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Ever wish people could jump straight to the section of a training video they need?Microsoft Stream includes a feature ca...
05/29/2026

Ever wish people could jump straight to the section of a training video they need?

Microsoft Stream includes a feature called Chapters that works much like YouTube timestamps. Instead of scrubbing through an entire recording, viewers can quickly navigate to specific topics, making training videos, recorded meetings, and presentations much easier to use.

If your organization relies on video content, this is a simple feature that can make a big difference in the user experience: https://sharepointmaven.com/how-to-add-chapters-to-stream-videos/

05/27/2026

In this episode, I break down the five key locations where SharePoint security is configured.

05/25/2026

Microsoft Loop has quickly become one of the most useful collaboration tools inside Microsoft 365, especially for teams working across projects, meetings, and shared workflows.

In this video, I’m sharing 5 Loop components that can make teamwork much easier:

📌 Task Lists
📌 Voting Tables
📌 Canvas Boards
📌 Q&A Sections
📌 Table of Contents

These features help teams stay organized, collaborate in real time, and keep information moving without endless email threads or scattered notes.

Took a break from SharePoint today. Visiting Amish country with kids.
05/24/2026

Took a break from SharePoint today. Visiting Amish country with kids.

If you watch videos on my YouTube channel, it is quite possible that you utilized the Timestamp functionality – the abil...
05/23/2026

If you watch videos on my YouTube channel, it is quite possible that you utilized the Timestamp functionality – the ability to jump to a certain part of the video quickly.

We have the same functionality in Stream, which is called Chapters.

So, in this article, I would like to explain how to set it up: https://sharepointmaven.com/how-to-add-chapters-to-stream-videos/

Oversharing in SharePoint has been a headache for IT and compliance teams for years. Too often, controlling access depen...
05/22/2026

Oversharing in SharePoint has been a headache for IT and compliance teams for years. Too often, controlling access depends on site owners making the right decisions, or on complex sensitivity label setups inside Microsoft Purview.

Now, Microsoft has introduced a simpler option directly inside the SharePoint Admin Center.

With one setting, IT teams can help reduce accidental oversharing and tighten access across SharePoint without relying entirely on manual governance.

If SharePoint permissions have ever felt difficult to manage at scale, this is a feature worth paying attention to.

Read more: https://sharepointmaven.com/how-to-prevent-oversharing-with-site-level-access-restriction/

Gallery view in Microsoft Lists is one of my favorite views. Especially if it contains an image, it allows for a visuall...
05/20/2026

Gallery view in Microsoft Lists is one of my favorite views. Especially if it contains an image, it allows for a visually appealing presentation of a list.

A use case could be a list of locations with images or an employee directory with photos. While you can first create a list (grid) and then a Gallery view off it, you can also create a Gallery View from scratch as well.

Let me show you how: https://sharepointmaven.com/how-to-create-a-new-list-from-a-gallery-view-template/

One of the most underrated features in Microsoft Lists? Gallery View.Instead of looking at rows of data in a traditional...
05/19/2026

One of the most underrated features in Microsoft Lists? Gallery View.

Instead of looking at rows of data in a traditional grid, Gallery View turns your list into a clean, visual layout that is much easier to browse and interact with, especially when images are involved.

It works great for:

📌 Employee directories
📌 Office locations
📌 Project showcases
📌 Equipment inventories
📌 Team resources

The best part is you do not have to build a standard list view first. You can create a Gallery View from the start and design a more visual experience right away.

See how it works: https://sharepointmaven.com/how-to-create-a-new-list-from-a-gallery-view-template/

Hub Sites have completely changed how we structure SharePoint environments.Years ago, subsites were the standard. Today,...
05/15/2026

Hub Sites have completely changed how we structure SharePoint environments.

Years ago, subsites were the standard. Today, Hub Sites provide a much cleaner, more flexible way to connect sites, manage navigation, and create a better user experience across the organization.

And yet… many environments still rely heavily on subsites.

So I revisited this topic and broke down why Hub Sites continue to be the better long-term approach for modern SharePoint architecture: https://sharepointmaven.com/hub-sites-vs-subsites-in-sharepoint/

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