Early into a one hour presentation on hybrid computing scenarios for SharePoint 2013 on-premises, and Office 365, Paolo Pialorsi states an objective most organizations will likely implement when they embark on a hybrid cloud computing project — to build an integrated computing solution from cloud and on-premises components. The title of Pialorsi’s presentation is Overview […]
Some limitations on building dynamic diagrams with Visio Services for SharePoint 2013 on-premises and SharePoint Online, Office 365 should be kept in mind
This a second and final post on a webcast published on Microsoft’s Channel 9 web site titled Interactive Visual Dashboard Solutions with Visio Services. There are some important caveats about using Visio Services to produce data visualizations like the “interactive dashboards” Ian White presents in this presentation. Data sources are limited. Visio Service currently provides […]
The agenda at TechEd Europe 2014 included a presentation on dynamic diagrams and SharePoint on-premises or online
Visio is usually seen as the successor to SharePoint Designer. The common understanding is Visio represents the “next generation” of workflow design tools. But it’s very important not to forget Visio is, if nothing else, a diagram tool. During Microsoft’s TechEd Europe 2014 event, last month, Ian White, EPM and Visio Technical Lead at Microsoft […]
Use Office 365 Groups to consolidate collaboration efforts and simplify the Office 365 user experience
On September 25, 2014, Jared Spataro, General Manager of Enterprise Social published a post titled Delivering the first chapter of Groups in Office 365. With this post, and the short video embedded within it, Microsoft presented a new method for Office 365 consumers to use to collect users into groups. As Jared Spataro points out […]
SharePoint-Videos will host a webinar on hybrid, online, or on-premises SharePoint server options on November 19, 2014
As Satya Nadella made clear during Microsoft’s most recent quarterly earnings report, a strong driver of the success of Microsoft’s Azure and Office 365 products is the unique position of servers for Microsoft’s ubiquitous enterprise applications (not the least of which is SharePoint) at the so-called “edge” of the cloud, meaning on-premises. But how can […]
Just how does Power BI bolt together with Office 365?
In a webcast titled Power BI for Office 365 Overview, Michael Tejedor, a Senior Product Marketing Manager at Microsoft provided his audience with some information about this data analytics tool, including: design features for business analysts a demonstration of likely benefits for organizations implementing Power BI today and a preview of new features to be […]
Microsoft Project Pro is now available as an Office 365 subscription based client tool
This a third and final post to this blog on the first of several webcasts published from presentations held at Microsoft’s Tech Ed Europe 2014 event, which was held in late October 2014. The ultimate method of managing projects, per Raphael Ax and Alexandra Ciortea, two Microsoft Field Engineers leading this presentation, is to use […]
Migrating project records out of Excel spreadsheets and into SharePoint 2013 is a good first step towards efficient project management
The schedule of presentations for Microsoft’s Tech Ed Europe 2014 event included a number of Microsoft Project Pro and Office 365. Raphael Ax and Alexandra Ciortea, two Field Engineers for Microsoft EMEA led the first of these, which is titled Efficient Planning, Reporting and Decision Making with Microsoft Project Pro for Office 365. Early in […]
Microsoft Project Pro for Office 365 is presented at Tech Ed Europe 2014
The voluminous set of webcasts published from Microsoft’s Tech Ed Europe 2014 event includes a number on Microsoft Project and Office 365. So Office 365 stakeholders with an interest in tying together a project management platform like Microsoft Project with Office 365 will probably want to spend sometime sampling the content. One of the webcasts, […]
Microsoft pushes hybrid cloud computing into the sweet spot for cloud PaaS solutions
If Microsoft’s Q1 2015 earnings report can be taken as a reliable measure of where it makes sense for them to allocate resources and focus, hybrid cloud computing is now in the limelight. SharePoint on premises and SharePoint Online, Office 365 are great examples of this concept at work. Earlier this week this writer published […]