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You Had Me at OneNote…
I will be the first to admit that I am just a ‘teensy bit’ stubborn. Do I think this is a bad thing? Not really. Do I think it must annoy my significant other? I’m guessing so by the size of the vein in his forehead whenever he tries to get me doing something new …
Read onSharePoint and the User Interface with JavaScript (Slide deck)
Below is a link to a slide deck of a presentation I gave last month at our local SharePoint user group (vSharePoint). The main theme of the presentation was in regards to how to combine together JavaScript with the SharePoint UI to add some sweet, interactive behaviours that truly add value to the end consumer. …
Read onOffice 365 – Small Biz Hacks
Microsoft has launched a new “tips” site for Office 365 small business users – Small biz hacks. The site is here and I encourage you to have a look. Two of my colleagues – Sean Wallbridge and Alec McCauley – already have “hacks” featured on the site. There are hacks coming soon from me and …
Read onHow PowerPivot Works with SharePoint (and How it Doesn’t)
A while back a customer wanted to combine external data sources and SharePoint together, and they thought the best way to do it was with Excel PowerPivot. Their intentions were in the right vein, but the possible path of execution didn’t actually exist. The idea being that they wanted to use a tool (Excel PowerPivot …
Read onSometimes you need to leave it to the pros!
I have a Mazda 5 that I love. Yesterday I decided that I would change the cabin air filter, after all how hard could it be? I looked the procedure up online then drove to the Mazda dealer to buy the filter then drove back home. In my driveway I gathered my tools then started …
Read onOffice 365 – SharePoint (Sites) and Small Business
Big enterprises and other large organizations are lucky when it comes to SharePoint (as part of an on premise install) because they generally have the development teams and the financial resources to really make the product get up and “dance”. It can be costly to really exercise on premise SharePoint to the maximum, just like …
Read onOffice 365 – Identity Management (an introduction for the layman)
It seems like the new buzzword or catchphrase is “Identity Management”. Vendors everywhere are falling all over themselves to get on the bandwagon to provide tools that manage identities across many platforms. That’s all well and good but for the average O365 user and/or the average small business owner, the concept may be pretty vague …
Read onOutlook Digital ID (digital signature)
A Digital ID (digital signature) is much like an SSL certificate used on secured websites (think HTTPS) as it allows your Outlook to “stamp” your email with a digital ID that establishes the authenticity of the email. Just as the SSL cert on a website establishes the fact that the website is, in fact, what …
Read onWhat to do if Office Web Apps (OWA) Stops Working in SharePoint
A customer ran into this issue a while back a couple of times and I wanted to document it for others. The customer was using their SharePoint environment normally throughout the day when all of a sudden their Office Web Apps stopped working. As it turns out, the ultimate problem ended up being related to …
Read onOffice 365–AppSwitcher and Office 365 Nav Bar
This is just a quickie post about a neat little feature that Microsoft has slipped into Office 365 in the last few weeks. If you spend anytime at all logged in to Office 365 you’ll certainly know that the “Waffle” is the button that brings up the AppSwitcher which makes it a doodle to switch …
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