Ryan Clark

Do you want to know how your SharePoint site is doing in terms of usage? Fortunately, it’s quite easy to check the usage report in SharePoint Online. In fact, you may have already seen the buttons for it. In this article, I’ll share with you some of the methods you can use to check your SharePoint Online usage report. Let’s get started. What will you find in the SharePoint usage report? Basically, the usage report contains information on how site users interact with the site. In terms of access, almost everyone can view the site usage data. However, visitors can’t […]

Are you planning on using SharePoint as your project management office portal? That’s actually a great plan, especially when your organization mainly uses the Microsoft ecosystem of apps. In this article, I’ll walk you through creating a project management office portal in SharePoint Online and all the steps you need to take. Let’s get started. Why use SharePoint as a project management office portal? Since you’re here, it’s likely that your organization has its own PMO team that defines and maintains project management standards. Now, there are many apps out there that can help you create a portal for your

Do you want to bring together related sites in your intranet? Well, you may already have heard about the interesting hub sites feature announced way back in 2017. In this article, let’s talk about how to create a hub site and all the various things you need to know about it. Let’s get started. What is a hub site? To better understand this new feature, you need to understand first what a hub is in SharePoint: Basically, you can group various sites together that have similar characteristics, themes, or branding into “hubs”. Within that hub, the “hub site” will be

Did you know that you can refine your search queries in SharePoint? That’s possible with the use of the Keyword Query Language. Unfortunately, not too many people know about this awesome feature. In this article, I’ll walk you through the important bits of using the Keyword Language Query or KLQ in SharePoint. Let’s get started. What is the Keyword Query Language (KQL)? According to Microsoft: KQL is the default query language for building search queries. Using KQL, you specify the search terms or property restrictions that are passed to the SharePoint search service. Basically, it’s a language you can use

Do you want to add a drop-down menu to your modern SharePoint site? Fortunately, it’s super easy now to add a drop-down menu. On the downside, there’s really only one option to do this. In this quick guide, I’ll walk you through creating a dropdown menu in modern SharePoint in only a few steps. Let’s get started. Step 1: Edit the navigation menu Whether you’re on a team site or in a communication site, you will see an edit button on the navigation bar. For this step, simply click on that “Edit” button: Note: If you’re new to SharePoint, check

Do you fancy creating an app out of your list in SharePoint? If so, I’ve got good news for you. With the help of Power Apps, it’s now extremely easy to create an app even without knowledge of coding. In this article, I’ll discuss Power Apps in SharePoint Online, what you can do with it, and how much it costs to use this feature. Let’s get started. What is Power Apps in SharePoint Online? Microsoft Power Apps is a tool that enables you to create custom business apps even without any app development or coding skills. Basically, you can build

Did you know that SharePoint has a feature that seems like a blend of folders and metadata columns? Well, you guessed it, it’s called “document sets”. It’s a cool feature in SharePoint that you may not know about unless someone tells you about it. In this article, I’ll share with you everything I know about document sets in SharePoint, how to create one, and many others. Let’s get started. What is a document set in SharePoint? Microsoft defines a document set in a simple manner: A Document Set is a group of related documents that you can manage as a

Do you need to export your list from your SharePoint Online site to Microsoft Excel? Fortunately, with the recent updates from SharePoint Online, exporting a list is easy. In fact, you may have already seen its button in the command bar. In this article, I’ll show you how to easily export from SharePoint Online to Microsoft Excel, how to refresh the data, and even break the connection. Let’s get started. How exporting from SharePoint to Microsoft Excel works Basically, you can export any data inside a list in SharePoint to Microsoft Excel. This also includes: Any list created from a