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Posted on February 22, 2023
Why You Need to Color–Code Your Calendar Perception of color is influenced by a complex set of biological, psychological, and cultural factors. Color can calm and excite, increase compulsive reactions, and affect the heartbeat and body. This is why marketers love to study the effects of color and use their findings to increase...
Posted on February 7, 2023
What Is Microsoft Lists? Microsoft Lists represents the evolution of traditional SharePoint lists to a more modern form of information management. It facilitates the rapid creation of code-free applications for users on a personal level or for teams. It facilitates the rapid creation of lists, grids, and calendars that clearly set out complex...
Posted on November 28, 2022
Microsoft Teams is one of the most widely used communication and collaboration platforms in the business environment. It is often used for instant messaging, virtual meetings, shared calendars and managing a document repository. Microsoft Teams allows running additional applications like Calendar Overlay Pro that help you to organize and manage daily tasks and processes both for...
Posted on November 22, 2022
Microsoft Exchange is an easy-to-use solution for businesses providing full server functionality, web access, Exchange shared calendar, and other features for productive corporate work. The product is available through the Outlook client and can be deployed on your own server. What are the advantages of Microsoft Exchange over traditional services? Well, there are many. The...
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Posted on November 15, 2022
Your Ultimate Guide to SharePoint Over the past few years, the concept of a corporate portal has undergone significant changes. Today, an intranet portal, such as Microsoft SharePoint, is a special environment that combines classic task, time, and document management tools with modern tools like social networks and blogs. Today’s main trend is to increase...
Posted on October 14, 2022
Everything You Should Know About SharePoint Calendar in 2023 Do you ever feel like everyone but you has a corporate Time-Turner like the ones from Rowling’s books? Does it ever seem like everyone else knows the secret of getting everything done all at once? It might seem that way, but in reality, there’s only one...
Posted on September 21, 2022
With this update, Kanban Board Pro for Office 365 and Microsoft Teams has a new interface. Take a look at the new style, dark theme for Teams, and mobile version.
Posted on September 21, 2022
See how you can add the Kanban board to the quick launch panel in SharePoint.
Posted on August 17, 2022
Gantt chart and Kanban board approaches deserve significant attention, each for many purposes. We explain the difference and show the best sides of the two Virto solutions for SharePoint and Office 365 users.
Posted on August 10, 2022
Calendar Overlay Pro by Virto offers fast and smooth integration with Microsoft Teams. Integrating Calendar Overlay Pro is vital for Microsoft Teams users as it ensures a convenient workflow: it speeds up event creation, as data no longer needs to be entered several times in different applications, and it removes the need to check multiple...
Posted on August 8, 2022
Calendar Overlay Pro for Office 365 and Microsoft Teams supports a crucial feature for any contemporary work calendar – recurring events.
Posted on August 1, 2022
Gantt Chart App for SharePoint Online is now available in Microsoft App Store. Find something new in our article!
Posted on July 8, 2022
Virto Calendar App for Microsoft Teams and Office 365 supports adding iCalendar feeds to your Virto Calendar view. Read in our article how you can do this.
Posted on July 7, 2022
Virto apps are easy to install. But what if you need a few more steps to finalize installation? Read in our simple blog post.
Posted on June 16, 2022
Virto Alerts & Reminders Web part now supports adding clickable elements to the message. Read how you can perform that. Now for Alerts On-premise users.
Posted on June 9, 2022
We have a couple of new features you could use in Virto Kanban Board On-Prem. Check for the update!
Posted on June 3, 2022
We’re offering an example of Virto Project Portfolio Manager use. Study the use case and decide how you can apply Project Portfolio Manager tools to your business.
Posted on May 5, 2022
With Virto Alerts App for SharePoint Online, you can add variable images and links to them to corporate notifications. Here is the use case.
Posted on April 27, 2022
Office 365 Alerts App by VirtoSoftware now provides an incredible ability to add variable images and URLs to notifications. Today we’re telling how you can involve this new option in your business.
Posted on April 18, 2022
You can add Virto Resource Manager SPFx App to Microsoft Teams and use it as a separate tab. Here is the guide we’ve prepared. Please take a look!
Posted on April 11, 2022
Virto Kanban Board On-Premise now also supports templates. See how you can save a template and create a new board from a template in our new blog post!
Posted on April 6, 2022
Virtosoftware releases the Virto Resource Manager app for use on Modern SharePoint site.
Posted on March 31, 2022
This article describes how you can add any Virto modern web part to your SharePoint site. Follow the steps we offer and enjoy the SharePoint modern experience with Virto Modern web parts.
