If you would like to see what add-ins and other apps you have consented to (and what permissions you have granted) you can visit this magic URL https://myapps.microsoft.com You should see a list of all add-in and apps from where you have the option to 'Remove' or 'Get Info'. Selecting 'Get Info' lists all... Continue Reading →
SharePoint Conference NA – The photos and my takeaways
SharePoint returning to Vegas, would it work like the days of old? There is certainly something special about the SharePoint community and this conference had that tight knit community feel to it. Vegas amazes me at the amount of people it seems to just be able to soak up without really skipping a beat, making... Continue Reading →
SharePoint Conference North America – The Sessions that Interest Me
I'll be attending the SharePoint Conference North America conference, being held in Las Vegas next week. OnePlace Solutions are a proud sponsor and if you are attending I'll be spending most of my time at the OnePlace Solutions booth in the expo hall so please come and say hi. I was looking through the sessions... Continue Reading →
Microsoft Teams Call Analytics Portal in Office 365
I was having a look at the new Teams & Skype for Business Admin Center that is currently rolling out to Office 365 tenants. If available for your tenant it will be accessible at https://admin.teams.microsoft.com/ I was particularly impressed with the depth of information available in the call analytics portal. From here you can drill down... Continue Reading →
Family tech support – How to get Office for free?
If you read my blog you are probably working with IT everyday and are familiar with the fact that all your family members (and extended family) use you as the family IT help desk - if only you could charge them your hourly rate... A frequent family help desk call is the one you get... Continue Reading →
Want to know which of your leads/customers are using Office 365? Try the MX Lookup Excel Add-in
Have you got a list of leads, potential customers, or existing database of people and want to identify or target those that are using Office 365? I can think of one or two scenarios where this would be handy! Microsoft have a free modern Excel Add-in called "MX Lookup" (available in the Office Store) that takes... Continue Reading →
Microsoft Graph API, Throttling & SharePoint Lists/Libraries – HTTP 429 Error Code
When developing against the Microsoft Graph you may find yourself experiencing HTTP 429 Error Codes now that resource throttling is being implemented in different areas of the Graph. I came up against a strange and somewhat misleading one this week which is worth being aware of if you are using the Graph to access SharePoint lists... Continue Reading →
5 reasons why email is still king for business communication
The last few years have seen an explosion in the number of tools available for us to communicate not only at a consumer level, but also in the context of our workplace both internally within companies and externally between companies. I primarily work with Microsoft technologies, but even within that small sphere the options are... Continue Reading →
Microsoft MVP Award 2018-2019 Office Development
Excited, proud, honoured, humbled, grateful, stupidly happy.... all emotions that hit me simultaneously as I opened the email that gave me the news that I had been presented the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for my work in Office Development. I've been incredibly fortunate to work with some really awesome people both in the... Continue Reading →