Automation Articles

Understanding Personal Data in Data Processing

Personal data (also referred to as PII – Personal Identifiable Information) identifies an individual. In that personal data, a name by itself is not enough to identify an individual, however, a name including the address would. For example, when you are called by an...

Microsoft SOC and ISO Audit Reports Available

One of the most useful documents in my view in planning implementations of Office365 is understanding data encryption and data backup and the standards applied. Microsoft have provided audit reports covering their cloud stack (Dynamics CRM, Office365, Yammer and...

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 users and also those known by Microsoft. As part of the knowledge base on this site, I’ve provided direct from Microsoft a list of the most common...

Office 365 Monitoring using System Centre Operations Manager

One of the most compelling challenges for Office 365 is centralised monitoring. Those working in the SharePoint arena will know only too well importance of monitoring and reporting across the platforms they manage. This is not simply from a technical but also from...
SharePoint Collaborative Ownership

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...

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SharePoint Champions of the Cause

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;...

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