We’re about to say goodbye to 2019 and as I normally do at this time of year, I’m taking the time to look back and get a retrospective perspective at what the year has brought into my life at both the … [Read more...] about 2019 Retrospective
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Discovery for SharePoint – Extending SharePoint Taxonomy
There are just some things you can’t achieve with taxonomies once they migrate to SharePoint Term Store: no real poly-hierarchy, no synonyms, no non-hierarchical relationships, and the UI is awful - … [Read more...] about Discovery for SharePoint – Extending SharePoint Taxonomy
SharePoint Online – Search Options Today (July 2019)
The primary question I keep getting these days is what Search options organizations have these days, what's coming, and how to be ready? … [Read more...] about SharePoint Online – Search Options Today (July 2019)
North American Collaboration Summit and European Collaboration Summit #NACS #ECS
As predicted in my latest blog post, 2019 is promising to be a very exciting and active year! One of the most wonderful rewards of my work is the opportunity I have to present at community-organized … [Read more...] about North American Collaboration Summit and European Collaboration Summit #NACS #ECS
The five most popular blog posts in 2018
2018 was a super intense year, with so many great moments, experiences and lessons to learn. I did at least one on-site, client workshop (almost) every month, with three workshops in the … [Read more...] about The five most popular blog posts in 2018
How to Turn Off a Query Rule?
Recently I've got a question by chat here on our website, and after responding it there I thought I'd share the detailed response here as well. The question was: how to turn off a Query Rule on a page … [Read more...] about How to Turn Off a Query Rule?
Search Is Broken. Users Are Unhappy. What To Do?
As a consultant and trainer, I often get feedback from users of enterprise search solutions. We can learn about their pain points and their expectations, and act accordingly to improve search. What … [Read more...] about Search Is Broken. Users Are Unhappy. What To Do?
Search Insights 2018 – free report from The Search Network
In the last years, while running Search Explained, I have been involved not only SharePoint and Office 365 projects and conferences but also into the world of search in general. I have met super … [Read more...] about Search Insights 2018 – free report from The Search Network
Search Like a Pro: Mythbusting the Black Box of Search
Search is often considered to be a magical "black box". It's like air or water: we don't recognize it as long as it works fine. But as soon as we don't get the results we expect we start … [Read more...] about Search Like a Pro: Mythbusting the Black Box of Search
How to Flag Items to be Crawled in Office 365
Whenever you do changes to the search schema, re-crawl of the content is required to fill in the search index with the proper values by the new schema. In SharePoint on-prem, the classic … [Read more...] about How to Flag Items to be Crawled in Office 365
