Wondering mind
The thoughts of a Microsoft Premier Field Engineer on anything and everything SharePoint.
O365 Tidbits - SharePoint Swoop an Adventure in SPO/Flow/PowerApps
Hello All, Last week the product group released a series of videos, that I think could be very...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 05/24/2018
O365 Groups Tidbit - Create/Delete/Upgrade O365 Groups
Hello All, As O365 Groups become more important in managing SharePoint I thought I would provide you...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 05/22/2018
SharePoint Tidbit - SharePoint Maintenance window
Hello All, Recently had to work with this class for a customer and thought that it is an amazing way...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 05/15/2018
SPO Tidbit - Updated sharing feature coming to iOS and Android
Hello All, Recently we have had several announcements like new sharing features to OneDrive and...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 05/11/2018
How to setup a template for Site Collection creation
Hello All, Did this research for a customer and wanted to put it here for you and myself... As we...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 05/08/2018
SPO Tidbit - Creating your intranet with hub sites
Hello All, Since SharePoint hub sites are now being rolled out and you should be seeing them, I...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 05/08/2018
Teams Tidbit - Data governance and Event Based retention
Hello All, I wanted to let you know about this feature that seems like an exciting change in Teams....
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 05/03/2018
SPO Tidbit - Changing How Document ID URLs are Retrieved in Document Libraries
Hello All, This message just came across my inbox and I think you will find it very interesting…....
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 05/02/2018
O365 Tidbit - Deprecation of Machine Translation and Site Manager
Hello All, Wanted to make sure you were aware of this change that affects only SPO. Machine...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 05/01/2018
Teams Tidbit - Where is my data stored
Hello All My customer had a question about where do the messages between users get stored so that...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 04/26/2018
SPO Tidbit - Flow and PowerApps articles
Hello All, While doing some research I ended up flipping thru a lot of articles and other resources...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 04/24/2018
SPO Tidbit - Modern Site Analytics and Usage improvements
Hello All, We will be getting a cool update to SPO that I thought would be of interest to you, this...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 04/20/2018
SharePoint Workflow settings
Hello All, Customer recently asked me about this and since i had to go hunting I figured i would...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 04/19/2018
SPO Tidbit - Multi-Geo is here
Hello All, Just had this note hit my inbox and thought I would share it with you. Multi-geo is a new...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 04/18/2018
SPO Tidbit - Moving files easily in O365, SPO, and OneDrive
Hello All, Wanted to update you on a great feature that is being rolled out in O365, soon you will...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 04/17/2018
SharePoint Tidbit - Quick look at SharePoint 2016 Search
Hello All, As you start to work with Search you will notice that it’s architecture has not been...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 04/12/2018
SPO Tidbit - Custom Metadata Integration with Modern SharePoint Online Pages
Hello All, A message recently went out outlining this, I wanted to make sure you were aware as it is...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 04/11/2018
SharePoint Tidbit - Optimizing SQL for SharePoint on-prem
Hello All, First of all, these steps will be true for both SharePoint 2013 or SharePoint 2016 unless...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 04/10/2018
SPO Tidbit - OneDrive for business Shared by Me feature
Hello All, Thought I would bring your attention to this feature in the OD4B service, the Shared by...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 04/05/2018
O365 Tidbit - Script to collect license info
Hello All, Recently I had a customer who had questions about what licenses their users had assigned...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 04/03/2018
Setting Access Request for SharePoint 2013/2016
Hey Guys, Took a quick look and figured how to set Access Request for all Site Collections, the...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 03/29/2018
SharePoint Tidbit - Patching SharePoint 2013
Hello All, First to start, you will have the following steps: Apply binary to all Servers Run...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 03/27/2018
Manipulating webparts using PowerShell
Hello All, One of my customers is making some changes to there Sites and part of that is to set the...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 03/22/2018
O365 Tidbit - How can MyAnalytics help you
