Create a Workflow to Check Overdue Tasks Using SharePoint Designer

Learn how to create a workflow in SharePoint Designer that checks for overdue tasks in a SharePoint task list. The workflow will also send a daily email reminder to each user(s) with an overdue task.

by Christian Urena Mar 10, 2016

5 features of SharePoint 2016 you might not have heard of

There is a lot of information out there about the key new features of SharePoint Server 2016 being released this year such as MinRole and built in Data Loss Prevention (DLP). I wanted to highlight some of the smaller new features that I am excited to begin working with.

by Drew Madelung Mar 2, 2016

Sketches, Doodles, UI Patterns or Poodles? Conditioned Responses & User Interfaces: Part 1

User Interfaces rely on the common knowledge of the person using the interface.  What establishes the perception of good UI, is really based on conditioning.

by Damon Sanchez Mar 2, 2016

SPTechCon Austin 2016

Having just returned from SPTechCon Austin 2016, I wanted to share some of the insights and common topics I noticed during several of the great sessions they had this week, showcasing several new Microsoft solutions like PowerApps, Office Fabric UI and Microsoft Graph.

by Steve Borgwardt Feb 26, 2016

SharePoint 2013 Cross-Site Collection Global Navigation with Mobile-Friendly Responsive Hamburger Menu

As most experienced SharePoint users have found with every version of SharePoint, providing a consistent navigation across all site collections and web applications was extremely complex and a challenge. Concurrency has developed a global navigation solution to solve this problem with your on-premise SharePoint 2010 or SharePoint 2013 installation.

by Steve Borgwardt Feb 8, 2016

Mandatory Anonymous Link Expiration in Office 365

Microsoft recently released a new feature in Office 365 which allows a mandatory expiration length to be set at the tenant level. This will affect sharing documents through SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business.  This post will provide the steps to configure this setting.

by Drew Madelung Feb 1, 2016

Create SharePoint Subsites with Custom Permissions & Templates Using Powershell

I had a situation recently in which we were performing a migration from SharePoint Services 2.0 up to SharePoint 2013. When testing the path of copying the sites directly from 2.0 to 2013 they didn't come across very clean.

by Drew Madelung Jan 3, 2016

My Microsoft Collaboration Predictions for 2016

Well 2015 is nearly completed and it was what I would call a GREAT year for Microsoft and their collaboration platforms. Jeff Teper is back in charge and things really picked up speed. Before we talk 2016, let’s talk about 2015.

by Drew Madelung Dec 22, 2015

Changes to Sharing in SharePoint Online

There has been an update that I have seen in Office 365 in the options you get when trying to share content.  Previously when sharing something, you had the option to select a permission level and put the user(s) into a specific SharePoint Group.

by Drew Madelung Dec 7, 2015

Exporting SharePoint Group Members to Excel Without PowerShell

I was at a client recently and was not allowed to run any powershell commands but needed a list of accounts that existed in a SharePoint Group in a table format.  I also was not allowed site collection administration permission.  I tried a few different options in which trying to manipulate the list view of the group and using Excel data connections to get back to SharePoint but no option worked very cleanly.  

What I ended up using was a REST call to get the users and then downloading the XML response and opening it with Excel.  Use this link to learn about the available REST api’s for users & groups

Here are the steps….

by Drew Madelung Nov 2, 2015