by Drew Fitzpatrick | Nov 9, 2021 | Blog, Microsoft 365, MS Teams, SharePoint, SharePoint Online, SharePoint Online Insights, SharePoint Project Management, Tenant Admins
In my experience, a frequent question that comes up while cleaning up SharePoint Online sites is “How was this site created?”. Or, when we find an inactive site, the question might be “Wait, is this SharePoint Online Site connected to Teams?” With the new...
by Adit Ahmed | Oct 25, 2021 | Blog, Collaboration, Microsoft 365, MS Teams, Office 365, Planning
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a once-in-a-lifetime disruption in the way we work, and one area that has been highlighted is the modern workforce’s is struggle in its relationship with work, particularly with the way we draw work boundaries in a remote or hybrid...
by Kristen Chu | Oct 18, 2021 | Microsoft 365, Power Automate, Power BI, Power Platform, PowerApps, Total Solutions, Webinars, Workflow Automation
Free Webinar: M365 Summit – Power Platform, November 4th 11am-1:30pm EST The Office 365 Summit has been a fixture in Michigan for several years. Each quarter, the area’s top thought leaders gather at the Microsoft Tech center to share updates and best...
by Drew Fitzpatrick | Oct 11, 2021 | Blog, Collaboration, Microsoft 365, MS Teams, Office 365, Teams Management
Using virtual backgrounds on Microsoft Teams is an easy way to maintain privacy and reduce distractions on your video calls. If you’ve been using Teams, then you might have figured out how to add your own custom image as a virtual background on video meetings or...
by Drew Fitzpatrick | Sep 27, 2021 | Best Practices, Collaboration, Cortana, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Partner, Planning, Scheduler for M365, Usability
With the new, remote-first world we find ourselves in, the number of meetings we have each week has increased. Overall, Microsoft’s 2021 Work Trend Index report found that weekly meetings have increased by 148%. This substantial increase in meetings has caused...
by Adit Ahmed | Sep 14, 2021 | Blog, Intranet Consulting, Microsoft 365, Navigation, SharePoint Design, SharePoint Online
Global navigation in SharePoint has been a missing piece of the platform since its early days. This gap was so big that Total Solutions built 365 Navigation to help fill it. But, Microsoft answered our calls for SharePoint global navigation in 2021. The SharePoint app...
by Drew Fitzpatrick | Aug 31, 2021 | Best Practices, Cloud, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Edge, News, SharePoint Online, Tenant Admins, Usability
Internet Explorer is dead, long live Microsoft Edge! Microsoft has ended IE11 support for some of Microsoft 365 services. As of July 1, 2021, IE11 no longer supports the Microsoft Teams web app, Azure DevOps, and the Azure Portal web app. As of recent, August 17,...
by Drew Fitzpatrick | Aug 17, 2021 | Best Practices, Microsoft 365, SharePoint Online
I have seen a lot of organizations look for and create PowerShell scripts to detect inactive guest users in M365. These same organizations would then act on those inactive users, either asking an internal Sponsor to recertify access, or shutting off the inactive...
by Drew Fitzpatrick | Jul 23, 2021 | Content Management, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Stream, News, SharePoint Online
Office 365 Video was Microsoft’s first release of a cloud video portal for Office 365. Office 365 Video offered the basics of a video portal like YouTube, allowing users to create channels and upload videos. It was a great start for an organization’s foray into...
by Adit Ahmed | Jul 15, 2021 | Best Practices, Blog, Conferences & Events, Digital Adoption, Intranet Consulting, Microsoft 365, Total Solutions
Microsoft first announced Microsoft Office in Las Vegas on August 1, 1988. Over 30 years later, Microsoft Office continues to live as part of the Microsoft 365 suite, a subscription service driving productivity at over a million companies worldwide. Total Solutions...