Posted on March 18, 2022
Virto Kanban Board App for Office 365 and MS Teams supports using custom SharePoint list as a data source. See how you can choose and adapt a custom SharePoint list for the Kanban board.
Posted on March 14, 2022
Virto Kanban Board App for O365 now supports creating boards from templates. Learn how to save a template correctly and how to create a new board from a template.
Posted on March 11, 2022
VirtoSoftware is announcing the update of the Virto Kanban Board web part for SharePoint. Find the incredible new features for rapid work with Kanban Board!
Posted on February 28, 2022
We have updated the Virto Calendar app. See how you can use the Status field for tooltip and event view.
Posted on February 11, 2022
The new feature for charts of the Virto Kanban Board Online App is already available for use. Check for the new options and how you can apply them.
Posted on January 25, 2022
See the new how-to video for the Virto Calendar App. We will show you how you can add a new data source to the Virto Calendar.
Posted on January 21, 2022
We have added the updated overview of the Virto Calendar App to our YouTube channel. Watch and see the basic features of Virto Calendar Overlay for Office 365 and Microsoft Teams.
Posted on January 18, 2022
The latest update of the Virto Calendar app provides new options for the location field. Also, now you can use the Virto Mini Calendar web part on modern SharePoint sites. See the post to get more details.
Posted on January 1, 2022
Please follow this simple instruction if you need to install the SPFx custom app.
Posted on December 28, 2021
Introduction The importance of business intelligence is rather hard to overestimate, and this statement could be applied to pretty much any industry out there. SharePoint is not an exception to this rule, and it’s also easy to see how companies showed lots of interest in SharePoint reporting as a feature in recent years. As with...
Posted on December 28, 2021
The Problem of Project Management Project management as a whole is an immensely sophisticated process that is extremely easy to overcomplicate. There are many different reasons that could mess with a project’s successful execution, but it’s safe to say that three of the biggest ones are control, organization, and reporting. Lack of control over task...
Posted on December 8, 2021
Reports from SharePoint lists Presentation is important for pretty much any data source – and SharePoint lists are no exception. Even if you have all of your SharePoint lists filled with interesting data, it would still be more or less useless unless you can present it in an understandable fashion. Especially when it comes to...
Posted on December 6, 2021
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...
Posted on November 23, 2021
Overview The introduction of Microsoft Teams to a wide audience has become a real breakthrough in terms of collaboration opportunities. Unfortunately, it’s not uncommon for the potential of MS Teams to be suppressed by age-old problems, such as lack of knowledge, inactive Teams groups acting as a dead weight, and so on. Even though Microsoft...
Posted on November 14, 2021
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...
Posted on November 11, 2021
VirtoSoftware introduces the updated Kanban Board web part with brand new features. What we have added and how you can apply this with maximum benefit — read in our new blog post!
Posted on November 3, 2021
VirtoSoftware introduces the updated Virto Kanban Board App with new useful options. Take a look at what we have changed and how you can apply it.
Posted on October 15, 2021
VirtoSoftware is ready to share the incredible new functionality of the Virto Kanban Board Online app for Office 365 and MS Teams! We can’t wait to start the show and demonstrate the enhanced Virto Kanban Board in the live demo.
Posted on September 29, 2021
VirtoSoftware updates Virto Portfolio Project Manager App for Office 365. Take a look at the updated online application and see the new features we’ve prepared for you.
Posted on September 24, 2021
VirtoSoftware has just released the update of the Kanban Board online app. Read in our article what we have changed and how to apply the new features.
Posted on August 6, 2021
Virto Kanban Board has multiple scenarios to implement. This case study describes how you can apply it for managing corporate training.
Posted on August 5, 2021
Virto Alerts Online App allows sending reminders directly to MS Teams. In this use case, we’ll show how to organize reminders for upcoming training courses in the company. You will also see how to add tags and tables to the message body.
Posted on July 30, 2021
Updated Virto SharePoint Gantt Chart web part is ready for download and use. Take a look at what we have prepared for you!
Posted on July 27, 2021
Watch our new video and see key magic features of Virto SharePoint Alerts Online for Office 365 and MS Teams.
Posted on July 14, 2021
We have updated Virto SharePoint Resource Manager Online for Office 365. Look what we have changed and start using the improved app right now!
Posted on July 7, 2021
Virto SharePoint Kanban Board Online App now supports rich text format in comments of any Kanban board card and adding images to them.
Posted on June 28, 2021
Meet MakeSomeBreak, the new online app for MS Teams by VirtoSoftware absolutely free.
