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How Teams Channels Will Improve Your Work Experience

Ashley Jolman
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March 4, 2021

Microsoft has been releasing new features and capabilities to Teams like rapid fire in 2020. Teams are now a full-service hub for teamwork within Office 365 and serves as a shared workspace for all communication, files, meetings, and apps. Utilizing Channels within Teams is pivotal to making your organization a happier, more productive place! Here are a few insights as to how Microsoft Teams Channels will improve your work experience.

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Your Guide to Using the SharePoint Modern Calendar View

Ashley Jolman
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April 28, 2021

Until recently SharePoint Modern sites couldn’t show list data with a date column in a Calendar view. This was a huge missing feature as this functionality makes viewing data by date very natural to consume. Now that Microsoft has added a calendar view to Microsoft Lists we also have a modern calendar view in SharePoint. In this blog, we’ll show you how to configure a modern calendar view and a quick way to also display that calendar on any SharePoint page!

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Intro to Microsoft Viva Connections

Mitch Herrema
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April 7, 2021

What’s better than an organization that is informed and engaged? Viva Connections is a new tab that can be added to Microsoft Teams, aimed to surface all the latest news and conversations personalized to the user.

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What is Microsoft Viva?

Mitch Herrema
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April 6, 2021

Microsoft Viva is an all-new employee experience platform that combines communication, learning, topic knowledge, and insights into your organization.

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Creating Browser Profiles for Easy Multi-Tenant O365 Logins

Matt Kohn
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February 26, 2021

A lot of employees must engage in multiple levels of security to authenticate into their work environments. It can seem tedious, but the validation process is a necessary requirement to ensure the right users have the right access. In this piece, we'll talk about how to configure browser profiles that maintain your credentials that securely expedite your login process.

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Create Your Microsoft Teams Quickly with Templates

Ashley Jolman
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February 16, 2021

Creating Teams over and over can be repetitive and time-consuming. Templates will greatly reduce the time it takes to launch a new Team, as well as remove any guesswork on how to best structure your channels, tabs, and apps. This allows you more time to start communicating and collaborating within your team.

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Meeting Capture App Overview

Michael Wright
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February 2, 2021

Having a productivity app can help streamline your process for meeting with people. It allows you to see a list of your daily meetings (as scheduled in Outlook), and for each meeting, you can view attendees and email them directly, see meeting details, take notes, and more.

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How to Use Breakout Rooms in Microsoft Teams

Ashley Jolman
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January 26, 2021

Breakout rooms serve to break larger meetings out into small groups. They are especially useful in educational settings, for online training, corporate events, or larger meetings with committees or brainstorming sessions.

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The Ultimate Guide to Playing Among Us as a Team Building (or Breaking) Exercise

Mitch Herrema
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January 21, 2021

The game that took the internet by storm can be a lot of fun to play with coworkers.

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3 Tips for Better Power Apps Forms

Mike Bodell
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January 18, 2021

Forms in PowerApps can be a pain to the end-user if we don't keep them in mind. With these few adjustments, we can wrangle lengthy forms, prevent users from clicking things they shouldn't, and give them feedback to make sure they're aware of what's going on at all times.

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All You Need To Know About Collaboration in Microsoft 365 Groups

Ashley Jolman
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January 8, 2021

Microsoft 365 Groups are a cross-application membership service that allows teams to work together quickly and effectively. When a group is created, a suite of associated resources is made that supply a single hub where team members can easily collaborate, communicate, schedule, and manage projects.

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How To Schedule SharePoint Content for Future Publishing

Matt Dressel
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December 15, 2020

We’ve been waiting for the ability to schedule SharePoint content in the modern experience, and the functionality has finally been released from Microsoft! Here’s your guide to scheduling content for future publishing in SharePoint.

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Creating a Help Desk App with PowerApps

Michael Wright
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December 10, 2020

If your business needs a help desk app and you currently have a subscription to Office/Microsoft 365, I’m going to walk you through a simple and free solution to get up and running in minutes. I’ll talk about what requirements are needed for this solution, walk you through a demo of the basic tool, offer customization ideas, and then share links at the end to get it setup.

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3 Reasons You Should Move From Internal Fileshares to SharePoint and OneDrive

Matt Kohn
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December 1, 2020

Storage of business assets is a core essential need for everyone. No matter what industry you are in, you need a secure repository for documents and files, regardless of how your team is collaborating on them. Let's take a look into why doing away with third-party or on-premise servers in lieu of leveraging the Microsoft Office365 cloud space can save you time, headaches, and even some dollars along the way.

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The New Microsoft Stream (2021)

Matt Kohn
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November 23, 2020

Microsoft has been continuously modernizing the way that video assets are stored in Office 365. Users may previously recall storing videos in Office 365 Video, SharePoint itself, or the more recently launched Stream application; however, video is quickly becoming one of the most utilized forms of content in Office 365.

