How to Install SPFx Custom App?

Please follow this simple instruction if you need to install the SPFx custom app. Sometimes you may need to use a custom app by VirtoSoftware. In this case, the installation process differs from the classic one. Follow the steps below to install the custom app to your SharePoint site. Step 1. Click “Download” to save the app to your device (download the sppkg file from our website). Note: To install a custom app to your Office 365 tenant you will need SharePoint admin permissions. If you don’t have the admin permissions, please contact your SharePoint admin. Step 2. Now go to the SharePoint Admin interface to install the custom app for your tenant. Step 3. Find the “Apps” section and upload the downloaded file to your Apps catalog. Step 4. Enable the installed app to add and use on all sites. Step 5. Then Allow to use it in Teams: Teams Admin Center — Teams apps — Manage apps. Now you can add the app to your site. ...

January 1, 2022 · 1 min · Maria Kosareva

Embedding Chart in SharePoint. How to Display Excel Chart in SharePoint?

Charts are a great way to diversify the contents of your SharePoint site, they can be used to show a particular dynamic, highlight one of your advantages as a company, and much more than that. And adding charts in SharePoint is not particularly hard, either. In fact, there are several different ways of doing that when it comes to a SharePoint Online page. Two of the easiest ways to create a chart in SharePoint is to use a SharePoint’s own feature called “Quick chart”, and to use another feature called “File Viewer” to embed the file’s contents (a chart or a diagram, in our case) – in this particular scenario we’ll be using a “File Viewer” to display Excel chart in SharePoint. ...

December 6, 2021 · 7 min · Maria Kosareva

Top 10 Tools to Create Dashboard in SharePoint. How to Create Dashboard in SharePoint?

SharePoint has been around for a while now – and yet it is still one of the most important tools for many businesses and enterprises, offering all of the different capabilities of a web-based collaborative platform. SharePoint dashboards, for example, are pretty much unparalleled when it comes to the various tasks of centralized administration. The purpose of a SharePoint dashboard A dashboard in SharePoint allows companies to evaluate data from multiple sources in a form that is easy to understand and work with. The main purpose of a dashboard is to display KPIs, or Key Performance Indicators, which usually require locating and aggregating data in real-time from multiple sources. ...

November 14, 2021 · 10 min · Maria Kosareva

How to Add Microsoft Planner Tasks to a Shared Calendar

Microsoft Planner is a well-known project management app with a wide range of integrations thanks to the capabilities of Microsoft 365. To keep all tasks and deadlines in one place and the team on the same page, it’s important to be able to add everything to a shared calendar. In this article, we’ll look at the features of Microsoft Planner and how to integrate it with the Virto Calendar Overlay App for SharePoint and Microsoft Teams. ...

March 19, 2021 · 8 min · Maria Kosareva

How to Add a Public Folder Calendar in Office 365

The main source of stress in the workplace is often miscommunication. Most managers spend a huge amount of their working time establishing a dialogue with their teammates. And given the fact that there are usually several, or maybe even dozens, of people in a team, this can take up most of a manager’s workday. According to McKinsey, 35% of employees work remotely full time and 23% part time, often in different time zones. In these circumstances, managers expect all their team members to be on the same page. And yet, they often don’t make full use of their product management tools to orchestrate their projects and facilitate communication, usually because they’re either reluctant to try new tools or unaware of how incorporating their full features into their routine will increase efficiency. ...

September 9, 2020 · 7 min · Maria Kosareva

Virto Kanban Online Permissions Model - FAQ

We have improved the permissions management model for Virto SharePoint Kanban Online. To help you apply the changes faster, we have also prepared the answers for the most frequently asked questions. Is the Gear icon always on? Yes. Sometimes, when people try to experiment, they lose access. People may need to adjust their access level or just need urgent help from someone. To help our customers in these situations, the Gear icon is indeed ON for everyone, but those who are not listed as admins can only see the list of admins. This way, they find out who can help them. ...

July 27, 2020 · 3 min · Maria Kosareva

How to Install Virto Kanban Board for Microsoft Teams

In this article, we would like to show you how to install the Virto Kanban Board directly from your Microsoft Teams and start using it. You will see how easy the installation process is. Just follow the steps below and start using Virto Kanban Board right now! Kanban Board for Microsoft 365 Virto SharePoint Kanban Board is an easy-to-use scrum board intended to visualize and manage tasks in SharePoint and Microsoft Teams. The application takes the required data from a SharePoint task list and displays it as a classic Kanban Board. All the cards (tasks) are divided into columns by status and show which of them are in progress or already done. ...

July 16, 2020 · 3 min · Maria Kosareva

How to Connect Alerts from SharePoint to Microsoft Teams?

When a change happens to an important business process, you need to be informed in time. Though SharePoint alerts may be enough for some cases, Virto Alerts and Reminders app offers a wider range of features both for SharePoint and Microsoft Teams users. Receive email notifications according to an adjusted schedule, track projects and task changes, define recipients list, customize email body as you wish and save templates, and send alerts to instant messengers — this is only a short part of the whole features list. ...

May 18, 2020 · 4 min · Sergi Sinyugin

Office 365 Forms Guide. An Essential Tutorial to Help You Understand O365 Forms

Have you heard of Office 365 forms? If you haven’t, these are robust applications that can perform things like data recording, arranging quizzes and workflows. Such features make O365 forms quite popular tool. Furthermore, Office 365 forms are useful tools when it comes to asking questions, recording results and then putting such data to work. Continue reading to learn more about these forms and their remarkable capabilities! Office 365 plans that include Forms Most of the commercial Office 365 plans include Forms support, such as: ...

December 10, 2018 · 12 min · Sergi Sinyugin

Kanban-Based Human Resources Management

Tired from overtasking, complex scheduling demands, biased decision making? Streamline Your Hiring Process with Kanban-Based Human Resources Management. Convert Process Management Time Into Productive Work Time and Quality Decision-Making VirtoSoftware provides a Single Solution for: Managing task volume and tracking deadlines. Internal communications and approvals. Sending automated letters and materials to candidates. Meeting scheduling and automated reminders. Centralized applicant details storage. Applicant status and details updates, with real time tracking. Automatic calculation of each candidate’s ratings for quick and unbiased selection. Prevent loss of applicant information. Track everything in a single adaptive tool. Increase reporting and search capabilities. Need to search your existing records for a candidate to fill a new vacancy? Do it in seconds with the Virtosoftware Kanban-Based HR Management. Maintain distance from your applicants while providing timely and consistent communication. Using templates, you can provide formatted communications with personalized touches. Easily include standard legal text and company branding. Kanban-Based HR Management provides an automatic calculation of each candidate’s ratings for quick and unbiased selection Check all VirtoSoftware Kanban-Based Human Resources Management features and streamline your hiring process.

November 29, 2018 · 1 min · Sergi Sinyugin