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SharePoint External Sharing Best Practices
Are you looking to share some of you content in SharePoint with external users? It is definitely doable right out of the box, but in all honesty, way too confusing in current version of SharePoint...
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Introduction to SharePoint Content Types
If you already spent some time reading my previous articles on SharePoint Metadata and SharePoint Document Management, you probably ran into the phrase called SharePoint Content Types. It is somewhat...
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Choosing between OneDrive for Business and SharePoint
If you are reading this post, then you, like majority of Office 365 users are wondering which of the two major file collaboration/sharing options you should use within your organization. This is a...
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SharePoint Document Types
Are you trying to organize your documents in SharePoint and scratching your head as to how to name your docs? Perhaps you have different types of documents, like meeting notes, schedules, budgets,...
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How to Sync SharePoint Document Library with OneDrive
If you spend lots of time on the road or work in places where there is no Internet connection (do places like this even exist these days?), you have a scenario where you need your files to be available...
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3 ways to manage projects in SharePoint
So your organization has SharePoint and executes lots of projects. How do you combine the two, maximize your SharePoint investment and manage projects in SharePoint? This happens to be one of my...
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How to manage migration to SharePoint
So you have bought Office 365 licenses for your organization, switched everyone to Outlook online and now are ready to roll out the SharePoint “thing”. You make it to the default SharePoint page and...
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2 ways to search for files in SharePoint
One of the great advantages of SharePoint over file shares is its ability to search and find the content you are looking for. Network drives, file shares, DropBox are great if you want to store...
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Search for documents in a document library using Metadata Navigation
I do a lot of live demo examples during my SharePoint Webinars and Training sessions. One of my favorite examples that I always show to my attendees is depicted in an image below. It shows a document...
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SharePoint Document Library – one or many?
Shall I put all my documents in one library or multiple libraries? This is the question that always comes up when it is time to create the sites and migrate your documents from file shares / network...
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4 ways to migrate documents to SharePoint
How do you migrate documents to SharePoint? I am sure you asked yourself this question ever since you opted to move your organization to the cloud (Office 365/SharePoint Online that is). This blog post...
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SharePoint lists vs libraries
One of the most classical questions you get from new SharePoint users is on the topic of SharePoint lists vs libraries and the difference between the two. It all comes down to naming convention in...
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How not to copy files in SharePoint
I usually advocate for many wonderful features of SharePoint to be used as much as possible, but today I would like to explain the feature which I would not want you to use. I had few clients inquire...
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SharePoint Sync Issues? Stop syncing SharePoint Document Libraries!
In my blog posts, I usually encourage and educate my audience about SharePoint and Office 365 features. Today, I want to warn my readers about a feature they should stay away from (at least for now)....
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How to implement Document Management System in SharePoint
I have written a number of posts already on how SharePoint is a perfect tool to store and manage documents. With today’s post, I would like to explain to you, my loyal blog reader, how to build a...
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Using SharePoint as a file share? Limitations you need to be aware about
SharePoint Online Document Library can hold as many as 30 million items, which is a lot. While I do not recommend that you ever approach this limit in a single document library, having a single...
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2 ways to create metadata in Sharepoint
Those following my blog know that I am a staunch advocate of standardization and metadata. While metadata really is any additional information about a document or an item, like date created, author,...
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Why you should never use SharePoint default document library
Anytime you create a site from a built-in template in SharePoint (i.e. Team Site), SharePoint adds few default web parts to the site for you, like Document Library, Site Newsfeed, etc. (the web parts...
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Top 10 features of SharePoint Term Store
In one of the previous blog posts, I explained different ways users can create metadata in SharePoint. One of such ways is via Managed Metadata (SharePoint Term Store). As a matter of fact, once you...
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6 ways to build a super secure document library in SharePoint
One of the biggest concerns many organizations have when they store files and document in SharePoint is the security and integrity of their content. I have no doubt Microsoft goes above and beyond to...
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