Office365 Explanation

Office365 Explanation

This article describes the Office365 offering as a question / answer format. This is particularly useful when explaining exactly what Office365 is, what it entails, the costs and benefits. As a Microsoft Partner I offer Office 365 and am happy to provide...

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VmLimited – Dont Get Stuck in the IT Past

VmLimited – Dont Get Stuck in the IT Past

Hi there, just had to make a mention to this one, very funny! A good advert for the cloud from Microsoft. Here's the description from the Youtube vid: "Some IT providers claim they have a cloud solution but they really offer something less. They don't offer common...

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Office365 Free Ebook Available

Office365 Free Ebook Available

There's a nifty free eBook covering the use of Office365 now available.  As per the blog from Rosemary Caperton here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2011/08/17/free-ebook-microsoft-office-365-connect-and-collaborate-virtually-anywhere-anytime.aspx...

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Office365 SharePoint Blues

Office365 SharePoint Blues

Ok, so I have been working with several clients who are 'interested' in Office 365, particularly from a SharePoint perspective. During demonstrations of the platform with them, and through my own use I've come across several issues. So I've of course raised tickets...

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What is Office365

What is Office365

This article describes the Office365 offering as a question / answer format. This is particularly useful when explaining exactly what Office365 is, what it entails, the costs and benefits. Note that I offer Office 365 as a Microsoft Partner and am happy to provide...

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SharePoint Governance

SharePoint Governance

SharePoint governance planning adds legitimacy to a SharePoint implementation. Defined governance rules, roles, and responsibilities in the Plan phase ensure the business is provided with the resources to make the SharePoint implementation a success. A SharePoint governance plan describes the business-critical nature of the SharePoint implementation and provides the evidence for requesting the necessary people and money investments.

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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...