Office 365 is the fastest growing Microsoft product of all time. Now any organization can learn some of the most useful tools and techniques required to brand these sites via a new course from SharePoint-Videos: SP13-315 SharePoint 2013: SharePoint Online (Office 365) Branding. This course is led by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy, a SharePoint MVP, published author […]
Organizations Considering SharePoint Online, Office 365 with Security Concerns Should Visit Microsoft’s Securing the Cloud Infrastructure Web Site
If your organization is seriously considering a migration from SharePoint on premise, to SharePoint Online, Office 365, and you need to learn more about the security of cloud computing for these services, you should visit Microsoft’s Securing the Cloud Infrastructure Web Site. I reviewed a short video presentation, hosted by Pete Boden, General Manager, Security […]
Include a Management Plan for OneDrive and OneDrive for Business as Two Distinct Cloud Storage Options
OneDrive and OneDrive for Business are two entirely separate cloud storage options. But when SharePoint Online users have access to either destination from the same desktop, the chance of errors occurring is, unfortunately, high. Therefore, organizations must include a management strategy safeguarding confidential corporate information from these mistakes. It should make sense for these organizations […]
Carefully Consider the Ramifications of Publishing an Access 2013 Database as an App to SharePoint Online Before Proceeding
As Darvish Shadravan makes clear in a video tutorial on the Access 2013 App Model, titled Access 2013 App Model, the Data Layer of the App will be converted to SQL Server. Further, the SQL Server back end will be hosted on Azure. Organizations should carefully consider the ramifications of deciding to publish an Access […]
Include a Back Up Method Before Deciding on a SharePoint Online Implementation
Few organizations can afford to risk exposing proprietary information to a single data storage solution, regardless of whether the solution is on premise, or in the cloud. But there is no clear, simple path to backing up SharePoint Online data, and or even Apps. Therefore, it makes sense to plan on back up before finalizing […]
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 […]
MSDN Channel 9 Offers an Office 365 Technical Primer in Video Format
Organizations planning to implement Office 365 need to provision resources for crucial components of a successful effort in this direction. In a video tutorial titled Managing Office 365 Identities and Services: (01) Preparing for Office 365, which is authored by Jeff Koch of Microsoft Learning Experiences. The training presentation is led by Anthony Steven, Principal […]
Results of a Recent Study Point To Organizations Beginning to Embrace Office 365 in Meaningful Numbers
According to a survey titled SharePoint and Office 365 Metadata Survey White Paper, 34% of 396 organizations included in the survey reported using Office 365 and SharePoint Online. The survey was sponsored by ConceptSearching, and published on April 30, 2014. When we compare this claim to an earlier one on precisely the same subject — […]
Microsoft Focuses on SharePoint Online, but are Enterprise Organizations Ready for the Cloud?
The biggest impediment, for most enterprise businesses considering Office 365, can be found in public discussions about online security. Office 365 is a suite of computer applications delivered as Software as a Service (SaaS). Ostensibly the same well-publicized vulnerabilities endemic to an ever growing set of SaaS offers (including Amazon.com, and even Apple’s iCloud, albeit […]
Microsoft Implements Context Sensitive Help for SharePoint Online
SharePoint-Videos has championed the usefulness of in-context, on demand technical help for SharePoint users across the full spectrum of skill levels, and rationales for using SharePoint. Our Group ID and Multi-User subscription offers can serve this purpose when pages of links to our content are included within a SharePoint 2007, 2010, 2013, or even SharePoint […]