Mike Doane, an acknowledged subject matter expert on SharePoint, Managed Metadata Services (MMS), the Term Store, and taxonomy authored a pair of video tutorials for SharePoint 2010 demonstrating how to build taxonomies in SharePoint 2010. The first of these is titled Building Taxonomies in SharePoint 2010 – Part One. Any subscriber to SharePoint-Videos.com can access […]
SharePoint Users can Choose Between Different Options to Plan Successful Records Management Procedures
SharePoint Server can be used successfully in a documents records management application. SharePoint Server 2013 has been built with new features specifically designed for this purpose (I am thinking about the new eDiscovery features likely to appeal to law professionals). But comparable performance can also be achieved with SharePoint 2010. We offer at least two […]
It Makes Sense to Plan SharePoint Features for Otherwise Uninterested End Users
SharePoint stakeholders should plan features for an end user largely uninterested in the computing platform. This approach will successfully balance a need to provide end users with very specific objectives, computing procedures, and the tools they will require to succeed, along with an attractive user interface. Our VisualSP™ help system can be successfully used to […]
SharePoint Stakeholders Concerned with Data Security Should Look to an On Premise Solution for End User Training
SharePoint stakeholders considering a solution for end user training should address the question of how best to provide these users with access to training content. Making the right choice between online, and on premise locations will be very important. The importance of making the right choice is especially urgent where an organization is sensitive to […]
SharePoint Designer 2013 Continues to Deliver Substantial Benefits When Used Appropriately
SharePoint Designer 2013 is a substantially different product than either of its recent predecessors, for SharePoint 2010 and 2007. The biggest difference between these versions is the removal of the “design view” feature. The main benefit of this feature was its ability to provide users with a What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) […]
A Brief Glimpse of How to Use the Expanded Newsfeeds Available with SharePoint 2013
In a video tutorial titled Enterprise Social Capabilities, Dux Raymond Sy, SharePoint MVP, PMP and a widely acknowledged subject matter expert on SharePoint, recounts an interaction with an unnamed contact, probably from an IT organization, on the topic of the “social” features of SharePoint and whether or not it makes sense to permit end users […]
Managing Projects with SharePoint 2010 Foundation
Project Management is one of the most popular applications for the out of the box collaboration features of SharePoint. User interest in this application makes sense for a number of reasons: The value of organization-specific data, like historical project costs, timelines, lists of project participants, and the gap between targeted objectives and the actual benefits […]
Using the Managed Metadata Service to Create Custom Taxonomies in SharePoint 2010 or 2013
In an article on MSDN titled Creating and Migrating Taxonomies Using the Term Store Management Tool, Stakeholders in a plan to craft SharePoint 2010 or 2013 into an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) tool can learn how to build custom taxonomies with Term Sets. As noted in this article: “Taxonomies are created as term sets that […]
On the Importance of a Governance Plan for a Successful Implementation of Managed Metadata Services
The relationship between a governance plan, and a successful implementation of Managed Metadata Services (MMS) for SharePoint can be said to be, to some extent, arbitrary. But merely to the point of allowing some flexibility with regard to how to address the challenge of determining which component (the governance plan, or MMS) must come first. […]
A Successful Metadata Tagging Effort Usually Includes an Organization-Specific Taxonomy
Out of the box SharePoint 2010 and 2013 both include the Term Store. This feature can be used to produce a set of custom tags to manage metadata. In turn, organizations can use these custom tags via SharePoint’s Managed Metadata Service (MMS) to structure information in a manner conforming to the unique characteristics and needs […]