A familiar challenge facing lots of large organizations is how best to integrate custom software for Line of Business (LoB) requirements with enterprise applications, including SharePoint. With SharePoint 2013 workflow, no code developers can call web services. Better yet, LoB application developers needn’t know anything about SharePoint, they can also just simply call a web […]
SharePoint 2013 Workflows Resemble State Machine Workflows — to the Benefit of Stakeholders
Computer software, regardless of whether it’s hard coded, or produced with no code methods, must be useful if it is to deliver on a value proposition. Workflows in SharePoint 2013 are better equipped to be truly useful as the result of a closer resemblance to state machine workflows. “Useful”, of course, is an abstraction requiring […]
Reduce SharePoint Development Costs with No Code Reusable Workflows
The biggest return on an investment in developing custom solutions can be found in the combined benefits of enterprise wide accessibility and utility. For SharePoint, reusable workflows are a great example of a method of delivering this high value benefit. In a video tutorial titled Intro to Workflow types, models, stages and app step usage […]
SharePoint Works Best as a Worflow Platform for Applications
In SharePoint-Videos’ set of video training content on SharePoint 2013 Worflows, SharePoint 2013: Workflows, Chris Beckett distinguishes between two types of workflow requirements: workflows for applications and workflows for Enterprise Systems Integration. Chris recommends using SharePoint as a platform for building workflows for applications. Stakeholders after a substantial return on their investment in SharePoint for […]
An Appetite for Document Workflow and Business Process Management Drives Enterprise Interest In SharePoint
Merely a minute into the third video tutorial in our SharePoint-Videos.com set on SharePoint 2013: Workflow, our instructor, Chris Beckett refers to a survey, conducted ” . . . a couple of years ago by Global 360 . . .” (quoted from a video tutorial titled “What’s new in 2013 Workflow and types of applications”). […]
Training SharePoint Stakeholders to Implement the Term Store, and the Managed Metadata Service, Promises High Returns
Many of the most promising applications for SharePoint rely on the same combination of features, namely the Term Store and the Managed Metadata Service (MMS). So making the investment required to provide SharePoint stakeholders with the training they need to make use of these features promises a substantial return. Microsoft® presents some of these applications […]
The New SharePoint 2013 App Model Should Be Included In A Business Case for SharePoint 2013 As An Opportunity to Reduce Support Costs
SharePoint 2013’s App Model is designed, in part, to insulate application servers from one of the most common sources of Tier II and II support calls — custom solutions. So SharePoint stakeholders preparing a business case for implementing SharePoint Server 2013 may want to include references to the new development model as a method of […]
Implementing SharePoint as a Records Management Solution to Lower Operating Costs
Building a business case for a law firm to implement SharePoint 2013 as a records management solution should be a straightforward proposition. SharePoint 2013 includes a new E-Discovery feature targeted to law firms, and more. In a video tutorial titled How Litigation Holds and E-Discovery Work in SharePoint 2013, John Holliday, JD, explains how litigation […]
A Business Case for Including a Security Plan for SharePoint 2013
No review of the business case for correctly planning for the administration of SharePoint 2013, on premises, would be complete without a look at security. In a video tutorial, nearly 9 minutes in length, titled SharePoint 2013 Security, Michael Noel makes a case for including security in an implementation plan for the computing platform. Noel […]
When Does It Make Sense to Choose Virtualization for SharePoint Server Infrastructure?
In a video tutorial titled Architecting the farm in SharePoint 2013 – part 2, Michael Noel makes a case for virtualization as a serious option for providing hardware infrastructure to support SharePoint Server 2013. But what are the pros and cons, from a business perspective on virtualization? Business Case for Using Virtualized SharePoint 2013 Servers […]