SharePoint Lists & Libraries: Modern vs. Classic View Settings

SharePoint lists & libraries: we all love ’em. With multiple views, they are like little apps. [Why the heck do lists have a brand and logo but libraries don’t? And why aren’t the two just considered simply variations on a concept by Microsoft?] Do you find yourself using both the modern & classic view settings?…

Creating a Modern Home Page for the Root Site in a Tenant

The successful approach below has made it into the official Microsoft docs in the article Customizing the “modern” experiences in SharePoint Online. tl;dr It would be great to create a modern home page for the classic root site of an Office 365 tenant. You can’t. This is another case where I would love to be proven…

Dear Microsoft: Confusing Failures in “Modern” SharePoint Libraries

Moving documents around in the “modern” Document Libraries in SharePoint Online (Office 365) has certainly gotten easier. Instead of opening libraries in File Explorer, downloading the files, and then uploading them into the new location, we have nice options like Move to, Copy To, and Rename right in the toolbar. That’s a big upside. Sadly,…