How to color code and format lists and libraries in SharePoint Online
Most of us rely on visualizations to make sense of data. That’s why we, humans, are attracted to colorful graphs and charts, like cats are to laser pointers. Ever since…
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How to create a Quality Management System in SharePoint Online
One of the common requirements, especially for Engineering and Manufacturing firms, is creating a Quality Management System (QMS). There are, of course, dedicated off-the-shelf software solutions already available on the…
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6 ways to benefit from Managed Properties in SharePoint Online
In one of my previous blog posts, I explained the concept of a Managed Property and how to create one. What I did not discuss back then was why the…
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How to properly delete Content Types from a SharePoint Site
If you are into metadata, I am sure you heard about Content Types as well. I blogged previously about this amazing feature. They offer an excellent way to organize and…
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How to limit the selection of choices in a People column
Today I want to show you a trick you can use to limit the selection of choices when using the People column. For example, you have a column on a…
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3 security roles of a SharePoint Term Store
I blogged extensively in the past about how security and permissions work on SharePoint sites. The topic of security is always on the mind of the users and never gets…
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How to create a Managed Property in SharePoint Online
In one of my earlier posts, I introduced you to the world of Crawled and Managed Properties. As stated in that article, crawled properties are created automatically in SharePoint once…
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Automatically created Managed Properties in SharePoint Online
A while back, I introduced you to the wonderful and mysterious world of crawled and managed properties. I also briefly explained how to create a custom mapping between a crawled…
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5 places to use formulas in SharePoint lists and libraries
Remember when you were in school and studied “boring” formulas and probably wondered whether you will ever use them in real life? Well, perhaps you should have smoked less weed…
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How to make the Content Types available on all SharePoint Sites via the Content Type Gallery
If you are a big fan of metadata, like me, I am sure you are also familiar with a functionality called Content Type. Content Types allow you to organize your…
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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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