Is my stuff secure in SharePoint and Office 365?
Is my stuff secure in SharePoint and Office 365? It is a valid question as organizations offload gigabytes of content, which used to be behind the firewall, into the cloud.…
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3 ways to rename a file in SharePoint
Renaming files is something we probably do quite often. After all, file name usually provides us with lots of great metadata (additional information) about the file. Today I want to…
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How to hide folders from a document library
Did you know you could hide folders from the document library? Let’s say you have a library with a pretty complicated folder structure. Maybe you added some metadata columns to…
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2 ways to make SharePoint document search as easy as shopping online
Do you love shopping online? I do! The major reason – within a few clicks I can usually find what I am looking for, without spending days sifting through the…
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6 ways to create workflows in SharePoint
SharePoint is a great platform for collaboration and sharing. However, anytime you need some sort of approval or business process to occur, you need to engage the workflow capability. There…
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4 ways to edit document metadata in SharePoint
If you follow my blog, you probably know by now that I am a huge advocate of metadata. One of the most frequent complaints I hear about it is that (and…
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3 ways to make a user a Site Collection Administrator
Today I want to explain how to make a user a Site Collection Administrator. Just to be clear, we are talking about Site Collection administrators, not site owners/administrators. To make…
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How to explain SharePoint metadata to employees in 5 easy steps
I know what you are thinking. Greg, I get metadata, and I know you get metadata too. But how to explain SharePoint metadata to employees? I am glad you asked…
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3 ways to store images in SharePoint
We tend to think of SharePoint as strictly a repository for business-type/Office documents, like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDFs. However, even in the business world, it is not just about…
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Do we really need SharePoint?
I got an interesting email a few days ago from CIO of a prospective client of mine. He asked me whether his organization really needed SharePoint. His viewpoint was that…
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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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