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Microsoft Ignite session catalog is live!

Eric Starker — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 22:59:26 GMT

The Microsoft Ignite session catalog is now live!

With 307 sessions scheduled, there's something to fuel everyone's personal career growth and skill set.

U.S. Map state color decided by cell information

J J — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 22:22:23 GMT

Hey all,

I'm looking to create a map of the U.S. that depicts each state with a certain color based on a selection from a drop down list. I'm able to get the map to stick to the colors of a custom theme but I'd like the map to give states a color based on the cell information in the list. This would allow me to assign many colors and not just limit me to theme colors.

For example, if my drop down list has 8 selections and each item is assigned a color, can I make the map assign each state a color based on the selection?

How would I go about doing this? I hope I explained it well enough, I'd be glad to give more info if needed.

Best,

Highlighted Content Web Part Issues

Chris Ficek — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 22:09:23 GMT

Did an update go out recently that would impact the highlighted content web part on modern team site? Currently, it will not respect the value entered in "show this many items at a time". If a newly added highlighted content web part was added to the page, by default, will show 10, but if that number was changed to 5, it will show more than 5. Same situation, if the value was changed to 1, it will show 10. This issue will occur regardless of the layout chosen. Did we stumble across a bug?

Announcing Availability of SharePoint Framework Extensions Developer Preview

Vesa Juvonen — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 22:01:30 GMT

Your feedback is more than welcome using Microsoft Tech Community or Issue list at sp-dev-docs GitHub repository.

The Challenges of Managing a Hybrid Cloud

Shannon O'Donald — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 21:32:55 GMT

As more and more organizations opt for hybrid cloud solutions, many are faced with some of the challenges that emerge when managing across multiple networks and servers. According to the State of the Hybrid Cloud report, 53% of respondents indicated that the most important challenge of a hybrid cloud was a more complex environment.

How can you see a unified view of your organization’s IT?

How can you balance the necessary security and control alongside the agility that business units within your organization may require?

Read the full post here.

The Challenges of Managing a Hybrid Cloud

Shannon O'Donald — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 21:31:41 GMT

How can you see a unified view of your organization’s IT?

How can you balance the necessary security and control alongside the agility that business units within your organization may require?

Read the full post here.

The resource object with key 'user_SharingLinkGroupsHeader' was not found

Luis Esteban Valencia Munoz — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 21:06:38 GMT

I have a clean Sharepoint Server 2016 installation, and in one of the sites whenever I try to give permissions, I get this error:

The resource object with key 'user_SharingLinkGroupsHeader' was not found

Any idea?

The Challenges of Managing a Hybrid Cloud

Shannon O'Donald — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 20:55:25 GMT

How can you see a unified view of your organization’s IT?

How can you balance the necessary security and control alongside the agility that business units within your organization may require?

There are resources to help you better see IT environments across your organization. Microsoft’s Operations Management Suite (OMS) helps address some of the challenges that hybrid clouds create regarding visibility and control over more complex infrastructures. From log analytics, allowing you to gain data insights across workloads, to Network Performance Monitors, which help you identify and resolve connectivity issues, OMS helps you view your hybrid cloud differently.

For a deeper dive on what OMS can provide, check out Srinivasan Chandrasekar’s post on the Microsoft India Development Center blog or the Microsoft OMS website.

What practices/processes are in place at your organization to help manage your hybrid cloud?

Embed iframe into team site

Tom Robey — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 20:13:34 GMT

When pasting the embed code into the embed webpart I receive a message saying I need to add it to HTML Field Security. However, I'm not able to find that as an option under Site Collection Administration for the specific team site I'm working with. However, if I go to site settings for our main sharepoint site its there. I have added the web address as indicated in the error message but it still does not work. Is there a delay when adding a site like this? Or is this a Microsoft oversight? It tried to embed a PowerApp as well and that didn't work, and added PowerApp.com to the HTML field security and that didn't work either. I have scripting enabled if that makes a difference. Any assistance would be appreciated.

Friday at 9 a.m. PT - Polycom's RealConnect for Office 365 - cloud video interop for Office 365

Laurie Pottmeyer — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 20:11:53 GMT

Please join us for our next Broadcast THIS Friday @ 9:00 a.m. PT!

Polycom's RealConnect for Office 365 - cloud video interop for Office 365

Where: http://aka.ms/sfbcast

Video interoperability for Office 365 has never been more urgent. Organizations moving to Office 365 need to connect their existing video solutions into Skype for Business online without hassle. Polycom RealConnect for Office 365, jointly developed with Microsoft, connects existing solutions such as Cisco, Polycom and Lifesize into Skype for Business online meetings. RealConnect licenses are managed via the Office 365 portal.

