SharePoint 2010 Service Applications
This is a list of all the SharePoint 2010 Service applications, and is presented as one of the appendices to my book Managing and Implementing SharePoint 2010 Projects. For each of the services I describe the functionality and the purpose of the Service. I've also...
Productivity 2010 Hub and the SharePoint Service Pack 1 Gotcha
Had some fun with the Productivity Hub for SharePoint 2010 today… Now, for those who don't know about the Productivity Hub, go here: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=7122 The Hub gets installed into a Site Collection. So, after downloading then...
Project Planning
When implementing SharePoint in an organization, its not just about dropping SharePoint on a server and saying to the client 'There you go!'. This introduction to SharePoint Project Planning gives 10 useful steps to ensuring a successful SharePoint implementation....
How to Synchronize a SharePoint Document Library with Outlook 2010
Users focus on email as the key productivity hub. Therefore, Microsoft Outlook is seen as the application that gets the most attention. To ensure that users can still access SharePoint document libraries without having to visit the document library, document libraries...
What SharePoint Out-Of-The-Box (OOTB) really means
As a SharePoint evangelist, working with users to identify their requirements can sometimes feel like an uphill struggle. We have all heard of the wishful thinkers, the my app does this so SharePoint had better too, the lets tweak this bit by bolting on that from 'XYZ...
SPUpdatedConcurrencyException Fix when trying to install June 2011 CU for SharePoint Server
Fun and laughter installing the June CU 2011 for SharePoint Server. After installing the CU, and then running an update as per the instructions at: You may get this error just after step 2 of the Config Wizard: === An exception of type...
How to synchronize a SharePoint Contact List with Microsoft Outlook 2010
A SharePoint Contact list can be synchronized with Microsoft Outlook; so that features available in Microsoft Outlook contacts would be available to a SharePoint Contact list displayed in Outlook. Another benefit of this approach is that users would be able to see all...
Thoughts on a SharePoint Study guide
Well, its been sooo busy with me writing the MOS Study Sharepoint section for the MOS exam 77-886, and being inundated with queries concerning what is the best study guide to use for SharePoint, that I thought lets drop my thoughts in this short blog for you to mull...
Do you UAT SharePoint Standard Features?
Got a query today concerning User Acceptancy Testing (UAT) on SharePoint. As a SharePoint implementator, we know that the client needs to test the provision (your deliverables) of the SharePoint environment, based on exactly what they requested (the scope). However,...