Category Archives: Power Hour

SharePoint Custom List Templates

In SharePoint Online, when creating a new list, also known as a Microsoft List, there are several templates to pick from, in order to save some time.  In your company, if you have a specific template that you would like to create, to be used in any SharePoint site, there is a way to create a custom list template, using

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Employee Onboarding in Microsoft 365

When it comes to automating business solutions in Microsoft 365, one of the most common solutions that my customers have asked for over the past 15 years, is an “employee onboarding” solution.  I wrote an old blog post back in 2014 about this, and even did a series on my Youtube channel, of a way to build an example employee

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Power Apps Print Function

Microsoft has released a brand new function in Power Apps, called Print().  This is a very welcome addition to the list of possibilities with Power Apps, and has been a frequent request from customers.  It is really a print screen functionality, since there is no scrolling. The function is very simple: Print() Just as with any action in Power Apps,

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SharePoint List Form – Form Editor

Over the years in SharePoint, there have been several different technologies to use, in order to do some customization to the out-of-box list forms.  No more SharePoint Designer for forms, no more InfoPath.  Yes, you can use Power Apps to customize forms, but now there’s another alternative! If you have some pretty basic changes to make to the way your

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SharePoint Form Conditional Formulas

SharePoint Lists *are* Microsoft Lists, and in these lists you can create conditional formulas, so that certain fields hide and show according to conditions that you define.  This is just out-of-box in SharePoint, without any other product, no Power Apps needed. Here’s how it works.  In this example, I’ve created a list using the travel request list template, in SharePoint

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SharePoint List Rules

Microsoft Lists, AKA good old SharePoint lists, now have a new rules wizard.  This is a very simplified way of creating notification rules, to be notified about certain things happening in the list.  You can Create a rule, or click to Manage rules (edit or delete) rules that you’ve already created.  Here’s what it looks like, at the top of

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#MSIgnite and Microsoft Lists Announcements

SharePoint lists have been around for 20 years, and now they have been re-branded as “Microsoft Lists” and DRASTICALLY improved.  I created a video last month during my SharePoint Power Hour, Microsoft Lists First Look if you’d like to see that demo and explanation. This week during Microsoft Ignite’s virtual conference, there have been several exciting announcements around Microsoft Lists. 

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