How to Publish SharePoint Online News to Teams
A Petri.com article explains how to publish news items generated in SharePoint Online sites to Teams channels. It’s the way to spread those important announcements as widely as possible.
Category: SharePoint Online
SharePoint Online (SPO) is the Microsoft 365 document management system. Its service is consumed by other applications like Teams, OneDrive for Business, and Planner.
Modernizing SharePoint Subsites
A very common question when discussing modern SharePoint is why Microsoft has not modernized the creation of subsites to give Office 365 tenants the ability not only to create a modern site, but also to create modern subsites. Fortunately, Microsoft has finally released a modern subsite template to allow any organization still using subsites to …
Verifying Office 365 Administrator Access to User Data
Office 365 tenant administrators can use different ways to access user data. Shouldn’t you have a policy to govern that access?
Office 365 Groups management capabilities coming to the SharePoint Online admin center
An update coming soon to the SharePoint Online Admin Center means that administrators will be able to manage Office 365 Groups. Given the importance of Office 365 Groups to SharePoint, it’s a good change.
Mass Delete Notifications for SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business
Microsoft says that they will soon send email to users when Office 365 detects a higher than normal number of file deletions in SharePoint Online sites and OneDrive for Business accounts. There’s no real detail provided as to what counts as a high volume or why Microsoft is sending the notifications.
Adding a New Microsoft 365 Group to an Existing (Classic) SharePoint Online Site
As announced in this post in the Microsoft Tech Community, the ability to add a new Office 365 Group to an existing SharePoint Online (SPO) site is finally available to Office 365. You will be able to connect existing classic SPO sites to new Office 365 Groups by means of two possible mechanisms: PowerShell (first …
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New Search Experiences Arriving (finally) to SharePoint Online
Search in SharePoint Online (SPO) is an area that we will see change in the future. Indeed, you might have already seen some of the new search experiences in your modern SPO sites
Avanan’s PhishPoint – FUD or a Real Problem?
The security company Avanan says that 10% of Office 365 users are affected by “PhishPoint.” That estimate seems pretty high to me.
Why SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business Have a One Hundred Version Minimum
SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business sites will soon boast 100 minimum versions, which they need to power features like AutoSave and OneDrive Restore. But if you work for an organization that doesn’t want to use so many versions for files, you can update your SharePoint tenant configuration to disable minimum versioning. That is, provided you do so by September 30, 2018.