Hello All, I was looking thru the O365 Roadmap to understand one of the updates and noticed that...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 03/20/2018
Opening Visio files from SharePoint 2013/2016/SPO
Hello All, Not sure if your aware but Visio files are considered restricted and you are forced to...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 03/15/2018
SPO Tidbit - Check out the Sites Web Part
Hello, All To go along with the announcement for the Hub Sites: Sites webpart allows you to...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 03/14/2018
SPO Tidbit - Hub Sites are almost here
Hello All, This just passed thru my inbox so I thought I would pass it along. New feature:...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 03/14/2018
SPO Tidbit - New features to support SharePoint Framework
Hello All, Wanted to bring to your attention the release of further support for the SharePoint...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 03/13/2018
SPO Tidbit - Change to external users in O365
Hello All, Microsoft is updating the behavior and governance of access by external users in...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 03/08/2018
SPO Tidbit - Search experience
Hello All, This passed across my inbox and I thought it would be great for you to have as it...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 03/02/2018
SPO Tidbit - Compliance Manager
Hello All, This came thru my inbox so I thought I would share it with you Compliance Manager helps...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 02/20/2018
Reminder about SQL Aliases
Hello All, Recently I was working with a customer as they migrated between SQL servers, and was...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 01/25/2018
Unable to delete file in SharePoint Online
Hello All, Recently I had a customer contact me with an issue in one of their document libraries,...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 01/23/2018
SPO Tidbit - Create and use Custom Site Designs
Hello All, Moving forward with the new sites in SharePoint Online, the way we customize that site...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 01/18/2018
SharePoint Tidbit - SharePoint Migration Tool
Hello All, As you plan your migration from your on-prem SharePoint farm to SharePoint online, I...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 01/15/2018
SharePoint Tidbit - SharePoint Migration Assessment Tool
Hello, As you plan your migration to the cloud I think it will help you to understand your on-prem...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 01/12/2018
Azure Tidbit - Using Azure Information Protection in the Enterprise
Hello All, Saw this video from Ignite and thought I would do a dive on Azure Information Protection...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 01/11/2018
PowerBi Tidbit - Using PowerBi on-prem
Hello All, As you may or may not know the cloud has had PowerBi for a while now and it has been a...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 01/10/2018
SPO Tidbit - Predictive Indexing and what does that mean
Hello All, This feature has been rolled out to all production tenants, on the road map the feature...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 01/09/2018
SPO Tidbits - Responsive design and SPO
Hello All, While presenting an End user workshop I was asked about Responsive Design and SharePoint...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 01/08/2018
Happy New Year
Hope the best to you and your families Pax
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 01/01/2018
Merry Christmas and happy holidays
No matter what you celebrate I hope this is a joyous season for you, spent with friends and family....
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 12/24/2017
Azure Tidbit - Information dump on Flow and PowerApps
Hello All, As mentioned the integration for Flow and PowerApps is coming to SPO shortly, so here is...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 12/18/2017
SPO Tidbit - Yammer app coming to SPO
Hello All, This crossed my lap and I thought it was kind of awesome but we will be releasing a Web...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 12/18/2017
O365 Tidbit - Azure On-premises Data gateway
Hello All, The Azure On-premises Data Gateway is designed to facilitate secure communication between...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 12/14/2017
O365 Tidbit - Antivirus protection for SPO and ODfB
Hello All, Another discussion crossed my inbox that I thought I would share. Files are scanned for...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 12/12/2017
O365 Tidbit - Reminder on restore capabilities for EXO, SPO and ODfB
Hello All, This came into my inbox as a larger discussion so I thought I would compile this...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 12/07/2017
Playing with Cortana on Invoke
Hello All, I was very surprised and excited to discover that Microsoft has teamed up with Harman...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 12/06/2017
O365 Tidbit - What office client are you using
Hello All, A customer of mine just got hit by this so I figured I would make sure you saw it again...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 12/05/2017