Teams & SharePoint Posts

With Ignite 2020 being a virtual event there is even more opportunity for everyone to benefit from attending. But how to you work out what to attend – that session catalogue is vast. After registering, you can add sessions to your personal schedule and your backpack. Your schedule shows only your chosen sessions and your … Continue reading Ignite 2020 – How to Plan Which Sessions to Join

Using Microsoft Teams with internal and external people, it can be a challenge to determine which features we can use with whom.

As exciting as the announcement of Microsoft Lists at Build 2020 was, it did leave me wondering what the future of the humble but useful SharePoint list was. Today I finally got around to reading this blog post from 19th May 20. Two sections stood out to me: Millions of SharePoint users have benefitted from … Continue reading Microsoft Lists are coming, but what about my SharePoint Lists?

Microsoft are retiring Teamwork Administrator certificate (exams MS-300 & MS-301). The announcement points people to the Teams Administrator (exam MS-700) instead. Having done both the Teams and Teamwork qualifications and with most of my training delivery focused on SharePoint and Teams, this concerns me concerns me on a number of levels.

Trainer/Teachers, do you need a scene switcher? Consider the mobile app version of Stream Deck. Here’s how I set it up for testing.

A star wars themed video demo about meeting recordings in Microsoft Teams

How I got up and running using a green screen, OBS Studio and Microsoft Teams to give a more professional video in training sessions. #mctbuzz #MicrosoftTeams #OBSStudio

Using Forms with SharePoint and Power Automate to send a custom response to training course feedback, including reference links.

There are some great articles out there on building your own automated “Do not Disturb” lights and also some great products, but I decided that I needed one that was a little more manual, but still a bit geeky.

Are you a member of a Team across more than 1 organisation/M365 Tenant? I use Channel Notifications to help me keep on top of the less well used teams.

Working from home for a lot of people will bring added flexibility. For many remote working also allows us to shift the times of day we get the majority of our work done. However, it is vital to remain available during normal business hours and here the Teams mobile app can help.

OneDrive and OneDrive for Business are similar in name and in that they synchronise files to your PC from cloud storage, but they are very different. OneDrive is available free to individuals and is also part of Office 365 Home Premium along with additional storage.  OneDrive is for people to sync their personal files across … Continue reading Using OneDrive Without Sync

Not so much a blog this one, but just a few links that I share on Office 365 Admin training courses.  I’ll add to this as I find more. Automatic SharePoint Online Site Collection Storage Quotas http://blogs.office.com/2014/08/18/sharepoint-online-simplifies-storage-management/ Office 365 Development Roadmap http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/products/office-365-roadmap-FX104343353.aspx What is One Drive for Business https://support.office.com/en-US/Article/What-is-OneDrive-for-Business–187f90af-056f-47c0-9656-cc0ddca7fdc2?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US Office Blogs http://blogs.office.com/ Office Visio Stencil’s: http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=35772 … Continue reading Useful Links for Office 365 Administrators

Ok, I admit it – I love gadgets and if only I didn’t have the restraints of Hubby and finances, I’d be even more of an addict! However as the tech world in general seems to be falling out of love with the Apple devices that were the hottest thing not that long ago and … Continue reading Addicted to Devices

Until now it’s only been a dream for smaller businesses to have the same type of IT services as big business without the need for that big IT department and the big bills. With the advent of cloud computing this is no longer just a dream. Any business even a “one-man band” can have enterprise … Continue reading Big business IT at small business pricing

As a Microsoft certified training provider and Office 365 reseller, we are today launching a new range of courses for both PC and Mac users working with Office 365. We’ll shortly be publishing our course outlines for Office 2011 courses, as well. Office 365 Courses We have courses for end users and also for administrators … Continue reading New Office 365 Courses