Category: SharePoint

File shares, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Community, Microsoft Teams, Migration, Modern Workplace, MVP-dagen, Office 365, OneDrive for Business, SharePoint, SharePoint Online

Migration is easy (when you know how to do it)

Most things are easy once you master them. Migration is no exception.

Wednesday, October 19, it’s time again for MVP-dagen in Oslo and it is a great pleasure for me to be able to participate and give a presentation here. The title of my session this time is “It’s easy to migrate files properly to Microsoft Teams (once you know how to do it)“.

In short, my session is about the following:

“Your new Teams are set up and configured with the structures that are suitable for your business. All employees have received the training needed to be able to work in the right way and in the same way. Now all that remains is the fun of moving in.

In my session you will get some good tips on how you and your colleagues can migrate files from “old sources” to your new Teams (and in the right way). You will also get tips on when you need to use migration tools.”

The scenarios we are going to go through are the following:

  • Move documents from OneDrive for Business to Microsoft Teams.
  • Move documents from existing sites in SharePoint Online to Microsoft Teams.
  • Move documents from existing sites in SharePoint On premise to Microsoft Teams.
  • Move documents from file shares to Microsoft Teams.

Everyone is welcome to this event which has many great sessions and many topics so there is something of interest for everyone. Hope to see you there!

Follow this link to stay up-to-date on the schedule, speakers and registration.

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Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Teams Apps, Modern Workplace, Power BI, PowerApps, Prepare for Change, SharePoint, SharePoint Online, Tasks, To Do, Yammer

The wonderful feeling that your toolbox is complete

Microsoft Ignite is in full swing with almost limitless amounts of information about news regarding improvements and new functionality we can soon expect to be served on our table.

I must say that it has never been so inspiring and exciting to work with collaboration solutions from Microsoft. The toolbox grows and grows and I can, with a clear conscience, say that now we probably have everything (or at least most) we need in Microsoft Teams. It has really and finally become a workspace where you can make all your tools and all your information available in the right context.

(Photo by CDC on Unsplash)
With a little planning of how to put the whole thing together, you and your colleagues can actually soon perform all your daily activities without having to leave the Microsoft Teams interface to open additional systems.

“Everything in one place!”

Here is a selection of some important building blocks that we can use to achieve this:

  • All tasks in one app (Tasks)
  • Build workflows with the new “Power Automate app” in Teams
  • Build your own company-specific apps with integrations with your business systems with Power Platform and make these
    apps available to your teams.
  • Use Power BI to visualize your data in dashboards and reports.
  • Use the new “Home Site App” app to link your Modern SharePoint Intranet to teams and get an overview of news, links, quality systems, handbooks, etc.
  • Use the Yammer app to integrate relevant Yammer networks into different Teams

(Photo by Barn Images on Unsplash)

The possibilities do not stop here. For me, however, this is the most relevant functionality (for the moment) I need in my toolbox to help companies and organizations work in a smooth and modern way.

If you are eager to learn more about the possibilities with the news in #MicrosoftTeams, please take a look at “What’s New in Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Ignite 2020“

Document Collaboration, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Ignite, OneDrive for Business, SharePoint, SharePoint Online

Attending Microsoft Ignite (Sep 22-24) this year?

While Ignite is going virtual this year, Microsoft are still conducting research sessions, virtually of course, and they want to hear from you! If your organization uses SharePoint and/ or OneDrive and you’re interested talking to the product team we have several sessions lined up, so please take the survey linked above to tell them about your preferences.

Link to survey