IBS Employees, Industry Trends, recruiting, Staffing

Interview with IBS Recruiter Keith McNeal

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Interview with IBS Recruiter Keith McNeal

We recently sat down with IBS recruiter Keith McNeal to discuss the state of the staffing business heading into 2019. With 12 years on the job, we talked about where the industry has been, where it’s going and strategies he uses to navigate the competitive field.

Were there in any changes in IT recruiting that you observed in 2018? What caused those changes in your mind?

Keith McNeal: Absolutely. The biggest thing I saw was that our clients are moving toward Contract-to-Hire work, and that there’s way less traditional contract work to go around. This is good for candidates, but is difficult for us as recruiters. Continue reading “Interview with IBS Recruiter Keith McNeal” →

Flow, MS Teams, Office 365, PowerApps, SharePoint, Stream

Not So Bold Predictions for Office 365 in 2019

by Duane A. OdumLeave a Comment on Not So Bold Predictions for Office 365 in 2019

As we start a new year it’s always good to reflect on what we’ve accomplished but the real fun is in trying to figure out where we are going😉.  Disclaimer: I am in no way, shape or form privy to the inner workings of the various product teams at Microsoft and the views expressed within this post are my own.  With that out of the way, here are my not so bold predictions for Office 365 in 2019. Continue reading “Not So Bold Predictions for Office 365 in 2019” →

Flow, MS Teams, Office 365, SharePoint

WHAT’S NEW IN OFFICE 365 (DECEMBER 2018)

by Duane A. OdumLeave a Comment on WHAT’S NEW IN OFFICE 365 (DECEMBER 2018)

December is upon us – the lights, the music, the shopping; but don’t let that distract you from the exciting things happening in the world of Office 365! There is something for everyone – new options for site branding in SharePoint, the ability to manage MS Teams in the Teams & Skype Admin Center, new MS Teams Administrator roles, licensing updates for PowerApps/MS Flow, and a way to restrict users from creating Office 365 groups. Continue reading “WHAT’S NEW IN OFFICE 365 (DECEMBER 2018)” →

Flow, Future of SharePoint, Microsoft, MS Flow, MS Teams, Office 365, Powershell, SharePoint, sharepoint, SharePoint Online

Restricting Users from Creating Office 365 Groups

by Sheryl Darroch2 Comments on Restricting Users from Creating Office 365 Groups

Microsoft is very permissive when it comes to creating Office 365 groups. The default is that everyone can create Office 365 groups. Users can create groups from several different applications, and each user can create up to 250 groups. With this kind of freedom, things can get out of control pretty quickly. Before you know it, your environment can have a plethora of Office 365 Groups that may not be useful or even used. Sometimes the old adage is true – just because they can, doesn’t always mean they should.

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Conferences, Flow, MS Teams, Office 365, OneDrive for Business, SharePoint

WHAT’S NEW IN OFFICE 365 (NOVEMBER 2018)

by Duane A. OdumLeave a Comment on WHAT’S NEW IN OFFICE 365 (NOVEMBER 2018)

October was a great month for those of us in the IT Pro space in Office 365, especially with the SharePoint Online Admin center enhancements. Unfortunately, we have yet to see the Teams Administration Dashboard in our tenant or any of our customers tenants but hopefully by typing this up we will assure ourselves of sticking our foot in out mouth and it will pop up. While many of the “big” developments from October are geared towards IT folks, there were still a couple noteworthy updates for the user base as well.

Side-note: If you plan to be in or around Chicago, IL in the beginning of December and want to increase your knowledge on Office 365/SharePoint head over to the SharePoint Fest Chicago event being held 12/3/2018 – 12/7/2018. Don’t let the name mislead you, they cover a lot of SharePoint items, but you will also see many other Office 365 applications covered as well as Azure topics. The event has different levels of sessions for end users, power users, IT professionals and developers so it really is for everyone. Continue reading “WHAT’S NEW IN OFFICE 365 (NOVEMBER 2018)” →

Feature Pack 1, SharePoint 2016, SharePoint Framework, SharePoint Online

SharePoint Framework On-Premise Deploy via Gulp

by Mike BerrymanLeave a Comment on SharePoint Framework On-Premise Deploy via Gulp

SharePoint 2016 Server has support for SharePoint Framework, however there are some features missing that are present in SharePoint Online.

When first learning SharePoint Framework (SPFx), the tutorials provided by Microsoft are geared towards using SPFx in SharePoint Online.  A lot of the knowledge and concepts transfer to SharePoint 2016 Server, however I found a key feature missing: Asset deployment.

SPFx solutions expect you to host your assets (html, javascript, css) in some location that is accessible from your SharePoint site.  In SharePoint Online, the deployment gulp task that comes packaged with SPFx can (and by default, does) deploy your assets to the SharePoint Online App Catalog site.  With SharePoint 2016 Server, asset deployment is your responsibility.  I did not like this at all – I wanted a simple, configurable script/task to run that would deploy my assets where I wanted them to go.

First the setup.  Continue reading “SharePoint Framework On-Premise Deploy via Gulp” →

Microsoft, MS Teams, Office 365, SharePoint Online

Review of How to Ensure Operational Governance for Microsoft Teams Session from Microsoft Ignite 2018

by Sheryl DarrochLeave a Comment on Review of How to Ensure Operational Governance for Microsoft Teams Session from Microsoft Ignite 2018

Microsoft Ignite was held September 24-28 in Orlando, Florida with more than 1600 sessions on all that Microsoft has to offer. This session, by Dux Raymond Sy, covered guidelines for proper governance of Microsoft Teams. Dux makes basic recommendations but cautions listeners that Azure Active Directory P1 is a requirement for some of the features he highlights.

Overall, it was an informative session. Dux does a great job explaining the relationship between Microsoft Teams and Office 365 Groups; and breaking down governance into 3 manageable areas: provisioning, operations and information cycle. Continue reading “Review of How to Ensure Operational Governance for Microsoft Teams Session from Microsoft Ignite 2018” →