One of the best benefits to Office 365 is the continuous updates and improvements to the platform. We no longer need a sever release, service pack, or hotfix. We get new releases when Microsoft is ready to make them live in the cloud. Recently, we’ve gotten Document Conversations and Office for iPad; and we will be seeing Office […]
Posts Tagged ‘SharePoint Online’
Office 365 Feature Rollout and First Release Program
Did you always feel Office 365 has been going through rapid updates and you as a customer or partner are left with no insight? Until now Microsoft has been rolling out features without regard to the tenant profile. There is generally no process for partners to get updates before or after customers. I personally know […]
SharePoint Online – When to use Content Search vs Content Query
Some of you may be doing a double take. Wait, is this post really about the Content By Query Web Part? Didn’t that die with the release of the Content By Search Web Part? In short, no! There are a few use cases where the Content By Query web part is still very useful – and necessary!! […]
Office 365 for Business Roadmap – New Web Page Launched!
Have you ever encountered a new feature in Office 365 that you did not know even existed?!?! I have, and it can be frustrating. In exciting news, today Microsoft has released a brand new Office 365 for Business Roadmap web page!! Check it out, its great. It has 5 categories – Launched, Rolling Out, In […]
What’s New in Microsoft Azure Active Directory
Azure Active Directory is a comprehensive identity and access management cloud solution. It combines core directory services, advanced identity governance, security, and application access management. Azure AD also offers developers an identity management platform to deliver access control to their applications, based on centralized policy and rules. In the last few months there’s been significant […]
Webinar: How FirstGroup Uses SharePoint Online to Collaborate
Do you know what organization transports your child to school each and every day? There’s a good chance it is FirstGroup’s First Student. Transporting more than 2.5 billion people each year across the UK and North America, FirstGroup plc is much more than yellow school buses. It’s Greyhound. It’s First Transit, one of North America’s […]
Webinar Recap: SharePoint 2013 Hybrid Scenarios That Make Sense
Cloud services like Office 365 and SharePoint Online are becoming an increasingly popular alternative to an on-premises SharePoint solution. However, many organizations are deciding that their best bet is to deploy specific solutions in Office 365, while keeping other workloads in their on-premises SharePoint environment. Certain hybrid scenarios make sense, and others don’t. This past […]
Developing for Office 365 and SharePoint
Recently I participated in a Microsoft developer discussion on the Yammer Network where some great ideas were shared. I am re posting a summary of the session posted in that group here for everyone’s benefit ——————————– Overview: Microsoft responses to questions are provided by Chris Johnson, Sonya Koptyev, Jeremy Thake, Dorrene Brown, Mauricio Ordonez, Brian Jones, Ricky Kirkham, Christophe Fiessinger, […]
Yammer 101 Series – Groups
What are Yammer Groups? Groups are logical containers for sharing conversations, files and notes in Yammer based on a single business purpose or goal. What are the benefits of Groups? Groups are the foundation for organizing content in Yammer networks, providing immediate business value when collaborating. Some of the benefits include: 1) Targeting your message […]
Updates on SharePoint and Yammer SKUs
SharePoint SKU Retirement July 1st, the following SKUs will be retired: SharePoint Plan 1 w/ Yammer SharePoint Plan 2 w/ Yammer Office Online w/ SharePoint Plan 1 Office Online w/ SharePoint Plan 1 This retirement aligns with Microsoft’s previous announcement of OneDrive for Business and the broader SKU strategy of eliminating mini-suites. More information on […]
Webinar: SharePoint 2013 Hybrid Scenarios That Make Sense
As many organizations are in the process of moving to the cloud, or even considering a move, and a large portion of those organizations use SharePoint, it can be difficult to determine if and when a SharePoint on-premises and a SharePoint Online hybrid solution will provide value. This isn’t surprising, given the fact that questions […]
Document Conversations – Yammer, SharePoint, OneDrive Integration
In really exciting news today, Microsoft announced new integrations between Yammer, SharePoint Online, and OneDrive called document conversations. We had a sneak peak of this functionality back in March at the SharePoint Conference. At the time, Microsoft announced these changes would come “sometime this year” and I am really happy to start seeing this functionality early […]