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Best Practices for Effective SharePoint Governance

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There’s little doubt that SharePoint is an indispensable Microsoft 365 collaboration platform. Playing a key role in the ability to achieve business objectives, SharePoint can be considered a linchpin for many organizations. That’s because by enabling and easing the sharing of information, SharePoint provides quick access to the most valuable commodity for any business – data.

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Performing eDiscovery Against a Specific Folder

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Vasil Michev MVP

One common request when performing an eDiscovery or using the Search-Mailbox cmdlet has long been the option to search a specific folder only. Possible scenarios for such requests are to delete/purge items from a (sub)folder or copy them to a different mailbox, etc.  Similarly, an “exclude folder” functionality can sometimes be useful. With the latest additions to the service, we are now able to scope eDiscovery/Content searches to specific mailbox, SharePoint or OneDrive for Business folders!

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User Access and External Sharing Improvements in SharePoint Online

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Vasil Michev MVP

It’s been a while since we covered SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business, and some major improvements have arrived. The new group-backed team sites are now available, including a preview of the ODFB admin portal and conditional access. Here are important additions to restricting user access and securing external collaboration.

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Office 365 Groups - New SharePoint Document Library Features

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Justin Harris (MCSM, MCM)

Customers who have the First Release option turned on within their tenants were treated to a welcome surprise this weekend: Additional Groups features! The file repository section within Groups has been upgraded with new SharePoint document library functionality. In reviewing the updates, I found there are four distinct features that add tremendous value to the Groups value proposition.

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Security Improvements in SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business

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Vasil Michev MVP

Over the past few months, some significant improvements have been made around the external sharing functionality in Office 365. Some other very important features were introduced as well. The marketing teams at Microsoft, however, were more focused on getting the message for the new and improved OneDrive for Business (ODB) client out, so no big announcements or press focused on these sharing improvements. With that in mind, I decided to do a quick recap to put together an updated list of important improvements that everyone should at least know about.

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