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Office 365 Answers – Check this out!
One of the biggest challenges in supporting Office365 is getting a real statement on issues that have been put by...
Oh SharePoint, What Gets Supported?
Time for another support article, and I'll concentrate in this area for the next month or so since it is a key aspect of SharePoint Service Delivery, and crucial to sustaining SharePoint User Adoption. I put an article to the wonderful MS TechNet guys, and am so...
What is SharePoint? Video from Microsoft!
Microsoft have provided a great video clip explaining what SharePoint is. I think it is a really good advert for SharePoint, but at the same time, helps you demonstrate the collaboration features that enables SharePoint to solve information and collaborative...
SharePoint Site Security – A Best Practice Guide
No, security is not all about a Dalek yelling 'Exterminate' if you don't follow rules concerning access to information 🙂 Access to information can be controlled at many different levels within Sharepoint. The question of where best to implement control of user access...
Microsoft Office Specialist – SharePoint Importance
Sustained User Adoption is vital to ensure people using SharePoint remain productive and proactive. Pro-activity is key, since the reliance on SharePoint support will grow based - success breeds success; on solving user queries, meeting and solving business...
Planning Worksheets for SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint 2013
The following downloads are worksheets designed to help plan aspects of a SharePoint 2010 or a SharePoint 2013 implementation, and at the same time ensure that decisions in the design are captured.So, you should use these in conjunction with the development of the...
Some Guiding Principles for SharePoint Service Delivery
SharePoint Service Delivery concerns itself with capability, and the methods used to ensure that the clients SharePoint vision and goals align with the users, and includes focusing how those responsible for managing the platform (the technical teams) fit and provide...
SharePoint Collaborative Ownership
In Chapter 4 of my forthcoming book SharePoint 2013 User Adoption Planning and Governance, there is a section titled 'Collaborative Ownership'; it is my take on the creation of simple rules to manage a SharePoint solution (note - an implementation of a SharePoint...
SharePoint Champions of the Cause
Using SharePoint, organizations should be leveraging every asset which makes them more productive out of the platform, and as effectively as they can. This means investing time and resources to make sure users are fully utilizing the functions made available to them;...
SharePoint 2007 to 2010 Migration Plan
One of the most difficult migration paths for SharePoint is from version 2007 to 2010. Not so much due to the technical requirements concerning things like content database shift, Web Application shift, Site Collection review, Third Party review. But more on the...