Personal data (also referred to as PII – Personal Identifiable Information) identifies an individual. In that personal...
Understanding Personal Data in Data Processing
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Assurance Articles
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...
Content Management Systems – Principles and Concepts of Information Assurance
A major challenge in businesses is a misconception, that data is 100% secure concerning any part of its data processing within that business. This data processing concerns the content management lifecycle; from creation, to storage, to distribution, to workflow and...
SharePoint Security and helping users become more aware
A key aspect of implementing SharePoint in an organisation is relevant to security of content. The success of SharePoint in an organisation is due not only to how comfortable users are with using their current technology with SharePoint, it is also down to ensuring...
Port, Pies and SharePoint Support
Merry Christmas Everyone! As the seasonal period quickly approaches, the discussions concerning what happens to supporting SharePoint over the holiday either approaches, or has been covered, or even assumed. The Christmas period is of course where your SharePoint...
What is Microsoft Office System Service Delivery?
This quick article is going to explain the basis of Microsoft Office Systems Service Delivery (centered a little on SharePoint, ahem) and why it is so important to have in your organization. Also, check out my book (on this link) which covers a lot more on this topic....
Cloud Solution Sustainment – A SharePoint Service Delivery perspective
I was privileged to be speaking at the Workflow for Everyone, Everywhere conference hosted by Nintex at Microsoft UK in London on Wednesday the 16th of April. I shared the stage with Pete Hampton, Productivity Specialist Sales Manager at Microsoft, Nintex and an elite...
Port, Pies and SharePoint Support
Providing a sustained and good SharePoint service means providing adequate SharePoint support - and that is not simply for 'work-days'. As Christmas looms, there needs to be ample preparation done to ensure that those charged with providing SharePoint support over the...
Analysing Site Activity in SharePoint 2013
Tracking site usage is a very important method of identifying and helping sustain user adoption of a SharePoint 2013 site. Using site usage statistics can help prove the take up of a new SharePoint site, identify shortfalls in the design, and indicates how searches...
Opening Mind Manager Files in SharePoint
Summary Ok, time for a quick article as I am such a Mind Manager fan (you've probably have guessed because of the amount of Mind Manager outputs on my site)! The challenge for those using Mind Manager in SharePoint is that whenever they attempt to open a file in...
SharePoint – Building a Project Management solution in six steps
I was asked to describe how a small team, who has never seen SharePoint or Project before, could take on a SharePoint look at Project Management tools focused Information Worker level. By doing this, a Project Management solution could be created whereby solving...