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SharePoint architecture, Microsoft 365 Copilot and AI workflows. Written from what's running in real tenants, not from the roadmap.
How to Publish to SharePoint, Teams and Outlook at Once with Viva Amplify
I built a Viva Amplify campaign from scratch to announce Microsoft 365 Copilot, drafted the brief and the first publication with Copilot, tailored it for each channel and published it to a SharePoint site, a Teams channel and Outlook in one go.
6 October 2025 · 7 min read
How to Create a Newsletter in Outlook with Outlook Newsletters
New Outlook has a full newsletter tool built in that most people don't know about. You can create a newsletter, build editions from templates, bring in contributors, let people subscribe and see who's reading, all without leaving Outlook.
29 September 2025 · 4 min read
SharePoint Check Out vs Co-Authoring: Which Should You Use?
Co-authoring is the default in SharePoint, and for most documents it's the right one. For policies and other controlled documents, check out and check in give you one editor at a time and a note in version history for every change.
22 September 2025 · 6 min read
How to Use a SharePoint Agent in Microsoft Teams
You don't have to be in SharePoint to use an agent you built there. Copy its link for Teams, add it to a channel, and the whole project team can @mention it in the conversation they're already having.
19 September 2025 · 7 min read
SharePoint Alerts Are Retired: How to Set Up Rules Instead
SharePoint Alerts have gone from SharePoint Online. Rules do most of what people used alerts for, anyone with Contribute access can set them up, and they take a minute each.
15 September 2025 · 7 min read
SharePoint Folders vs Metadata: Why Columns Make Documents Easier to Find
Folders make someone decide where a document lives. Metadata describes what it is, so you can filter, save views, send review reminders and run approvals from the same library.
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