Posts Tagged ‘SharePoint Online’

Previously, we addressed the specifics of data services in Azure, and what paths might be valid for SQL Server BI.   Today, we’ll look at delivering data to users — the “last mile” of Microsoft’s cloud BI story — via SharePoint. Whenever you talk about delivery of Microsoft BI, the first point of discussion is logically […]

It was exciting to read Heather Clancy‘s post on ZDNet.com this morning, ‘Perficient’s Cloud Prescription for Healthcare Companies‘ highlighting Perficient’s Cloud & Healthcare expertise.  From Heather’s post, which can be read here [Perficient] was named in July as both the software developer’s U.S. Partner of the Year and also as [Microsoft’s] top provider for delivering healthcare […]

This article was pointed out to me by a colleague, and I found it a pretty compelling read:  How Microsoft helped this bar figure out that vodka was costing it a fortune. Of particular interest to me is the Natural Q&A feature, which is mentioned prominently. Now, my time in the data warehousing trenches tempers my […]

So, have you heard about Power BI yet?  The whiz-bang new cloud-centric BI front end tool from Microsoft?  Well, this video from the 2013 WPC breaks down the story — in a very entertaining manner…  So, having watched, let’s assume we all remember Mariah’s chart-toppers and instead review the greatest hits of the Power BI […]

Recently, I was working with a customer who was evaluating Office 365 for a very particular use case.  The scenario was this: The customer has several “kiosk” type computers in a store, and need to be able to save email attachments directly to the cloud without having to touch the file system of the kiosk.  […]

We recently hosted a webinar on Office 365, where my colleague Rich Wood discussed what’s new and improved when it comes to the latest release of SharePoint Online. Rich, Director of Perficient’s National SharePoint Practice, gave attendees nine great reasons to love the new SharePoint Online. The tenth topic focused on Yammer, as Rich delved into SharePoint Online […]

Building on my first post around Office 365, I’ve decided to post a short video blog series on addressing common myths around SharePoint Online. The first video in the series talks a little about the flexibility of SharePoint Online, options for developing solutions in SharePoint Online, and finally, the ability of using ADFS (Active Directory […]

A hot topic throughout the SharePoint Conference 2011 earlier this month was the evolution of Microsoft’s cloud-based offering, Office 365, and more importantly, it’s successful adoption within large enterprises and small and medium-sized businesses. Within only 12 weeks since it’s release, millions of customers have taken advantage of the enterprise-class capabilities offered by Office 365. […]

I was asked to add a search in a library using SharePoint Online that would bring the results in a “Grid View,” which essentially meant we want to filter our list items and we don’t want to use the default search at the top of the page (This Site: ___). Originally I read a post […]

When using the Quest Migrator tool to migrate a client from Lotus Notes to SharePoint Online/Office 365, you are provided with a very straight-forward interface to migrate DB’s and applications to the new SharePoint environment. However, when trying to keep consistency between environments checks and modifications are needed to ensure the items are correctly migrated. […]

ISSUE: When working with several clients to get them started with SharePoint Online, many clients are not yet ready to give users the full functionality/customizations that the “My Site” feature provides. Whether it is the social features, personal features, or just the creation of a personal site, many clients feel like they need their users […]