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Evolving IT for Cloud Productivity Services

We're back with another edition of the Modern Service Management for Office 365 blog series! In this article, we review the function of IT with Office 365 and evolution of IT Pro roles for the cloud. These insights and best practices are brought to you by Carroll...

Announcing the public preview of the Office 365 Adoption Content Pack in PowerBI

Implementation, Microsoft 365

Announcing the public preview of the Office 365 Adoption Content Pack in PowerBI Understanding how your users adopt and use Office 365 is critical for you as an Office 365 admin. It allows you to plan targeted user training and communication to increase usage and to...

Office Online Server April 2017 Release

Implementation, Microsoft 365

We are excited to announce our second major update of Office Online Server (OOS), which allows organizations to deliver browser-based versions of Word, PowerPoint, Excel and OneNote to users from their own datacenters. In this release, we officially offer...

Introducing Azure Active Directory B2B collaboration

Implementation, Microsoft 365

In the modern world, organizations are transforming how they work with their partners and customers. This means seizing new opportunities quickly, reinventing business processes, and delivering greater value to customers. More important than ever are the strong and...

How to use Service Assurance in Office365

Automation

One of the challenges concerning those implementing Service Delivery with Office365, is building proof that Office365 complies with regulatory standards and legislation. Service Assurance in Office365 is a primary goal, and if it vital that you understand how...

Understanding Personal Data in Data Processing

Assurance, Automation, Microsoft 365

Personal data (also referred to as PII – Personal Identifiable Information) identifies an individual. In that personal data, a name by itself is not enough to identify an individual, however, a name including the address would. For example, when you are called by an...

Microsoft SOC and ISO Audit Reports Available

Assurance, Automation, Microsoft 365

One of the most useful documents in my view in planning implementations of Office365 is understanding data encryption and data backup and the standards applied. Microsoft have provided audit reports covering their cloud stack (Dynamics CRM, Office365, Yammer and...

Learn SharePoint and Office365 Cloud-Connected Hybrid Scenarios

Microsoft 365

Learn to make the most of Office 365 innovation by bringing cloud innovation to your on-premises SharePoint infrastructure. Why? Cloud computing has become a popular and successful computing model that enables organizations to reduce their capital and operational...

Don’t miss MVP led TechDays Online!

Random Muslings

On the 20th, 21st and 22nd February for the first Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) led TechDays Online of 2017. On day one, MVPs and community leaders will delve into the World of Mobile Development, BOTs and Data Science followed by day two, where MVPs from...

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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...