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Top 5 Section Suggestions for the OneNote New User

Co-authored by Kelly Marshall and Sean Wallbridge, SharePoint MVP There are a few key OneNote pointers we cover whenever we deliver an orientation to a new hire. We’ve had several new hires recently so we’re self-proclaimed professionals at rocking the Microsoft OneNote orientation now. OneNote “noobs” are grateful for these basic suggestions as it can be daunting …

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Where to Store Your Microsoft OneNote Notebook – and Why

Co-authored by Kelly Marshall and Sean Wallbridge, SharePoint MVP First rule of working in OneNote is: you do not talk about… Yeah right! We can’t shut up about OneNote. If you’re looking to join the OneNote club, the first thing you need to do is decide where to store your Notebook. And for collaboration’s sake …

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Help me Mr. Yuck. IE11 mutates my Office 365 Admin Portal

What Recently I had to switch to using Firefox (you know, the browser that is tied up in an anti-Gay Marriage scandal and is now trying to look like Chrome as part of its witness protection program) and/or Chrome (you know, the company that created Glassholes…) to manage my Office 365 components (login.microsoftonline.com and/or portal.microsoftonline.com). This …

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Egad. Microsoft Security Bulletin MS14-022 – Critical for SharePoint

Hey folks We’ve come across a SharePoint security concern that, if you are not already aware of, requires your attention. To be clear – we’re not fans of fear mongering. SharePoint patches pop up frequently.  We’ve identified this one as particularly critical. We are currently applying this patch internally to protect ourselves and to develop …

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Dude, where’s (part of) my Ribbon?

While your mileage or how you got here may vary, here’s our story… What In one of our root Site Collections (the root site, in fact), we had a behaviour where: We could add/edit content in lists, libraries and wiki’s But nobody, including Site Collection Admins could modify List or Library settings and various other …

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Nintex Mobile 2.3 for iOS corrects issues with File Attachments not uploading

There is a new build of Nintex Mobile (2.3) out yesterday that adds some new functionality but most importantly, corrects a pretty disruptive bug. The Bug Error Message: “Invalid number of attachments for document” The previous Nintex Mobile App for iOS had an annoying bug. I couldn’t upload attachments anymore and it stopped us from …

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OneNote for IOS gets an update

Nifty. OneNote got a similar “iOS7 Style” update a few weeks ago and today it rolled out to the iPhone, at least for us peeps up here in Canada, eh? A Quick Summary iOS7 Looks reduced app size by 20% Section Tabs are now configurable Office Lens – Scanner in  your pocket Quick Notes with …

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First round of updates for Office Apps for iPad – Print Baby Print

While it might have seemed strange to not include printing support in the first wave of Office for iPad apps (Word, Excel and PowerPoint), I guess you had to stop and deliver a 1.0 at some point and frankly, the Office Apps for iPad didn’t disappoint. That said, there was feedback and as of today, …

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Holy Shite. Microsoft comes to the table for end user business storage–OneDrive for Business 25GB to 1TB

We all knew this was coming. The storage wars are here and I’m not talking tupperware folks. Announced today, OneDrive for Business (you know, the SharePoint kind of OneDrive), has increased from 25GB to 1TB (yes! 1 Terrabyte) per user. Here’s some additional reading: Official Blog Post: http://blogs.office.com/2014/04/28/thinking-outside-the-box Mary Jo Foley’s commentary: http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-onedrive-for-business-now-offers-1-terabyte-of-cloud-storage-per-user-7000028839/#ftag=RSS0966a21   So …

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