Using the new Carousel option in the SharePoint page Hero web part

If you’ve been creating SharePoint pages for some time, you’re likely familiar with the Hero web part. It displays up to five tiles at the top of the page, and it allowed you to have the tiles laid out in a grid or layered down the page. Microsoft has added a new Carousel option for the Hero web part layout, and you might find it interesting to check out. Here’s how it works…

Using Flash Fill in Excel

Have you ever had a column of data in Excel (like full names) and wanted to split out the first name into one column and the last name into another? Furthermore, are you less than adept when it comes to formulas in Excel? Perhaps the Flash Fill feature can be your knight in shining armor! Here’s how that works…

Changes to the Focal Point feature in SharePoint page banners

When you put an image in a SharePoint page banner, you have the ability to change the focal point of how the image is positioned. But you only see a narrow slice of the image, and you have to drag the focal point around without really seeing the full image content. The focal point feature has now changed, and you see the entire image when you’re selecting a focal point. That makes it a lot easier to get the effect you want, and here’s how that looks and works…

Updated retention policy for Microsoft Teams meeting attendance reports

It’s possible this is something you’ve never given much thought to, but the attendance reports in Microsoft Teams meetings currently are stored indefinitely. However, Microsoft has made a policy change and now the attendance report for a Teams meeting will have a one-year retention period. Following is the Microsoft notice for this change, and what you’ll need to do in order to retain attendance reports prior to November 1st, 2024…