SharePoint Time

As a SharePoint evangelist one needs to be mindful of the following:



SharePoint Growth – One has to mindful that as more users and information expands into SharePoint, the environment needs to accommodate such growth.



New Initiatives – Keep-up on new features and functionality to turn on, document and educate on.



Responding to Challenges – Work on finding the best technology to solve the right problem.



Advice – Have documentation on what tool to utilize and provide quick guides on the best use of those tools. Example: MS-Forms for surveys, Power Automate for workflow and PowerBI for analytics display, etc.

SharePoint/Office 365 Personal Growth

When working in SharePoint/Office 365 its important to keep your value via the following:



Personal Growth – Always continue to learn something new to maximize your SharePoint/Office 365 skills.



Inner Circle – Spend time with some key technology individuals either face to face or virtually via seminars, over coffee or via social media posts.



Success – Always take time to review what went right with your SharePoint/Office 365 project so you can learn from experience.

Reflective SharePoint/Office 365

When it comes to SharePoint/Office 365 – several items are useful to reflect on before diving into a SharePoint/Office 365 project:



Reflect on the true perspective based on experience:

What features and functionality bring the most value?

What features and functionality are un-noticed gems?



Reflect on experiences from insights:

Use your experiences on what worked or didn’t work previously to your advantage.



Reflect and be confident in your decision-making:

With so many options in SharePoint and Office 365 be it ways to create forms, utilize in-line code and Office 365 tools such as: PowerApps, Power Automate, PowerBI, etc.



Reflect on the big picture:

Think about what you’ve done and what can be improved as well as what allows for growth for the future.

SharePoint - Deployment System Object

The following is a SharePoint Dictionary Word of the Day:


Deployment system object

Object that is created as part of a site, site collection or application. Examples of deployment system objects are root folders, catalogs, default pages, and galleries that are created during site, site collection or application creation.

SharePoint - Default Related Words

The following are some SharePoint Dictionary Words of the Day Related to Default:


Default list view

The view of a list that is defined to appear when users browse to the list without specifying or selecting a view.



Default master

Used by all pages within a site, it is represented by the token ~masterurl/default.master.



Default mobile list view

The view of a list that is defined to appear when users browse to the list from a mobile device without specifying or selecting a view.



Default search scope

The search scope assigned automatically to a search scope display group.



Default user store

Supplied as a starting point for expanding group membership when a user store is not already specified.

SharePoint - Data Related Words

The following are some SharePoint Dictonary Words of the Day Related to Data:

Data connection

Link between an application and a data source. Data connections are used to query and submit data. They are utilized with an external data source, such as a database, Web service, SharePoint list, or XML fil, etc.



Data connection library

A document library, located on a site which can contain a collection of universal data connection (.udcx) and Office data connection (.odc) files.



Data form web part (DFWP)

A web part which reads data from and writes data to a data source in the form of XML as it applies XSLT.



Data view web part (DVWP)

A web part which is used to display items in a list. Such a web part allows one to view and manage data coming from different data sources.



Data source

A database, Web service, disk, file, or other such collection of information that data is queried or submitted from.  Supported data sources vary based on the application and the data provider that is utilized.



Data source control

An object which can be added to a web page that encapsulates the needed logic to connect to a data source. A data source control can provide data to other controls on a page.





Data type

A property of a field that defines the kinds of data that can be stored in such a field.



Data validation

Process of testing the accuracy of data based on a set of rules that specify the type and range of data that can be entered by users or dynamically by another system.

SharePoint - Crawl Related Words

The following are some SharePoint Dictonary Words of the Day Related to Crawl:


Crawl

The process of traversing a URL to acquire items for a search catalog.



Crawl log

Provides information about the results of crawling a URL. The information includes if the crawl was successful, the content source that the display URL belongs, and the level, message, time, and identifier of any errors that happen.



Crawl queue

A structure that stores the list of items to crawl next.



Crawl rule

Preferences that apply to a specific URL or range of URLs. A crawl rule can be utilized to include or exclude items in a crawl. Additionally, the rule can specify the content access account to use when crawling a URL or range of URLs.



Crawl status

The state of the crawl operation (example In-Progress, Suspended, etc.).



Crawl type

Specifies whether to evaluate all of the users and member groups in the directory service that is crawled, or utilize those users and member groups that were modified after the last crawl.



Crawl URL history

A structure that stores a list of URLs and their properties, such as when a URL was last crawled.



Crawled property

Metadata that can be discovered during a crawl and then applied  to one or more items.



Crawled property category

Crawled properties for a specific type of item set.



Crawled property set identifier

A unique identifier that utilizes one or more crawled properties with a crawled property category.



Crawler

Process that browses and indexes content from a content source.

SharePoint - Conversion Related Words

The following are SharePoint Dictionary Words of the Day, Related to Conversion:


Conversion item

A document that is converted as part of a conversion job.



Conversion job

The basic unit of work for the Word Automation Services.



Conversion process

An instance of Word Automation Services.



Conversion queue

A database that stores a list of conversions that are pending, in progress, or completed.

SharePoint - Context Related Words

The following are some SharePoint Dictionary Words of the Day that refer to Context:


Context site

A site that refers to the context of the current request.



Context type

A GUID that is utilized as a classification for an event receiver.



Contextual search scope

A system-defined restriction that can if needed be added to a query to restrict the query results to items that are from a specific site or list.

SharePoint - Content Type Related Words

Below Are Several SharePoint Dictionary Words of the Day Related to Content Type:

Content type

A named and unique collection of settings and fields which store metadata for individual items in a SharePoint list. One or more content types can be associated with a list.



Content type group

A named category of content types that is utilized to organize content types that are of similar purpose.



Content type identifier

A unique identifier which is assigned to a content type.



Content type order

The sequence of how the content types are displayed.



Content type resource folder

A folder which stores the resource files that are related with a content type.



Content type schema

An XML definition that defines the contents of a content type.



Content type specific view

A view which is related with a specific content type that is linked with a folder.

SharePoint - Content Placeholder

Below is a SharePoint Dictionary Word of the Day:


Content placeholder


A region within a page layout which is populated dynamically that has a value of the publishing page field that utilizes a bound object. Utilized most commonly on an ASP.NET master page to define a region on a page for text, mark-up and server-based controls.

SharePoint - Content Editor Web Part

Below is a SharePoint Dictionary Word of the Day:


Content editor web part


The basic common area in SharePoint where textual content can be entered and edited.

SharePoint - Collaborative Application Markup Language (CAML)

Below is a SharePoint Dictionary Word of the Day:


Collaborative Application Markup Language (CAML)


An XML-based language that is utilized to describe various elements, such as queries and views, in sites that are based on the Microsoft SharePoint technology base.