5 Essential Naming Conventions to Know in SharePoint
You know when a doctor reviews your symptoms and vital signs to identify the underlying condition? Well, sometimes I feel like a doctor myself when working with SharePoint. Why? Looking…
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How to display the contents of a folder on a SharePoint page
The functionality I am about to describe in this article is quite a common requirement and request, especially on the Communication, employee-facing sites. The requirement is to display the contents…
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How to get the file path for a file or folder in SharePoint
As I build sites and Intranet portals for my clients, a frequent request that I hear is to create links to files and folders scattered across multiple sites and folders.…
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Folder Card in Viva Connections
I usually blog about SharePoint Web Parts and don’t devote much time to Viva Connections cards. But recently, Microsoft added some really lovely, eye-catching cards to that promise, bringing a…
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How to check user access and permissions for a file or folder on a SharePoint site
This happens more often than not, so I decided to finally write a post on this very important topic. As you upload and share documents from Teams or SharePoint sites,…
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How to attach a Teams Channel to an Existing SharePoint Folder
When you create a standard channel in Teams, it, in turn, creates a folder with the same name on a SharePoint site associated with that Team – this is where…
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How to back up important documents on your PC to OneDrive for Business
I blogged quite a bit about OneDrive sync in the past. It is a great option that allows you to replicate what you got in SharePoint in your Windows Explorer.…
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Why it is not a good idea to mix folders and metadata in the same document library
As you know from my blog posts, I am a huge fan of metadata. I have many clients who successfully transitioned to metadata for some of the content they migrated…
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How the SharePoint Online Recycle Bin Restore process works
While I have blogged extensively in the past about the Recycle Bin and its nuances, I have never explained in detail how the restore process works. If you think restoring files and folders…
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Default and Automatically created folders in SharePoint Online
Today, I would like to answer a mystery about some of the folders you might suddenly find in your SharePoint document library. I have been intrigued about this idea ever…
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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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