How to Build a SharePoint Contact List with Internal and External Users

By Feb 15, 2026 Microsoft Lists, Solutions 0 Comments

When I wrote about building a project index in SharePoint, I intentionally focused on structure and discoverability. A single place to see all consulting projects, understand what they are about, and navigate to the right site without friction. In practice, though, every time I implement that pattern, I end up adding one more list almost immediately: a contact list built specifically to store the contact information of everyone involved in the project.

Projects are defined as much by people as they are by sites and documents, and in consulting those people are rarely all internal. Customers, partners, and external stakeholders need to be visible in the context of a project, even when they are not and should not be part of the tenant.

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Quick Steps in SharePoint Document Libraries: Why This One Actually Changes the Experience

By Feb 12, 2026 Documents 0 Comments

When I published my article about the new Quick Steps column type in Microsoft Lists, the focus was on how Microsoft is slowly reshaping the way users interact with data. Not through big announcements or radical redesigns, but through small, practical touches that remove friction from everyday work.

The same Quick Steps column type is also available in SharePoint document libraries. That detail matters, because libraries are not just another container. They are where real work happens, where files move, get reorganized, shared, duplicated, and increasingly questioned. Seeing Quick Steps land here feels less like feature reuse and more like intent.

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Relearning the Basics: Getting Comfortable With the New SharePoint Document Libraries

By Feb 9, 2026 Documents 0 Comments

Microsoft has been rolling out a refreshed look for SharePoint Document Libraries, aligning them more closely with the new OneDrive experience. Visually, it’s clean, modern, and unquestionably consistent with Microsoft’s current design language. Functionally… well, things have moved. A lot.

If you’ve been following my Pulse updates, you already know I’m not exactly the biggest fan of these changes, not because they’re bad, but because they’ve forced me to retrain my own muscle memory. After years of going straight to the same corner of the screen to create files, switch views, or open filters, suddenly realizing “oh… it’s not there anymore” is incredibly frustrating.

That said, change happens, and once you understand where everything went, the new experience is usable, even if it comes with extra clicks. So in this article, I want to walk you through the basic functionality that has moved, hidden itself, or changed behavior. If you’re still learning your way around the new libraries, this guide will save you a bit of time (and annoyance).

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Build a SharePoint Project Index for a Cleaner, Connected Intranet

By Feb 8, 2026 Solutions 0 Comments

If you work in consulting, or any environment where multiple projects run in parallel, you’ve probably felt this pain: every project gets its own SharePoint site, every team stores documents in different places, and every time someone asks, “Where can I find the project site for X?” you either open Teams to search for links or end up adding another item to the Quick Links web part.

In this article I’ll show you a simple saolution to create a clean, visual, centralized index of all project sites using one SharePoint list and one formatted view.

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How to add a custom card to Viva Connections and why it matters

By Feb 4, 2026 Microsoft Viva 0 Comments

Adding a custom card to Viva Connections is one of those small changes that quietly transforms how people use SharePoint and Microsoft Teams day to day. Technically, it’s simple: Viva Connections dashboards support personal Quick Links cards that any user can add, reorder, and maintain without waiting for an administrator. These cards live side‑by‑side with the standard dashboard experience, but with a personal twist that finally gives users a sense of ownership.

This guide walks you through everything you need to know to get this working in your tenant.

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What’s new for SharePoint – January 2026

By Feb 1, 2026 What's new 0 Comments

January started quietly but picked up pace as the weeks went by. It wasn’t the busiest month for SharePoint news, but it still brought a few solid updates worth your attention.

Two changes to core web parts stood out. The Power BI web part is reaching the end of its support lifecycle, and the Maps web part is shifting from Bing Maps to Azure Maps—a change that will influence how we build pages going forward. On the AI side, the Knowledge agent keeps getting smarter, now supporting listening to page content in more languages, making your existing info even easier to consume.

And beyond the usual product updates, Microsoft dropped the new SPFx roadmap—the biggest update the framework has seen in years; and also announced the plans for the SharePoint 25th anniversary celebration happening on March 2nd. You’ll find all of this and more in the full post.

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What’s new for SharePoint – December 2025

By Jan 2, 2026 What's new 0 Comments

December is usually a quiet month for Microsoft 365 updates, but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing important happening. In fact, this month proves that quality matters more than quantity. A few key changes stand out and deserve your attention.

First, Copilot continues to make its way into SharePoint with the new list agent, allowing you to create lists using natural language and structured content. This is a big step toward simplifying everyday tasks for users. Then, there’s a critical update for admins: Content Security Policies (CSP) will soon be enforced in SharePoint Online, and if you have custom SPFx solutions, you’ll want to review them before March 2026 to avoid disruptions. Finally, SharePoint Catalog Management is here, giving admins a smarter way to organize and govern sites at scale without impacting end users.

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What’s new for SharePoint – November 2025

By Dec 4, 2025 What's new 0 Comments

SharePoint branding is where I started, so seeing updates that make it easier to keep sites consistent always makes me happy. November brings branding governance via PowerShell and official dark themes for SharePoint sites, giving admins better control and users a modern look.

AI and Copilot features also shine this month, from the refreshed News “See all” page with audio briefings to the new SharePoint Pages Agent and smarter FAQ web part. These updates make intranets feel alive and easier to manage.

My final highlight is the new forms for document libraries, a simple change that improves user experience and helps keep content organized. Overall, this month is all about making SharePoint smarter, more beautiful, and more user-friendly.

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Keep Your SharePoint Content Fresh with the AI-Powered FAQs Web Part

By Nov 21, 2025 Copilot, Web Parts 0 Comments

After exploring the Copilot page agent in my previous post, today I want to bring to your attention another feature that will keep your SharePoint content fresh and always updated: the FAQs web part. Imagine you’re a product manager preparing for a major product launch. You need to ensure everyone in the organization—from sales to support—has the latest details: timelines, pricing, key features, and FAQs.

Traditionally, you might keep all this information in a PowerPoint deck and email it around. While that works, it’s not the most efficient way to share updates. Decks get outdated quickly, and finding answers becomes a challenge. SharePoint’s AI-powered FAQs web part solves this by keeping your content fresh and easy to find—without changing your existing process. Let’s see what this web part can do for you.

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Why the New SharePoint Page Agent Might Just Save Your Intranet

By Nov 19, 2025 Agents, Copilot, Pages 0 Comments

Let’s be honest: most intranets start strong and then… well, they fade. The launch is exciting, pages look fresh, everyone’s onboard. Fast forward a few months and suddenly you’ve got outdated content, broken links, and a homepage that feels like a time capsule. Adoption drops, and the intranet becomes that dusty corner nobody visits.

Why does this happen?
Because keeping content fresh is hard. People don’t have time to jump into SharePoint, create pages, format them nicely, and publish updates. It’s not that they don’t care—it’s that the workflow is broken.

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Joao Ferreira

I've been working with Microsoft Technologies over the last ten years, mainly focused on creating collaboration and productivity solutions that drive the adoption of Microsoft Modern Workplace.

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