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How To Use the Gallery View in Microsoft Lists

Mitch Herrema
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November 20, 2020

List views have never been great at displaying visual content. Introducing: The Gallery View in the Lists App and SharePoint.

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All About Project Management in Microsoft 365

Ashley Jolman
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November 10, 2020

Better partner with clients and keep project teams successful by utilizing dynamic tools for project management, communication, and collaboration. Many projects have unique needs that require the use of multiple applications. Microsoft 365 makes this easy by providing exceptional apps that integrate seamlessly together. Try utilizing these apps and eliminate your organization’s need for third-party project management tools!

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Tips for Working Remotely

Michael Wright
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November 3, 2020

If you work remotely and are having difficulty managing your time, staying mentally and physically healthy, or staying connected with your team, here is some advice that will help you be more successful working from home. These tips stem from my experience of telecommuting for the last several months and struggling with challenges somewhat unique to working where you live.

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How To Communicate Status in PowerApps

Mike Bodell
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October 27, 2020

When developing modern applications, it is important to communicate what our applications are doing with the end-user. As with anything, results will commensurate with what you put in. Good feedback makes our users feel confident. Even some poorly implemented feedback to the end-user provides them with something to go on. But what’s even worse, is no feedback at all.

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Creating a Custom Surface Hub App for a Custom Experience

Lucas Dressel
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October 22, 2020

When we hosted an open house in our studio, we wanted to create a way for people to enter a prize drawing via our large touchscreen Surface Hub device. Let’s explore the custom app we built to make this happen.

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Microsoft Teams Chat vs. Channels

Matt Dressel
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October 12, 2020

If you are new to Microsoft Teams, you may have noticed that your messaging experience is different depending on how you started the message. This can be a bit confusing at first, but with a bit of background these differences will make sense and you will likely find yourself changing how you communicate going forward.

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How To Leverage Your Office 365 Subscription

Mike Bodell
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October 7, 2020

Office 365 is so much more than Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. It gives you access to a wealth of other tools to help your organization communicate, collaborate, and automate business process.

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Onboarding During a Pandemic

Ashley Jolman
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October 6, 2020

Is it possible to successfully onboard a new employee, completely remote? How has COVID-19 changed the way new employees are integrated? Here’s my experience of virtual onboarding, along with some surprising benefits I encountered along the way.

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Automate Your Microsoft Teams Approval and Provisioning

Michael Wright
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September 29, 2020

If your business uses Microsoft Teams and you feel like Teams creation is getting out of hand (people are using different naming conventions, they're not clear on the purpose of the Team, or Teams similar to each other are being created), we've got a great approval-based tool that should help streamline that process.

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Clearing Up Microsoft's Naming

Matt Dressel
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September 25, 2020

Microsoft has been using terminology some users might find confusing. Microsoft Teams is a tool, you can create a Team in Microsoft Teams, but can you create a Group too?

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The Evolution of the Delivery Lead Role

Ashley Jolman
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September 11, 2020

At Bulb we're always looking to improve our delivery process. Learn more about why we adopted the Delivery Lead role to help us meet the demands of the modern workplace.

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Simplify Your PowerApps Branding With A Theme Template

Michael Wright
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September 9, 2020

Ever wish your Power Apps looked better but didn't want to spend the time to make it happen? We've developed a customized theme template that takes very little time to set up and will make all your apps look great and consistent with your brand.

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Hands-On With Microsoft Lists

Mitch Herrema
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September 4, 2020

Brand-new to the Microsoft 365 Suite is Microsoft Lists. This app builds on the already-powerful SharePoint list foundation and is intended to help you track information and organize your work. At the time of writing it is in a limited release stage, so you may or may not see it in your app panel. Today we’re going to be diving into the new tool and check out the templates and features that are currently available.

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First Look: Amazon Honeycode

Raleigh Mumford
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August 26, 2020

Amazon Honeycode, welcome to the quickly advancing world of no-code and low code application development. Though Honeycode is only in beta we started looking around to see what Amazon has to offer with their new product. We have plenty of thoughts about Honeycode and are excited to see where it ends up as it comes out of beta testing and continues to become more feature-rich.

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Microsoft Teams: The New Workflow

Matt Dressel
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August 19, 2020

How has Microsoft Teams changed the way people work? Let’s explore what typical job functions can now happen in Teams and why this platform is where you should be starting your day.

Teams
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Reuse Components Across PowerApps With A Component Library

Mike Bodell
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August 14, 2020

Now that we’ve created a component, what if we want to use this same component in another application? There are actually a few different ways to import components. For the purposes of this post, we’ll focus on the recommended approach of Component Libraries.

