In case you missed it: Microsoft have announced the demise of Site Mailboxes in SharePoint Online. The timeline is challenging. You have around 4-weeks before you'll be prevented from creating new Site Mailboxes. We're removing Site Mailboxes in SharePoint Online MC92090 Published On : 31 January 2017 Expires On : 15 September 2017 Beginning March … Continue reading Announcing the death of Site Mailboxes in SharePoint Online
Adoption plan update
I'm working on an update to my Office 365 Adoption Plan https://docs.com/simon-denton/8865/adoption-planning-for-office-365 and I'm experimenting with new ways to present the journey.
I’m not “Doughboy”, I’m a real person (and it’s not Yammer’s fault)
There have been several threads emerging regarding missing profile images in the Office 365 Suite Bar (example thread). The problem seems to centre around the fact that, whilst users add their picture to Office 365, it fails to appear when using services like Yammer or Planner. To illustrate: Based on the code, my picture is being … Continue reading I’m not “Doughboy”, I’m a real person (and it’s not Yammer’s fault)
Columns with benefits
'Columns with benefits' and how you can find more than just titles in SharePoint Online
Reusable columns
Reusing columns is useful if you want to establish a consistent definition across lists and libraries. You can share the definition across multiple lists and libraries so that you don't have to recreate the column settings each time. A significant additional benefit is that when items are added to a reusable column they discoverable through search (the magic only happens after it has been populated). Reusable columns are called site columns in SharePoint.
Moving home…
Whilst in Atlanta for the Microsoft Ignite conference, I took some time out to explore the birth place of Martin Luther King Jr. His family home is located in the Sweet Auburn community. This National Park Service sign explains how the community was subjected to segregation and division: Sadly, more than 50-years on, some of … Continue reading Moving home…
The Office 365 Network is born
"Ensure that every escape route and exit is still clearly visible when the lights go out"
The perfect serve of Yammer?
Recently, I’ve been wondering whether Yammer is being developed like ‘medicine’ or ‘Coca Cola’? I've been typing, deleting, typing, deleting and in the process I've started to challenge my own thinking. I feel that I’m going a little crazy with the thought process so I felt I’d throw the concepts out there. Medicine – developed … Continue reading The perfect serve of Yammer?
Search refiners are yesterday’s algorithm
A while ago I came to the conclusion that Delve is definitely the future of search in Office 365. Delve is great for the targeted, individual relevant search, connecting people to content and content to people through the Office Graph. I believe it is the future but it is not quite there yet. The missing … Continue reading Search refiners are yesterday’s algorithm
A not so deep dive into what is happening behind the scenes when you view a page in SharePoint Online [Part 3]
This is the final part of a three-part post where I present my take on what is happening behind the scenes when you view a page in SharePoint Online. In the first part I discussed the components that are needed to assemble a SharePoint page and how geography has effect. In the second post, I focussed … Continue reading A not so deep dive into what is happening behind the scenes when you view a page in SharePoint Online [Part 3]
