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The SharePoint modern page experience is set to become default on 1 April 2019, meaning organisations will no longer be able to restrict an entire tenant to classic mode for lists and libraries.

In an article announcing the change on the Microsoft website, Chris McNulty (Senior Product Manager for SharePoint and Office 365 at Microsoft) says, “We’re making it easier for users to get to our latest feature updates…Lists and libraries may still use classic mode using the granular opt-out switches that we provide at the site collection, site, list, and library levels. Additionally, lists that use certain features and customizations that are not supported by modern will still be automatically switched to classic mode.”

To read the article in full click here (external link).

If you would like to speak to a to one of our Microsoft Certified SharePoint migration experts, get in touch.

Azure Logic Apps is replacing Azure Scheduler, which is being retired on 30 September 2019.

Azure Scheduler is a service which enables users to create jobs in the cloud that invoke services inside and outside of Azure, such as calling HTTP/S endpoints or posting messages to Azure Storage queues or Azure Service Bus topics. With Azure Scheduler, jobs can be set to run right away, on a recurring schedule, or in the future.

In an article posted on the Azure website Microsoft says, “Because Logic Apps fully replaces Azure Scheduler capabilities, Scheduler will be retired as a standalone service… To continue using jobs you’ve configured in Scheduler, please move to Logic Apps by September 30, 2019. We encourage you to make the switch sooner, to gain the richer benefits of Logic Apps.”

When creating scheduled jobs with Logic Apps, users can run multiple one-time jobs using a single logic app, and since each logic app is a separate Azure resource ‘job collection’ is no longer a factor.

With each Scheduler job being unique, a one-size-fits-all tool does not exist to migrate jobs from the service to Logic Apps, though Microsoft is currently working on modifiable scripts to help with the process. If you would like assistance with migrating from Azure Scheduler to Azure Logic Apps, we can help. Contact us for more information.

The start of the New year is a good a time to get a SQL Server Health Check done. A good health check will help to diagnose and prevent problems before they happen. We can help – find out more about our SQL Server Health Check service here.

If you saw any of Microsoft Ignite 2018 you will know that bots and AI are a big focus for software development. Today we are at Microsoft Reactor in London with fellow developers from across the UK for the ‘Bots and AI Hackathon’ event – if you are here please say hello!

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