SharePoint

Got some questions about site owners and what they do? I got the idea to create a complete guide about it since some of my clients have been asking all sorts of questions about site owners. In this guide, I want to share everything you need to know about the SharePoint site owner group and answer relevant questions about it. Let’s get started. What is a SharePoint site owner? A SharePoint site owner is an individual who has been assigned permission to manage a specific SharePoint Online site. Site owners can create and manage lists, libraries, and pages within their […]

Is there a way to check your files and folders that have unique permissions? Yes, there is a way to see a list of all items in a folder or library that have unique permissions right inside the advanced settings for permissions. This is what I want to show you in this article. Let’s get started. What is the meaning of unique permissions? In SharePoint Online, there are various permission levels a user can have that can affect how that user can interact with SharePoint. Essentially, all items in a folder or library inherit permissions from the SharePoint site where

Need help with SharePoint search? SharePoint may have advanced a lot in the past few years, including its search feature. However, there might still be a few peaches left. In this article, I’ll share with you some search tips and tricks that I have learned over the years in using SharePoint Online. Let’s get started. How SharePoint search works Google’s search engine and SharePoint work a little similar though not completely the same nor different either. SharePoint search basically crawls the sites you have in your intranet and indexes all the contents in it. In a nutshell, it works like

What is the modern experience all about in SharePoint? Well, it’s pretty standard that it will get quite the spotlight that it’s getting. It’s a vast improvement from what the classic experience was like. In this article, I’ll introduce SharePoint Online’s modern experience and what makes it so enticing. Let’s get started. What is the modern SharePoint experience? Modern experience is a reimagined version of SharePoint, giving users a totally new user experience compared to the classic experience. Some think that the main difference between the classic and modern versions lies in the user interface alone. However, if you look

Do you want to add a video to your SharePoint page? The cool thing is that there are four methods you can use which will allow you to add any kind of video from any source. In this short guide, I want to show you the different methods you can use to add videos to SharePoint Online. Let’s get started. Method #1: YouTube YouTube is the top video platform in the world. It’s one of the top sources of videos that people share. In SharePoint Online, there is a web part specifically for YouTube. All you have to do is

Have you accidentally deleted a SharePoint site collection? Well, there’s a likely chance, depending on when the site was deleted, that the site collection is completely intact and recoverable. In this quick guide, I want to show you how to easily restore a deleted SharePoint site collection in two easy-to-follow methods. Let’s get started. What happens when you delete a site collection in SharePoint? The good news here is that you can still recover a deleted site collection. The bad news is that there is a time limit. Specifically: When you recover a site collection, the actual restoration time depends

Have another page in mind to use as the homepage? Well, it’s certainly easy to do in SharePoint, even if the option is a little well-hidden. In this quick guide, I’ll give you a walkthrough of how to make any page on your site the homepage in two simple steps. Let’s get started. What does a site homepage mean? Basically, when you get into a SharePoint site, you will be greeted by the homepage of the site or the default page. If your site is a stack of papers, the homepage is the topmost paper, which is what you see

Do you want to add an RSS feed to your site? It’s a handy way of automatically keeping your users up to date on news from an external site. In this article, I’ll show you two methods of adding a modern RSS feed to your site in SharePoint Online. Let’s get started. What is an RSS feed? RSS means really simple syndication or site summary. It’s basically a feed that aggregates news and monitors for new updates. You can make use of RSS to embed news from other sites to your SharePoint sites and make it updated at a set

Need to search for something in SharePoint Online? Thanks to the modern experience, searching for a document or an item is quite easy and intuitive. In this article, I’ll show you how easy it is to search in SharePoint Online and where you can conduct a search. Let’s get started. How search works in SharePoint Online A common question I encounter from clients and first-time users is how they will be able to find their files easier. Naturally, there is the option of hunting down the library or list where the item or document resides. But what if you forgot

Feeling stuck on how to make a SharePoint enterprise wiki site collection work on the modern experience? This is one of the most common questions that I encounter from my clients, especially those who are used to the classic experience. In this article, I’ll walk you through creating a SharePoint enterprise wiki that will work on the modern experience. Let’s get started. Creating an enterprise wiki site Have you tried creating an enterprise wiki site before through the classic experience? It’s still possible to do so now. However, sites and pages created using the enterprise wiki template don’t work with