Microsoft lists vs SharePoint lists

Microsoft lists is home to Create new lists and access recent and favorite lists from one location.



Looking at the Microsoft lists, the first question in my mind was, How are they different from SharePoint lists.

As the answer, we created all lists using existing 8 templates provided in Microsoft lists to analyze the additional features. 

First of all, going thru the List settings, there is no difference between Microsoft lists and SharePoint lists.





The display of the view is beautiful with adding 

?env=WebViewList to the end of the list's URL. You can also add this to end of your SharePoint lists.



Under Views, we see additional views for lists created from Templates. Grid view and Gallery view the new options.

Views in Content scheduler (Template)


Views in Employee onboarding (Template)


Views in Event itinerary (Template)


Views in Issue tracker (Template)


Views in Recruitment tracker (Template)


Views in Travel requests (Template)


Views in Work progress tracker (Template)


Views in Asset manager (Template)


One more wonderful features is, you can add Lists app in Microsoft Teams and create lists.

Similar to SharePoint lists, we can write conditional formatting, rules, column width adjustments.

Hope Microsoft will add more features in near future.

How to edit/modify Sharepoint GROUPS page/view

How to edit/modify Sharepoint GROUPS page/view of the People and Groups section in Site Settings.

The View Edit page is an application page in layouts folder (_layouts/viewedit.aspx) and it accepts two parameters in query string: List and View IDs.

Open the groups page (http://moss2007site.com/_layouts/groups.aspx)

Open page source from [View >> Source (Internet explorer)] & [More Tools >> View Source (Google Chrome)] and find list and view GUIDs there. 

Search for 'WebQuerySourceHref' phrase to find the GUID values there.

Once you find the GUIDs, transform your URL as shown below.

http://moss2007site.com/_layouts/viewedit.aspx?List={417E8196-680A-4E81-B643-C89C04198A70}&View={939AA1A5-B824-40CA-B415-814C3D9750A1}

(NOTE: Do not copy the above URL. It won't work for you. GUIDs change for every SP web application)

You can change the view display options, item limits and sort order many things you can do for any Views in the SharePoint.

This worked for me in SharePoint Online also.