These posts are made of my thoughts, ideas, observations and view points.
Introduction to Collaboration Training The golden age of SharePoint was left behind more than ten years ago. Collaboration has become a common word in the workplace and is familiar to nearly every information worker. This blog post is being written in 2026, the 25th anniversary of SharePoint. A lot has Read more
Introduction to Adding Features Building a SharePoint CRM is a powerful way to manage customer relationships, but adding new features requires careful planning. As your CRM grows, poorly implemented enhancements can lead to performance, reporting, and security issues. In this post, we’ll explore how to add Campaigns to a SharePoint Read more
Introduction to Capturing Interactions This is the second take on how to capture interactions with clients in the SharePoint mashup CRM this series is building. The previous post talked about using the append feature of multi-line text fields in a SharePoint list. The first idea using append had both pros Read more
Introduction to the Append Choice When working with SharePoint, there are often situations where there are multiple ways to accomplish the same task. The reason why this post is Part 3a is to explore two possible solutions to capture customer interaction. This post examines the utilization of the append feature Read more
Frustration With Power Apps Dates The manipulation of dates in Power Apps can be a source of irritation for both developers and business users alike. Developers often grapple with the complexities of date handling when working with databases or SharePoint lists, while business users might find themselves at a loss Read more
There are a lot of cliche sayings when it comes to obtaining good data. Data is out there, it is plentiful, but is it any good? When it comes to making decisions using data or understanding data in general, there must be a trust that the data is good. Bad Read more
It is imperative that you use co-organizers for meetings that are important, repeating, or for a team member. Through video conferencing it allows us to connect with people around the world. Most information workers have created numerous meeting invitations to create human connections. For some workers, they have been asked Read more
Building a SharePoint List – Why? This question is legitimate if you want to know what is beyond the current functionality of Microsoft Forms. It’s true that capturing data is what Microsoft Forms is all about. However, we may need more than the downloadable spreadsheet with the captured data. It Read more
This post will help you whether you are building a site column, list column, or a library column. The behavior is the same across the boards and includes some sound best practices. We are going to look at changing the name of a column (in this case the Title column), Read more
Despite the desire to be alerted to additions, changes, or deletions in Microsoft SharePoint or Microsoft SharePoint Online, I am completely surprised at the fact the alert is not used nearly as often as one might think. Now I completely understand in this day and age, the number of emails Read more