Copy, Paste, Thrive: Accelerate your SharePoint page creation with copying techniques!

When it comes to crafting the perfect SharePoint page, we all want to hit the bullseye on the first try. But let’s face it, finding that sweet spot of layout, design, and content organization can sometimes feel like searching for a needle in a haystack. And who has the time to start from scratch every single time?

That’s where the magic of copying comes in. Yep, you heard it right – copying. It’s a nifty little trick that can save you heaps of time and effort in your SharePoint page creation adventures. With just a few clicks, you can duplicate an existing page and put it through a series of tests, tweaking and refining until you’ve achieved page perfection without breaking a sweat.

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By João Ferreira Jul 17, 2023 Intranet, SharePoint 0 Comments

Revolutionizing communication: Unleashing SharePoint news like never before!

In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, effective communication lies at the core of thriving organizations. The ability to keep teams well-informed, engaged, and up-to-date with the latest developments, both internally and externally, is crucial for fostering collaboration and driving productivity.

SharePoint News has emerged as a powerful tool, revolutionizing the way information is disseminated within organizations. But now, get ready to witness a communication transformation as SharePoint News breaks free from its traditional confines and takes on new dimensions. Continue reading this blog post to discover the boundless opportunities and remarkable advantages that arise when SharePoint News meets the dynamic world of digital signage.

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By João Ferreira Jun 21, 2023 SharePoint 0 Comments

Revolutionizing content creation: The game-changing capabilities of Copilot in SharePoint

SharePoint is a powerful platform for creating and sharing content within an organization. However, for content authors, the process of setting up a SharePoint site and creating engaging pages can be time-consuming and complicated. The good news is that the future of SharePoint is bringing powerful, intuitive, and expressive experiences with fewer manual steps and the help of AI.

Copilot in SharePoint is one of the new capabilities that will enable content authors to spend less time setting up SharePoint sites and give them confidence that their site is using the best that SharePoint has to offer.

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By João Ferreira May 2, 2023 Intranet, SharePoint 1 Comment

Revolutionize your video sharing experience with SharePoint video collections pages

Sharing videos is becoming increasingly important in many organizations, particularly schools, universities, and other institutions that rely on video content for teaching, training, and communication purposes. However, managing and organizing these videos can be challenging, especially when they are scattered across different channels and sites. That’s where SharePoint Video Collections Pages come in to make things easier and more organized.

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By João Ferreira Apr 27, 2023 Intranet, SharePoint 1 Comment

How to create a redirect page using a SharePoint news link

A redirect web page is a technique used to automatically send a website user from one URL to another URL. In SharePoint this process can be achieved at site collection level with a site swap as explained in here, or temporarily using a SharePoint news link.

A SharePoint News link is a hyperlink that points to a news article or post on a SharePoint site or available globally in the web, however it can be also used as a redirect page.

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By João Ferreira Feb 19, 2023 PowerShell, SharePoint 5 Comments

How to create an organization assets library using SharePoint

Organization assets libraries are an effective way to distribute official company images and document templates across the organization that will help users to easily find content and be more productive.

With SharePoint it is possible to create up to 30 organization assets libraries to easily distribute this content, however this feature is not enabled by default and needs to be configured by one of the administrators using PowerShell as explained below.

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By João Ferreira Feb 11, 2023 Automation, PowerShell, SharePoint 1 Comment

Stop wasting time duplicating Power Automate flows for SharePoint using Trigr from Encodian

With SharePoint Online you can easily create automations for lists and libraries using Power Automate, however this simple process can easily become out of control as more lists and libraries get created across SharePoint and Microsoft Teams.

For each new list or library where you want to get an automation applied, you need to copy or configure a new flow. This tedious and repetitive task is a waste of time and prone to human error.

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By João Ferreira Feb 6, 2023 Automation, SharePoint 0 Comments

Create anchor links for SharePoint page sections

HTML anchor links are hyperlinks that are used to link to a specific webpage or a specific place within a webpage, and in SharePoint they can be used to open pages directly in specific sections.

Don’t get scared by the HTML jargon, to get these specific links you don’t need to write or have any knowledge about HTML as this feature is built in in the Text web part.

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By João Ferreira Feb 3, 2023 SharePoint 0 Comments

How to modify the SharePoint Created By value using PnP PowerShell

Whenever you create a list item or a document in SharePoint, the platform automatically adds the information of the user to the Created By column.

Once the file or item is added to the platform, there is no way to change the value of this column through the UI, however it is possible to do it using PnP PowerShell and that’s what I’m explaining in this article.

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By João Ferreira Feb 2, 2023 Microsoft Lists, PowerShell, SharePoint 0 Comments

How to upgrade a SPFx project to the latest version in 3 simple steps

Back in December 2020 I’ve build a SPFx application customizer to easily deploy Microsoft Clarity on modern SharePoint sites using SPFx 1.11 and recently was asked to get it update to SPFx 1.15.

This was the perfect opportunity to finally write an article to explain how SPFx projects can be easily updated using Microsoft 365 CLI, here is how you can do it is 3 simple steps.

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By João Ferreira Oct 31, 2022 SharePoint 2 Comments