Microsoft recently announced its decision to directly participate in the process by which larger organizations, and their partners, in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors implement Office 365. This participation includes direct management of Office 365 on boarding for organizations purchasing at least 150 related SKUs. Of particular interest to this writer is some information […]
Organizations developing custom apps to surface external data in SharePoint 2013, need to follow a specialized set of procedures
In a set of video tutorials on the topic of how to work with BCS to surface external data in SharePoint 2013, or SharePoint Online, Office 365, Fabian Williams, a SharePoint Server MVP provides a set of guidelines likely to be very useful for any organizations planning on developing custom apps for similar needs. The […]
Microsoft Debuts a New Introduction to Office 365 Development on Microsoft Virtual Academy
Jeremy Thake, a Technical Product Manager for the Office 365 Marketing Team at Microsoft is now one of the two hosts of an Introduction to Office 365 Development on the Microsoft Virtual Academy (MVA) web site. It is worth noting Jeremy is a close colleague of Asif Rehmani, founder and CEO of SharePoint-Videos. This writer’s […]
On the Architecture of BCS for SharePoint 2013
SharePoint-Videos has just published a new set of video training for SharePoint 2013: Working with External Data in SharePoint 2013 using BCS and Workflows – On premises and Online. The target audience for this training set are SharePoint Developers and IT Pros. The course is led by Fabian Williams, a SharePoint Server MVP. The content […]
SharePoint-Videos Publishes a Set of Video Tutorials on External Data, BCS and Workflows for SharePoint 2013
Organizations in need of proven methods to surface external data in SharePoint 2013, and to work with it via no-code process development approaches, should consider a new set of video tutorials on BCS, External Data, and Workflows, led by Fabian Williams, SharePoint Server MVP. The set has just been published by SharePoint-Videos. A review of […]
Comments on Office 365 Network Architecture for Sites and OneDrive for Business
Over recent posts to this blog, this writer has explored OneDrive for Business as a uniquely featured SharePoint Online document library. An effort has also been made to report on some of the special features of this component of Office 365 and some methods of automating some tasks, associated with OneDrive for Business, likely to […]
More on Quick Steps for OneDrive for Business, Office 365
An entry to the help section of Microsoft’s Office web site titled “Automate common or repetitive tasks with Quick Steps” presents this new feature of OneDrive for Business, as originally introduced with Outlook 2010. As the article makes clear, Quick Steps were intended to reduce the repetitive nature of performing tasks, for users, with automation […]
How to Move Items from OneDrive for Business to Document Libraries in SharePoint Online, Office 365
End users with a need to move items out of OneDrive for Business and into document libraries in SharePoint Online, Office 365 can be challenged. It is not easy for them to find a simple method of successfully completing this task. There are even issues using Windows Explorer to accomplish this task. So this writer […]
Microsoft Announces Matter Center for Office 365 and for SharePoint 2013 On Premises
On August 18, 2014, Microsoft announced the availability of Matter Center for Office 365. Together with improvements in eDiscovery, which were implemented earlier this year, this new addition may contribute to the attractiveness of Office 365 for law firms. According to the promotional content on the web page introducing this feature, Matter Center works with […]
SharePoint-Videos to Present VisualSP, a Help System for SharePoint in a Webinar Scheduled for September 4, 2014
On September 4, 2014, SharePoint-Videos will use a webinar to present VisualSP™, a help system for SharePoint. Our help system may be a solution for organizations looking to provide communities of SharePoint users with the tools they require to successfully accomplish the SharePoint computing tasks required of them. By empowering these users to manage themselves, […]