SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 2 Available
A key aspect of service delivery is the provision of updates to the SharePoint Platform, the key ones being Service Packs. Well, Service Pack 2 for SharePoint Server 2010 is now available. The pack addresses security, stability, and performance and provides better...
SharePoint 2010 and 2013 User Adoption Kits and 2010 Productivity Hub
The SharePoint 2010 Productivity Hub and the User Adoption Kits for SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint 2013 are great tools of centralizing knowledge in the organization, providing materials to enable the communication of SharePoint to information workers and helping...
What is SharePoint? Video from Microsoft!
Microsoft have provided a great video clip explaining what SharePoint is. I think it is a really good advert for SharePoint, but at the same time, helps you demonstrate the collaboration features that enables SharePoint to solve information and collaborative...
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...
SharePoint Site Security – A Best Practice Guide
No, security is not all about a Dalek yelling 'Exterminate' if you don't follow rules concerning access to information 🙂 Access to information can be controlled at many different levels within Sharepoint. The question of where best to implement control of user access...
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...
GEBestBetAdder – SharePoint tool to Export and Import Best Bet Keywords
GEBESTBETADDER is a FREE command line application that carries out the following: 1: Lists existing keywords and best bets 2: Connects to a managed SharePoint keyword list for the import into a keyword search list 3: Exports keywords 4: Imports keywords 5: Clears...
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...
GEMySiteLockDown – Automate MySite Lock Status – and Removal
Was asked today – is there anyway to remove Mysites en-mass in SharePoint 2010? Yes, because I’ve written a free tool available for download that works using the following parameters: -a Create file for ALL sites within the chosen collection -d Create file...