When my mother asked me the age-old question: “If everyone else jumped off a bridge would you?” of course my answer was yes! So, I will be throwing my pebble into the ocean regarding working from home. I’ve been working from home for over a decade and below are the top 5 things I believe enable a solid experience for you and your team along with a few resources for further learning😉. Continue reading “Top 5 Work from Home Tips”
Author: Duane A. Odum
Office 365 Architect
WHAT’S NEW IN OFFICE 365 (MARCH 2020)
This month we are going to be delving into a great addition to SharePoint Online’s sharing options, Teams cross channel posting and the looming death of Skype for Business Online. We also get into some speculation regarding Classic SharePoint and the Power Platform release plan becoming available for download. Also, it’s worth noting that if you happen to find yourself in Chicago, IL on 4/15 & 4/16 you may want to check out Microsoft Ignite the Tour! Continue reading “WHAT’S NEW IN OFFICE 365 (MARCH 2020)”
WHAT’S NEW IN OFFICE 365 (DECEMBER 2019)
Ignite has come and gone but all that really means is we have more features getting rolled out in than usual😉. There are plenty of noteworthy posts regarding Ignite announcements and sessions on the Tech Community blogs that are worth checking out however most of the content for this month’s post is coming directly from the Office 365 Message center. I guess that is a benefit of the “post-conference rollout” of features. Continue reading “WHAT’S NEW IN OFFICE 365 (DECEMBER 2019)”
Musings on OneDrive News from Microsoft Ignite 2019
The day 1 blog post from Microsoft Ignite 2019 for OneDrive titled Celebrating top OneDrive moments at Ignite 2019 was posted yesterday. While there are likely going to be thousands of posts coming from the content presented at Ignite, I have decided to throw my pebble into the ocean as it were. I have some general concerns on some of the features/enhancements coming our way soon. Continue reading “Musings on OneDrive News from Microsoft Ignite 2019”
What’s New In Office 365 (November 2019)
With Microsoft’s Ignite Conference right around the corner, it is typically tough to find exciting content for this month’s blog post. That is NOT the case this year. We have big changes to announce, some have already caused controversy with IT Admins, others have the potential for causing controversy, and still others are sure to make some end users’ lives a bit easier. We will be covering the unveiling (somewhat unceremoniously and with little heads up) of the self-service purchase capabilities for Power Platform products, and the end of support for Windows 7. New features that may excite IT Admins, or not, include form customization in SharePoint Lists and Libraries and the ability to rename SharePoint Site URLs. The new feature that is sure to delight many end users is live captions (English-US) in Teams meetings.
Self-Service Purchase Capabilities for Power Platform
What’s new in Office 365 (October 2019)
Once again Microsoft has been rolling out updated and new features at neck breaking speed. While it’s hard to argue with their numbers I cannot help but agree with some of the sentiments put forth by Andrew Connell in his SharePoint Framework Summer 2019 Wish List post on September 4th. If you’re a developer doing any work with the SharePoint Framework the article is a must read. If you’re not, just know that the gist of the article is “New stuff is great but how about we clean up what we already have rolled out”. Again, hard to argue with Microsoft’s results but Andrew’s logic is spot on as usual. With that diatribe out of the way here are some other notable happenings in Office 365 in the past month.
What’s New in Office 365 (September 2019)
As a regular user or admin of Office 365, you are no doubt aware that Microsoft is always making changes, upgrading, and adding features to Office 365 products. It is nearly impossible to keep up to date on all of them. This is our attempt at highlighting the ones we think will impact you the most and make your life/work easier. This month we talk about new templates for creating users in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center, Private Channels in Teams, Site Swapping, and Priority Notifications in Teams. We also throw in bonus information like a heads up on a free online Microsoft Flow conference coming up on September 10. Don’t forget to check out the Microsoft 365 Roadmap for a full list of all that is happening with Office 365. Continue reading “What’s New in Office 365 (September 2019)”
