SharePoint is a complex (not quite complicated), document management solution. It's grown quite a bit over the years, so its architecture can be confusing to newer adoptees. However, understanding a few of the higher-level SharePoint concepts can help uncomplicate things for most people. For simplicity, imagine moving some local computer files to SharePoint. How could … Continue reading SharePoint: Understanding | Content Architecture
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SharePoint: Access Issues | Authentication vs. Authorization
SharePoint access issues are sometimes tricky. Simplifying things though, access issues ultimately fall into two categories: authentication or authorization. Authentication asks a very simple question. Are they permitted/ allowed to access the content? If yes, then they can open SharePoint. Otherwise, they get an access denied screen. Figure 1 - Account not authorized, but able … Continue reading SharePoint: Access Issues | Authentication vs. Authorization
SharePoint: Prevent Folder Move
SharePoint is a collaboration platform that also encourages self-governance. Sure, the IT department could deploy and manage all things SharePoint, but that isn't always best. In an ideal, balanced partnership, IT would just handle the administrative tasks and empowered users would provision their own site collections, manage their own site access, and create their own … Continue reading SharePoint: Prevent Folder Move
SharePoint: Modern Site Architecture (Hub v. Sub)
Microsoft is encouraging organizations to embrace Modern SharePoint. With this nudging, creating sub-sites is still supported, but largely frowned upon. Though Classic SharePoint welcomes sub-sites. Modern SharePoint, not so much. Instead, Microsoft now recommends creating all sites as their own site collection, then associating sites using hub linkage... To better conceptualize the hub idea, consider … Continue reading SharePoint: Modern Site Architecture (Hub v. Sub)
Training: SharePoint Online – Site Templates
[SharePoint Online] empowers teamwork with team sites. These "dynamic and productive" team sites are created using prebuilt templates to scaffold workspaces for: Projects,Departments,Divisions,etc. Classic vs. Modern For those coming from the [SharePoint Server] world, SPO has some noticeable differences. First at bat, the site template options are limited. SPS offered several different site templates for … Continue reading Training: SharePoint Online – Site Templates
Training: SharePoint – 5000 Item Limit Threshold
### What The 5,000 items list view threshold is a limit on the number of items displayed in a single SharePoint view. This is NOT a limit on how many total items a list or library can hold. ### Why This is a performance restriction. Larger database queries require more resources and more processing. This … Continue reading Training: SharePoint – 5000 Item Limit Threshold
Power Apps: Cascading Columns (OOB)
Unlike [out-of-the-box] features, custom solutions incur a bit of technical debt. Though, OOB features often come with some nuances and quirks to be wary of... Scenario, use cascading columns to: Select a region,Select a state,Select a city, andView a dynamic list of artists. Again, SQL tables are great, but [SharePoint Online] lists are easy to … Continue reading Power Apps: Cascading Columns (OOB)
SPList: Simple Column Formatting
SharePoint is good platform to build on, but it continues to impress me what can be done with minimal effort. My background is programming and programmers like to build custom solutions. However, Microsoft has built so much into SharePoint that I haven't had to build any large custom solutions for quite some time. Not that … Continue reading SPList: Simple Column Formatting
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