Introducing and Exploring Quizzes using Microsoft Forms

Microsoft Forms includes the capability to generate real-time quizzes to poll participants who can access these quizzes  from most any device, and the creator can view the results and use analytical tools to summarize the information gathered from the quiz, and optionally export these results to Excel for use with other analytical tools. For more information on Microsoft Quizzes, as well as to create them, access them, and share them, please visit my detailed article Exploring Microsoft Quizzes at TekkiGurus.com.

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What’s new in Microsoft Teams Q3 – 2022

Microsoft Teams is an ever-evolving service that has become the primary desktop application for users to collaborate and communicate in. With that in mind, Microsoft is investing a lot of resources, both financially and physically to ensure the product continues to evolve. With there being so many changes, it is important to keep abreast of the updates and new features to ensure your organization is taking full advantage of this powerful app. This quarterly post on Microsoft Teams will be useful for understanding the highlights of the new features and updates, specific to the Microsoft Teams desktop app and Teams on the web. Calls            Manage… Read More

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Integrating Microsoft Forms with Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams has taken the world by storm and it has become the most versatile and utilized end-user service offered by Microsoft. There are already several components that are tightly integrated with Teams including SharePoint Online, Exchange Online, Azure AD, and over 600 additional apps available in the App Store. With Teams being so popular, it only makes sense for us to not only use it for collaboration, chatting, and video meetings, but also use it for gathering information from the millions of individuals who are accessing this powerful application. This is where Microsoft Forms comes in, a powerful tool that can be easily integrated with Teams to allow us… Read More

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Managing Microsoft Teams using PowerShell

Microsoft’s PowerShell provides administrators the capability to automate routine tasks using a command-line shell that’s associated with a powerful scripting language. This command line utility is structured, intuitive, provides consistency, and is available across all Microsoft products, making it easier for an administrator to transition their PowerShell knowledge and experience from one product to another. Managing Microsoft Teams using PowerShell is an efficient way for your M365 and Teams administrators to manage teams, channels, team members, and many other Microsoft Teams components in bulk. As an example, using PowerShell, you can easily add hundreds of users to a team, or modify properties on these team, or modify properties on the… Read More

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Managing SharePoint Online using PowerShell

Microsoft’s PowerShell for SharePoint Online (SPO) provides administrators the capability to automate routine tasks using a command-line shell that’s associated with a powerful scripting language. This command line utility is structured, intuitive, provides consistency, and is available across all Microsoft products, making it easier for an administrator to transition their PowerShell knowledge and experience from one product to another. Managing SharePoint Online using PowerShell is an efficient way for your M365 and SPO administrators to manage SharePoint sites, site members, site groups, and many other SPO components in bulk. As an example, using PowerShell, you can easily add hundreds of users to a site or modify properties of a site,… Read More

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Microsoft Teams and SharePoint Online: How are they integrated?

  I have been asked numerous times about the integration of Microsoft Teams and SharePoint Online and where you manage their integration. It is important to understand some basic points and then how to share specific configuration settings associated with both of these Microsoft 365 services. For more information on how Microsoft Teams and SharePoint Online are integrated, as well as to configure and manage them, please visit my detailed article Microsoft Teams and SharePoint Online Integration at TekkiGurus.com.

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What’s new in Microsoft Teams Q2 – 2022

Microsoft Teams is an ever-evolving service that has become the primary desktop application for users to collaborate and communicate in. With that in mind, Microsoft is investing a lot of resources, both financially and physically to ensure the product continues to evolve. With there being so many changes, it is important to keep abreast of the updates and new features to ensure your organization is taking full advantage of this powerful app. This quarterly post on Microsoft Teams will be useful for understanding the highlights of the new features and updates, specific to the Microsoft Teams desktop app and Teams on the web. Calls               N/A Chat LinkedIn profiles in… Read More

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Understanding and preparing for the SharePoint Server Subscription Edition

SharePoint Server Subscription Edition is the last major release of SharePoint Server on-premises, so if you are currently running an earlier version of SharePoint on-premises, you may want to consider upgrading to SharePoint Server Subscription Edition. This is beneficial to us in a couple of ways. First, you’ll never have to perform a time-consuming, and costly upgrade to obtain new features for the product, and secondly you’ll still receive updates to the product but in a scheduled timely fashion. For more information on this SharePoint Server edition, as well as licensing information, upgrade process, software and hardware requirements, updates, and features and functionality in SharePoint Server Subscription Edition, please visit… Read More

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Upgrading SharePoint Server 2013 to SharePoint 2016 on a single server

When upgrading to SharePoint Server 2019, or SharePoint Server Subscription Edition you have to perform an interim upgrade to SharePoint Server 2016. In this environment you’ll upgrade the SharePoint components in preparation for the upgrade to 2019 or the Subscription Edition. This interim step can be completed on a single server so you don’t have to create a multi-server farm for this short term solution. However to upgrade to a single server farm, as you can imagine there are some steps necessary to ensure the upgrade process is successful which in turn will ensure your next upgrade is successful. For more information on this SharePoint Server 2016 single server upgrade,… Read More

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What’s new in Microsoft Teams – Q1 of 2022

Microsoft Teams is an ever-evolving service that has become the primary desktop application for users to collaborate and communicate in. With that in mind, Microsoft is investing a lot of resources, both financially and physically to ensure the product continues to evolve. With there being so many changes, it is important to keep abreast of the updates and new features to ensure your organization is taking full advantage of this powerful app. This quarterly post on Microsoft Teams will be useful for understanding the highlights of the new features and updates, specific to the Microsoft Teams desktop app and Teams on the web. Calls               N/A Chat Pinning a chat… Read More

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