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Hands-On Microsoft Lists

By : João Ferreira, Rene Modery
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Book Image

Hands-On Microsoft Lists

5 (1)
By: João Ferreira, Rene Modery

Overview of this book

Microsoft Lists is an extremely flexible and powerful platform for creating custom data models. Hands-On Microsoft Lists is an easy-to-read guide for those who want to get started with Lists, as well as those who are already familiar with the basic concepts and want to create custom and flexible Lists that are easily available through a web interface. This comprehensive introduction to Lists will show you how to get up to speed in no time with the help of practical guidance and examples. Complete with hands-on tutorials and projects, you’ll understand how to use and implement Microsoft Lists effectively. You’ll start by covering all the basic concepts that will help you to build your Microsoft Lists and get the most out of the platform. As you progress, you’ll explore how to customize Microsoft Lists layouts and forms. Later chapters will guide you through integrating Microsoft Lists with the Power Platform. Throughout the book, you’ll work with practical scenarios that you can use daily to improve the collaboration in your organization. By the end of this Microsoft book, you’ll have learned how to create custom data models to improve the way your data is put together, managed, and consumed in your workplace.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)

How to manage Microsoft Lists as an administrator

As a Global Administrator or SharePoint Administrator in your tenant, you are able to manage two general Microsoft Lists configuration settings. These are only configurable via PowerShell and not through the browser, and you will thus need to install the SharePoint Online Management Shell module for PowerShell, through which the corresponding commands are provided.

SharePoint Online Management Shell

The PowerShell commands in this section require the SharePoint Online Management Shell module, which is provided by Microsoft. It can easily be installed on a Windows computer, but to run the different cmdlets, you will require either SharePoint Administrator rights or Global Administrator rights in your Office 365 tenants.

Information on how to install the module can be found here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/sharepoint/sharepoint-online/connect-sharepoint-online.

The first setting that you can manage allows...