SharePoint Trends and Techniques

You can add links to important sites and content in the SharePoint start page. This will make it easier to access those frequently accessed content. This is done by adding those links to the Featured Links section in the left pane of the SharePoint Start Page.

It is important to asses the usage of Office 365 services by your employees well, in order to determine who needs extra quotas or who don’t need an Office 365 license. Here are some useful tips and information about activity reports in the Office 365 Admin Center.

Learn about the different stages in the app installation permissions request flow, and how to approve or deny requests for installing an app. You can also learn how to view the pending app requests, and steps to make the app available after approval.

Learn how to configure Office 365 for SharePoint Hybrid, and what are the services required for hybrid deployments in SharePoint Server. You can also get information on steps involved in setting up Managed Metadata service, My Sites, and User Profile service.

Knowing how to make your SharePoint Online 2019 site look different is important. This week, we would like to talk about different techniques to customize a SharePoint Site.

You can customize the Office 365 theme from the admin center effortlessly. You need admin rights to change the default theme that determines how the top navigation bar for everyone in the organization is displayed.

Microsoft Planner enables you to create a plan, assign tasks, make teams and a lot more things in just simple steps. This week we would like to give you tips to get started with a plan in Microsoft Planner and to add tasks to a plan.

How to share SharePoint files/folders

• Click on the file/folder you want to share and select Share.
• Choose the appropriate option from the dropdown list to define the kind of permission you wish to provide.
• Click on Apply after making the changes and enter the usernames along with a message.
• Click on Send when you are ready to send the link.

Steps to see with whom a SharePoint file/folder is shared

• Select the file and click on the Information icon in the upper right.
• From the Details pane, select Manage access and click on the Links Giving Access section in the Manage Access panel.
• Click on the ellipsis to view the users who have access to the link.
• The Direct Access section displays users with direct access to the file.

Tips to stop sharing or change permissions of SharePoint files.

• Choose the file or folder you wish to change permissions and select Information.
• Select Manage Access option from the Details pane.
• Choose Stop Sharing to stop sharing the file entirely.
• Delete the sharing link by choosing x after clicking on the ellipsis near the link.
• Go to Direct Access section to change permissions or stop sharing with anyone on that list.

How to get a link to a file or folder

• Select Copy link to copy the link automatically to the clipboard.
• Click on the dropdown and choose appropriate options.
• You can select the users for whom you want this link to work.
• Click Apply when finished making the changes.
• You can now paste the link anywhere applicable.