Posted on June 17, 2021
Microsoft Teams is a free communication software that allows you to easily chat and network with your colleagues. It’s a unified communications platform that offers chat, video conferencing, and file storage, among other things. In addition, Microsoft Teams has been designed to integrate with Office 365.
Posted on June 9, 2021
Virto SharePoint Kanban Board web part now has improved charts. Take a look at what we have changed!
Posted on May 26, 2021
Kanban Board Pro for Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams allows users to track any changes on the board using Alerts and Reminders app. For example, you can enable the alert when a task has been assigned to a user, so they receive an email alert with a link to the task. Then the user clicks...
Posted on May 11, 2021
Virto Kanban Board online application allows using multiple SharePoint lists for a single board. How to tune a board with multiple lists — please see in our article.
Posted on April 28, 2021
Special Price for Educational Organizations: 80% Off for Virto ONE Cloud for Office 365 and MS Teams
VirtoSoftware provides a special offer for educational organizations up to Tuesday, June 15, 2021. Read more to get the details and see how Virto One Cloud may help the education process.
Posted on April 16, 2021
How to use Virto SharePoint Alerts online app and add reminders to your MS Teams channel is here in our new use case and video.
Posted on April 9, 2021
This article described how the new permissions system for Calendar Online App is organized. Please take a look to learn more about it.
Posted on March 31, 2021
Did you know that the Virto Calendar Online app now allows you to add tasks from your Microsoft Planner and show them in a single calendar view or as a separate tab in your MS Teams? Read our article and learn how to achieve a higher level of planning and management with VirtoSoftware and O365...
Posted on March 19, 2021
Microsoft Planner is a well-known project management app with a wide range of integrations thanks to the capabilities of Office 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...
Posted on February 25, 2021
Virto Office 365 Alerts Online App now allows you to set the high importance marker for your alerts and reminders.
Posted on February 15, 2021
Missed online Office 365 Summit “Future of Work. Challenges Solved”? What was the lineup and where to watch the recordings, please read, in our post.
Posted on February 1, 2021
Watch our new video about using charts in the Virto SharePoint Kanban Board Online app for Office 365.
Posted on January 22, 2021
Virto SharePoint Kanban Board Online App now allows analyzing the completed tasks. See below how you can do this and what is the benefit.
Posted on January 15, 2021
VirtoSoftware jointly with Microsoft invites you to attend the free summit. Let’s dip into the new way of managing the business in today’s unexpected reality!
Posted on January 13, 2021
Virto SharePoint Forms Designer App for Office 365 is updated and already available for use.
Posted on January 12, 2021
Virto SharePoint Mini Calendar App for Office 365 now allows you to switch to the Virto Calendar App with a single click. How it looks like and what are the benefits, please read, in our post.
Posted on December 23, 2020
We have prepared the German version of the user guide for Virto Kanban Board Online App. Download the manual and find answers to all your questions.
Posted on December 22, 2020
The German version of the user guide for Virto Kanban Board web part is already available for you. Please feel free to download the manual and learn more about the product.
Posted on December 16, 2020
Holidays are coming and it’s almost time to jingle-bells. VirtoSoftware would be happy to pretend Santa for a while and make a special winter gift for you.
Posted on December 4, 2020
In this post, we would like to show you some administration tools of the Virto Kanban Board on-premises. You might know some of them, the other ones we will describe below.
Posted on December 1, 2020
VirtoSoftware is ready to announce the new update of Virto SharePoint Kanban Board Web Part. We have added sub-tasks logics and made some noteworthy changes. Meet the improved Kanban On-Prem in our post.
Posted on November 13, 2020
Watch our new video and learn more about the Virto SharePoint Kanban Board Online app for Office 365 and its key features.
Posted on October 20, 2020
This autumn VirtoSoftware is starting a series of Free Online Webinars related to Virto SharePoint Apps for Office 365. Online VirtoSoftware webinars are a great way for Virto Product users to stay up to date with the latest features we provide and to interact with our experts. On our webinars, you will get invaluable information...
Posted on October 14, 2020
Virto SharePoint Kanban Board with improved usability is already available for you! What’s new in the online app for Office 365, please read in the post below.
Posted on October 5, 2020
Virto Kanban Board App for Office 365 is a Scrum online tool that visualizes tasks from a chosen SharePoint list as kanban board cards. Key points of using the Kanban Board are in the video and in the post below.