Have questions? Let us know below. We will do our best to answer them during Friday's broadcast. 'See' you there!

http://aka.ms/sfbcast

Using a Sway as a Landing Page for my Website

James Fritzler — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 22:58:53 GMT

I'm trying to redirect my custom domain name to go directly to one of my specific sways - but I get an error from the browser saying something about an iframe "This content cannot be displayed in a frame".

Is there a setting I need to change to make this work? or will I need to embed the sway into an html file that is set as a default site document.

Thanks!

Migrating User Profile Metadata Fields (SPS-AboutMe)

Fernando Melo — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 19:49:21 GMT

Hello fellow SharePoints.

Has anyone had any experiencing migrating User Profile data from SharePoint 2013 to 2016? Specifically the SPS fields like about me, skills, interests, etc?

I have built a brand new 2016 farm and have UPS configured with MIM 2016. I have custom attributes populating custom user properties in the new environment.

However, i haven't figured out a way to bring over the metadata fields that users fill out on their own. I know i am supposed to db attach those, but how do i sync the metadata fields with the correct users?

Any help would be greatly appreciated:

Fernandom

sharepointdojo sensei.

Modern attachments just got better

Vasil Michev — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 19:07:38 GMT

Look at all the new options we have to configure the permissions: company-wide links, guest links, direct links.

The Permissions options are now updated to account for the External sharing settings in the organization. So you can for example disable Guest links, and the "anyone" checkboxes will disappear. Also, the default permissions stamped on the attachment will also respect the settings configured in SPO.

How Microsoft EMS can support you in your journey to EU GDPR compliance – Part 1

Eric Starker — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 18:21:32 GMT

Many of you have asked when you’ll be able to use Conditional Access policies with Microsoft Teams and the Azure Portal. Support for both services is now available.

Till now, the only way to secure access to Azure portal was to require Multi-Factor Authentication all the time for an administrative account. This addressed the security need but came in the way of productivity. With this announcement, customers can require Multi-Factor Authentication only for access to Azure portal. Leveraging the power of Conditional Access, customers can allow access to Azure portal only under certain conditions (sign-in risk, location, device) and from trusted devices.

Read about it on the Enterprise Mobility and Security Blog.

ADFS - Windows Server 2016 - CNG key support?

Alexander Filipin — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 18:10:46 GMT

Did ADFS 2016 add support for SSL certificates with CNG keys?

For Windows Server 2012R2 the answer was clear: No

For ADFS 2016 nothing is mentioned on the documentation (WS2012R2 docuemtation was way better)

If not, whats the best approach to get a SSL certificate / CSR with a signature algorithm other than sha1. Since browser will soon stop trusting them the SSL cert should have sha256+

Creating a CSR with legacy keys in IIS or Certificate MMC creates the CSR with sha1.... only with CNG keys you can choose sha256+

Excel Slicer Not Activating

Daniel Leavey — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 17:50:28 GMT

I'm running Microsoft Excel for Mac version 15.33. I have a worksheet open and the Insert tab selected. Whether I select one cell, all cells, no cells, or just the cells in the row containing the column headers, the Slicer tool does not activate. I can't select the Slicer tool.

Does anyone have a similar experience with the tool, or am I missing a step?

Thanks.

Any way to Identify a deleted Office365 Group via API?

Stefan Fried — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 17:38:17 GMT

I know that one can identify a deleted O365 Group via Powershell

Get-AzureADMSDeletedGroup

But is there a way via the API as well ?

At least i can't find an official way :)

thank you

How to identify via API if retention policy is assigned on SPO sites ?

Stefan Fried — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 17:35:07 GMT

Is there any flag (preferrable via API) which indicates that a retention policy is active on SharePoint Sites ?

if yes, do i get somehow the name of the policy as well?

Three basic security hygiene tips from Microsoft's Identity Team

Nasos Kladakis — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 17:22:31 GMT

We just need to start with the basics some times.

Three basic security hygiene tips from Microsoft's Identity Team

New Guides: Switch to Office 365 from Google G Suite

Michael Holste — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 16:33:41 GMT

Are you or your company switching to Microsoft Office 365? We have your go-to guides to help you get up and running in Office 365 with minimum disruption. We have 8 published today for Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneDrive, with more on the way.