Ryan Clark

As the Modern Workplace Architect at Mr. SharePoint, I help companies of all sizes better leverage Modern Workplace and Digital Process Automation investments. I am also a Microsoft Most Valued Professional (MVP) for M365 Apps & Services.

Configuring Microsoft Teams Privacy Settings: Updated Guide

Configuring Microsoft Teams Privacy Settings: Updated Guide

Confused about the different privacy settings in Teams? In this article, let’s talk about the three types of privacy settings when creating a new team, the use cases, and the limitations of each one. Let’s get started. What are the different privacy settings in Microsoft Teams? There are three main privacy settings in Microsoft Teams: You will see all three of them as options when you create a new team in Teams: Private teams are only visible and accessible to team members. On the other hand, everyone in the organization can see and join public teams. Org-wide teams are automatically […]

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How to Create SharePoint List Email Notification Alerts

How to Create SharePoint List Email Notification Alerts

Need to create an alert for your list? In this guide, I will show you a few options that will enable you to receive email alerts based on items changed, rules, or a reminder. Let’s get started. List email notification alert options in SharePoint There are lists where you want to be updated as soon as changes are made. Fortunately, this is quite easy to do in a list in SharePoint Online. You can even send emails to other users as well. Note: The options I listed here are also applicable in a document library. More info on list vs

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How to Check OneDrive Usage Reports (Beginner’s Guide)

How to Check OneDrive Usage Reports (Beginner’s Guide)

Want to know how much space is left in your OneDrive? In this quick guide, I will show you how to check OneDrive storage usage, generate a usage report, check per user, and more. Let’s get started How to check your storage metrics in OneDrive OneDrive makes digital work easy even when you’re miles away from your team or organization. Unfortunately, you may need to keep an eye out for how much space your organization is taking up. For that, log in to your OneDrive account > gear icon > OneDrive settings: Where you need to go isn’t on the

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How to Check the Storage Metrics in SharePoint Online

How to Check the Storage Metrics in SharePoint Online

Curious about your storage quota? In this guide, I will show you how to see the storage information in SharePoint, set the site storage limits, manage those limits, and much more. Let’s get started. How to see the storage metrics in SharePoint In SharePoint, tenants get 1 TB of storage per organization plus 10 GB of additional storage for every licensed user. Since the additional storage stacks up, you can have an additional storage of 1 TB if you have 100 licensed users. Some organizations might still get short, which is why Microsoft offers $0.20/GB/month or $200/TB/month for extra file

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How to Protect a Worksheet in Excel (The Beginner’s Guide)

How to Protect a Worksheet in Excel (The Beginner’s Guide)

Finding a way to keep your worksheets and Excel files safe? In this article, I will show you how to protect your worksheet in Excel, undo the protection, and protect the whole file — step-by-step. Let’s get started. How to protect Excel sheet Did you know that there is a button you can click right inside the ribbon to protect your sheet? Open the Excel file with the worksheet you want to protect and make sure you’re inside that worksheet. Go to the review tab and click protect sheet: This will open a dialog box that enables you to lock your Excel

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Power Automate Multiple Conditions: The Beginner’s Guide

Power Automate Multiple Conditions: The Beginner’s Guide

Unsure of how to create a flow with multiple conditions? In this guide, I will walk you through the steps in creating a multiple conditions flow in Power Automate in a way that newbies can understand. Let’s get started. Different options for creating a complex flow The same in Excel, there are various methods you can use in Power Automate to achieve the complex flow you want. It also depends on the conditions in your flow, how nested the conditions are going to be, and the actions involved. Before you start any complex flow, I suggest that you write the logic behind

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How to Create Modern Content Types: The Ultimate Guide

How to Create Modern Content Types: The Ultimate Guide

Are you familiar with the content types in SharePoint? In this article, I will explain the uses of modern content types, how they’re different from the classic ones, and how to create them. Let’s get started. What are content types in SharePoint? Content types have been around for a long time. For new users of SharePoint, the concept of content types might get a little confusing as it’s sometimes confused with metadata. That makes sense since technically, a content type is a group or collection of metadata columns and other things that you can reuse. If you’re new here, metadata, on the

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Using Site Templates in Sharepoint Online: Beginner’s Guide

Using Site Templates in SharePoint Online: Beginner’s Guide

Noticed the site templates option in the settings panel? In this guide, let’s talk about SharePoint site templates, how to apply a template, create custom ones, and answer common questions. Let’s get started. What are SharePoint site templates? The concept of site templates is easy to understand, though needs some explanation. In its most basic form, site templates are the key to the different types of sites you can create in SharePoint Online. Modern SharePoint site templates include: There are other basic site templates like an enterprise wiki and a publishing portal — both of which are classics. Note: For more on the different types of sites, go

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How to Streamline Business Processes With Power Automate

How to Streamline Business Processes With Power Automate

Want to save time and money? In this article, I will introduce Power Automate flows and how they can help streamline some of your business processes. Let’s get started. What is Power Automate? Did you know that there are tools that will let you automate processes? Power Automate is a cloud-based service that helps users automate business processes and tasks across multiple apps and services. It enables users to easily create automated workflows called flows that can streamline complex processes and make it easier to get things done. Since then, Power Automate made lots of variants on its types of flows and

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How to Bring Intranet Into Microsoft Teams: Feature Guide

How to Bring Intranet Into Microsoft Teams: Feature Guide

Ever wanted to use your intranet with Microsoft Teams? In this guide, I will explain a new feature in MS Teams that will enable you to use your intranet right within the Microsoft Teams app. Let’s get started. Can Microsoft Teams replace SharePoint intranet? Technically, Microsoft Teams isn’t an intranet platform or software. People wanted to know if it was possible, especially since a lot of people now, around 270 million as of 2022, are using the Teams app. Related: Microsoft Teams: Intranet Alternative to SharePoint Online? But the question now is this — can Teams replace your intranet right now? The short answer is

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