In the age of rapid collaboration and cloud-first strategies, provisioning SharePoint sites has never been easier. But with great power comes great potential for chaos. When sites are created without proper analysis, planning, or governance, organizations often find themselves buried under a mountain of sprawl, broken workflows, and compliance nightmares.
There are risks of granting Edit rights broadly. This article underscores the importance of assigning Edit rights selectively and implementing controls such as versioning and approval workflows to safeguard critical documents.
Being a Microsoft Office 365 Partner am keen to follow any news concerning feature changes and updates to Office365. Microsoft announced via this blog, that Office 2013 clientsā connections to commercial Office 365 services will not be supported after October 13,...
Personal data (also referred to as PII ā 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...
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...
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...
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...
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.Ā The Christmas period is of course where your SharePoint...
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....
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...
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...