SharePoint User Adoption – Key things to mention for SharePoint 2013
Excerp: "For those entrenched in trying to get information workers to buy into using SharePoint, SharePoint User Adoption seems to be a black art. In a way, it is because the kind of enticements and methods you use will be relative to the product that is being...
How to connect a SharePoint 2013 Document Library to Outlook 2013
One of the key methods of gaining User Adoption of SharePoint is ensuring and pushing the integration it has with Microsoft Office to information workers. After all, information workers generally use Outlook as their 'mother-ship'. Getting those users to switch...
Getting the Windows File Explorer option in SharePoint 2013 to work in a Server 2012 sandbox
Another quick "How To" from Geoff! I needed to quickly find a way to enable multiple file upload (not Drag / Drop); because I was demonstrating the capabilities of a SharePoint site to clients, and was doing this on a VM with Office 2013 on the same box as the server...
How to Synchronize a SharePoint 2010 Task List with Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Outlook provides a Task management feature so that users can create and manage personal tasks. These tasks can be assigned to one or more people, and can be linked into their personal Calendars in Outlook. Whilst the same functionality exists in SharePoint,...
Carrying out a SharePoint Feasibility Study
When getting an organization to make an investment into using SharePoint (irrespective of premise i.e. on-off, or SharePoint version), a SharePoint Feasibility Study should be carried out for them. A Feasibility Study identifies the following: What are the current...
SharePoint Champions of the Cause
Using SharePoint, organizations should be leveraging every asset which makes them more productive out of the platform, and as effectively as they can. This means investing time and resources to make sure users are fully utilizing the functions made available to them;...
Some key SharePoint 2013 features
User Adoption of SharePoint is based on meeting the goals and requirements of the business sponsor. To do that, there is an importance in ensuring that the correct features are applied to the relevant solutions to meet their goals. Platform Governance is key; since...
SharePoint 2007 to 2010 Migration Plan
One of the most difficult migration paths for SharePoint is from version 2007 to 2010. Not so much due to the technical requirements concerning things like content database shift, Web Application shift, Site Collection review, Third Party review. But more on the...
Office 365 becomes part of Microsoft Office Specialist Programme
A major important milestone in the step to get information workers creditations in the use of Office products. Just last year I completed the SharePoint Study guide for Microsoft Office, and now in not the too distant future (in fact in late August to be precise),...