You're in another Teams meeting, and two or more people are having a chat external to the business of the meeting. The notifications pop up over the Teams chat. That's annoying. Shortcut Shari has a workaround.

Microsoft MVP veteran J. Peter Bruzzese decided to refresh his Microsoft knowledge by taking the MS-900 exam. He soon realized it wasn't going to be a cakewalk, but the prep work he invested paid big dividends in the form of a passed exam and a lot of learning. Read about his prep process here.

This “how to” article teaches you how to add members to a Microsoft 365 shared mailbox using the Microsoft 365 admin center, the Exchange admin center, and Windows PowerShell. It also teaches you how to assign these members with appropriate mailbox permissions. Besides giving you the necessary details, it includes a 20-minute video version of this article for those who like to watch and learn.

This second article of the Windows Terminal series explores color schemes, which is a named grouping of colors for cursors, text, background, foreground, and more. Color schemes determine the overall appearance of any open window in your environment. Learn how color schemes work, how to find and assign them, and how to create them.

In this third article of the "Power Platform Connectors A to Z" series, discover the basic building blocks for creating custom connector definitions, including how to use and configure OAuth, create actions, define parameters, group operations with tags, construct requests with input and output parameters, and provide examples for easier testing and validation.

The SharePoint Migration Assessment Tool (SMAT) can ensure a smoother migration experience from on-premises environments to SharePoint Online. This article provides an overview of how SMAT works and how to interpret and make the most of its output.

Azure Cosmos DB enables developers to build highly responsive, scalable applications by distributing data across multiple regions. With support for multiple data models and automatic scaling, Azure Cosmos DB provides a flexible, efficient database solution for modern applications.

This “how to” article teaches you how to create a Microsoft 365 shared mailbox using Microsoft 365 admin center, the Exchange admin center, and Windows PowerShell. Besides giving you the necessary details, it includes a 5-minute video version of this article for those who like to watch and learn.

This first article of the Windows Terminal series gives an overview of its capabilities, with pointers to more details. Windows Terminal offers a complex host environment for command-line input, inside which admins and power users can run command-line shells. As the article illustrates, control over behavior, appearance, and layout is extensive.

This is the first in a series of articles aimed at next-gen administrators: cloud admins and those without any IT experience. While these folks don't need to revisit legacy methods and technologies, they might benefit from those of us who have that experience.

This article shows, step-by-step, how to deploy Power Platform for a mid-market company through simple steps such as defining your strategy, governance policy, and environment. It gives quick wins to get your company started, without your having to invest valuable time preparing and researching deployment methods.

This “how to” article briefly explains the types of Microsoft 365 mailboxes that are available and explains how you can create them using Windows PowerShell. Besides giving you the necessary details, it includes a 3-minute video version of this article for those who like to watch and learn.