In this session, you will learn tips and tricks to improve your skills as a SharePoint Power User.
Learn how to customize forms, lists, pages and Web Parts, for both modern and classic sites.
3. A day in the life of a
SharePoint Power User
Serge Tremblay
Strategic advisor Collaboration
SPS Charlotte
Saturday, August 11, 2018
UNC Charlotte Center City,
320 E. 9th Street,
Charlotte, NC 28202
5. Meet Albert, Office 365 Power User
Meetings (1 per month)(and answer if
required)
• Check his agenda
• Content review for a Microsoft Teams
workshop
A DAY IN A LIFE OF ALBERT AN OFFICE 365 POWER USER
OFFICE 365 POWER USER JOB DESCRIPTION– An Office 365 Power User is someone that:
• Is eager to learn new Technology
• Likes to talk to people
• Likes to teach and share knowledge
• Likes to answer questions
• That will do more than a regular user with the same tools
6. Is this a full time Job?
• It could be, but does not
have to be!
7. What tools are we going to cover?
• SharePoint Modern VS Classic
• Working with modern pages
• Customize SharePoint List Forms
• Microsoft Forms
• Microsoft Flow
17. Tip 2: SharePoint Modern pages
properties
• You can now add properties to your SharePoint modern
pages
• These properties can be used to find similar type of pages
• It can also be used with the Highlighted content Web Part
18. Demo
• Create a new Managed Metadata term set
• Create a new site column called Page Type that uses the new term set
• Add the new site column to your pages library
• Edit your pages to add a Page Type
• Request a full crawl of your library during the next index
• Wait for Office 365 to index your content (important)
• Verify that the new column has been crawled
• Add Highlighted content Web Part to a new page
• Use the managed property Page type to filter
• Publish your page
19. Create a Managed Metadata term set
• You need the right permissions to the manage metadata
service to complete this task
20. Site column vs list column
• The site column will automatically create a searchable
Managed property, list column will not
• Site columns are re-useable in your site, list columns are
not
24. Add a page type to your pages
• Note: You can edit multiple pages at the same
time
25. Request a full index of your library
• You cannot choose when search indexing takes place
• But you can request a full index of your library during the
next crawl
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/crawl-site-content
26. Verify that your new property was
crawled
• In order to be able to search for content, it has to be
indexed
• The search schema lists all the crawled properties
• If your property is not there, it will not be searchable
27. Step to verify crawled properties
• Access your site settings
• Look fro search schema
• Find your crawled property
30. Links
• Use the Highlighted content web part
• https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Use-the-Highlighted-content-web-part-
e34199b0-ff1a-47fb-8f4d-dbcaed329efd
31.
32. Tip 4: SharePoint Column Formating
• Modern list has introduced a Column formating option
• In order to add formating to your column you will need to
learn JSON
• Fortunatelly there are many samples available to help you
get started
• All you need to do is copy, paste and pray!
34. How to Add Column formating
• Go to http://bit.ly/DemoColumnFormatting
• Copy JSON for type of format
• .Edit column settings, Format this Column,
paste code and save!
35. You can do more with Code!
• But you need a developper
36.
37. Tip 5: Create a private document library
• Browse to the SharePoint site
• Create a New SharePoint group
• Create a new document library
• Break permission inheritance to the new library
• Remove unwanted groups
• Grant permission to the new group
38. Create a new SharePoint group
• Access your SharePoint site from Microsoft Teams
• Create a new SharePoint group
• Add member to the new Office 365 group
39. Create a new document library and
break permission inheritance
• Create a new Document library in the SharePoint site
• Break permission inheritance on the document librar
• Remove permission to Visitors and Members group on the
document library
40. Break permission inheritance
• Break permission inheritance on the document library
• Remove permission to Visitors and Members group on the
document library
41. Grant permission, add a tab and test
• Grant permission to the new SharePoint group on the
document library
42.
43. What is Microsoft Forms
Source: https://support.office.com/en-us/forms
44. • My Forms are personnal
and will be deleted with
your account
• Group forms are shared
with all the members of
your Office 365 Group and
will stay after your account
is deleted
My Forms VS
Group Forms
Note: Under Recent group forms, you will see only the group
forms that you have edited or created.
45. Tip 6: Create group Forms
From Microsoft Teams ClientFrom a SharePoint Team Site
At the time of this conference, forms for Excel are not available in Communication sites
52. Links about Microsoft Forms
• https://support.office.com/en-us/forms
• https://flow.microsoft.com/en-
us/connectors/shared_microsoftforms/microsoft-forms/
• https://collab365.community/ultimate-guide-microsoft-
forms/
• https://www.lynda.com/Microsoft-Forms-tutorials/751153-
0.html
53.
54. Power Apps
• Can be used to customize
SharePoint Online modern list
forms
• Can be used to create custom
application for different
platforms
55. Tip 7: Customize SharePoint list Form
• Customize a modern list form
• Removed unwanted columns from your form
• Created, created by, modified, Modified by
• Change the layout for 2 columns
• Add an image on top of the form
• Change the background color of the form
• Add text separator in the form
• Add a hidden comments/documentation page
• Save and publish your form
69. Is Flow for everyone?
• Microsoft Flow is the People Flow
• Logic Apps is the Corporate Flow
• Create flow from Power Apps Studio
• Start from a template or start from scratch?
• Personnal Flow VS Team Flow
• A personnal flow can become a Team flow by sharing ownersip
• Beware of Connection account in your flow
71. Tip 8: Add a flow to an existing list
• In your SharePoint Modern list click: Flow/Create a flow
• Select the following template
• Send a customized email when a new SharePoint list item is added
• Make sure the connections are good
• This is where you could use a service account instead of your personnal account
• Click continue
• You could customize the email, but for now just click Save
• Go to your SharePoint list and create a new item
• Check your Email!
79. Speaker Survey and Raffle
• This year we are replacing the paper version of Speaker Survey
with Microsoft Forms.
• Scan the QR code for each session to accessand submit your
survey.
• QR codes can be found in the programguide or on the room
sign located by the door.
• You will receiveONE raffle ticket for each session survey you
complete.
• The raffle ticket volunteer will validate your First and Last name
beforeproviding your ticket(s)
• Drawing will be held this afternoon4:00-4:30pm.
• Must be present to win.
You can download and use the QR Reader app available for both
iOS and Android
80. SharePint Happy Hour
event held after
SPSCLT18 at
Duckworth’s Grill and
Taphouse Uptown.
Walking distance from
UNC Charlotte Center
City campus and the
7th street light rail stop.