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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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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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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Sync folder vs. Sync Library in SharePoint and OneDrive
I documented the mechanism of OneDrive Sync quite extensively on my blog previously. However, one thing I did not mention before was the difference between syncing the whole library vs.…
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In Site Library vs. In Channels Folders
If you recently navigated to a SharePoint team Sites, you probably have noticed an interesting breakdown of files and folders on that site. Suddenly, all the folders are grouped into…
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Should I create a folder or a library on a SharePoint site?
If you ever hovered over the New drop-down on a SharePoint Site, I am sure you noticed a Document Library choice appearing over there. So this makes document library creation…
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How to apply modern retention labels to libraries and folders in SharePoint Online
I recently blogged about modern retention labels and how you can create labels, publish them to sites, and then have them available for users to apply to files. This though,…
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4 ways to tag folders with metadata in SharePoint
From my posts, you probably already know that I am a huge advocate and proponent of metadata in SharePoint. The major limitation that exists in SharePoint is that you can…
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How to automatically tag files with metadata based on folders in SharePoint
This is very unusual – I have used the “F” word and metadata in the same sentence. But that is precisely what this post is all about. Despite being a…
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Think in terms of Sites instead of Folders when migrating to SharePoint
The most common question I get from prospective clients and blog followers migrating from file shares to SharePoint is whether or not they should be creating SharePoint sites for their…
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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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