This blog transitioned to https://blog.bullseyeconsulting.com/. Check it out.  This is the last post to this particular blog which until 2023 ran on a very old platform: SharePoint WSS 3.0 on Windows server 2003 behind a firewall. I'm using HTT ...[Read More]

Overview Assign a Task is one of the most powerful actions available in SharePoint Designer. There were enough tips to break it into its own post. See below for more posts in this series. Consider Using Configuration List for Roles Can be used to ...[Read More]

Overview If you ever have worked with or want to start working with SharePoint Designer 2013 workflows (good for SharePoint 2013, SharePoint 2016 and SharePoint Online as of July, 2018), here are some tips to use and traps to avoid. Check for Err ...[Read More]

Abstract After switching from Exchange 2010 to Office 365, I thought it would be a good time to move away from Symantec's TouchDown for Smartphones app for the Android platform. In the end, Touchdown is my preferred app despite its end-of-life an ...[Read More]

Overview Goal A business requirement specified setting permissions on newly uploaded documents based on a managed metadata field in an Office 365 SharePoint Document Library. This is significantly easier to do with an OOTB action with a SP 2010 w ...[Read More]

Here are steps for creating and maintaining a SharePoint content type hub with associated document templates for use across your SharePoint farm using out-of-the-box functionality. This allows an enterprise to ensure the latest standardized forms ...[Read More]

Overview Here are the steps to show search results on a branded SharePoint 2013 site using only standard web parts and the web user interface. Since best practice is to use an out-of-the-box master page master page for the system pages, the ...[Read More]

A recent upgrade to SharePoint 2013 disabled some of the calendars. In SharePoint 2010, the out-of-the-box Calendar view renders a maximum of three events by default with an option to click a "more items" link which renders all events fo ...[Read More]

We inherited a SharePoint site from another developer who left a little bomb behind. It manifested when a power user at the client site complained about a broken page on the development environment rendering An error occurred during the processi ...[Read More]

Want to get the most of your time at a conference with break-out sessions? Here are 9 to-do items before you go to a conference, 7 to-do items at the start of your days at the conference, and 5 to-do items before the start of each session. Below a ...[Read More]