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The diverse collection of data connectors in PowerApps is impressive. There are over 250 different connectors available, not only from the Microsoft ecosystem but across the entire internet. You can connect to Salesforce, Gmail, Zendesk, Azure and so much more. These connections are great, but I have found that data connectors bring one of the... Continue Reading →
Depending on where your data lives, it may take a few seconds for that data to display in the PowerApp. There is nothing that drives users more nuts than just staring at a screen as it does nothing, wondering if it's frozen or broken. PowerApps does have that useless little loading dots thing at the... Continue Reading →
I Love Microsoft Flow I don't know what it is, but I spend a lot of time in it, from small silly Flows to real time savers. I've shared a few of my Flows already, and will be sharing more. I may be a little addicted to automation, Flow being the biggest contender, but also... Continue Reading →
This post is the first of a few where we look at how easy the Office 365 stack integrates. In this series, we will: Create a Form and have the data save directly in Excel (this post)Add the Form to Microsoft TeamsNotify the Team a submission was madeHow does this look like on the phone I... Continue Reading →
What's a large list? Anything over 5,000 items. Why is this such a low limit? Great question, and Microsoft does a good job explaining it in their help documents: To minimize database contention SQL Server, the back-end database for SharePoint, often uses row-level locking as a strategy to ensure accurate updates without adversely impacting other... Continue Reading →
This is Part 7 of my series on 'My Users Don't Like SharePoint...' As your SharePoint matures and grows, it can get considerably larger and complex. Content databases can grow to hundreds of gigs, search indexes grow larger, users rely more on Excel services, additional external business data is pulled in, some custom functionality is... Continue Reading →
This is Part 6 of my series on 'My Users Don't Like SharePoint...' Actually, this is Part 2 of Part 5, if that makes sense. This is a continuation of this post. In the previous post, we covered how easy it is to enhance search to assist your users in finding what they really want. Our... Continue Reading →
Thanks to Knoots for suggesting the idea for this post, from a comment on Using PowerShell to play with SharePoint Items.Using PowerShell, we're going to walk through handling a Choice field in a list. Specifically, this is a calendar list using the Category field. This may come in handy if you want to automate changing... Continue Reading →
What's the maximum size for a SharePoint database? This is a very common question across the board. Microsoft's documentation recommends a maximum of 200GB per content database. This isn't a limitation, just a recommendation. They are recommending this level due to performance and maintenance considerations. When your database gets much larger than that, there are some... Continue Reading →
One of my biggest headaches with developing and testing in SharePoint is my lack of test data to work with. Sometimes I need to generate a load of test data so I can perform searches or test performance on custom code. Like in this blog post, I needed to load up a bunch of fake... Continue Reading →
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