Content Control

Content Control

This article is concerned with how the management of documents and data in a site related to the delivery of a SharePoint solution, thus allowing the control, storage and management of information related to a SharePoint delivery program. This document will describe...

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Verify and Validate SharePoint solutions

Verify and Validate SharePoint solutions

As SharePoint Delivery Manager, it is your responsibility to ensure that the SharePoint solution being delivered meets SharePoint sponsor technical requirements and fulfil most, if not all the objectives and expectations of service. This means you must Verify and...

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SharePoint Subcontract Procedures

SharePoint Subcontract Procedures

SharePoint subcontracts can be raised when it is considered that it is more effective to place discrete packages of work outside of the organisation. This article is referred to in my book, Managing and Implementing SharePoint 2010 Projects. The article describes,...

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The Right Way, the Wrong Place

The Right Way, the Wrong Place

SharePoint 2010 as an upgrade and new collaborative technology platform is here; brand new; shining with feature-sets, clean with many new things users can do. Those considering the push of moving their SharePoint 2007 environment(s) over could of course do this since...

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In English

In English

A description of Sharepoint video which is very good at describing SharePoint as a collaboration tool but without references to technical capability. %CODE1%

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Topology Presentation

Topology Presentation

I carried out a presentation the other day on sharepoint topologies and what you need to understand to develop and define those topologies - people asked for the presentation doc to be made available, so here it is! Download: SharePointTopologyPresentation  ...

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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...