Introduction In this blog, we will learn how can we use the color of the current applied theme in SharePoint in SPFx web parts or SPFx extension. Steps Step 1 Go to the SCSS file of your web part or extension. Step 2 Now at the top of the SCSS file, declare the variables and… READ MORE
Lists and libraries are a great solution for storing your data in SharePoint; structured, organized, and easy to use. Though just storing your data doesn’t mean you are making the most out of it, a pile of an Excel like data or a pile of documents doesn’t mean that you are informed! In a modern… READ MORE
I noticed the other day that there is a new trigger available in Power Automate for SharePoint Syntex models. This is used to trigger a flow when a document is added to a library that has a Content/Document understanding model applied to it. The flow can then run a variety of actions in a workflow… READ MORE
Overview The current iteration of page approvals in SharePoint Online using Modern pages and news is handled by Power Automate – and the integration is pretty slick. Kudos to the Microsoft teams responsible for it (SharePoint + Power Automate). Once an approval flow has been configured and a user submits a page, the user is… READ MORE
Overview For engaging, high performant, and robust intranet with SharePoint, well-planned information architecture is the key to success. As we are making our way into Modern SharePoint, it is time to think over a traditional nested hierarchy of sites vs a flat hierarchy structure. In this article, we will explore the flat structure benefits over… READ MORE
SFTP (or FTP) is not supported by the Microsoft suite (SharePoint and OneDrive) natively. Incredibly, even though SFTP (FTP) is such a legacy protocol, it is still widely used and required in this modern day. SFTP is primarily for file sharing between organisations, but also for workflow automation and backups. To summarise this article, the steps… READ MORE
SharePoint is great at managing an organizations content and its metadata using fields and content types. For those who are new to SharePoint and information architecture, Content Types are a way to describe a specific type of item and contain the description about the item (metadata fields). The out-of-the-box SharePoint form experience can be customized… READ MORE
Today I would like to share a quick tip that might be worthwhile implementing if you are concerned about privacy and security. It has got to do with the metadata properties of the document. Specifically, I will discuss the need to clear SharePoint properties of the documents when you share them externally. Let me explain. USE… READ MORE
Last week I wrote about “promoting” SharePoint news items to Yammer. Only when the header image lives in the Site Assets library, the image is displayed on Yammer.(According to Susan Hanley, it is also displayed when the image is from Organizational Assets) While I was doing the experiments, the following questions popped up: Does this… READ MORE
If you are looking for a solution to increase the adoption of a new list in SharePoint or Microsoft Lists, getting it embedded in a new page might be a good approach. By embedding the new item form in a SharePoint page, users will be able to add data to list without leaving the page… READ MORE
