What Are Multi-Choice Columns? If you have been using Office 365 or SharePoint as a data management tool or business application platform, you most likely have come across checkbox columns (aka multi-choice columns). Creating a list with multi-choice columns is effortless. As is the data entry.… Read More »How to Analyze SharePoint List Data in Python
Excel Makes Data Analytics Accessible Office 365 and SharePoint are awesome for working with structured data. All the data is at your finger tips. You just need a web browser to view and edit to your heart’s content. There are times you may need to tap… Read More »How to Export SharePoint Data to Excel
Microsoft SharePoint allows you to create subsites, libraries, and lists. How would you determine which type best suits your needs? Each of these options has unique strengths and tradeoffs. Let us look at the specific use cases for subsites, library and lists. Subtle Differences Between SharePoint… Read More »How to Choose Between SharePoint Subsite, Library, and List
Deleting Items in SharePoint Have you ever wondered what happens when you delete material from your SharePoint? Well, it’s simple! Once deleted, documents or list items go to the Recycle Bin. That is exactly what would happen if you delete a file on your desktop.… Read More »How to Manage SharePoint Recycle Bins
Target Audience: End Users Let’s talk about SharePoint adoption for a minute. What is the number one reason that slows down the deployment of a company-wide SharePoint system? File migration! We have a couple of neat document management tricks to help address this very issue.… Read More »SharePoint Tips: Managing Multiple Files with Windows Explorer
How to Share Site Office 365 and SharePoint Content with External Users The needs to quickly share Office 365 or SharePoint files with external users arise frequently. For example, an investor may ask to look at what you do on a regular basis before committing… Read More »Office 365 Tips – Sharing with External Users
How to Access SharePoint Content Offline The most common way of interacting with SharePoint content is to access SharePoint from a browser. But what happens when you don’t have internet access? Let’s say you are on a plane without WiFi and you want to keep… Read More »SharePoint Tips: Accessing Content Offline
Target Audience: End Users In the good old days (or even present days without SharePoint), your boss assigned you tasks via email, and then you would update your superiors via more email messages. That was a great hassle, wasn’t it? Email is unstructured data and extracting any… Read More »SharePoint Tips: Creating Alerts for Tasks & Project Tasks
Subtle Differences Between OneDrive and OneDrive for Business OneDrive, Microsoft’s cloud consumer-oriented storage service, comes pre-installed in most modern Windows systems. As a SharePoint user, you may also notice a button named “OneDrive” in System Tray. Are there any differences between OneDrive and OneDrive for… Read More »OneDrive vs OneDrive for Business: Sibling Rivalry?
Target Audience: End Users You are about to hold an impromptu meeting and have a PowerPoint presentation to share with your external partners. What is the simplest, no-fuss way to get this party started? The Present Online feature in PowerPoint 2013 is your best friend! The service… Read More »PowerPoint 2013 Tips: Starting an Online PowerPoint Presentation within Seconds