SharePoint Vitals - Analytics for SharePoint

If you try and view audit reports for SharePoint Online you may get an error that looks like a little like this. I know right, all you wanted to do was get audit reports for SharePoint Online and see who was doing what on your SharePoint site. You followed the instructions below. Step 1 – […]

Understanding who is using the SharePoint platform on Office 365 is a key and fundamental requirement to ensuring collaboration efforts within a business.  Office 365 Admin center has put together a really good, visually appealing Usage Reports for SharePoint. These SharePoint Analytics and usage reports are free, out of the box and available right now […]

In our digital world collaboration, no longer must take place in the confides of a meeting room or face to face in an office.  We can use Skype for Business and SharePoint to remotely collaborate on projects from anywhere in the world safely, securely and productively. I find it important to know where people are […]

This is a tricky question because its not a cut and dry answer, SharePoint users may prefer to use a specific browser for SharePoint but this may not be a recommended browser and therefore their experience may be limited. I do however believe the users will not switch browsers simply because a website recommended another […]

A report that shows the most active documents aka popular documents within a SharePoint farm.  This report was created for several reasons, the obvious one is to analyse what the most important documents in the organisation are based on usage.  This information can assist in migration preparation, document governance or changing a document into a […]

Have you ever spent a huge amount of time on creating a video to train, inform and teach colleagues about something very important to your business?  I know I have, it’s a great way to educate people in this modern era where attention spans compete with gold fish and A.D.D is everywhere.  A great location […]

Microsoft Office 365 has rolled out their new modern experience which effect sites, library’s and lists,  which gives the platform a new look and additional features.  This release however caused SharePoint Vitals (And all other 3rd party apps) an issue where we are no longer able to gather analytics from the page since we are using SharePoint […]

SharePoint Vitals is proud to be a Sponsor of this year’s European SharePoint, Office 365 & Azure Conference, the biggest event of its kind in Europe. ESPC17 is taking place in Dublin, Ireland from November 13th – 16th.  If you have not attended before, here’s a little taster of why you should be there. 4 Days, […]

1. Google Analytics does not collect or display usernames This is one of the major downsides of Google Analytics, and it’s in place for a reason and cannot be worked around. The main reason for this is that Google collects anonymous data and is therefore unable to collect usernames based on privacy law. SharePoint Vitals […]

1. Page Hits Understanding which pages are visited the most will give you an idea of where most of your SharePoint traffic is routing through.  This is very much the same as our morning commute to work, most of us have to go through a few high traffic areas to get to our destination, which […]