by Patrick Drews | Mar 20, 2023 | Admin Center, Blog, Collaboration, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Updates, Microsoft Viva, OneDrive, SharePoint
Are you keeping up with Microsoft updates? The Microsoft Mondays: Microsoft Service Updates series from Total Solutions is here for your needs, and remember that Total Solutions also provides tailored, expert guidance during our consulting process. We are highlighting...
by Drew Fitzpatrick | Jun 22, 2022 | Blog, Microsoft 365, SharePoint, SharePoint Online
In my professional development as a Microsoft Consultant, I’ve been focusing a lot lately the human factors that contribute to the success and adoption of a technology solution. IT Directors and CIO often ask, “How do I get people to use this new techno widget...
by Drew Fitzpatrick | May 24, 2022 | Best Practices, Blog, Intranet Consulting, Microsoft 365, SharePoint, SharePoint Online
Why Build an Intranet – Introduction Employees’ expectations change and evolve over time. We expect more from our employers than we did 20 years ago, with momentous changes in the last couple of years due to COVID. I cannot speak for all employees, but this...
by Derek Knauss | Apr 14, 2022 | Best Practices, Blog, Microsoft 365, SharePoint, SharePoint Online
Starting an organization-wide intranet can be overwhelming if you’re not sure where to begin, but with the right preparation, we can smoothen the planning and building processes! Here are 5 things to keep in mind when starting an intranet. 1. Start From a High...
by Drew Fitzpatrick | Mar 29, 2022 | Blog, Microsoft 365, MS Teams, Navigation, Office 365, Search, SharePoint, SharePoint Online
Welcome to Microsoft 365 Feature Fiesta, where we explore a random assortment of new and updated features from Microsoft 365. Today we’ll be touching on the looming retirement of Internet Explorer 11. Then, we’ll look at a couple of new search experiences...
by Kristen Chu | Mar 15, 2022 | Best Practices, Blog, Collaboration, Microsoft 365, SharePoint, SharePoint Design, SharePoint Online
Starting an organization-wide intranet can be a daunting project, especially because each team, department, and employee within the organization has different needs and priorities. We’ve written on questions you should ask when starting a SharePoint intranet, steps to...
by Vishnu Venugopal | Feb 1, 2022 | Blog, Microsoft 365, Microsoft 365 Migration, Office 365, SharePoint, SharePoint Migration
The integrated partnership between GoDaddy and Microsoft seems like a no-brainer to organizations looking for a custom domain and productivity software to rely on. GoDaddy customers can purchase discounted versions of the Microsoft 365 suite, making it easy and...
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 29, 2020 | Blog, Cloud, Collaboration, Navigation, SharePoint, Usability
Data can be a valuable tool in finding the right problems to solve. Data can empower everyone from SharePoint admins to communications departments and human resources leaders to make decisions that hold more weight than choices based off instincts. All three of these...
by Drew Fitzpatrick | Sep 29, 2020 | Best Practices, Blog, Office 365, SharePoint, SharePoint Migration, Total Solutions
Introduction SharePoint Migrations can be simple. The reality is that often SharePoint Migrations take a lot of time, effort, and energy…all of which translates to money spent. On top of that, often the business and end...
by Adit Ahmed | Jul 27, 2020 | Blog, Cloud, Collaboration, Office 365, SharePoint, SharePoint Project Management
SharePoint is the best platform to create an engaging intranet for your organization. However, most organizations confront big knowledge gaps when building a new SharePoint intranet, or modernizing an old one. Total Solutions has learned that the key to success with...
by Drew Fitzpatrick | Jul 12, 2020 | Best Practices, Navigation, SharePoint, SharePoint Online, Usability
Introduction to SharePoint Navigation Creating a highly effective and compelling SharePoint navigation structure is a critical component to any Intranet. Intranets enable employees to complete common administrative tasks, support the deep and specialized expertise...
by Bryan Giczewski | Apr 30, 2019 | Best Practices, Navigation, SharePoint, SharePoint Design
Why Navigation Matters The transformation over the last two decades in the navigation space has been remarkable. Gone are the days of physical maps that you could never fold quite right; gone are the Mapquest directions that you had to print off before you left the...
by Bryan Giczewski | Dec 14, 2018 | Blog, Cloud, Conferences & Events, Detroit, Office 365, SharePoint, Total Solutions
SharePoint Saturday Detroit 2018 Event Recap Believe me I have been there before! You go to an event like SharePoint Saturday Detroit, hit up the registration table for some free swag, peruse the agenda for the best speakers, then settle in for a long day of content....
by Bryan Giczewski | Oct 18, 2018 | Best Practices, Blog, SharePoint, Total Solutions, Workflow Automation
Overview Recently, a customer came to us with an urgent issue: all their SharePoint workflows had stopped working overnight. Aside from a few recent server updates, the customer had not made any changes to their SharePoint environment. One of our consultants performed...
