Office 365, SharePoint, Azure, OnePlace Solutions & Life's Other Little Wonders
14 October 2025 is a big day when it comes to the Microsoft Office Add-ins world. It marks not only the official retirement of Windows 10, but also the end of support on by Microsoft on various other Office related products including Office 2016, Office 2019, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019. Here's many of... Continue Reading →
Now that New Outlook for Windows has gone into Generally Availability (1 Aug 2024) Microsoft have provided new and updated material to assist in many areas of planning and migrating users, here's a roundup of the some really useful links to official Microsoft guides and documentation. Migration Kit- Migration Guide- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)- Sample... Continue Reading →
Microsoft reached the General Availability (GA) milestone for New Outlook for Windows on 1 August 2024. Moving a product from Preview to General Availability means a few things in the eyes of Microsoft: Microsoft does not recommend Preview products for production use, but once it goes GA that is Microsoft saying it is now ready... Continue Reading →
I'll be giving two developer oriented sessions at the free Microsoft 365 Virtual Marathon conference May 4-6 2022. Microsoft 365 Virtual Marathon is a free, online, 60-hour event happening May 4-6, 2022. We will have content going the whole time with speakers from around the globe. This event is free for all wanting to attend.... Continue Reading →
It struck me recently when collaborating on documents that we all go about creating documents differently and there's some great time saving features Word has to make navigating and restructuring your document fast and simple that you might be missing out on. Often when I start writing a document I try to break the document... Continue Reading →
When a user acquires an Office Add-in from the store (for Windows Desktop version of Office), a copy of the add-in manifest file is cached locally. Often during troubleshooting it is helpful to be able to verify exactly which version of the manifest is being used, or even inspect the content of the manifest file.... Continue Reading →
I find the easiest way to create (scaffold) a new Office Add-in (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) is to use the Office Yeoman Generator (Yo Office). This is really using 2 things. Firstly its using a tool called Yeoman, which is a generic scaffolding tool (nothing to do with Microsoft or Office). It's the Yo in... Continue Reading →
The countdown is on to ESPC20 Online – only 7 weeks to go! ESPC20 Online is a new virtual conference offering you affordable, world-class Microsoft 365 learning at your fingertips, from wherever you are in the world. Tune in live Oct 14th & 15th or catch up on-demand across 100+ sessions from SharePoint, Office 365 & Azure... Continue Reading →
Thanks to everyone that came along to the Microsoft 365 Saturday at the Microsoft Reactor. It was great to see so many passionate people come together on a Saturday to discuss Microsoft 365 technologies. These days are amazing opportunities to connect and learn from some of Australia's most knowledgeable experts in these technologies and I... Continue Reading →
The countdown is on to the European SharePoint, Office 365 & Azure Conference – just 7 weeks to go! If you are planning to attend, you or your team can use my coupon code ESPC19SPK to receive a special €100 discount. Book tickets. Join me on Wednesday 4th of December for my session “Building Office Add-ins Overview: Integrate. Dominate.” Office add-ins have the potential to keep... Continue Reading →
Cameron Dwyer 