Microsoft 365 Archives - Hart of the Midlands https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/tag/microsoft-365/ Mike Hartley - Microsoft MVP - Power Platform, Copilot, Accessibility, Mental Health Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:00 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://i0.wp.com/hartofthemidlands.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/cropped-StagHead512.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Microsoft 365 Archives - Hart of the Midlands https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/tag/microsoft-365/ 32 32 154241808 X-Ray! [A to Z a11y] https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/2025/02/x-ray-a-to-z-a11y/ Fri, 21 Feb 2025 08:30:00 +0000 https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/?p=1798 Colour Vision Deficiency affects over 8% of men and 0.5% of women. Colour filters (including one that looks like an X-Ray mode) help present colours in a way that assists people with CVD.

In this post I take a look at the colour modes, how they work, and what all this means for building solutions.

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]]> 1798 WCAG [A to Z a11y] https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/2025/02/wcag-a-to-z-a11y/ Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:25:00 +0000 https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/?p=1792 One common acronym that has run throughout many of the blog posts here is WCAG. It stands for "Web Content Accessibility Guidelines" and comes from the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium). It's a set of guidelines designed for websites and content, but has been adopted as the standard for digital accessibility.

In this post I'll be looking at what WCAG is and some of the ways it influences how we build.

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]]> 1792 The Voice [A to Z a11y] https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/2025/02/the-voice-a-to-z-a11y/ Mon, 10 Feb 2025 09:03:00 +0000 https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/?p=1788 In this AI-assistant world of Copilots, Agents, and ever-listening smart devices, Voice is becoming more prevalent. What if this is the primary source of control for people though?
Here I take a look at the importance of the voice in solutions we build.

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]]> 1788 User eXperience / User Interface [A to Z a11y] https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/2025/01/user-experience-user-interface-a-to-z-a11y/ Wed, 22 Jan 2025 08:16:00 +0000 https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/?p=1775 User eXperience and User Interface are massive areas of a project.

Creating a community of people that includes those with disabilities and neurodiversities leads to better design, better results, and better uptake.

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]]> 1775 Images [A to Z a11y] https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/2023/08/images-a-to-z-a11y/ Mon, 28 Aug 2023 09:05:24 +0000 https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/?p=1497 "A picture is worth a thousand words" - Napoleon. Or maybe a Japanese proverb. Or even coined by members of the press. The origin isn't important (most people say Napoleon), the quote is. What if you can't see the image and you rely on Screen Readers? Let's explore as we dive into I in the A to Z of Accessibility - Images.

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]]> 1497 GDS, EAA, ADA and more [A to Z a11y] https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/2023/08/gds-eaa-ada-and-more-a-to-z-a11y/ Sat, 12 Aug 2023 15:45:03 +0000 https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/?p=1484 Welcome to the letter G in the A to Z of Accessibility: Power Platform Edition. Here we will take a look at a veritable alphabet soup of accessibility with GDS, EAA, ADA and more. These are some of the regulations, legislations, and design requirements that exist across different geographic regions and impact organisations working in these regions.

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]]> 1484 What the F…ont [A to Z a11y] https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/2023/08/what-the-font-a-to-z-a11y/ Tue, 01 Aug 2023 10:51:28 +0000 https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/?p=1466 Call them Fonts or call them Typefaces I'm not precious, but these along with the way we apply Formatting to our text make a massive difference to our Accessibility goals.

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]]> 1466 The Evolution Experience [A to Z a11y] https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/2023/07/a-to-z-a11y-the-evolution-experience/ Tue, 25 Jul 2023 09:39:48 +0000 https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/?p=1442 This episode of A to Z of Accessibility is for The Evolution Experience.

This section could be easily have been dubbed "Progress Over Perfection" but I wanted to get this in early on so I could encourage and exhort you all to embark upon the expedition that is Accessibility.

This article is not tech specific so applies to everything.

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]]> 1442 The Dark Mode comes [A to Z a11y] https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/2023/07/a-to-z-a11y-the-dark-mode-comes/ Tue, 18 Jul 2023 10:25:33 +0000 https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/?p=1427 Welcome, reader. I'm looking forward to continuing your training. This is the A to Z Accessibility: The Dark Side comes post!

Question: Are you a Dark Mode-r or a firm adherent to the Light Mode? Well, here at the Letter D I'm here to explore both - and neither.

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]]> 1427 Colours Everywhere! [A to Z a11y] https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/2023/07/a-to-z-a11y-colours-everywhere/ Tue, 11 Jul 2023 06:05:59 +0000 https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/?p=1412 So here we are at C in the A to Z of Accessibility - Power Platform Edition. In this first "C" post I want to look at the use of Colours, colours everywhere!

This applies to all areas of the Power Platform, yup even Dataverse. It also applies to anywhere that colour is used, so definitely one to pay attention to!

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