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What Is Microsoft Lists?

Mitch Herrema
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August 3, 2020

At Build 2020 Microsoft announced a new tool for the Microsoft 365 Suite, Microsoft Lists. Aimed toward helping track information and organize your work, Microsoft Lists builds upon the powerful SharePoint list interface to bring more features and ease of use.

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How To Globally Style Your PowerApp

Mike Bodell
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July 31, 2020

Now that you’re using a component to create a header on all screens in your application. What happens if you decide the theme or brand colors should change? If you’ve worked with Power Apps before you are probably familiar with the App OnStart options for setting up brand colors for your application. While these settings are readily usable in the standard form controls, it may not be readily apparent how to apply this same concept for components.

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Stop Emailing Documents! Use SharePoint, Teams, and OneDrive.

Matt Kohn
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July 24, 2020

There are a lot of downsides to emailing documents. What are some modern solutions to this age-old problem, and how would someone start making this shift?

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How To Build a Header Component For Your PowerApp

Mike Bodell
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July 20, 2020

Managing standard elements across a lot of screens in a PowerApps can be time-consuming and difficult to get everything to be consistent. Components create a single editable instance of these elements that can be used on multiple screens. This creates one source of truth that you can drop on your screens and count on them all being the same.

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3 Tips to Speed Up Your PowerApps Development

Mike Bodell
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July 9, 2020

Power Apps is a great tool for building useful applications quickly for your organization. While it may seem like a no brainer tool on the surface, there are techniques and methods that are helpful to understand when building a Power App. Using these techniques will speed up development of your applications, reduce frustration for the “citizen developer” and produce an overall better user experience.

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My First Month at Bulb

Michael Wright
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June 30, 2020

Considering changing jobs? Or even careers? As daunting as it can seem to put together the perfect resume, complete dozens of applications, and potentially learn new skills, finding a company and position that bring you greater happiness and satisfaction totally make it worth the effort. For me, recently becoming a tech consultant at Bulb Digital has been everything I’d hoped and more.

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A Business Case for Sustainability

Matt Kohn
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June 16, 2020

While some business leaders may think that being a good citizen and maximizing profits are mutually exclusive, that’s just not the case. By making a concerted effort towards sustainable work practices, companies are able to deliver environmental, financial, and social benefits to their business.

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Bringing Our Values to Life

Josh Everingham
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June 9, 2020

After defining the values of Bulb Digital, we wanted to come up with some creative ways to showcase and add reminders of them to our work day.

Culture
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The Values of Bulb Digital

Josh Everingham
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June 1, 2020

In everything we do we try to provide value to our customers, to our community, and to one another. Because of this, value is a term which is very important to us. When we say it, we don’t strictly mean money, but also the principles and standards that we strive to live by. These standards are ingrained into our business practices and are championed by each and every bulb in the bunch. We’ve written some of these values down to serve as mantras to live by.

Culture
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Why Do We Do Birthday Breakfast?

Mike Bodell
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May 15, 2020

A couple of years ago, we decided to carve time out of a busy week to make breakfast together in celebration of one of our team member’s birthday. This act has grown into something much more than recognition of a life milestone. Now, it’s an essential aspect of our organization’s culture.

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When to Build a Low-Code Business Application

Matt Dressel
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April 6, 2020

Low-code development is emerging as a key strategy for many businesses in today’s digital environment — and its growth isn’t showing signs of slowing down. Gartner estimates that low-code solutions will make up 65% of app development by 2024.

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How to Integrate Executive Team Collaboration Into Your Workplace

Eric McKee
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March 31, 2020

As today’s business environment grows increasingly complex, more executive teams are turning to collaboration to empower their teams and drive best practices throughout their organization.

SharePoint
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Custom Office Furniture

Mitch Herrema
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November 19, 2019

When we moved into our new studio we had a strong desire to put our unique interests and collective style into as many aspects of our space as we could.

Culture
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Which Monitor Setup Is Right for You?

Eric McKee
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November 6, 2019

Three 24” screens or One 43” 4k screen?

Culture
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The Greenhouse

Dan Gibson
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August 14, 2019

If we could have one of every plant, we would... and believe me, we're trying! We're excited to continue sharing the story of how we're building a studio that supports the work we do.

Culture
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Intro to the World of Mechanical Keyboards

Raleigh Mumford
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July 26, 2019

We believe you simply can't appreciate how this tool can improve your work experience until you’ve used one. We're happy to provide insight into the tools that we love to use!

Culture
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Coffee For All

Raleigh Mumford
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May 15, 2019

How might we create a studio we love? As always, we start off ready to dive into some brainstorming around an idea or problem related to the experience we’re working on. In this case, our studio coffee experience!

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