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Basic PnP Powershell SharePoint Site Collection creation script

March 21st, 2018 | Posted by Marijn in PnP Powershell | PowerShell - (0 Comments)

At a customer we recently created a new script to create project sites. Here is a simplified version of the code, mainly for myself for re-use in the future. Let me start with a disclaimer: I am sure the code could be improved a lot, but I like the simplicity and readability of it. If …
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Infopath 2013 – mandatory lookup fields in provisioned sites

March 16th, 2018 | Posted by Marijn in fix | infopath | SharePoint 2013 - (0 Comments)

For a current project, I am back to wonderful world of SharePoint 2013 and InfoPath! I was amazed at how easy it all came back and how working and publishing forms could be so easy. Nevertheless, I was confronted with an issue I didn’t know how to resolve. This title might be slightly cryptic so …
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Nakijken of je email adres een gekend Microsoft account is

Indien je gaat samenwerken met een organisatie die bijvoorbeeld Office 365 gebruikt, dient je email adres een gekend Microsoft account te zijn. Dit kan je heel eenvoudig nagaan, en indien het nog niet gekend is eenvoudig aanmaken. Ga hiervoor naar: https://login.microsoftonline.com (in een incognito scherm), voer je email adres in en klik op “Next”. Indien er …
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Drag and drop migration: the good, the bad and the ugly

When your organisation is moving to a new platform, all (or at least a part) of your data needs to be moved as well. There are many ways to tackle this, like buying or building a migration application, but sometimes it can pay off to leave it up the users to migrate their files. When …
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Organisation benefits of training your users

Now that your organisation has decided to go to SharePoint / Office 365, does that mean that all your users can just go ahead and start working with the new tool? Just like with any other application, your users need training and coaching to make sure they know what they are doing, and that they …
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5 tips for planning your fileshare migration

September 23rd, 2017 | Posted by Marijn in fileshare | migration | sharepoint - (0 Comments)

When organisations choose SharePoint as their new document management platform, they already have tons of documents in their old system. Most likely, some, if not all documents need to be migrated to that new platform. When organisations choose SharePoint as their new document management platform, they already have tons of documents in their old system. …
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Speaking at SharePoint Saturday Cambridge 2017

Slides for the sessions delivered for SharePoint Saturday Cambridge 2017
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I spy with my little eye.. a subtle change in the nav bar

I spy with my little eye.. something new on my nav bar!! find out what!
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How to work with modern News in classic SharePoint Online sites

April 27th, 2017 | Posted by Marijn in collaboration | design | Office365 | quick tip - (1 Comments)

You have been working with Office 365 SharePoint sites for some time now. Last year, the whole “modern” SharePoint was presented. You probably have your document libraries and lists set up to use these modern parts. Brilliant! Or maybe your organisation is not yet ready for these new, modern experiences. No worries! But what about …
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Gray out weekends in SharePoint calendars month scope

September 7th, 2016 | Posted by Marijn in Uncategorized - (0 Comments)

A quick way to show grayed out weekends in the SharePoint calendar month view; for SharePoint 2013 – 2016 – Office 365
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