It’s important to keep stylized definitions of terms, and even important concepts specifically associated with a type of computing, clear. The world of SharePoint Server 2010 is no exception. In a video tutorial titled Managing Permission Levels, Asif Rehmani, SharePoint MVP and MCT explains the concept of “permission levels” for an intended audience of SharePoint […]
Branding Publishing Pages in SharePoint Server 2010
Internet, and even intranet web sites in SharePoint 2013 perform best when built on a publishing site templates. As Yaroslav Pentsarskyy notes in a video tutorial titled Branding SharePoint publishing sites, “The difference between a collaboration site and a publishing site template is that [a] publishing site template will typically be used in the Internet, […]
Understanding the Value of Business Connectivity Services – BCS
Business Connectivity Services (BCS) for Microsoft® SharePoint® Server 2010 should be a feature of substantial interest for enterprises composed of several Line of Business (LoB) units. It’s worth spending time thinking about how to implement BCS if an enterprise objective is to regularly collect and analyze LoB performance data. BCS has all of the features […]
Working with Master Pages in SharePoint 2010 to Brand Team Sites
Organizations with a diverse set of internal business units may want to empower users to brand team sites. The best way to achieve this objectivbe is to customize master pages. In a video tutorial titled
Revisiting the Role of Metadata for Items Stored in SharePoint Document Libraries
To successfully capture the best possible results from an effort to implement metadata tagging for items stored in SharePoint document libraries, SharePoint administrators should have an understanding of what constitutes metadata in a SharePoint environment, the role of tagging, and how the process of tagging items stored in SharePoint document libraries works. Last, this understanding […]
Training Users to be Successful with SharePoint Computing Contributes Substantially to Successful Adoption
On June 6, 2013, Asif Rehmani, SharePoint MVP, MCT and President of Rehmani Consulting, Inc. (publishers of the SharePoint-Videos dot com website) participated in a webinar, 5 Steps to Drive Sustainable SharePoint Adoption with Dux Raymond Sy, another SharePoint MVP. This webinar makes the case for 5 steps, which ought to be mandatory changes for […]
Understanding Managed Metadata in SharePoint 2013
In a short article titled Overview of managed metadata in SharePoint Server 2013, the Microsoft® TechNet website positions the process of managing metadata within the context of SharePoint Server 2013. It may be helpful to present some of the rationale for implementing a procedure to manage metadata, the Term Store, and a taxonomy for SharePoint […]
On Microsoft’s Instructional Video Set on Installing and Configuring Workflow Manager 1.0 for SharePoint Server 2013
The following points summarize the installation and configuration procedures demonstrated in the next two video episodes in this series on Installing and Configuring Workflow Manager 1.0 for SharePoint Server 2013 Episode 4: Install and Configure Workflow Manager Client Open Remote Desktop, navigate to SharePoint Server 2013 and login as the SharePoint Administrator Once logged in, […]
Summarizing Points Covered in Videos 2 and 3 of Microsoft’s Six Video Set on Installing and Configuring Workflow Manager 1.0 for Sharepoint Server 2013
The next 2 videos in Microsoft’s instructional presentation, Video series: Install and configure Workflow in SharePoint Server 2013 cover the following topics, organized by the number of the respective video in the series: Episode 2, Pre-install steps Create Workflow Set Up and Service Accounts in Active Directory Create the Workflow Administrators Group in Active Directory […]
Notes from Installing and Configuring Workflow in SharePoint Server 2013, Part One
Microsoft® provides SharePoint administrators with a set of six video presentations on the subject of installing Workflow Manager 1.0 for SharePoint Server 2013. As we just wrote in the previous post to this blog, SharePoint administrators for on premises SharePoint Server 2013 may want to skip this installation for several reasons: The organization already has […]