Posted on September 24, 2020
Virto Calendar Online app for Office 365 supports adding SharePoint events of the Calendar to your Outlook. We have prepared this use case to let you see how easy the process is. Follow the steps described below and export SharePoint events from your Virto Calendar to the Outlook.
Posted on September 23, 2020
We have updated the Virto SharePoint Kanban app and improved the block of charts and reports. How to use modified charts for your work in Virto Kanban Board — please find in our post.
Posted on September 22, 2020
We have updated the Virto Calendar Online. Just look at how you can unify categories of your Virto Calendar events for multiple data sources and filter them.
Posted on September 17, 2020
We’ve all been in a situation when there’s a need for you to work on a specific document but you don’t have a desktop or a laptop near you. This is where Office 365 comes in, allowing you to operate a plethora of Microsoft applications from any device that has an internet connection, including your...
Posted on September 15, 2020
Microsoft Teams is an extensive communication platform that offers a variety of useful functions from the get-go, from video meetings and team chats to file storage, and more. But there’s also one other feature of MS Teams that is really useful, and it’s application integration. Features of Microsoft Teams It’s important to mention that Microsoft...
Posted on September 11, 2020
We have updated the Virto Calendar Online app for Office 365 and added some new features which you might find very useful. Please look at the list of them below in the post.
Posted on September 9, 2020
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.
Posted on September 4, 2020
Here is our updated Virto SharePoint Alerts. What’s new in the online app?
Posted on August 26, 2020
We have updated the Virto Kanban Board for SharePoint online. Now you can export your boards to PDF files.
Posted on August 14, 2020
VirtoSoftware introduces the new update. Now Virto Kanban Board web part supports the modern SharePoint interface.
Posted on August 10, 2020
How to succeed in marketing tasks with Virto products and create an efficient and clear system for your work. Request a free consultation
Posted on August 3, 2020
VirtoSoftware has updated the Virto SharePoint Kanban Board online. Now you can use the default SharePoint form to view and edit cards of your Virto Kanban boards.
Posted on July 27, 2020
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...
Posted on July 23, 2020
We would like to show you how to install the Virto Calendar directly from your Microsoft Teams and start using it as a separate tab in any Teams channel. You will see how simple the installation process is. Just follow the steps described below in the article or watch the video and start using Virto...
Posted on July 22, 2020
The large update of the Virto Kanban Board Online app is ready to use. The most valuable part of the change is the new permissions management model for Virto Kanban Board. We have certainly considered your feedback and included your everyday use cases into the general idea of the Kanban new permissions management.
Posted on July 16, 2020
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 SharePoint Kanban Board right now!
Posted on June 30, 2020
VirtoSoftware has updated the Mini Calendar app for Office 365 and SharePoint online. Now the Mini Calendar app – an app included in Calendar Overlay Pro by Virto – has several view options, additional color – coding, print settings, and many other convenient features that we will go over in this article.
Posted on June 7, 2020
We are glad to announce the new version of Virto SharePoint Kanban on-premises with improved tooltip and edit form. Please look at the new Kanban features prepared to enhance your work with Kanban.
Posted on May 28, 2020
How to use a SharePoint Calendar in Teams? We made it simpler with a new update of Virto Calendar!
Posted on May 18, 2020
Virto SharePoint Alerts allows you to automate your business processes as you wish. But it also integrates perfectly with Microsoft Teams!
Posted on May 11, 2020
Learn more about improving the efficiency of your marketing department with an innovative Integrated Marketing calendar from VirtoSoftware.
Posted on April 23, 2020
Imagine a huge IT company rapidly transferring all business online. All business, all the business units. Including all those who did not work from home before.
Posted on April 20, 2020
Task Management with a Microsoft Teams Kanban Board Have you ever had a situation where a team has worked so hard, but the result is not as good as expected? No one understands what the cause is, the team is burnt out, but you don’t see the results you expect. You try different training...
Posted on March 24, 2020
Virto SharePoint Calendar for Office 365 displays multiple categories from Outlook, has an option to select data storage location, get attachment support, and option to copy a data source.
Posted on March 20, 2020
Virto Kanban Board for SharePoint 2019/2016/2013 comes with labels feature, charts upgrade, task and board history, and other features.
About the author 
Tatiana Sushchenko is the product owner at VirtoSoftware. She started her IT career with the famous ABBYY Lingvo back in 2006 in Moscow. Then she moved to Microsoft performing strongly in various marketing management roles across Visio, SharePoint, Office 365 and Project for almost 10 years. Tatiana is a graduate of the Institute of Business Studies and holds a mini-MBA degree. She also graduated from Microsoft marketing excellence university.