Understanding who is using the SharePoint platform on Office 365 is a key and fundamental requirement to ensuring collaboration efforts within a business. Office 365 Admin center has put together a really good, visually appealing Usage Reports for SharePoint. These SharePoint Analytics and usage reports are free, out of the box and available right now… READ MORE
Earlier this year, community site COLLAB365 ran a survey to see how their members use SharePoint.[1] While focusing on SharePoint adoption and deployment trends, the survey also asked a fundamental question relevant to any organization using SharePoint: “How do you get people to sign off on your project documentation?” Nearly half (44%) of… READ MORE
NOTE: SharePoint Framework Extensions (such as application customizers) used in this blog post are currently in developer preview and are limited to Office 365 developer tenant sites only. Back in 2015, I published a post on this blog detailing the steps for implementing a custom site header and footer using a SharePoint-hosted add-in. The add-in contained: 1. An add-in… READ MORE
In the early days, in order to develop SharePoint-based systems, software engineers had to use heavy environments based on Windows Server OS with installed SharePoint Servers and other prerequisites. With SharePoint Online and add-ins, there is now no need to use those “beasts” anymore. However, what about “true” Visual Studio? Will we receive any gains in… READ MORE
One of the top priorities for IT directors in 2017 is to enable rapid change within their organizations. Here we will examine unified application architecture as the instrument of change. According to Gartner’s 2016 “CIO Agenda” survey, ca. 3K brands from 84 countries will have a total of $2502 billion to invest in IT. According… READ MORE
Check out this exclusive preview of the book SharePoint 2013, D3 and Dimple Connection by Stephan Onisick. The primary intended audience for the “SharePoint 2013, D3 and Dimple Connection” book are SharePoint programmers wanting to incorporate D3 visualisations into SharePoint 2013. The book’s approach is first to show the D3/Dimple visualisation working in HTML Mockups… READ MORE
Working with TypeScript can be challenging. Learn how to master working with TypeScript in SharePoint Framework projects today. You’re building a SharePoint customization using SharePoint Framework. You install jQuery and jQuery TypeScript typings. You build the project. You get errors, lot’s of them. You might have seen it when using jQuery or any other JavaScript… READ MORE
Let’s take a closer look at custom configurations. Sometimes you need to adjust SPFx build pipeline a bit, in order to add your own webpack loaders or modify configuration for some tasks. This can be done in different ways depending on your needs. Let’s try to take a closer look at the options available. Below… READ MORE
![[WATCH] Explore Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016 and Beyond by Chris McNulty](https://www.sharepointeurope.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Content-Placeholder-blog-1.png "[WATCH] Explore Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016 and Beyond by Chris McNulty")
Watch the video below to learn all about SharePoint Server 2016 Download Presentation Slide Deck for this video. While Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016 has been released, this is not the end of innovation, but the beginning of a journey. This overview session is intended to help those in technical sales roles and/or services understand the… READ MORE
At the recent Build 2017 conference, Microsoft announced new customisation capabilities for SharePoint. With these new abilities, organisations will be able to better tailor SharePoint to their needs. But there are also risks involved with using a customised SharePoint environment. Here is how we can help. Deeply customise SharePoint One of the most powerful features… READ MORE
