While Microsoft Teams is a great way to keep information consolidated for your work, the capability to find things in various chats and channels has been somewhat limited. With the addition of enhanced searching in Microsoft Teams, that now becomes much easier. Here’s what it looks like and how it works…
Accessing OneDrive Sync version history in Finder, File Explorer, and OneDrive Activity Feed
Being able to easily access version history on files is a real benefit, especially when it comes to files stored on OneDrive. Now you can get to the version history in your synced OneDrive files using tools like File Explorer. This helps you avoid having to go into OneDrive on the browser to figure out if you need to restore an earlier version of a file. Here’s how it works…
The new Search Bar in SharePoint Online
One of the latest efforts by Microsoft is to have a unified search experience across all elements in Microsoft 365, such as Word, PowerPoint, and now SharePoint Online. Here’s what it looks like and how it improves the focus of your searches…
OneDrive Sharing Reports to see who can see what
OneDrive is a great tool, but it can be a bit difficult when it comes to finding what you’ve shared with whom, and whether you need to do some permission clean-up. By using the OneDrive Sharing Report, you can get all this information in an easy-to-read Excel spreadsheet. Here’s how that works…
Stock photos for SharePoint Online pages
When creating pages in SharePoint Online, I have spent *far* too much time looking for that perfect photo, searching various sites, etc. But now, Microsoft has finally delivered on their promise to provide stock photos for the image web part! This makes picking pictures SO much easier. Here’s how it works…
Email and attachment layout for Outlook on the Web
Lately I’ve been seeing and experiencing more features specific to Outlook on the Web that makes me lean even more towards using that as my primary email client. Sandra Mahan brought this one to my attention last week, and I really love how it combines an email attachment and email content in a way that makes context even easier to keep front and center. Here’s how that looks…
Microsoft Stream now allows for screen capture videos
OK… I did NOT know this was coming, but it is *really* cool! You can now use Microsoft Stream to record screen capture videos up to 15 minutes in length. Think of creating your own short training videos where you show something on your screen with narration and everything. Here’s how that works…
Creating multiple lines in an Excel cell
To be honest, this tip is probably more for me so that I remember and don’t forget how it works. 🙂 There are times when I want to have multiple lines in a spreadsheet cell, and not just lines that wrap around. To get that hard linefeed, you just have to use ALT-Enter, and you’ll have a new line in your cell. Here’s what that looks like…
Sending a Microsoft Teams conversation to Outlook
There are times when you have a conversation in a Microsoft Teams channel, and you want to alert someone to check it out via email (because that’s what they prefer to use). Christian Buckley shared this really cool feature that enables you to send a chat directly to Outlook, and gives the recipient an easy way to get to the conversation in question. Here’s how it works…