May 2025

Expounding KQL Queries in SharePoint Search

KQL (Keyword Query Language) is what SharePoint and Microsoft Search actually parse behind a search box — keywords, managed properties, and operators that let you ask for exactly what you mean instead of hoping full-text matching gets there on its own. In this post: What KQL actually does · Where you’ll actually write it · […]

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SharePoint Development : SPFx Folder Structure Explained

SPFx (SharePoint Framework) scaffolds a fairly opinionated folder structure via its Yeoman generator — here’s what each part actually does, and the two competing ways to organize your own code inside src/ once a project grows past a single web part. In this post: The scaffolded structure · src/ and config/ in detail · Type-based

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Common Calculated Column Formulas in SharePoint for Quick Implementations

A Calculated Column derives its value from other columns on the same item, using Excel-like formula syntax — no Power Automate flow or code required. Here are the formulas worth knowing, and the real limitations that decide when a calculated column is the wrong tool. In this post: Common formulas · Real limitations · Creating

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Send Email in SharePoint with SharePoint REST API and PnPjs : What You Need to Know

Important update: the API this post was originally about — SP.Utilities.Utility.SendEmail — was retired by Microsoft on October 31, 2025. If you have code using the raw REST or PnPjs examples further down, it has stopped working. The current, supported way to send email programmatically from SharePoint is Microsoft Graph’s sendMail API. This post now

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Microsoft Calendar vs Microsoft Bookings : What You Need to Know Before You Choose

This is genuinely a three-way decision, not two — most comparisons of Outlook Calendar versus Microsoft Bookings skip the option that actually fits the most common individual use case best: Bookings with Me, a lightweight personal scheduling link built into Outlook that neither requires the full Bookings app nor forces external contacts to email back

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