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 →
Working with Non-Office File Types in SharePoint & Office 365
Office 365 and SharePoint work quite nicely when you are working with Microsoft Office file types. Things like Word, Excel and PowerPoint files. Once you really start using SharePoint however, you want to store many more types of files in SharePoint. This is natural and you can actually get the files into SharePoint without too... Continue Reading →
Does Microsoft have an InfoPath Forms Replacement in the Works
It’s been one of the most asked questions since the death of InfoPath; What is InfoPath's replacement? There are some great 3rd party forms products that have been around for a long time now (namely Nintex and K2). Microsoft has been keeping very tight lipped on any official replacement to InfoPath and Forms in general... Continue Reading →
TFS Queries and the @CurrentIteration Token
I was pleasantly surprised this week when I dived into TFS Online to tweak some queries and stumbled upon the new @CurrentIteration token that can be used. This token can potentially solve the administration overhead associated with getting consistent reports out of TFS from sprint to sprint. In the past I have had a series... Continue Reading →
New OnePlaceLive Scenarios Blog Series
With the recent launch of the OnePlaceLive product, I’ve commenced writing a series of articles on the OnePlace Solutions website. This series of articles is designed to introduce the OnePlaceLive product and show to power that Solution Profiles can deliver in real world business scenarios such as using SharePoint/Office 365 for Projects Management, Legal Matter... Continue Reading →
Photos from Microsoft Ignite 2015 in Chicago
As the dust settles on the first Microsoft Ignite conference and the tech crowd disperses from Chicago I look over these photos and think I’ll remember this conference as much for the character of the city of Chicago as I will the Ignite conference itself. From the fantastic aromas wafting from restaurants, the bars that... Continue Reading →
My favourite announcements from BUILD 2015 (Day 1)
Microsoft's really long Build developer keynote, condensed into 2 minutes http://mashable.com/2015/04/29/microsoft-build-keynote-video/?utm_cid=mash-com-Tw-main-link Welcoming Developers to Windows 10 Windows 10 on One Billion Devices Universal Windows Platform Innovation Windows 10 Welcomes All Developers and Their Code (including Android and iOS) Microsoft Edge (new browser replacement for IE) http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/04/29/welcoming-developers-to-windows-10/ Continuum for Windows 10 for phones... Continue Reading →
Preparing for Microsoft Ignite 2015
The excitement is starting to build as the Microsoft technology conference of the year is almost upon us. I feel this year is going to be a first time experience for all attendees. We've got many individual conferences combined into one, even the old timers that have been attending these individual conferences year after year... Continue Reading →
How to enable “Hey Cortana” with Windows Phone 8.1 Update in Australia
Currently only USA and UK Windows Phones can access Cortana Beta. Some other countries such as Australia have access to Cortana Alpha. The “Hey Cortana” feature which allows you to start Cortana listening by simply saying “Hey Cortana” is not included in the Alpha and we have to wait patiently for the Beta. There is... Continue Reading →
SharePoint CAML query examples of working with People and Groups
Some of the more elegant and powerful solution built with SharePoint have some level of personalization for the user. Here are some example CAML queries that allow you to query a SharePoint list and return items where the current user is listed in a Person column or explicitly in a Person/Groups column and even if... Continue Reading →