Content Query Webpart Hacks – Reference the ItemStyle in ContentQueryMain
Let’s look at another Content Query Webpart (CBQ) hack, following up on my previous post on a CBQ method to access the webpart title in your XSLT. As before, this next hack will also work in SharePoint...
View ArticleSharePoint 2016 Preview Released – A First Look at Branding
Exciting news on the SharePoint 2016 front, Microsoft announced the availability of the public preview for SharePoint 2016 yesterday. Check out Bill Baer’s post on the Office 365 blogs regarding the...
View ArticleSharePoint 2016 Preview and Version 16 Branding Elements
About once every three years we SharePoint geeks get an odd kind of gift that we get in an odd kind of digital package. Just like a child waiting for days, weeks or more, looking at that shiny new gift...
View ArticleMove the SharePoint 2013 Notification and Status Bar in HTML Master Pages
A while back I wrote a series of posts on customizing the modern SharePoint Ribbon (SharePoint Online, SharePoint 2013 and now SharePoint 2016). Let’s continue this series after a long break with a...
View ArticleCalifornia has a new Microsoft MVP!
2016 is going to be a great year. I had a fun, quiet evening last night and woke up feeling as I have many January 1st’s. Another day, another year. But not this year. This year, this 1st, is...
View ArticleYammer Rolls Out Seamless Activation in Office 365
This last Monday, Juliet Wei, Sr. Product Marketing Manager of Yammer at Microsoft made an important announcement for all Office 365 tenants with a Yammer subscription. Yammer will be automatically...
View ArticleCompany Collaboration: The Leading Force of Success
Recently Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet) asked me and a few others to help collaborate on a community-based survey on measuring collaboration. One might ask, how did our collaboration measure?...
View ArticleMicrosoft Build 2016 Day 2 – Azure, IoT, Xamarin, Office Productivity, the...
Day 2 started with another great keynote, this time lead primarily by Microsoft Executive Vice President of Cloud + Enterprise, Scott Guthrie and Microsoft Executive Vice President of the Applications...
View ArticleThe New SharePoint Framework: A New Perspective from DevKit3
Last week I had the privilege of attending the third Developer Kitchen (DevKit3). The mini-conference, with content centered on the upcoming SharePoint Framework (#SPFx / the Framework), gave attendees...
View ArticleMeasuring Collaboration Success – The Second Step
Back in March, I wrote an article on workplace collaboration, titled, “Company Collaboration: The Leading Force of Success, inspired by a survey series called, “Measuring Collaboration Success”...
View ArticleThe wait is over: The SharePoint Framework (#SPFx) Now Available
Since the May 4th announcement on Future of SharePoint I have been long awaiting the SharePoint Framework (#SPFx) Public Developer Preview. My excitement escalated about three weeks ago when I had the...
View ArticleThe SharePoint Framework: The potential to replace the SharePoint UI...
The First Real Change in the SharePoint Interface The release of the new SharePoint Framework (SPFx) signifies the first real shift in the SharePoint interface development since 2007. Microsoft...
View ArticleIgnite 2016: Mid-week report!
What a crazy week it’s been so far down in Atlanta for Ignite 2016. So many highlights already, and a great Keynote for the kickoff. Here are a few of my thoughts so far from my experiences: Day 1:...
View ArticleIgnite 2016: A Bright Future
Ignite 2016 has come and gone. Like many of you, I am still recovering from last week’s celebration of all things Microsoft. What an amazing time myself and my team had sharing in the wealth of...
View ArticleJoin Me in Vienna at European SharePoint Conference 2016
We are just over 3 weeks away from European SharePoint Conference 2016 in Vienna. For those of you heading that way, here are some great tips that will help you get the most out of the largest...
View ArticleSharePoint / Office 365 Dev Patterns and Practices (PnP) Common PowerShell...
The SharePoint / Office 365 Developer Patterns and Practices (PnP) initiative provides a massive array of guidance, code samples and most often used by me, a PnP PowerShell command set that makes...
View ArticleSharePoint Framework (#SPFx) Hits Generally Available (GA)
Since May 4th, 2016, we have been awaiting the official launch of the general availability of the SharePoint Framework (SPFx). With one release, after another, I knew we were getting closer and closer...
View ArticleWebinar Recap: Who Needs a Developer for SharePoint Provisioning?
Last week I presented on Sharepoint Provisioning with PnP, during one of many upcoming #PixelMillWebinars. First, I want to say thank you to all those who attended. We had excellent attendance, which...
View ArticleA new honor – Microsoft Regional Director
I was standing in the Expo Hall at SPTechCon Austin, it was the 3rd day of the conference and I had just given my first session that morning on SharePoint UI Customization options. As I was conversing...
View ArticlePublic Facing SharePoint Online Sites Going Dark May 1st, 2017
If you have a public facing SharePoint Online site as a part of your Office 365 tenant, i.e. for those of you that spun this up prior to March 9th, 2015, this will be my final reminder to you that...
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