SharePoint Conference 2019 #SPC19 - Top Picks

Hello SharePoint Fans -

I didn't attend the SharePoint Conference in May 2019 in Vegas, but I did want to share my top picks from the conference and other recent announcements:

NOTE: I left off the SharePoint on-premise, developer stuff and Yammer announcements because they don't apply to my organization.

• Microsoft 365 learning pathways - A customizable online training portal for employees


• SharePoint home sites, a new landing site for your company’s intelligent intranet. I like the fact that your new home site will become the new "Home" button on the SharePoint app.


• The existing connector in Microsoft Flow to SharePoint will be getting "new actions to check-in/check-out documents, get version information, grant access, and create folders."


• IT Pros will FINALLY be able to change the URL of a site collection without the need to build a new site and migrate the content!


• OneDrive:
• Updates coming to the sync client will only send the changed parts of all file types instead of just Office files.
• Full-fidelity shared libraries in the OneDrive browser experience is definitely something my users will love.
• Request files allows you to request files from others


• Additional announcements  for Microsoft Search. I've already been using it with Bing and now with the addition of the Search bar in the Office applications, it really is becoming a search-is-everywhere world (I also like the addition of the search bar in SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business).


• AutoDesk DWG file previews! and other integrations! - Enough said


• Share a PowerPoint with a link that goes directly to a specific slide - nice!


• Files restore for SharePoint/Teams - Allows you to restore an entire SharePoint Document Library to a point in time in the last 30 days. This will help recover from mass deletions, corruptions or malware infections.


• There's a slew of performance enhancements too. My favorites include the Fluid Framework and quick document open.

There's a whole bunch of other announcements too that I haven't highlighted - I definitely encourage you to read about those as well.

FYI - Watch the keynote here - https://aka.ms/spc/summit

Microsoft Search on Bing Presentation

2/7/2019 - Microsoft Search on Bing Presentation

Given at the Chicago Office 365 Adoption User Group meeting

Links:

• Slides - https://www.slideshare.net/drxanadu/microsoft-search-on-bing

• User Group - https://www.meetup.com/Office-365-Adoption-User-Group-Chicagoland-Chapter/

• Meeting page - https://www.meetup.com/Office-365-Adoption-User-Group-Chicagoland-Chapter/events/256268181/

• YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCquooSXLpVkg9ip8zLI6I8Q

My Picks for the 2019 Oscar Winners

Updated with winners in bold:

• Picture - Roma
• Lead Actor - Christian Bale
• Lead Actress - Glenn Close
• Supporting Actor - Mahershala Ali
• Supporting Actress - Regina King
• Director - Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)
• Costume Design - The Favourite
• Animated Feature - Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse
• Cinematography - Roma
• Editing - Vice
• Score -  If Beale Street Could Talk
• Song - Shallow (A Star is Born)
• Adapted Screenplay - If Beale Street Could Talk
• Original Screenplay - The Favourite
• Production Design - The Favourite
• Visual Effects - Avengers: Infinity War

Original List (2/19/2019):

• Picture - Roma
• Lead Actor - Christian Bale
• Lead Actress - Glenn Close
• Supporting Actor - Mahershala Ali
• Supporting Actress - Regina King
• Director - Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)
• Costume Design - The Favourite
• Animated Feature - Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse
• Cinematography - Roma
• Editing - Vice
• Score -  If Beale Street Could Talk
• Song - Shallow (A Star is Born)
• Adapted Screenplay - If Beale Street Could Talk
• Original Screenplay - The Favourite
• Production Design - The Favourite
• Visual Effects - Avengers: Infinity War

Reminder:

Reminder that I'm presenting at the Chicago Office 365 Adoption User Group meeting tomorrow (2/7/2019)

https://www.meetup.com/Office-365-Adoption-User-Group-Chicagoland-Chapter/events/

One Pen at a Time

Recently I was digging around the collection of pens that we have at the house in a "bucket" on the kitchen counter trying to find something to write with. There's also pencils, scissors, tape, markers and other stuff in this bucket so "digging" is the right term.

As I was digging I was realizing that the number of pens in this bucket never goes down - it just increases over time and continues to fill the bucket. For all I know, this bucket used to be smaller and was replaced in the past with a bigger bucket. How therefore do we reduce the number of pens in the bucket?

I realized that its human nature to grab any pen, use it and put it back. We never focus on using one pen until its completely gone and then go to the next pen. Things in life are like that - Tasks, for example: How often do you find yourself mult-tasking, doing lots of different things but rarely finishing one of them completely? And of course, we keep getting more tasks added to our plate?

Tasks are like pens - we just keep getting more of them and don't seem to try to focus on one at a time until its finished.

I have pens on my desk at work so I'm trying something. I'm going to use pen, and one pen only, until it is finished before I start using another pen. Maybe that focus will help me focus more on one task at a time too.

Welcome

I'm back....Welcome to the site.

Who am I? I'm a technology professional in the Chicago area. I've worked with a lot of technologies, organizations and types of users over the years - nothing makes me happier than seeing someone's face light up when they see something cool that they can start using right away to be more productive - those are my technologies to learn and implement....

Click on the "Schedule" label on the right to see where and I when I plan on attending events - I will make every effort to keep that current.

This new blog will have all-new content and combines posts from my prior two personal blogs and professional posts from other locations.

Topics here will be mostly technology, but other stuff will pop up now and then.

For fun, there's cool links, pictures, travel, other hobbies, etc.

Thanks for visiting!

-Dave

PS: For the old blog posts that were converted over, I removed ones that had links that were either no longer relevant or just didn't. If you are trying to find an old one that isn't here, let me know.