organization or externally. Maybe you shared from SharePoint or your own OneDrive. And now you want to “unshare” for security and best practices reasons. How do you stop site and file sharing? With this post, I would like to explain the techniques. Steps differ depending on whether you shared… keep reading >
6 major components of PowerApps
If you want to embrace PowerApps, you first need to understand its anatomy and basic elements. With this post, I would like to highlight, what are, in my opinion, the major components of PowerApps one needs to understand first before creating the first app. For those who are completely new to PowerApps, I suggest you check out this post first. It explains… keep reading >
Why you no longer need a SharePoint Document Center
In case your organization is using a SharePoint Document Center, I would like to use the opportunity to explain why you should not. I know, you might be surprised by such a bold statement, but hey, someone has to break the news to you. 🙂 Let me explain. What is a SharePoint Document Center Historically, we all used SharePoint as just another… keep reading >
How to embed Yammer on a SharePoint Page
In case your organization is using Yammer for corporate or group communications, you might want to bring that conversation to your SharePoint Intranet. This will help make SharePoint more “social” while allowing users to consume content and news when working with documents and eating breakfast. In case you are not quite familiar with Yammer, please read this article first. So below, please find… keep reading >
10 ways to use OneNote for Project Management
Having spent 15+ years in IT project management, I have an appreciation for the tools out there that make Project Management simpler and efficient. OneNote (yes, OneNote!) is such a tool. Today, I want to highlight the ways a project manager and project team members might use and adopt OneNote when managing projects within an organization. It is important to note that… keep reading >
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