Words matter

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painfully precise corrections.

You’re here because someone wanted to correct you but was too polite, so here we are… Find the right spelling, capitalisation or spacing, then share its direct link like a tiny grammatical hand grenade.

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The correct term is

Bluesky

Common incorrect versions

  • BlueSky

Why you might be doing it wrong

Because SharePoint maybe? Or maybe you think that CoPilot is correct.

The correct term is

Clipchamp

Common incorrect versions

  • ClipChamp

Why you might be doing it wrong

Because it feels like it should be, but it’s just not, so it’s like, totally weird… right?

The correct term is

Cloudflare

Common incorrect versions

  • CloudFlare

Why you might be doing it wrong

Because why shouldn’t it have a capital F? Because it’s not. It’s not a Microsoft product after all!

The correct term is

Copilot

Common incorrect versions

  • Co-pilot
  • CoPilot
  • Co-Pilot
  • copilot

Why you might be doing it wrong

Because SharePoint broke you, and now you write words with an uppercase “P” in them just in case.

The correct term is

Entra ID

Common incorrect versions

  • EntraId
  • entraid
  • Azure AD

Why you might be doing it wrong

Some of it is because Microsoft changed the product name after about 12 years, but the rest of it is on you.

The correct term is

Intune

Common incorrect versions

  • InTune
  • Intunes

Why you might be doing it wrong

Because Apple iTunes.

The correct term is

On-premises

Common incorrect versions

  • On-premise

Why you might be doing it wrong

Hard to put a finger on this one. Words mean things, and a letter difference can really change its meaning – in this case literally.

Premise meaning: a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion

Premises meaning: a piece of land together with its buildings

The correct term is

OneDrive

Common incorrect versions

  • Onedrive
  • One Drive
  • SkyDrive

Why you might be doing it wrong

Look, SkyDrive was renamed to OneDrive back in 2014 so there’s really no reason for that one.

Also, since 2014, so… c’mon already.

The correct term is

OneNote

Common incorrect versions

  • Onenote
  • One Note

Why you might be doing it wrong

No reason really. It’s been around since 2003. Just because it’s new to you, doesn’t mean you can write incorrectly.

The correct term is

Power Apps

Common incorrect versions

  • PowerApps

Why you might be doing it wrong

This is actually Microsoft’s fault, because it was originally actually written as “PowerApps”. However, it was renamed several years ago – so you have no excuse now.

The correct term is

Power BI

Common incorrect versions

  • PowerBI
  • PowerBi
  • Power Bi
  • Fabric (yeah, I’ll fight you on this one)

Why you might be doing it wrong

The “BI” in this product name refers to “Business Intelligence” – something you’re not demonstrating when writing it incorrectly.

The correct term is

Power Fx

Common incorrect versions

  • PowerFx
  • Power FX
  • PowerFX

Why you might be doing it wrong

Because the idea of a space between a buzzword and a trendy abbreviation fries people’s brains nearly as much as seeing every variation of Copilot.

The correct term is

PowerPoint

Common incorrect versions

  • Powerpoint

Why you might be doing it wrong

It’s existed since 1987 so you really don’t have an excuse at this point.

The correct term is

PowerShell

Common incorrect versions

  • Powershell
  • Power shell

Why you might be doing it wrong

I’m confused here too. I thought Microsoft only capitalised the letter “P” in the middle of words? (Except in the case of Copilot.)

The correct term is

SharePoint

Common incorrect versions

  • Sharepoint
  • Share point
  • Share Point

Why you might be doing it wrong

Because you were raised by wolves.

The correct term is

Team

Common incorrect versions

  • Team site

Why you might be doing it wrong

Because you never used SharePoint before it was forced upon you with Microsoft Teams. Now you refer to a Team in Microsoft Teams as a “team site” – except that’s actually a type of site template in SharePoint. So if you say “it’s in the team site” to someone who used SharePoint before 2017, they’ll go looking in the SharePoint site.

The correct term is

Windows Autopilot

Common incorrect versions

  • Autopilot
  • Windows AutoPilot

Why you might be doing it wrong

Because for some reason you thought that “CoPilot” was the correct spelling, and decided to apply that to Windows Autopilot.

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