Any plan to implement SharePoint as a legitimate solution for Enterprise Content Management (ECM) needs to address how external data, meaning information usually stored in Line of Business (LoB) silos, will be added to SharePoint and published for user consumption. The rationale for this mandate is simple. A legitimate ECM solution must be capable of […]
Points Worth Considering Prior to Implementing SharePoint 2013 as an eDiscovery Solution
SharePoint 2013 has an expanded set of features designed to add to its value as a platform for eDiscovery applications. But organizations considering SharePoint 2013 for this role should keep some points in mind. Point One: eDiscovery Features aren’t worth much, if a procedure to successfully implement them is not present SharePoint-Videos offers a set […]
Understanding the Role of Taxonomy in a High Value ECM Solution Built on SharePoint
This blog includes a number of posts on the role played by a taxonomy, specific to an organization, in a value proposition for SharePoint 2010 and/or 2013. One can argue a taxonomy must be present to provide a foundation for all of the value delivered by SharePoint components — the Term Store and Managed Metadata […]
MSDN Channel 9 Offers a Course in Building Windows Store Apps With HTML, JavaScript and CSS
SharePoint-Videos offers several training sets on Microsoft’s Office 2013 and SharePoint App Model. Tools for building applications for web browser clients, HTML, JavaScript and CSS, play an important role in this model. MSDN’s Channel 9 offers a truly hands-on lab on building a Windows App with HTML 5, JavaScript and CSS 3.0 with Visual Studio […]
Does It Make Sense to Add Yammer to Provide SharePoint Users With a Reason to Spend More Time on the Platform?
SharePoint-Videos offers a suite of training products designed for organizations looking to hasten SharePoint adoption. Our focus product is VisualSP™, a help system for SharePoint. Behind the ribbon help tab, which is the method for SharePoint users to engage with our VisualSP solution, is a plentiful collection of video training content optimized for end users […]
End Users Benefit When Help is Available for SharePoint 2013 Lists, Libraries, Pages, and Communicating with Office Components
If active SharePoint users within larger organizations only spend a few moments, per week, using the computing platform, how can the majority of users, who very seldom use it, be expected to remember important, basic computing techniques? Bottom line: they can’t, and for this reason it is very important for IT organizations, and stakeholders in […]
When is Visual Studio the Preferred Tool for Building Workflows for SharePoint 2013?
Readers may not be aware of the special cases where Visual Studio 2012, rather than SharePoint Designer, 2013, is the best tool for building workflows for SharePoint 2013. Microsoft® provides some of this information in an entry to the MSDN Library titled Develop SharePoint 2013 workflows using Visual Studio. The version of Visual Studio, which […]
IT Professionals Looking for Windows App Certification can Find Lots of Video Training On MSDN’s Channel 9
SharePoint-Videos offers three sets of video training on the SharePoint 2013 App Model: SharePoint 2013 Development SharePoint 2013: JavaScript and jQuery and SharePoint 2013: Beginning Development Any reader looking to achieve certification for “Windows 8 Apps with HTML5” should take a look at the list of video courses offered on MSDN’s Channel 9 on the […]
An Example of Why It Makes Sense to Build a Governance Plan Prior to Embarking on a SharePoint Implementation
The AIIM® Organization publishes a short briefing paper, titled SharePoint for Collaboration: 3 Steps to Dynamic Co-Authoring. The briefing paper is authored by Bob Larrivee, AIIM Director/Industry Advisor, and Head of Research. The topic is a description of a computer process built with SharePoint 2010 and Microsoft Office 2010 to produce a co-authoring method for […]
Microsoft Virtual Academy Presents the Office 365 Fast Track Deployment Process
Approximately 25 minutes into the first module of Microsoft Virtual Academy’s detailed introduction to Office 365, which is titled Managing Office 365 Identities and Services, Anthony Steven introduces the Office 365 Fast Track Deployment Process. The objective of this method is, as Mr. Steven states, “to get the customer (meaning an organization using the Office […]