While taking a look at the new Outlook Addin Ribbon Commands I came across these schema validation errors trying to deploy the addin once I added the VersionOverrides element. In particular I was getting this error message: Failed to deploy the manifest file to the Exchange server. This app can't be installed. The manifest file doesn't conform... Continue Reading →
Outlook 2016 – Use Case of Saving a File and Attaching to a new Email
This may just be the smallest and yet most appreciated new features of Outlook 2016. The attach file ribbon button has a dropdown that lets you select recent files saved from any other application. Sounds ridiculously simple, but in practice it is a real time saver. Here’s the use case. I’m working on a file... Continue Reading →
Office Lens: The simple and free way to create an Outlook Contact from a business card
I’ve found Office Lens to be an awesome app for Windows Phone. Recently the app was enhanced to allow for the specific task of scanning business cards. So how does it work? Simply fire up the free Office Lens app on your Windows Phone and tell it you want to scan a business card. Take... Continue Reading →
More out-of-the-box ways to get Email into SharePoint (2013 and Office 365)
This is a continuation of an article I wrote back at the beginning of 2012 Five out-of-the-box ways to get Email into SharePoint. Since then we have seen the launch of SharePoint 2013 and also more widespread adoption of Office 365 (SharePoint Online). These more recent versions of SharePoint have introduced new ways of getting... Continue Reading →
Where and why to find me at the SharePoint Conference in Las Vegas (SPC14)
SPC is THE largest SharePoint Conference on earth, nowhere else will you find so many subject matter experts and people willing to talk SharePoint. I encourage you to be brave and speak to the myriad of Exhibitors and Microsoft people at conference. The Exhibition Hall is a lot quieter outside of the peak lunch/break periods... Continue Reading →
Integrating Outlook Web Access (OWA) and SharePoint 2013
SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010 had a series of Web Parts dedicated to surfacing and interacting with an Exchange mail account directly from a page in SharePoint. Overview of the Outlook Web Access Web Parts (for SharePoint 2007 and 2010) If you are not familiar with the functionality here’s a quick overview (this info is... Continue Reading →
Making the most of the Top 50 SharePoint Blog Sites
Dynamics 101 recently compiled a list of the top 50 SharePoint Blog sites.I’m very honoured that my blog site made the list, and humbled that the community feels that my site contains such useful SharePoint information. Thanks for the recognition. This list got me thinking… how can people best utilize these resource sites? I’m... Continue Reading →
OnePlaceMail 6.5 – The integration between Outlook and SharePoint that Microsoft should have built
OnePlaceMail 6.5 went into public release last week and represents the biggest user experience overhaul we have ever done to the product. This is no light statement, given that OnePlaceMail is already known in the market for it’s seamless, intuitive, and slick user interface. We heard your pains in deploying SharePoint in your organization; Getting... Continue Reading →
OnePlaceMail at the HP Autonomy Information Governance Forum 2013 (IGF2013)
The theme of IGF2013 in Melbourne Australia was “Addressing the cost, compliance and complexity of big data”. The main news out of HP Autonomy was unveiling their new electronic document and records management solution HP Records Manager 8.0. This represents the merge of HP TRIM, Autonomy Records Manager and Meridio Records Manager into a single... Continue Reading →