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Video on SharePoint pages – Total recap
Around summer 2024 the Video Page Templates for SharePoint have been introduced. They allow you to quickly create a SharePoint Page or News post from a video that lives in a SharePoint site. This will...
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“Made for email” web parts in SharePoint News and Pages
Somehow I missed the message that you can now send individual News posts as individual emails. I am not too happy about that. Employees generally do not read news. They already suffer from Inbox...
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Goodbye, Personal SharePoint Pages 👋!
That Microsoft365 Message Center is a gift that keeps on giving. You may remember I made a fuss in October 2024 about the new SharePoint landing page, yet to be rolled out.I made an even bigger fuss...
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Designing effective SharePoint news for mobile users
Once upon a time a large Dutch bank provided their enterprise news not only through the intranet, but also through a special mobile app. (SharePoint News did not exist yet). That was strange, as most...
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Goodbye, create new Sway! 👋
Either Microsoft is listening to my grumbling or I have an eye for spotting not very useful functionality After last week’s announcement of the retirement of the My Feed web part in SharePoint, I...
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Goodbye, My Feed web part! 👋
You know I have been grumbling about the My Feed web part, and just now I saw in the Message Center (MC1000266) that it will be retired in April 2025. Yay! “On March 12, 2025, we will remove the My...
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Understanding Image Cropping in SharePoint News
In my previous post we looked at how the header image is shown on the various page templates and devices. We saw that they get cropped severely when applied as a page header. But how do the images...
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Understanding SharePoint Header Image Layouts
When I wrote the new Focal Point on SharePoint news and pages, I used two examples for my headers. One was a scenic view of mountains and a lake. The other was an urban scene of terraced houses in the...
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9 Places to see SharePoint News
In October 2024 I was alarmed about a “great” new revamp of the SharePoint landing page. I wrote about it extensively, both about this new intended landing page, and about the Personal Pages that were...
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The new Focal Point on SharePoint header images
I used to have a colleague who wrote down all instructions to the letter. She always used her instructions when she had to do something, e.g. create a News page. With even the slightest change that...
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Happy Holidays!
The other day I noticed a link “Go to Connections” top right of a News post. I clicked and noticed that News is displayed there. Would this be a good replacement for the SharePoint News landing page,...
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The day after Delve Demise Day
Yesterday it was December 16, 2024, Delve Demise Day. In the morning, I still saw the old Delve pages when I clicked on the app from the Microsoft365 page. See my previous post. In the afternoon the...
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Delve goes away, what now?
As mentioned earlier, the Delve app will be retired on December 16, 2024. The Delve technology will be incorporated in other Microsoft365 apps. What is/was Delve? Delve is/was your personal profile....
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Video on SharePoint pages – 10 things to know
Over the past weeks I have been experimenting with video on SharePoint pages. I have come across a few things that may cause questions or issues. When you are a publisher of videos or manage...
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Personal Pages feedback
Last week’s post about my Personal Pages Pain Points got a lot of traction on LinkedIn, and I received some good questions and comments, so let me share a few comments and questions from my network....
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Personal Pages Pain Points
Larger version at the end of this post The other day I wondered what Personal SharePoint Pages are good for. In my opinion the option is superfluous, as you can create private drafts in a shared site....
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Where do Personal Pages live?
Last week I wrote about the intended new SharePoint landing page, currently in preview. I questioned the use case for Personal Pages, pages that live in your OneDrive site but can be moved to a...
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The new SharePoint landing page…
The other day I opened SharePoint and got a surprise: the top part of my page was a banner advertising something new on SharePoint. “Create, share and track your pages from one single place”. At first...
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Video on SharePoint pages – opening behaviour
While testing all those web parts on their video display capabilities, I noticed that they behave differently with regards to where to click and how they open. It may be relevant for your choice of...
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Video on SharePoint pages – configuring a Document Library for video
After I showed the Document Library web part for video, I received some requests to explain it a bit more. Unfortunately, I do not remember who showed me how to do it. So, if that was you, please let...
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