SharePoint Maven is 5 years old!
SharePoint Maven is 5 years old! I started my blog this month, 5 years ago (November 2013). Many of you ask me how I got into all this. Entrepreneurs and…
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How to create sites and site collections from a SharePoint Site Template
I have blogged numerous times previously about the benefits of the site templates in SharePoint. Templates allow users to “lock” a particular look and feel and structure of a site…
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How to properly deactivate a user in Office 365 and SharePoint
People come and go. It is an inevitable reality, and as you hire employees, I am sure you also deal with employees leaving the organization for one reason or another.…
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6 reasons why you need to embrace SharePoint Content Types
If you have been reading my posts about metadata and taxonomy, I am sure you ran into something called content types. I blogged previously about what they are and how…
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How to change date format in SharePoint
Not sure if you noticed, but by default, SharePoint Sites display the dates in US format (MM/DD/YYYY). While this might work for US-based companies, you might want to display dates…
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Why you should stop disabling external sharing in SharePoint and OneDrive
OK, this is yet another one of those “I told you so” blog posts. I see this happening all the time when I work with my clients: IT or Management…
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How to hide SharePoint Announcements past the expiration date
One of the out of the box web parts that is a great addition to any Intranet homepage is the Announcements Web Part. It allows to easily create short notices…
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How to grant all employees access to a SharePoint site via Everyone except external users Group
As you create SharePoint sites in your Intranet, I am sure you have a need to make the site available to everyone in your organization. An example could be an…
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Go back to Dropbox!
I know what you are might be saying to yourself. Greg, are you having a bad day, or did you have too much coffee this morning? It is “No” to…
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How to create file duplicate in SharePoint Online
Quite often we need to create a copy of the file. Say we are working on a client proposal and signed a new client. So you might want to use…
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About Me
I’m Greg Zelfond, a U.S. based SharePoint consultant, and I provide affordable out-of-the-box SharePoint consulting, training, and configuration assistance to small and medium-sized businesses all over the world.
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