Recently as I’ve been editing SharePoint pages, I’ve noticed that the Discard changes button is missing in the toolbar. It’s a tiny little thing, and I just assumed that it was an occasional bug. But now that the new experience has rolled out to more tenants I work in, I’ve realized it’s a real change, not just a bug.
There has been a lot of confusion about what’s happened to the SharePoint Lookbook. I’ve found myself explaining the story to many people, so I thought capturing it in a blog post might be helpful: if only so I can refer people to it instead of typing again.
One of the downsides of being immersed in the Microsoft 365 platform is I develop habits based on how the platform worked historically. One of these is my choice to use Sync with Document Libraries exclusively, instead of Add shortcut to OneDrive. (Note that the language on this “button” has changed over time, but as…
If you’ve been using SharePoint for a while, you know that newly added content may not show up in search results immediately. These days, you my most directly notice this with News Posts in roll up News Web Parts or simply using the Microsoft Search box at the top of every page. Microsoft 365 had…
Over the last few months – since around January – I’ve needed to enable Global Navigation in a SharePoint Home Site as part of three new Intranet launches. In each case, it took a VERY long time to take effect and/or didn’t happen until I worked with Microsoft to come up with an unexpected fix.