New list view layout in SharePoint Online

When looking at a SharePoint list earlier this week, I saw that Microsoft rolled out some changes to how a list and associated views are laid out on a page. Here’s the visual changes and what they do…

Microsoft 365 Pulse Roadmap webcast – Episode 210

Episode 210 of the Microsoft 365 Pulse Roadmap webcast is now out on YouTube. Join Tamara Bredemus, Jennifer Mason, and myself as we cover this week’s updates.

Folder tags when searching in Outlook on the web

This is yet another reason why I really like using the browser-based version of Outlook. When searching, it automatically shows you the folder where the item was found. Here’s what that looks like…

Microsoft 365 Pulse Roadmap webcast – Episode 209

Episode 209 of the Microsoft 365 Pulse Roadmap webcast is now out on YouTube. Join Tamara Bredemus and myself as we cover this week’s updates.

New SharePoint Page Section Backgrounds

If you’ve built SharePoint pages, you are probably familiar with the four background colors you could use in the sections of your pages. But now, you also have a choice of twelve additional colors/images that you can use. Here’s what they look like and how they work…

Hiding the General channel in Microsoft Teams

As you may know, every Microsoft Teams space starts with a single channel called General. This channel cannot be deleted or changed, but sometimes people don’t want it out there as they want people to focus on the other specific channels that have been created. Now, you are able to hide the General channel in Teams, making it easier to avoid having people post information in a channel they shouldn’t be using. Here’s how that works…

Archiving channels in Microsoft Teams

If your Microsoft Teams space has a number of channels, you may have wished for a way to archive one or more of those channels without physically deleting them permanently. Now you can! Each channel in a Teams space has an archive option. Here’s what it looks like and how it works…

Adding a Countdown Timer to your SharePoint site

It’s not unusual for a SharePoint site to be focused on a particular project with an upcoming deadline, and it would be nice to see how much time is remaining before the deadline. You can do that with a Countdown Timer web part on your SharePoint page. Here’s how you set that up and how it looks…