Microsoft SharePoint: We will retire the “My Feed” web part

Here’s a heads-up from Microsoft concerning the retirement of the My Feed web part in SharePoint…

Seeing who else is looking at your list in Microsoft Lists

If you’re in a Microsoft modern list, there’s a cool feature you may not have noticed. In the upper-right corner, you can see who else might be using that list at the same time you are. This is how that looks…

Coloring SharePoint and OneDrive folders in Windows File Explorer

Some time ago, Microsoft added a feature to allow you to change the folder color in a SharePoint or OneDrive library. That color would show up in Windows File Explorer, but you couldn’t set the folder color from there. But… now you can! Here’s what that looks like and how it works…

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…

My slides from the Minnesota Microsoft 365 User Group presentation on SharePoint Migrations

Using the Microsoft Stream web part in SharePoint Online

It’s one thing to have Microsoft Stream as your video portal for all your video content in the organization. However, if you’re using SharePoint Online, you might well want to embed a Stream video (or channel!) directly onto your page. You can do that with a Stream web part, and here’s how that works…

Pinning SharePoint document libraries to the Windows Quick Access area

If you use document libraries in SharePoint a lot, you’re probably best friends with the Open In Explorer option that launches the SharePoint document library in the Windows File Explorer interface. However, one of my co-workers (Sara Rice) brought this tip to my attention… you can pin that document library to the Windows File Explorer’s Quick Access area for faster access in the future. Here’s how that works…