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Unlock the Power of Microsoft Compliance Center

A Deep Dive into Sensitivity and Retention

In today's digital age, organizations must prioritize data protection and governance more than ever. With the increasing number of cyber threats and stringent data protection regulations, businesses must ensure that their data is secure, compliant, and retained as needed. Microsoft 365 offers a comprehensive suite of tools to help businesses achieve these goals, and the Microsoft Compliance Center is at the heart of this effort. Let’s delve into the essential features of the Microsoft Compliance Center, with a focus on sensitivity and retention.

Eight Tips for Effective Communication in the Workplace

Alright y’all, let's talk about something we all deal with every day - communication in the workplace. Whether it's chatting with our colleagues, discussing project details with our boss, or delivering a presentation to the whole team, effective communication is the key to success. So, let's dive into some tips to make your workplace communication smooooooth!

Cascading Dropdowns in Power Apps – An Update

A common request in Power Apps is the ability to do Cascading Dropdowns. We’ve posted about this before, but it’s always worth a re-visit since there’s different ways to achieve this. Today, I’m going to show you how to create cascading dropdowns in a Power App from an existing SharePoint list. Let’s dive in. 

Working with List Item Attachments in Power Automate Approvals

It’s funny how so much, yet so little, can change in three years. In February 2020, we published a blog post about working with Item Attachments in Flow. We’ve updated the existing post to reflect the new name of Flow to Power Automate, but now it’s time to revisit the post with updated Power Automate actions and functionality. The high-level process remains the same:

Deployed and Depressed- When your M365 Intranet Isn’t Working For You

We at Pait Group have been using our DPS (or Deployment Planning Services) to help customers create new, modern intranets for many years. Most of the time, our clients are migrating from an old version of SharePoint. Sometimes they are migrating from a different platform. And sometimes they are setting up their very first intranet ever and finally moving away from putting everything in a file share! 

So what happens when a client comes to us and none of these scenarios are true? What if they have Microsoft 365 already, they’ve even deployed a modern intranet in SharePoint Online, they are already using Microsoft Teams, etc.? What then?

Diving into SharePoint Embedded

Front-End Flexibility with SharePoint's Robust Document Storage Capabilities

Hey there, tech enthusiasts and SharePoint aficionados! Let's talk about SharePoint Embedded, Microsoft's latest brainchild in the realm of cloud-based document management. It introduces a headless, API-driven platform for integrating SharePoint's document management capabilities into custom applications. So, let’s dive in and break it down! 

SharePoint 2013 Workflow Retirement: A public service announcement

As SharePoint 2013 Workflows moves closer to an end of life, we here at Pait have discussed how to best make sure our customers- past, present, and future- are prepared for the end of this important and once very common technology.

Multiple Lines of Text Fields in SharePoint – The reason for the 255 limit

Back in 2016, we noticed that multiple lines of text fields in SharePoint default to a 255-character limit. At first, we were baffled. Who is using a MULTIPLE line field for 255 characters only when that’s the same limit as single line? The solution of course is simple, just navigate to the Library Settings, find that column, edit it, and then allow unlimited length. 

Preparing Your Business to Use AI

We live in an age of wonders, no doubt. News of Artificial Intelligence (AI) advances are in the news almost daily, accompanied by commentary and predictions that are almost entirely speculation. I am writing a blog article about using AI in business but, I am forced to admit, and I am not an AI expert. I have to fall back on years of consulting with other technologies throughout my career to see how expectations eventually settled into reality with other new or popular concepts. 

AI will impact our work life, but a lot of customers are possibly expecting too much in the short term. Advice from Microsoft has been restrained; they are encouraging us to experiment, be prepared to fail, and keep an attitude of learning instead of already knowing what the AI should do for you.