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Just got a few promo copies of my new book, Expert Microsoft Teams Solutions in the mail and decided to start giving them away. I’m going to run a giveaway from now until July 15th to give away a copy of my book.… [ Continue reading ]
If you talk to yourself, is it bad? Or is it only bad if you answer?
You can now find out. In a new feature rolling out, you can now initiate a chat conversation with yourself.
To use this new feature, simply strike up a chat–and address it to yourself.… [ Continue reading ]
TIL I learned that my old Technet Blog was indeed ported over to the docs.microsoft.com site–you can go find it here:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/undocumentedfeatures/
It’s old, doesn’t look great, but it’s neat to see that we did something with all the content from a preservation standpoint.… [ Continue reading ]
While messing around today on lunch, I got it in my head that it would be fun to have my computer read the infamous “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” to me.
While I didn’t intend for it to happen in the worst possible way, I did succeed.… [ Continue reading ]
While updating my EOP best practices post (which you most definitely should read), I was thinking about a task that I get asked with some regularity (not as much as when I was in the field consulting, but still pretty regularly). … [ Continue reading ]
So, I finally got the print copy in my hands, and it’s exciting. It represents nearly a year of collaboration with my peers, trying to figure out how to get the latest and most accurate information, deployment tips, and inside scoops on internal best practices.… [ Continue reading ]
After a long wait, I’m excited to announce that we’re getting the band back together!
When I worked on Microsoft Office 365 Administration Inside Out back in 2016, I had no idea how many books would follow. It was really a whole learning process that took me into a brave new world.… [ Continue reading ]
I’m super excited to announce another forthcoming title: Workflow Automation with Microsoft Power Automate, Second Edition!
I’ve updated the second edition to reflect our new terminology and UI enhancements as well as introduced working with Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Microsoft Graph via the HTTP connector, and a sample of AI Builder sentiment analysis.… [ Continue reading ]
At long last–after almost a year of development, updates, and revisions, I’m super-excited to announce that our Microsoft Teams book has finally landed!
Big shout out to my co-authors who helped make it happen:
Also, we couldn’t have gotten over the finish line without Denzil and Aaron! … [ Continue reading ]
Today’s a bugfix day! Woo!
One of my peers, @DerrickBaxter, brought a few issues to my attention that I resolved:
I’ve also updated a few other things, including updating the checks for DCOM/OLE permissions, trusted sites, and execution policies.… [ Continue reading ]
In today’s episode of “weird ways to do things,” we’ll look at scripting synchronizing a SharePoint library with the OneDrive for Business client.
There are a few ways to skin this cat.
First, I’d recommend using Group Policy.… [ Continue reading ]
Recently, I was working with someone who related an interesting requirement: for a certain group of users, add their managers to the Bcc field.
Here’s how you can do it:
After getting my new Windows 11 device out of the box, I installed the Microsoft 365 apps suite and was off to the races. Or so I thought.
It would appear that Outlook didn’t register itself as a the default mail protocol handler (mailto: hyperlinks), so every time I click on a mail link, I get prompted to configure Windows Mail.… [ Continue reading ]
In my spare time, one of the things I do is help out someone with their Shopify store. As part of their marketing strategy, they needed to add a newsletter signup page that integrates with the default Shopify experience, adding customers to the ‘accepts email marketing’ list.… [ Continue reading ]
So, I finally got a new device and have been getting it set up the way I use it.
I still do a lot of scripting between authoring, customer assistance, and tooling for the general public. While I do store all of my scripts in OneDrive, having to navigate to \Users\<username>\OneDrive - Microsoft\Scripts is a pain when you need to do it frequently.… [ Continue reading ]
