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SharePoint Conference 2018 Notes

Notes from the SharePoint 2018 Conference, Las Vegas The 2018 Microsoft SharePoint Conference was hosted at the MGM in Las Vegas this year after being merged with Ignite for the last few years. Attendence was much smaller than previous years with about 2,500 plus attendees versus closer to 10,000-20,000 in years past. Most of this is probably attributable to the merging the SharePoint conference with the Microsoft Ignite conference, although I would suspect the increasing percentage of SharePoint Online customers has something to do with it as well. Gone are the days of server side object model code, and every farm having dedicated Sharepoint IT Pros. Below are some of the announcements and takeaways from the conference. ⦁ Announced the release of SharePoint Spaces - mixed reality support for SharePoint while using a VR headset such as Oculus Rift, Samsung, or MS Holo Lens. ⦁ SharePoint On Premises 2019 to [...]

By Miles|2022-12-11T19:44:48+00:00May 23rd, 2018|Office 365 Installations, SharePoint in the Cloud, Sharepoint on Premise|0 Comments

SharePoint TODAY column in calculated fields and auto updating it

There has been much discussion around using a [TODAY] column in SharePoint Lists since SharePoint Lists and Libraries have been around. Other than being able to use [Today] to set a DEFAULT value, users have always asked if they could use it in a calculated field. There are workarounds well documented in various threads that detail creating a field called "Today", then creating a calculated field ([CalculatedToday]) that references the "Today" field, and finally removing the "Today" field in order to be able to use "[Today]" in a calculated field. The question that follows is always, "how do I get the [CalculatedToday] to update every day or on a scheduled basis?" Again, there are numerous articles documented on the internet that suggest adding and removing a [Today] field and SharePoint will update all the [CalculatedToday] fields with the current Date. Administrators have created scripts and even timer jobs to do this automatically. This method [...]

By Don|2015-01-27T21:41:13+00:00January 27th, 2015|Office 365 Installations, Sharepoint on Premise|3 Comments

Setting up Office 365 on a WordPress hosted domain name
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Setting up Office 365 on a WordPress hosted domain name

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Setting up Office 365 on a WordPress hosted domain name

Many people use WordPress.com for their public facing website. If WordPress manages your domain (i.e. your name server is pointing to WordPress, then you will need to set up Office 365 DNS entries on WordPress. When setting up Office 365, you have to add appropriate DNS entries for CNAME, SRV, TXT, and MX records. The typical instructions per Microsoft look like the following: (These are for the surfpointtech.com domain, change accordingly) To add these entries in WordPress, go to your Dashboard, Store, Domains, Edit Domain. The problem is, if you paste these straight into WordPress, it will not work. WordPress uses a shortened version for CNAME. For the SIP and LyncDiscover CNAMES, take out the ".domain.com" and it will work. If you don't do this, you will get a "Cannot connect to server" error on Lync on your iPhone. Below are the correct format DNS entries for WordPress hosted domains to work [...]

By Miles|2014-05-28T05:14:46+00:00September 18th, 2013|Office 365 Installations|0 Comments

Understanding Office 365 terms
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Understanding Office 365 terms

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Understanding Office 365 terms

Here's a good reference of what the actual deliverables are for Office 365. The terms can get confusing, especially when trying to understand the Office 365 Pro Plus and the desktop suite. •Office 365 Platform includes information about the Office 365 hosted solution platform that is common across the other services. The Office 365 Platform service description is where you'll find details about Office 365 user management, support, service updates, privacy and security policies, and other operational details that apply across the individual services and are part of the core Office 365 service. •Exchange Online is a hosted messaging service offered in some Office 365 plans that web-based email, calendar, contacts, and tasks from PCs, the web, and mobile devices. In the Exchange Online service description, you can easily see which Exchange features are available across Office 365 plans. In addition, you can compare Exchange Online feature availability to an [...]

By Miles|2022-12-11T19:44:49+00:00September 12th, 2013|Office 365 Installations, SharePoint in the Cloud|0 Comments