A checklist for consideration when creating a SharePoint Platform
It is likely that the initial implementation of a SharePoint platform will morph in its lifecycle. This article provides a checklist covering SharePoint 2007, 2010 and 2013 to aid its configuration management…
Office 365 Support Information Available
For anyone working with software systems will know that there is nothing on the planet that is so completely frustrating, as a solution that does not work. Downtime leads to increased overhead costs, lost productivity, lost customer satisfaction and lost revenue. This...
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...
GEListAllSites – Sharepoint tool to List Sites and permissions
List one or all sites on a farm with information concerning size, storage, bandwith, owner, optionally including a switch for displaying those with a specific right on the sites. An enhancement upgrade to the nifty utility GEGETRIGHTS, this is yet another nifty...
Office 365 Standard Response to Request for Information – Security and Privacy
The Cloud Security Alliance published the Cloud Control Matrix, to support consumers in the evaluation of cloud services and to identify questions prudent to have answered before moving to cloud services. In response to this publication, Microsoft has created this...
Office365 for Business Public Roadmap released
Microsoft has today released the Office 365 for business public roadmap. The Office 365 for business public roadmap provides customers with a way to learn more about upcoming change and updates before the change impacts their service. Go here to see the Office365 for...
Ten Steps to Creating a SharePoint Support Model – Slide Deck available
I was absolutely delighted to have been part of an exceptional line up at the European SharePoint Conference 2014 this year. The conference took place in Barcelona, Spain from the 5th to the 8th of May 2014 and was Europe's largest SharePoint event, bringing great...
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...
What makes a ‘Usable’ SharePoint Solution?
Any SharePoint solution has to be usable, by the users and by the support team who addresses those challenges posed by the users, and by those who delivered the solution to ensure that enhancements and modifications can be applied. The solution must be usable,...