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How to add the content query web part to a page layout in SharePoint 2013 and...
Content queries in page layouts can be quite useful when wanting to generate your own navigation based on page content type. There isn’t a straight forward way to adding these into your current page...
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SharePoint Consultancy and Services
A few months ago, I started a new SharePoint consultancy business. I will continue to add blog posts here but you can contact me directly for any of the following Microsoft SharePoint and Office 365...
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Selecting an Office 365 Business plan for the first time
Microsoft provide a nice comparison list of all the available 365 plans for business. Click here to view the comparison table However when planning to move to Office 365, you may not have considered...
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How to create a basic content type
I’ve just created a video guide on creating a simple content type and attaching it to a document library.> You can add custom metadata to a SharePoint list by: Adding columns directly onto the list...
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Troubleshooting “this site has not been shared with you”
I’m often asked to solve permission errors in SharePoint. It’s not hard to do with the tools available in SharePoint, you don’t even have to know much about AD especially if you use SharePoint groups....
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Using SharePoint Groups
What is a SharePoint group? A SharePoint group is a group of users which can be used to permission a site. Groups can be re-used around the site collection and can be used to permission, sites, lists,...
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Adding a custom tile to the app launcher in Office 365
The Office 365 app launcher is a great way of getting easy access to single sign-on applications within Office 365 and externally. Recently Microsoft introduced some functionality to allow users to...
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Creating a simple SharePoint Workflow to send an email
I have made the video below on how to create a basic SharePoint workflow to send emails. This could be used for sending out remittance advice (like in the example below) but it could also be used with...
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Class site templates in SharePoint
As part of my work for Cloud Design Box, I have been working on class templates for student and teacher collaboration in SharePoint. My templates are using lots of display templates and are provisioned...
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How to render display template on a list view
This blog post is a bit more technical than my previous entries. Just recently, I was required to show two different views of a list on the same page (both styled with JS Display Templates). It’s...
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How to embed a Twitter widget on a SharePoint page
Many schools and businesses are using twitter as a social communication platform to send out news and information to users. How to embed twitter feeds on SharePoint intranets and public sites has been...
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Using PowerShell to find last DirSync
When troubleshooting DirSync issues with Office 365, it is sometimes difficult to know if the DirSync successfully applied to Office 365. There is a quick way to check this and it provides the data...
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Setting up Azure Connect (DirSync) for Office 365
I’ve made a quick video guide on how to set-up Azure Connect (DirSync) to sync with Office 365. It’s done using a simple demo environment and I suspect that you may find complications and other errors...
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Using the SharePoint recycle bin
I’m often asked about restoring deleted documents, where the recycle bins are and how long they are kept there for. Hope this post will be of use to some of you. SharePoint’s powerful document...
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How to stop using custom master pages when branding SharePoint
With the rise of Office 365 and SharePoint online, the ancient practice of using a custom master page to brand a SharePoint site is coming to an end. SharePoint online has many incremental changes,...
View ArticleDeleting all navigation nodes using CSOM PowerShell
It’s fairly straightforward to enumerate nodes in an array, in this example I’m deleting all the top navigation menu nodes in a SharePoint site. This is how I would normally loop through the top...
View ArticleAdding SharePoint Online navigation from XML using PowerShell CSOM
The following PowerShell scripts were created to enable me to deploy a custom navigation across multiple site collections. You can use managed metadata navigation as mentioned in my previous post....
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Editing Office Documents Collaboratively in Office 365
If you are new to office 365 or are not aware of this, editing documents simultaneously is a great feature and surprisingly easy to use. You may be used to collaborating on documents using Office on...
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Adding subtitles and captions to Office 365 video
I’ve created a quick video guide on how to add subtitles in Office 365 video. It consists of first creating a VTT file containing the subtitles data and then uploading it into the video settings inside...
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Statistics in Office 365 Video
Another new feature in Office 365 video is the usage statistics. There are two graphs currently available for the last 14 days or 36 months showing the views, visitors and viewer engagement. Check out...
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