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Public Facing SharePoint Foundation Site – Anonymous access – No Theme!

Just had to blog this one - are you running with a public facing SharePoint Foundation site will find that anonymous users will not see any theme you apply, and instead will see the default even if you change it to something else? Found a way to get around this, you...

SharePoint Implementation Project Plan Available

Implementation

SharePoint Project Planning Template in Microsoft Project format

GEPBACKUP2010 and 2013 – automated script generation utility to backup SharePoint 2010 and 2013 Sites

Free Tools

Introduction From a conversation I had with a SharePoint Administrator: "Eeee. The client wants site by site backup - that's going to take me a while to sort out. I need to backup 500 sites via command line but want to know how big the sites are. I also need to know...

Implementation Steps to Success Presentation

Implementation

I use this presentation for stakeholders in communicating to them the key reasons for Sharepoint implementation and the stages of implementation following project methodologies. Whilst it focuses on Document Management in SharePoint it is purposefully made generic to...

The swopping of SharePoint Heads – Capacity Planning

Implementation

Hi there, time for another blog from the evangelical Geoff marching into the land of SharePoint Capacity Planning. Start with an example if I may. Met up with a client who needed a SharePoint environment, and needs someone to help with a specification. Following a...

Selling SharePoint to Decision Makers

Automation, Implementation

A great presentation explaining how to sell SharePoint to Decision Makers %CODE1%

FAST Search Server Capabilities

Implementation, Random Muslings

Been asked about the abilities of FAST Search Server; thought I'd share the following with you. The FAST Search Server can give advanced search capabilities to SharePoint 2010. Synonyms: SharePoint 2010 allows for one way synonyms, FAST extends this concept to allow...

Roles, Features, and IIS Management Compatibility required for SharePoint 2010

Random Muslings

Watch out for this one, its possible whilst installing IIS on Server 2008 its easy to forget that you'll need the Management Compatibilty Components - goodness knows why I kept forgetting it! Install the IIS 6.0 Management Compatibility Components in Windows Server...

SharePoint – The Spend, the Schedule, the Scope

Implementation

A SharePoint Implementation combining a detailed Project Plan and Quality Plan allows you to capture key pieces of information; namely, the commitment to spend (i.e. what the budget is); the schedule (when it is needed by) and the scope (what is SharePoint going to...

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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...