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Software Development Practice Journal – Call for Articles

Are you into technology? Really? Software Design? Coding? Systems Analysis? Would you like a chance for your ideas to be heard? Want to join the worlds only Institute dedicated to those who design, build, test, implement and analyse software solutions? Then you should...

SharePoint 2016 resource and IT Preview download available

Automation

Oooo... Things are gaining ground in the SharePoint 2016 arena. A fantastic set of links to resources, concerning planning, setup, operations, upgrading and lot more is available on the TechNet site....

Office 365 gets Sway!

Microsoft 365

Microsft today released a new feature for Office 365. Eligible organizations will soon have access to Sway for Office 365. Sway is an intelligent storytelling app for business that helps create content using a web-based canvas. This could prove extremely useful for...

Implementing SharePoint – a ten step guide

Implementation

Hi there folks! Sometime ago I created a quick ten step guide and had it published on TechNet - amazed to find so much interest, and great comments! ShareGate contacted me and asked if they could turn it into an info-graphic (which looks great); now available on their...

See the SharePoint 2019 Deployment guide by Microsoft

Implementation

Getting hands on deployment information concerning SharePoint 2019 can be a challenge. Managed to locate this guide which is created by Microsoft detailing the process!

Verifying your Domain Name with Office365 starring NSLOOKUP

Microsoft 365

Had some fun trying to get a domain validated with Office365. Here's the issue. When going for validation, you will be given instructions on setting a TXT or MX record and will be given a validation code to enter with your provider. If the provider given on the page...

Office 365 Public Roadmap is a key service delivery tool

Microsoft 365

Being an Office 365 administrator is challenging. Simply being on top of the changes in Office365 would be difficult in the extreme, simply because you may need to feed into more than one client, and trying to pass information directly to them in their form may be...

Register to attend the Microsoft MVP Virtual Conference

General Blogs

Hi All – I wanted to let you know about a great free event that Microsoft and the MVPs are putting on, May 14th & 15th. Join Microsoft MVPs from the Americas' region as they share their knowledge and real-world expertise during a free event, the MVP Virtual...

Understanding Training Options around SharePoint…

Implementation

Welcome to an article which goes into the land of SharePoint Training. This attempts to examine various levels of training and how they can and are being mapped to SharePoint information workers, irrespective of whether they are SharePoint on-premise, or SharePoint...

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Setting Edit Rights in a SharePoint Site – Approach with Caution!

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.

Forms and Process Design Importance

Form and Process (workflow) are very popular provisions for Teams and SharePoint productivity. And it really doesn't matter which tools use to build these; great ones are Nintex Forms and Microsoft Forms. Both are modern, state of the art enterprise products which are...

SharePoint Requirements Analysis Guide

SharePoint User Requirements Analysis is vital; the corner stone in developing, deploying and providing a properly managed SharePoint environment. Because User Requirements is a very important area, you must have on board the relevant people resources that are...

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...

Workflow Service Delivery Options

This article takes a service delivery examination concerning workflow provisions around SharePoint, Office365, Windows Azure to help you understand the implications there are for organisations needing to improve business process automation, collaboration and...

SharePoint Service Level Agreement Guide

Support service development for SharePoint is crucial to ensure sustained SharePoint Governance and User Adoption. I had the situation where in building a SharePoint support service that a customer needed the provision of support to be handled differently for a newly...

SharePoint and the Internet of Things

Bold statement time. The Internet is a collection of machines - and there is more data generated by machines than humans. IOT (Internet Of Things) is connected devices providing data which will simplify, enhance, and enrich our lives. Already connected devices are...

SharePoint Governance Guide

Not a hardware, software, or people resource solution. It is an organizational strategy and methodology for documenting and implementing business rules and controls related to your client’s data. It brings cross-functional teams together to identify data issues...

SharePoint Delivery Planning Guide

As part of my book, SharePoint 2013 User Adoption Planning and Governance, below is a SharePoint Delivery Detail Plan. This plan encompasses the tasks required to deliver a SharePoint solution from Envision through to User Adoption.

SharePoint Archive Planning Guide

History has a way of repeating itself. Thankfully, when we learn from the mistakes of the past, we are able to address new challenges more quickly and in smarter ways. In the early 1990s, email emerged as a collaboration mechanism, speeding up communications between...