How to organize Metadata in the SharePoint Term Store
If you are using the Term Store to manage metadata, I am sure you are wondering if there are certain best practices to follow when it comes to taxonomy/metadata structure.…
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Don’t change that default view in SharePoint!
Where SharePoint really shines is its flexibility with metadata and views. The new library experience and the new custom list experience make it really easy to add/edit metadata columns and…
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Stop gathering business requirements for SharePoint Intranet!
I see this happening over and over and can’t resist the urge to speak up again on the topic. I see many companies and even potential clients of mine developing…
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How SharePoint keyword search works
Anytime you type in the query into SharePoint search box, you get what I call Google-style search results – content that matches the keywords you typed in. But how does…
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Folder vs. Library in SharePoint
I have written a number of posts in previous years explaining the difference between common SharePoint entities like sites and site collections, sites and pages. Understanding those concepts above takes…
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How to set up retention and deletion policies for files and folders in SharePoint
Some time ago I published a post around retention and deletion of sites in the SharePoint environment. Today, I want to explain how to set up retention and deletion policies…
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Why your SharePoint Implementation Failed
I hear this over and over again. Every once in a while, I get an email from a distraught blog follower complaining and telling me that SharePoint Implementation failed miserably…
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How to copy pages in SharePoint Online
If you are looking to learn how to copy pages in SharePoint Online, you came to the right place. From time to time, there might be a need to duplicate…
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Share vs. Get a link in SharePoint and OneDrive
SharePoint is all about sharing and collaboration. So what would be the right method to share a document with a colleague? If we hover over the document in both SharePoint…
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3 out of the box ways to save emails in SharePoint
SharePoint is great for storing all sorts of content we generate these days. Word, Excel, PowerPoint files, images, videos, and PDFs. However, we also generate another type of content where…
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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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