Ignite: Thursday 11/9

Virtual Agent is a no-code AI chatbot in preview now.  We have no earthly idea how much this will cost and that will drive adoption but it looks incredible. When posting a file from 365 or onedrive into a teams chat, just copy paste the sharing URL.  It’ll...

Ignite: Wednesday 11/6

Large section on expansion on the to-do section.  This is additions to planner, and it’s spread out everywhere and (with the possible exception of todo in documents) aggregated in one place. There’s a ToDo app that was born of their acquisition of...

Ignite: Tuesday 11/5

More CDS (Common Data Service) – Basically it’s a place to put your data (as opposed to putting it in a SharePoint list, Excel workbook, etc) so that it can be used by the Power Platform.  Lots of advantages, and certainly a more mature and robust way to...

Ignite: Monday 11/4

So this place is huge; 30,000 attendants, which is pretty darn close to the population of Newark, DE. Going to have to re-prioritize based on content and the fact that if it’s offered by a vendor, they’re there to hock their product, not teach you...

SharePoint CSWP and Google server side render bug!

One of the recent patches (between October 2018 and February 2019, including those months) broke some functionality in SharePoint. A Backstory: Back in ~2012 when CSWP’s were being developed, Google wouldn’t process JavaScript. This posed a problem, since...

Test Post: MacBook Air

Second post in the series, this time from a Mac-book Air. Upsides i7 CPU 8GB RAM Remote desktop works well Keyboard works well Screen feels HUGE after using the Surface Pro Power cord is super long, I’m something like 8 feet from the outlet and there’s...

Test Post: Surface Pro

In an effort to get ready for DevConnections I’m making some test posts from different devices to decide what to take. Currently I’m on the Surface Pro. Upsides Touchscreen The keyboard isn’t all that bad i5 CPU Remote Desktop seems to work fine...

SharePointConfrence.org : Day 3 : Post Workshop

7 Pages of notes here, so this may be somewhat disjointed as well… Editing Master Pages/Page Templates For the Master Pages / Page Templates library, the default has been changed such that it is no longer set to require check-in/check-out.  This was done to...

SharePointConference.org : Day 2 : Sessions

Lots of sessions, so this may be a little more disjointed due to the amount of material. Build It & They Will Come: Custom Solutions for SharePoint 2013 by @spmcdonough There’s a Content Editor Web Part … but they didn’t show it off, will need to...

SharePointConference.org : Day 1 : Sessions

SharePoint Goes (More) Mobile So, SharePoint 2013’s horizontal menu still has the same touch issues as SP2010; which is extremely disappointing.  The Presenter’s company used HTML5 and CSS to address the issue, though Trevor’s solution works just as...