Tag: how-to
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Solving the Oversharing and Sprawl Problems in Microsoft 365
Oversharing and content sprawl in Microsoft 365 are often caused by end users not fully understanding the difference between OneDrive, SharePoint, and Microsoft Teams. They are not to blame, it is complicated. What IT professionals can do to ease this problem.
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How to write a CV that stands out in 2024: Top tips from a hiring manager
As a hiring manager, I sift through hundreds of CVs for each job posting. It’s surprising to see so many struggling with the basics—often misled by outdated advice from various HR blogs. Your CV has mere seconds to get noticed. On top of that, bear in mind that most hiring managers use hiring software that…
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Getting Users to Appreciate Lookup Columns in SharePoint – Part III
Use case 3: Lookup list for reusable items (many-to-many) The last use case is the list of products which are stated on the invoice. Any invoice can contain more than one product. In this example, the products are software licenses. The name of the list is “Invoice Items” and looks like this: As you can…
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Getting Users to Appreciate Lookup Columns in SharePoint – Part II
Use case 2: Lookup list with additional attributes The list I created for thsi use case is: “Clients”. You can see it bellow – it has a couple of attributes, it’s not as simple as “Payment Methods”. The purpose of this example is to show that some attributes of this list, such as “Organization Name”…
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Getting Users to Appreciate Lookup Columns in SharePoint – Part I
A software engineer or a technical person can easily understand the benefits of lookup columns (in SharePoint or any other system). However, not every SharePoint user is familiar with the concept of foreign keys and the advantages they provide. In this and next two posts, I will present a couple of use cases related to…
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Deleting a SharePoint Subsite in Office 365
Some weeks ago I got this screenshot from an end user: OK, I changed his red caption a little bit. The text was more similar to “How THE HELL do I delete this???” You might be tempted to think that the delete button is just around the corner, but I actually had to send a…
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Where is “Create Custom List” in SharePoint 2013?
Users keep asking me how to create a custom list in SharePoint 2013. However, they are not asking for details and secrets of custom list functionality or settings (since this is very similar to previous versions of SharePoint). What they mean is: “I don’t see a menu option or a button which will initiate the…
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Walkthrough: Add tabs for custom scopes in Enterprise Search Center
When configuring SharePoint Search for customers I often help them configure their SharePoint Enterprise Search center. Companies usually index various content: SharePoint, Web Sites, File Shares, and it’s always good to divide different content sources with tabs, just as popular Search Engines like Google and Bing do. So what do you need to do to…
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Use case: Managing Job Applications with SharePoint
I recently hired two employees for my company. The process is usually simple, an opening is posted on local jobs site and all the job applications are received via email. As we always require applicants to submit some additional forms and to complete a small writing or code development task it’s sometimes hard to track…