SharePoint file locked for edit
I saw this in Word live collaboration only last week but it also occurs in Excel. It appears to happen when saving the file and the users Upload Center is …
SharePoint 2013 Make the document icon in a document library work
We have a customer who is using Colligo Engage for Outlook, uploading emails to SharePoint Online and tagging them with some additional metadata for other departments to keep track of …
Creating reports from SharePoint lists
Summary This post covers creating custom reports from SharePoint lists in Excel by joining SharePoint lists together. It specifically addresses the issues with People Picker and Lookup columns returning the row …
Manually running a full sync in DirSync for Office 365
A customer recently reported that passwords changed on premise weren’t being reflected in Office 365. Running a full sync in the FIMs client was the solution.
[SOLVED]Office 365 DirSync stops working
We noted that DirSync wasn’t working for one of our customers, new users weren’t being provisioned in the cloud and there were errors in the event log about FIMS and …
Sharing SharePoint online with external user error “Issue Type: Partner User Invalid”
We’ve now invited about 30 external people into our SharePoint Online customer sites and have seen this enigmatic error pop up twice.
Authentication Error sending to a distribution group on Exchange online
This is a situation we resolved for a customer who was having issues when external people were trying to send to some of their distribution groups.
Cut Over Migration and DirSync with Office 365
Installing DirSync is not fun, easy or short. Do not make any assumptions about how long it will take to setup. I say this because I spent several wasted hours …
Enable anonymous read access to a Document Library in Office 365 public sites
No, no. Not that type of anonymous access. I’m sure this is of no interest to them. When using an Office 365 public site and you create a document library …
Office 365 SharePoint Online access by an external user
This blog post covers the process you need to follow to accept an invitation to a SharePoint online site when you are an external user, e.g. being invited to your …