SharePoint Online continues to iterate at a furious pace. Even in recent months with advancements such as SharePoint Copilot experiences, the new Brand Center, and SharePoint pages via e-mail, Microsoft has demonstrated that the platform shows no sign of slowing down. However, there are still a few core aspects of...| Siolon
Recently, Microsoft has refocused their efforts on search across Office 365 through various initiatives like Microsoft Search. One of those changes is a persistent search bar in the Suite Bar as pictured below. However, up until recently you could only search the current site from that search bar, which is...| Siolon
Organizations have renewed their focus on providing quality customer experiences (CX). They are shifting their practices and offerings to better accommodate and serve their customers, regardless of the types of customers they have. However, companies must be mindful not only of the experiences they offer their customers, but also of...| Siolon
I recently participated in an eBook compiled by Optimal Workshop. The emphasis of the book is about being efficient in user research scenarios. For my submission, I focused on facilitating interviews remotely as well as “mixed” interviews that include both remote and in-person interviewees. I have found it is a...| Siolon
You may have heard recently that the SharePoint team has released a new iOS application that promises to be the “intranet in your pocket.” First of all, that is a terrible tagline, but more importantly it is a very big promise. Does Microsoft deliver on that promise? I am going to...| Siolon
Responsive frameworks have taken off in the last few years, and there is no sign of that abating anytime soon. There are the big players such as Zurb’s Foundation and Twitter’s Bootstrap, but there are also a plethora of “smaller” frameworks (see examples like Base and Flexbox Grid) that all seek...| Siolon
Telecommuting has become an increasingly popular benefit offered by companies to their employees especially in the IT sector. Many people start these jobs without understanding the full implications of such a lifestyle choice. As one of Portal Solution’s full time remote employees, I’d like to share some of my experience...| Siolon
I have recently had the opportunity to be published by both SitePoint and Boxes and Arrows.| Siolon
Knowing when to create a new content type is part science and part art. Here are the major technical points you'll want to consider when designing SharePoint information architectures.| Siolon
Few words can elicit such visceral reactions in the mind of a technologist as the word “process.” For some it has connotations of a proverbial straight jacket, but for others it is endlessly exciting. Regardless of how it makes you feel, I would like to outline how and why it is crucially important for your organization to structure how it communicates and executes on a user experience process.| Siolon