Category Archives: SharePoint Online

Enforcing idle session timeout restrictions in SharePoint Online

Posted on October 6, 2017 by Vasil Michev

So Ignite is over and now it’s time to catch up on all the cool new Office 365 and Azure AD features announced or showcased. One such cool feature is the ability to configure custom idle timeout window for SharePoint … Continue reading →

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Postpone the deletion of your SharePoint Online Public website

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Vasil Michev

In March 2015, Microsoft announced the deprecation of the public website feature in SharePoint Online. New tenants were no longer able to create public-facing site collections, and existing ones were given two years grace period to move the website to … Continue reading →

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OneDrive Admin Center and improved user access controls in Office 365

Posted on January 19, 2017 by Vasil Michev

Starting the new year with another recap, this time a list of important settings to control user access and external sharing in SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business. Many new features in those areas were announced at Ignite and some … Continue reading →

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Restrict access to SharePoint Online based on IP

Posted on November 23, 2016 by Vasil Michev

The question of restricting access to one or another Office 365 resource is one that often pops up. By default, being a public cloud SaaS offering, Office 365 is available from any location, at any time. Still, many organizations have … Continue reading →

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New type of addresses in Office 365 (SPO)

Posted on April 23, 2016 by Vasil Michev

Few days back, a new address type suddenly appeared for all users in Office 365. The address if prefixed with the SPO string and looks like this: I first stumbled upon this info in a thread on the Office 365 … Continue reading →

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