Ryan Clark

As the Modern Workplace Architect at Mr. SharePoint, I help companies of all sizes better leverage Modern Workplace and Digital Process Automation investments. I am also a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for SharePoint and Microsoft 365.

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SharePoint Modern Pages: How to Transform Classic Sites

SharePoint Modern Pages: How to Transform Classic Sites

It’s been years since Microsoft rolled out modern pages in SharePoint. But it’s only recently that companies and organizations have started modernizing their classic sites — and this is where the problem lies. Transforming a SharePoint site that uses the old “classic” user interface design to the modern experience requires a little bit of technical know-how. But that doesn’t mean it’s hard to do. In fact, you can do it all within a few minutes. Before we go through it, let’s discuss first what a modern page is and how it differs from the classic experience. Let’s start! What are […]

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Office 365 Profile Picture Not Displayed Inside SharePoint Online Webparts

From time to time you may notice that SharePoint Online does not display updated user photos in webparts. You may see or experience something like this: There is a simple solution to this. Navigate to this URL in your SharePoint tenant: This list stores three photos for each user in your Office 365 tenant. The photos have the following naming convention and dimension requirements: If my username was ryanclark, my tenant name was mrsp1, my TLD (top-level domain) was .com (could be .net, .org, .co, etc.), then we’d have the following: Save (and possibly overwrite) the three images in the

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Migrating from Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams

On August 2, 2019 Microsoft officially announced the end of life for Skype for Business. The end of life program will conclude on July 31, 2021. When the program concludes, the integration of Skype for Business with third-party audio conferencing providers will stop working and the following changes will be observed on that date (July 31, 2021): Read the full announcement here: “End of life program for the integration of Skype for Business with third-party audio conferencing providers.” Related: Skype for Business vs Teams: Only One Remains Migrating from Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams Skype for Business will be

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New SharePoint home sites headline Microsoft 365 innovations for the intelligent workplace

Attendees (in-person and virtual) at the recent SharePoint Conference were introduced to recent and upcoming features and innovations within SharePoint, including Home Sites. Home Sites bring together personalized news, events, conversations, content, and video on a single SharePoint communications site. SharePoint home sites are an intelligent, integrated employee experience—a landing page—for your organization that: Connects the workplace with Microsoft Search and megamenu navigation. Shares relevant news and content to each user based on their role and place in the organization. Engages employees with conversation and compelling video powered by Yammer and Microsoft Stream. Powers individual productivity with personalized content, information,

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