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 […]
Understanding Search Architecture for SharePoint Server 2010
Search is a very popular user feature of any SharePoint computing platform. SharePoint Server 2010 is no exception. SharePoint administrators need to understand the unique architecture for SharePoint search to properly scale infrastructure to support it. In a video tutorial titled SharePoint search architecture and scaling, Robert Piddocke, an acknowledged subject matter expert and published […]
Data View Web Parts are a Rapid Method of Exposing External Content Within SharePoint Server 2010
Once external content types have been successfully added to SharePoint Server 2010, a rapid method of exposing related external content to SharePoint users is to implement an appropriate Data View Web Part. In a video tutorial titled Business Data Web Parts, Raymond Mitchell, subject matter expert, presents, in 09:44 how to add a Data View […]
Understanding User Permission Levels, for SharePoint Server 2010 Site Collection Administrators
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 […]
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
Using Visio and SharePoint Designer 2010 to Build Workflows
Visio plays an important role in the recommend process for building workflows in SharePoint 2013. It makes sense for SharePoint 2010 Administrators, developers and even business analysts from Line of Business (LoB) units to build up a familiarity with the best practices associated with using Visio and SharePoint Designer 2010 to build workflows. In a […]
Changing the Theme of a Team Site in SharePoint 2010
Changing the theme of a team site in SharePoint 2010 is easily accomplished with a few clicks by a SharePoint administrator or site collection administrator. Asif Rehmani points out that out of the box SharePoint 2010 includes 20 themes in a video tutorial titled Changing the Theme of a Site. To change the theme of […]
Creating Managed Accounts for SharePoint Server 2010
Any web applications or service applications running on SharePoint server 2010 require a managed account. The SharePoint server will allocate services to the managed accounts assigned to these processes. SharePoint administrators can save time by creating these accounts and configuring them before they are required. In a video tutorial titled Configure Managed Accounts, we demonstrate […]
Using Lookup Columns in SharePoint 2010 to Access Information Related to Specific Data
This is a concluding blog post on a video tutorial for SharePoint 2010, Configuring Lookup Columns authored by Asif Rehmani, SharePoint MVP and MCT. By configuring the “Customer Name” column to “Allow multiple values” it is possible, as Asif Rehmani demonstrates in this video tutorial, to display one customer along with a purchase history. The […]