SharePoint in the Cloud

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 [...]

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 [...]