This guide outlines the setup for a SharePoint Framework SPFx v1.22 development environment, recommending Azure virtual machines for flexibility and backup strategies. It emphasizes using Node Version Manager (NVM) for managing Node versions, installing necessary tools like Heft and Yeoman, and highlights challenges faced during the configuration process.
A customer reported issues with the document relocation in SharePoint when Content Approval is enabled. Users with Edit permissions face errors, as they can’t move documents due to permission limitations. Suggested workarounds include copying documents or adjusting user permissions, but both have drawbacks, highlighting a significant flaw in Microsoft’s default permission settings.
In this post I discuss my experience of helping a government department transition from SharePoint on-prem to SharePoint Online, highlighting the issues with legacy document management features that enforced document checkout and minor versioning. These settings led to complications, such as unindexed draft items and checked-out documents, emphasising the need for careful consideration in implementing such features.
Microsoft deprecating the SharePoint SendEmail REST API without clear communication has left me disappointed and the only viable alternative is to use the Graph API which adds friction as it requires Global Admin approval. But I argue that the whole system is flawed as it works at API permission level globally and fails to distinguish between requesting apps.
A great deal of my working life is spent developing custom solution using the SharePoint Framework (SPFx). For many years
The article critiques Microsoft SharePoint’s handling of news management, arguing that news articles and standard site pages serve distinct purposes but are treated the same way technically, leading to issues in organisation, permissions, and user experience. It proposes solutions highlighting a need for improved metadata and the integration of events into a cohesive news management system.
We are delighted to announce the launched K-Docs View in the Microsoft Marketplace. This product is a user-friendly SharePoint viewer that improves upon standard tools by enhancing document access and navigation. It provides access to remote libraries, enhanced sort, filter and group options and has a unique document map view mode.
K-Docs View enhances SharePoint’s functionality by enabling hierarchical filtering, a feature lacking as standard. It allows users to tag documents using a structured taxonomy, improving organisation and retrieval. By configuring managed metadata columns and selecting appropriate terms, users can filter documents efficiently.
K-Docs is a suite of four Freemium products enhancing document management in SharePoint: K-Docs Approve for formal approvals, K-Docs View for easy document access, K-Docs Publish for document distribution balk PDF conversion or to publish Word Documents as a SharePoint Modern Site Page, and K-Docs Acknowledge for tracking user acknowledgments. The suite aims to streamline compliance and improve efficiency in information management.
The article discusses building successful SharePoint Intranet portals, emphasising the importance of a straightforward information architecture (IA). It categorises information spaces (consumer, production, archive) and warns against aligning an Intranet with organisational structures, instead advocating a functional design
Kaboodle Software aims to create high-quality, affordable products that provide real business benefits. The first product, K-Docs Approve, has launched on the Microsoft Marketplace, with plans for additional K-Docs products. These solutions are designed to enhance SharePoint functionality, directly driven by customer needs and feedback, emphasizing a freemium model for accessibility.
The post addresses the challenges of document organization in SharePoint, emphasizing the benefits of utilizing metadata to create virtual hierarchies instead of relying solely on physical folder structures. It describes a solution using D3-Hierarchy Trees integrated within SharePoint, allowing users to customize document views based on various attributes. The K-Docs View product is introduced as an effective tool for improving document accessibility by enabling flexible grouping and organization.
