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Office 365 system requirements changes for Office client connectivity
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Implementation Articles
New feature: Make changes to Office deployments without changing the version
With the most recent release of the Office Deployment Tool (ODT) we have implemented a new feature based on customer's...
SharePoint – The Spend, the Schedule, the Scope
A SharePoint Implementation combining a detailed Project Plan and Quality Plan allows you to capture key pieces of information; namely, the commitment to spend (i.e. what the budget is); the schedule (when it is needed by) and the scope (what is SharePoint going to...
Build Template
This is a SharePoint Build Template. It is designed so that you can record the content of the SharePoint installation in terms of its software, and refer to the documents that will guide the installation of SharePoint. The Software Build Template is referred from my...
Risk Management
SharePoint Project Risk Management Definition: Risk Management is the identification and evaluation of risks to an organization - including risks to its existence, profits and reputation - and the acceptance, elimination, controlling or mitigation of the risks and...
SharePoint 2010 Service Applications
This is a quick list of SharePoint 2010 Service Applications and a quick description of each. You can also see this as a full page display here: http://www.geoffevelyn.com/spssite/mmap/sps2010servapps/index.html %CODE1%
Content Control
This article is concerned with how the management of documents and data in a site related to the delivery of a SharePoint solution, thus allowing the control, storage and management of information related to a SharePoint delivery program. This document will describe...
Avoiding the Failure of SharePoint Implementation Projects
Here's a little section from my forthcoming book concerning Managing and Implementing SharePoint 2010 Projects. Large SharePoint implementation and upgrade projects are the nightmare of many corporate boardrooms. Decisions regarding goals for the organization...
Verify and Validate SharePoint solutions
As SharePoint Delivery Manager, it is your responsibility to ensure that the SharePoint solution being delivered meets SharePoint sponsor technical requirements and fulfil most, if not all the objectives and expectations of service. This means you must Verify and...
SharePoint Subcontract Procedures
SharePoint subcontracts can be raised when it is considered that it is more effective to place discrete packages of work outside of the organisation. This article is referred to in my book, Managing and Implementing SharePoint 2010 Projects. The article describes,...
The Right Way, the Wrong Place
SharePoint 2010 as an upgrade and new collaborative technology platform is here; brand new; shining with feature-sets, clean with many new things users can do. Those considering the push of moving their SharePoint 2007 environment(s) over could of course do this since...