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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. Introduction Working on multiple projects at the same time is a classic practice for most businesses. It is challenging to control all the projects and consider strategic objectives, complex planning, and managing resources. But if you succeed, you get the benefits. The project portfolio management approach allows portfolio managers to optimize resource planning and use them more efficiently across all the projects. As a result, you fully enjoy the method’s advantages: ...

With Virto Alerts App for SharePoint Online, you can add variable images and links to them to corporate notifications. Here is the use case. As you know, with the latest update, Virto Office 365 Alerts App supports complex links. This means that Alerts users now can add variable clickable elements to alerts and reminders. This is an especially valuable feature when we speak about images in alerts. Previously, you could add images to alerts as a constant visual element. Just a picture. Now the image changes automatically depending on the source SharePoint item. For example, you wish to alert about the newly added image, and the notification inserts this image to the email. Moreover, the image is clickable. Today we offer a simple use case of O365 Alerts with complex links. We also are going to send the alert to the Teams channel. Let’s start! ...

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. Introduction Virto Office 365 Alerts App is your assistant for keeping your SharePoint team in the loop in a few clicks. You specify a trigger for an automatic alert, for example, when someone changes a SharePoint list item, and the chosen group of users (or a single user) receives the notification. The filling of an alert also goes from your head and O365 Alerts features provide you with almost unlimited capabilities. Add tables, change the design, use templates and follow the idea of a perfect notification system with our flexible solution. ...

You can add the 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! Microsoft Teams app currently has 270 million daily active users. Over 500,000 organizations use Microsoft Teams as their default messaging platform (Todd Bishop posted in Geekwire News article). That is why the VirtoSoftware team pays much attention to team users. We keep on adding more Virto SharePoint apps to be used in Microsoft Teams. Our customers are already using Virto Calendar Overlay and Virto Kanban Board apps in Teams as separate tabs. Now it’s the turn of Virto Resource Manager SPFx app. ...

Previously we’ve told you about the ability to use board templates in Virto Kanban Board App. Please see the Virto Kanban Board App: Use Templates to Create Boards post. Now we are ready to provide the same magic ability for Virto Kanban Board On-Premise. With this update, the Kanban Board web part (including SharePoint 2013, 2016, and 2019) supports templates. How to save a Kanban board as a template? First, navigate to​​​​ List Setup block of your board settings. The three options are available: ...

Meet the New Virto Resource Manager SPFx VirtoSoftware team is happy to announce that the Virto Resource Manager app is ready to use! The app is available in the Microsoft App Store for download and installation. To start using Virto Resource Manage on modern SharePoint site pages, download the app and add it to the chosen site. Please find the detailed instruction in the How to Add a Virto Modern Web Part to your SharePoint Site blog post. ...

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. How to add Virto Modern web part VirtoSoftware provides the use of modern web parts for SharePoint. You can see how to add any Virto modern web part to your SharePoint site. The example is for the Virto Calendar Modern web part. But the procedure is absolutely the same for other Virto modern web parts. You can find all the direct links for downloading SPKKG files. ...

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. Quick Board and Custom List Virto Kanban Board app uses SharePoint list as a data source of the board. There are two ways to create a new board. The first one is a quick board. In this case, the SharePoint list is created automatically with all the fields required for the proper work of your Kanban Board. But there are many cases when you need a custom SharePoint list to create a new board. Or you’re using multiple lists and would like to make sure all of them Certainly, you can use a Task list that already contains all the required fields. But if your source list is not of that type, you still can use the Virto Kanban Board successfully. We’ll tell you how. ...

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. We are happy to announce the update of the Virto Kanban Board for Office 365 and Teams. This update brings the ability to create a new Kanban board from a template you saved before. Why use a template? Templates help you to create Kanban boards using a pre-configured data structure and skip the huge part of the manual fill-in process. There are lots of cases when using a template is essential: from aircraft design and opening a new branch to application release or onboarding a new team member. When the scheme is the same and all you need to change is the data for the new board, the use of templates is the best way to start working. You load the previously saved file and customize it to fit your situation by changing descriptions, adding new assignees, and setting reminders to keep you and your team up to date on what’s happening. ...

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! Today’s update of the Virto Kanban Board on-premise brings tools to speed up working with your boards. Save your time with new features provided by the VirtoSoftware team and enjoy. What’s New Change Swimlane Field on the Board We have added the ability to switch swimlane fields right on the board. You had to open board settings to change the swimlane field in previous versions of the web part. We have changed that. Now you can change a swimlane field right on the board: just choose the field from the dropdown. ...

We have updated the Virto Calendar app. See how you can use the Status field for tooltip and event view. Free/Busy Status in Online Calendar Sharing Calendar to colleagues, partners, your manager and etc. requires one simple feature. It is essential to let others see when you’re busy or free for scheduling an event. This is an especially useful option when there are many calendars unified in a single calendar. And making sure everyone can attend may take time. VirtoSoftware apps for Office 365 and MS Teams are always intended to save your time for more important matters. That is why we have added the Free/Busy option to Virto Calendar App. Now you can see how it works. ...

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. VirtoSoftware has just updated the Virto Kanban Board App for Office 365 and MS Teams. With this update, the Kanban app is providing the ability to turn off charts for the current board and set the permission to view charts. How to View Chart Report of Your Board As you remember, every Kanban board supports visual reports that you can generate automatically in the “Charts” block. To load charts, you need to clock “Open charts” in the top right corner. ...