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SharePoint Server 2013 End of Support

January 21, 2023March 29, 2023Brian Alderman

The ever-so-popular SharePoint Server 2013 is in the End of Support category at Microsoft. This doesn’t mean your SharePoint servers are going to crash and stop working but it does mean no more updates, free support, and potentially leaving your SharePoint environment exposed to security threats, and the evil malware and hackers. This means you have to make a choice; Accept the risk and remain on SharePoint Server 2013 Upgrade to a later version of SharePoint Server on-premises Migrate to SharePoint Online Obviously the easier one is to remain on SharePoint Server 2013, but it isn’t the safest one. Upgrading to a later version requires you to decide what version,… Read More

Managing SharePoint Online using PowerShell

September 3, 2022April 18, 2023Brian Alderman

SharePoint Online (SPO) is a powerful collaboration tool that is deeply integrated with Microsoft Teams and OneDrive. With the possibility of having tens of thousands of SharePoint sites with thousands of users accessing these sites, most of which will be managed by using groups, it is important for a SharePoint administrator to have the ability to automate, and bulk manage and configure these sites, users, and groups. With that being said, we need to have a thorough understanding of how PowerShell integrates with SharePoint Online and how you can use PowerShell to manage sites, users, and groups as well as generate PowerShell scripts to perform some of the more common… Read More

Microsoft Teams and SharePoint Online: How are they integrated?

August 24, 2022February 24, 2023Brian Alderman

I have been asked numerous times about the integration of Microsoft Teams and SharePoint Online and where you manage their integration. I am going to begin with some basic points and then share some specific configuration settings associated with both of these M365 services. After accessing the Microsoft Teams interface and you want to create a new team, you can choose whether you create a public or private team, and when the new team is created it creates a new SharePoint site. This new SharePoint site is connected to the Files tab located in the channels associated with that team. While in the teams channel if you click the… Read More

Top 10 SharePoint Online Announcements from Microsoft Ignite 2019

November 14, 2019January 17, 2020Brian Alderman

SharePoint Online Home Sites, built on top of Communication sites are now rolled out, providing a more dynamic and modern landing page that contains news and content relative to your employees Hub sites being updated to include Hub permissions management, analytics capability, and Search and audience targeting is in progress Expanded views of lists and libraries with one click to clear the site header and the left-hand navigation Since we are talking about libraries; Power Apps now integrates with SharePoint libraries, not just lists To view your rows easier, there is an option to display every other row with your color choice, making information in libraries and lists easier to… Read More

New Admin Center for SharePoint Online

February 24, 2019February 24, 2019Brian Alderman

Microsoft has completed the global release of the new SharePoint Online Admin Center that is easily accessible from the classic SPO Admin Center. The new interface doesn’t have all of functionality that the classic admin center has, so you’ll have to do some toggling between the two interfaces depending on what task you’re trying to complete. To move to new Admin Center there will be a banner across the top that announces it and on the far right there is a button called Try it Now. To return back to the classic SharePoint Online Admin center you can click on the Classic SharePoint admin center option located in the left… Read More

Staying Aware of SharePoint Online and O365 Changes

November 6, 2017June 3, 2018Brian Alderman

Are you overwhelmed, confused, or maybe even caught off guard when changes are made in SharePoint Online? Well, you aren’t alone. This ever-evolving product that is near and dear to our hearts is being updated regularly and if you aren’t paying close attention you may not be able to keep up with the changes or understand what changes are happening or may have already happened. I have good news for you, not only can you be informed of upcoming changes to SharePoint Online, you can also read about the changes that have already taken place. Let’s begin by looking back at what you may have missed. Microsoft maintains a Web… Read More