Uncategorized Search issues in SharePoint Sometimes, search doesn’t work as you expect in SharePoint (one example is multi-line text fields – and a list of crawled properties is at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftsearch/manage-search-schema). In particular with Lists, some column types aren’t supported OOTB. But there is a way to get searching for all columns using managed properties. The process is simple enough: Setup […] Written by luke August 23, 2022August 23, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Uncategorized Receiving and managing feedback I’ve been reflecting on the process of receiving and managing feedback. It can sometimes be a challenge to receive feedback and not to take it personally. In addition, the level of difficultly in obtaining feedback can increase considerably if people are under stress. During these times its most important to ensure people feel heard and […] Written by luke January 20, 2022January 20, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Uncategorized Coordinating interviews When we undertake staff consultation, it’s sometimes difficult to align calendars between interviewers and particpants. To make this process easier, we use Microsoft Bookings (hidden in the bundle of goodies you get with most Office 365 licences). I like Bookings because: Participants can choose a time that suits them Participants can also easily reschedule or […] Written by luke January 19, 2022May 26, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Systems Setting up Microsoft Remote Help Microsoft Remote Help is currently in Preview and offers an improved way for people in your organisation to offer and provide help to others. It’s a bit like Quick Assist with some added features. I like it because it provides: An opportunity to focus on a Microsoft stack, A way for anyone within your organisation […] Written by luke January 13, 2022January 13, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Uncategorized Deploy the Company Portal The Company Portal is an important part of endpoint managed devices in a Microsoft ecosystem. It provides an entry point for users to: access additional apps that are authorised and might be useful to install access support manage their device The Company Portal is an app installed from the Microsoft Store for Business. The process […] Written by luke December 21, 2021December 21, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Uncategorized Setting up Remote Help Microsoft have released a new remote help solution (currently in preview) and this is something that we hope may: Make it easier for us to connect to remote computers and provide direct one-on-one support Replace Teamviewer in the longer term. We really like Teamviewer but Remote Help would further our guiding principles of Microsoft first. […] Written by luke December 21, 2021December 21, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Project Web App Reporting and PWA I had all sorts of trouble trying to get the Project Web App standard reporting (ie Excel sheets supplied OOTB that use an Odata connection to extract data from PWA) working. I tried a lot of things including enabling the Project Web App Permission for Excel Web App Refresh site collection feature on the PWA […] Written by luke December 12, 2021December 13, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Windows Virtual Desktop User locked out of RemoteApp We had an issue today where a user got locked out of the RemoteApp that they would normally access without issue. They got an error message that read: As a security precaution, the user account has been locked because there were too many logon attempts or password change attempts. Wait a while before trying again, […] Written by luke December 10, 2021December 10, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Project Web App More on PWA I am really getting into how Project Web App (PWA) could be the central place that we could run projects and keep a track of the many antics of the team. Here is some more that I have learned. Please note that this information relates to the Project Online version of PWA. Licencing I’ve been […] Written by luke November 25, 2021November 29, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Project Web App Setting up PWA Project Web App (PWA) is a part of Project Online (and Project Server – although not the focus of this post) and our intention is to use it for: Overall project tracking and reporting Timesheeting We may decide to use more features of this down the track. PWA is attractive as it is flexible, extensible […] Written by luke November 24, 2021January 14, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
🤖 Artificial Intelligence (AI) for coding, writing, and more! My first brush with AI was in my final year at Uni. The cool kids had snatched all of the interesting thesis topics. My friend Paul was capturing 3D data from a 2D image, similar to this – very cool. I approached one of my computer science lecturers and he said, “read this, and base […] Written by Olivia Morgan December 8, 2022December 8, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
🔍 Identify Threats Early With Azure Monitor When I was learning to fly, monitoring was a big deal. Looking out for traffic, making sure engine temperature and pressure remained in the green zone, adjusting angle of attack, tweaking airspeed, checking radio frequencies, watching the little ball on the yaw indicator. These constant checks ensured safe, smooth and efficient flight. The same goes for IT systems […] Written by Olivia Morgan December 1, 2022December 1, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
🤖 Artificial Intelligence (AI) for coding, writing, and more! My first brush with AI was in my final year at Uni. The cool kids had snatched all of the interesting thesis topics. My friend Paul was capturing 3D data from a 2D image, similar to this – very cool. I approached one of my computer science lecturers and he said, “read this, and base […] Written by Olivia Morgan December 8, 2022December 8, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
🔍 Identify Threats Early With Azure Monitor When I was learning to fly, monitoring was a big deal. Looking out for traffic, making sure engine temperature and pressure remained in the green zone, adjusting angle of attack, tweaking airspeed, checking radio frequencies, watching the little ball on the yaw indicator. These constant checks ensured safe, smooth and efficient flight. The same goes for IT systems […] Written by Olivia Morgan December 1, 2022December 1, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Building Strong IT Relationships Strong and enduring relationships are important but often get overlooked in IT. Strong relationships are built upon shared commitment and trust. Without these, awesome ideas die on the vine. I am sure you’ve seen this before. Forming long term relationships with IT providers can be difficult too, particularly in our world of probity and procurement […] Written by Olivia Morgan November 25, 2022November 25, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Scheduling A Security Checkup 🩺 Effective security is a priority for many organisations, but its implementation can be obstructed by uncertainty and a lack of reliable resources. As reported data breaches from malicious attacks are increasing, security is becoming a priority for many – but it can be difficult to know where to begin when protecting your organisation, employees, and […] Written by Olivia Morgan March 6, 2023March 6, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
It’s bigger on the inside… Building a customer portal can be tricky. In the heat of the dot com bubble, I was a consultant working on the telstra.com team – Telstra’s first shot at a one-stop-shop for customers. I was working for Accenture at the time as a Manager in the UAT team. It was a goliath of a project, […] Written by Olivia Morgan February 13, 2023February 13, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Low Cost eLearning 📝 Learning in my uni years was fun and not because of the lecturers or the material, but more so of the antics we got up to. Engineers with too much idle time and all that. In an auditorium full of people, a group from up the back launched a massive paper plane (I reckon 5ft […] Written by Olivia Morgan February 1, 2023February 1, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Future is Calling ☎️ Do you remember the grungy dens that were public payphones? Before the days of mobile phones, I’d have to push my way past McDonalds wrappers so I could call Mum to let her know I was going to be late for dinner. My uni friends talked of all sorts of scams to get free phone […] Written by Olivia Morgan January 15, 2023January 15, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked