Category: Tips and Tricks

  • The Hidden Risks of Default Sharing Links in SharePoint

    The Hidden Risks of Default Sharing Links in SharePoint

    People are using Copilot and Search more wide and that is leading them to realize how important item-level security is in SharePoint and OneDrive. Microsoft and others are warning about the use of Organizational Sharing Links. Most organizations are taking steps to review how many of these links exist and how to deal with them.…

  • Mastering Clipboard Usage: How Windows-V Can Help

    Mastering Clipboard Usage: How Windows-V Can Help

    When working with information, it is often necessary to cut and paste data from one source to another. For instance, while using a Test/Dev/Demo M365 tenant, one might have to employ a user account with usernames like MeganB@M365x12345678.onmicrosoft.com and a complex, secure system-generated password that is difficult to remember or type. The problem is that…

  • Conditional Formatting in Excel with Copilot

    Conditional Formatting in Excel with Copilot

    The author shares tips for using Excel more effectively while managing M365 tenant settings. By populating a workbook with default, current, and recommended values, they utilize Copilot for conditional formatting to highlight discrepancies. This approach demonstrates Copilot’s transformative role in simplifying problem-solving in Excel without extensive search efforts.

  • Episode 43 – Taking a Bite out of Apple Business Manager

    Episode 43 – Taking a Bite out of Apple Business Manager

    Managing Apple devices like iPads and iPhones that are corporate devices can be very challenging. In this episode of The Cloud Whisperers, Brian explains to David what Apple Business Manager is, and what it can do for your organization. Many organizations issue devices to their employees, and Apple devices are very popular. The problem with…

  • Getting Rid of Unwanted M365 Accounts

    Getting Rid of Unwanted M365 Accounts

    In this article, I relate how I was having Edge log me into the wrong M365 account. To resolve this, I tried many things, and finally solved it by deleting the profile from Edge. This did allow the credentials to be “forgotten”, which I had been unable to do before. Profile Issues in Edge If…