As an Office 365 MVP, I’m an active member of the SharePoint and Office 365 community. I blog, I write articles and books, I hold webinars, and sometimes I also present at conferences. I’m happy to announce that I’ll be speaking twice in the Netherlands, once in November at SharePoint Connections 2013, and in January at the first European Office 365 connect. SharePoint Connections Amsterdam 2013 – 19.-21.November 2013 I’ll Details
Webinar: Hybrid SharePoint 2013 and Office 365 Environments
This coming Wednesday, I’ll be doing a webinar hosted by MetaVis Technologies on Hybrid SharePoint 2013 and Office 365 Environments: More and more companies are interested in moving some or all of their operations to Office 365 / SharePoint Online. However, many of them have existing SharePoint environments, which they still want to continue using. In this Webinar, Office 365 MVP Rene Modery will look at how a hybrid environment Details
Major Update to: Hybrid for SharePoint Server 2013 and Office 365
The official Microsoft article on TechNet on Hybrid environments for SharePoint 2013 and Office 365 has received a major updated, now including a lot more information. Here’s what has changed: Previously The previous article was basically a summary of what resources are available for download for hybrid environments, namely the following four resources: Configure a one-way hybrid environment with SharePoint Server 2013 and Office 365This document describes how to configure Details
What happens with my public website during the Office 365 update?
With the new version of Office 365 for enterprises to be officially launched on 27 February, there are many questions for existing customers regarding the upgrade process. In this article, I will explore what is known regarding the public website that is provided as part of a Office 365 tenant. In the (still) current version of Office 365, the public website is using a simple design with limited functionality, which Details
What’s my SharePoint Online version?
SharePoint MVP Serge Luca just posted an article with the title “Can you check the version of a SharePoint Online ? (or how can you know that your SharePoint Online moved to 2013…)“. In it, he shows how you can find out which server version your SharePoint Online tenant is running on, for example if you want to know whether SPO has been patched with the latest CU, or currently Details
New Service Descriptions for Office 365 Wave 15
Note: This post was originally published when Office 365 in the Wave 15 version was in Preview. It has been released in the meantime, but the contents of this post will still be updated to reflect any changes. Also, please note that the downloads below do not include the whole Service Descriptions, but an overview of the features only. Please refer to the online version whenever needed Note: Last Update Details
SharePoint Online RSS Viewer now supports external Feeds
There were many questions, discussions, and complaints around the RSS Viewer Web Part functionality in SharePoint Online. The Web Part is available in the Web Part gallery, but it didn’t work (connections to external feeds weren’t supported). For this reason, I created my own RSS Feed Web Part, which was (as far as I can see) quite popular. Just now, I saw the following tweet by Mark Kashman: I Details
Hybrid SharePoint Environments with Office 365 – What’s New?
Microsoft has released the second version of the Hybrid SharePoint Environments with Office 365 guide. Below, I will list the major changes to the document, any smaller changes (some rewording and minor text additions) will be omitted. New content: Hybridization Patterns (pages 10 – 12) Update: Composites (Sandboxed solutions, Forms, Workflows) (Page 15) Moved Content: Plan Navigation and Branding (Page 17) This topic has been moved Details
SharePoint Saturday India Online: Connecting Office 365 and Windows 8 HTML/JavaScript Apps
At the recent SharePoint Saturday India Online, I was presenting on the topic “Connecting Office 365 and Windows 8 HTML/JavaScript Apps”. The sessions was all about how to get started with developing Windows 8 apps and including data from Office 365 in them, including the very important “how to authenticate against Office 365”. As promised, you can find the source code from my proof of concept app (as mentioned during Details
Adding your Yammer feed to SharePoint / Office 365
A very simple scenario: you’re using Yammer and SharePoint (on-premises, hosted, Office 365), and you want to display your Yammer feed on a particular SharePoint page (without using the Yammer SharePoint Web Part, e.g. because you don’t have access to it). Here’s how: Get the instructions Visit https://www.yammer.com/company/embed . There’s a link to a PDF file that explains the code that you need in order to integrate a specific Yammer feed Details