Category: Technology
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Use Azure Explorer to access Azure Storage Accounts
Often a difficult task for some, once up and running with Microsoft Azure, is how to get files in and out of Storage Accounts or Containers. For these particular scenarios there is a really simple tool called Azure Explorer. There is of course the ability to upload/download files or blobs through the Azure Portal. Obviously this…
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Provide feedback directly to Microsoft about Office 365
I have just discovered that you can give feedback about your experiences using Office 365 directly to Microsoft using their online feedback form (http://msft.it/o365feedback) thanks to a Tweet from Jennifer Mason. As someone who has multiple @Office365 logins I find it impossible to be able to switch as quickly as needed between them :( — jennifermason (@jennifermason) April 29,…
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The Deployment Guide of all SharePoint 2013 Deployment Guides
Let me introduce you to the Deployment guide for Microsoft SharePoint 2013. Anyone deploying, installing or configuring SharePoint 2013 absolutely must read this! This particular Deployment Guide is 674 pages long and like no other. It was published by the Microsoft Office System and Servers Team at Microsoft back in October 2012. It is such a great guide and…
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SharePoint Site folders coming to SharePoint 2016
This post is part of SP14 Keynote highlights series where I provide some highlights of the next version of SharePoint. These highlights are from the SP24 Conference Keynote that Bill Baer delivered. SharePoint Site Folders How many occasions have you tried to access a document in SharePoint, but end up having to click through a long set of links…
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OneDrive for Business to store Outlook Attachments
This post is part of SP14 Keynote highlights series where I provide some highlights of the next version of SharePoint. These highlights are from the SP24 Conference Keynote that Bill Baer delivered. OneDrive for Business to change the way we distribute and store Outlook attachments We all do this. We need to send a file to someone via…
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Command surface in SharePoint Online updated
This post is part of SP14 Keynote highlights series where I provide some highlights of the next version of SharePoint. These highlights are from the SP24 Conference Keynote that Bill Baer delivered. Updated Command Surface in SharePoint Online The Command Surface that is available at the top of List and Library pages is being updated in SharePoint Online over the…
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“Shared with Me” coming to SharePoint
This post is the first of my SP14 Keynote highlights series where I provide some highlights of the next version of SharePoint. These highlights are from the SP24 Conference Keynote that Bill Baer delivered. “Shared with Me” coming to SharePoint Something to look out for in the next version of SharePoint (possibly SharePoint 2016 or Office16)…
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On-premises lives on, SharePoint 2016 & bye Outlook attachments
In this post, I share information about On-Premises SharePoint, highlights of SharePoint 2016 and see how Outlook attachments (bye-bye) are changing as we know them. Firstly I’d like to congratulate the SP24 Conference (#SP24Conf) organisers for delivering an awesome conference this week. The format was new and a challenge for those involved I’m sure. It…
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Working with SharePoint’s Second Stage Recycle Bin in PowerShell
I thought I’d share a PowerShell script that I’ve created to perform a few tasks against a Site Collection Second Stage Recycle Bin (SSRB) in SharePoint. The requirement was to delete items that were older than a set number of days from the Second Stage Recycle Bin (SSRB). A record of each item deleted also needed…
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Some light reading after the SharePoint Conference
I’ve managed to pickup some reading materials while in America that are going to keep me busy for some weeks. Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Administration First up was a book (Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Administration) I picked up at the AvePoint during a book signing during the SharePoint Conference. Thanks for the awesome book @AvePoint_Inc and to…
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My Microsoft Certification Challenge
The SharePoint Conference has sadly finished and our holiday has started. We are currently staying in a lodge on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon for a few days…slightly different from the Venetian where we’ve spent the last week. Having passed 70-331 and 70-332 at the SharePoint Conference (#SPC14) I have decide to take the Microsoft…
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Bill Baer meets Florence
This evening I have had the great pleasure of meeting Bill Baer and his wife. With @jamescallaghan and family @ SPC14. pic.twitter.com/nfEjXmeHjy Try to meet these lovely people during the conference – such a pleasure. Takeaways…got to the #SCP14 welcome reception, keynote keynote keynote, sub-keynote sub-keynote sub-keynote, attendee party, and ask the experts (what’s next…MCM)……