5 Things We Need from ACL in 2018

Here’s the 5 things I’m hoping will change in 2018 regarding ACL. They are all related to each other and feed off each other… Interesting. One) The ACL Analytics user interface (UI) finds a good plastic surgeon. While I have crit… Continue reading 5 Things We Need from ACL in 2018

Measuring the Impact of Teams on Email Traffic

Email or Teams It is natural that when someone like me who has been involved with email for so long argues a case like “Teams won’t replace email,” people will say “well, he would say that, wouldn’t he.” After all, we all show some form of personal bias in the technology choices we make. But […]

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Preview of Centralized Reporting for Azure Backup

Aidan Finn discusses the preview that has been launched to allow you to centrally visualize and report on your usage of Azure Backup.

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Getting Started with Power BI and SharePoint Online — Part 1

Shane Young explains how Power BI interacts with SharePoint Online lists to build cool reports and display those reports on SharePoint.

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Gartner Sees Strong Position and Momentum for Office 365

Gartner’s recent SWOT analysis of Office 365 contains some interesting thoughts and observations. I do not agree with them all because I think some of their thinking is a little dated, but it is always interesting to read what Gartner is whispering into the ears of their customers.

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Microsoft’s Power BI business analytics tool learns new tricks

 Back in 2015, Microsoft launched a highly visual Power BI data exploration and interactive reporting tool into general availability. The service is now in active use at 200,000 different organizations and the team has shipped 400 updates and new … Continue reading Microsoft’s Power BI business analytics tool learns new tricks

Building a Location Beacon Using Microsoft Flow, Power BI, and Azure Functions

Okay, I admit that the title of this post is a bit 1984’ish. Trust me, that is not the intention, so let me explain this a bit before showing you how to build a production-ready solution using Office 365 and Microsoft Azure for locating your dearest and nearest colleagues when you’re out and about.   […]

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Office 365 Adoption Content Pack for Power BI Coming Soon

After an extensive trial, Microsoft is preparing to release the Office 365 Adoption Content Pack to all enterprise tenants. Gaining insight into how people use the Office 365 applications will help tenants maximize their investment in the cloud. However, the content pack is not a silver bullet and won’t make your organization any more effective than it is today.

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SharePoint Podcast Episode #327 — Daily Grind of the Common Man

Todd and Shane talk about how to use passwords with PowerShell securely, a new SharePoint Online Web Part that is rolling out, new security and risk features in Office 365, how Power BI finally integrates with SharePoint, and Imposter Syndrome.

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