SharePoint 6 Questions to Ask in an Initial Meeting

When first meeting with individuals on a SharePoint site/workflow, etc. The following are 6 key questions to ask right away in an initial intake 30-minute meeting:

1. What is the problem?
2. Who needs to see/edit/own content?
3. How does any current process in place work and is it documented?
4. When does the process take place and how often?
5. Why is there a problem and what did it result in?
6. What reporting aspects are needed to be known from the captured content/information?

SharePoint - Publish

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

Publish to server

A process that facilitates saving files, content or code to a web server.

 

Published

Files, content or code available to the user when that it is processed.

 

Published item

Specific file, content or code-named item that is published.

 

Published items snapshot

Snapshot that contains only the published items. When zero published items are defined, the snapshot contains all published snapshot based items.

 

Published range

Published item that represents a range of cells.

 

Published sheet

Sheet that is published.

 

Published version

Version of a file, content, list or coded item that is approved and can be seen by all users. The user interface (UI) version number for a published version is incremented to the next positive version number.

 

 

 

Publishing page

A page layout that generates an HTML page for display to a reader. Publishing pages have specific fields which contain the content that is displayed in an HTML page.

6 Good Formula Reference Sites for SharePoint – PowerApps – Power Automate

The following are 6 good formula reference sites for SharePoint – PowerApps – Power Automate:

Introduction to SharePoint formulas and functions:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/introduction-to-sharepoint-formulas-and-functions-94e1b4cc-cd1c-49c2-80ec-90c9b9591f47

Examples of common formulas in lists:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/examples-of-common-formulas-in-lists-d81f5f21-2b4e-45ce-b170-bf7ebf6988b3

 

Formula reference for Power Apps:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/maker/canvas-apps/formula-reference

 

And, Or, and Not functions in Power Apps:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/maker/canvas-apps/functions/function-logicals

 

Date and Time functions in Power Apps:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/maker/canvas-apps/functions/function-date-time

 

Use expressions in conditions to check multiple values:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/use-expressions-in-conditions

SharePoint - Provision

The following are SharePoint Words of the Day Related to Provision:

Provision

Process of creating and deploying an object, sometimes this involves populating an object with default data and settings.

 

Provisioned

Object which was created and deployed successfully. Sometimes provisioning involves having security around the objects process.

SharePoint - Protocol

The following is a SharePoint Word of the Day:

Protocol

URL Scheme, specified in RFC1738. Some of the specific values can be unique to Microsoft SharePoint products and technologies.

SharePoint - Property

The following are SharePoint words of the day related to Property:

Property          

A typed name/value pair that is associated with a metadata object that can contain multiple properties within in.

 

Property bag

Container which stores data but is not defined in the schema for a said SharePoint list. The data in this property bag of items is not stored but passed to the requests.

3 Sites for Microsoft 365 Illustrations

The following are 3 sites which have Microsoft 365 illustrations:

Microsoft 365 productivity illustrations:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/solutions/productivity-illustrations?view=o365-worldwide#groups-in-microsoft-365-for-it-architects

Microsoft cloud for IT architects illustrations:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/solutions/cloud-architecture-models?view=o365-worldwide

Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams infographics for your users:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/solutions/infographics-for-users?view=o365-worldwide

4 Sites for Microsoft Architecture Icons

The following are 4 good sites for Microsoft Architecture icons to be utilized in diagrams:

Azure architecture icons:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/icons/

Microsoft 365 architecture templates and icons:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/solutions/architecture-icons-templates?view=o365-worldwide

Microsoft Power Platform icons:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/guidance/icons

Microsoft Dynamics 365 icons:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/get-started/icons

3 Good Sites for PowerApps Gallery Aspects

The following are 3 useful sites for PowerApps gallery-based aspects:

Connect to SharePoint from a canvas app:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/maker/canvas-apps/connections/connection-sharepoint-online

Tutorial: Customize a gallery in Power Apps:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/maker/canvas-apps/customize-layout-sharepoint

Understand SharePoint forms integration:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/maker/canvas-apps/sharepoint-form-integration

4 Good Sites for SharePoint Online News and Blog Aspects

The following are 4 good sites related to SharePoint Online news and blogs-based aspects:

 

Creating a blog with communication sites and news posts:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/creating-a-blog-with-communication-sites-and-news-posts-a3db52fc-b48f-486a-be6a-336c3f9c41ce

 

Create and share news on your SharePoint sites:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/create-and-share-news-on-your-sharepoint-sites-495f8f1a-3bef-4045-b33a-55e5abe7aed7

 

Use the News web part on a SharePoint page:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/use-the-news-web-part-on-a-sharepoint-page-c2dcee50-f5d7-434b-8cb9-a7feefd9f165

 

Connect web parts in SharePoint:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/connect-web-parts-in-sharepoint-b457668c-d843-4b1b-8977-a6f9228a1dec