Training SharePoint users in the technical procedures they must master to successfully complete daily computing tasks can be an especially value packed endeavor. But if the techniques communicated are either not considered industry best practices, or the method of instruction somehow fails to deliver the right procedures to users, then the effort can, unfortunately, prove […]
On the Importance of Taking an Inventory of SharePoint’s Capabilities Prior to Implementation
Having a governance plan, in place, for SharePoint, makes sense prior to embarking on an implementation. A key component of successfully building a governance plan, is gaining a useful overview of what SharePoint can be configured to perform for one’s unique community of users. One of the clichés often heard about SharePoint is the “Swiss […]
How Organizations Benefit from SharePoint’s Managed Metadata Service
Anyone reviewing the first three video tutorials in our most recent set of video training content on SharePoint, Cheap Thrills in SharePoint will note a lot of discussion on what has become a very familiar topic across many of our sets of SharePoint specialized training — Metadata. It’s worth taking a post to this blog […]
Using SharePoint Workflows to Identify Inefficiencies in Business Processes
Workflows built on SharePoint lists and libraries can be used to identify problem points in business processes. Our newest DVD set of specialized training content for SharePoint 2013, Cheap Thrills in SharePoint presents several workflow examples useful for this purpose. Why would an organization consider implementing workflows for this purpose? Any SharePoint stakeholders monitoring their […]
Liberal Use of Content Types and Content Columns Underpin Any Successful Attempts to Implement Workflows in SharePoint
As Ira Fuchs explains in one of the first video tutorials included in his set, Cheap Thrills in SharePoint, any community looking to maximize the value of SharePoint’s workflow feature, will benefit from an understanding of content types and content columns. Fuchs claims SharePoint is actually entirely structured around content types. The value added for […]
SharePoint-Videos Releases a New Video Training DVD on Workflows for SharePoint 2010 and 2013
Workflows are not only a popular feature of SharePoint, but also a very promising method of capturing return on investment for stakeholders. Here are merely a couple of reasons why workflows possess this unique characteristic: Workflows can be put together by anyone capable of following a set of procedures. There is no need, whatsoever, for […]
A Hybrid Training Plan for All Segments of SharePoint Users Within a Community is a Best Choice
SharePoint stakeholders with large communities of users should implement separate, but complementary methods of delivering required training content to all user segements. Immersive training methods, including, but not limited to any of the annual site subscriptions we offer to SharePoint-Videos.com, together with an in-context, on demand Help System for SharePoint, like our VisualSP™ product is […]
Adding A Personalization Option to Online Video Training for SharePoint
Subscribing to an online video training resource for SharePoint makes sense for SharePoint users who are dedicated to the computing platform. These users — including administrators, developers, architects and power users — benefit from the immersive training experience presented by a subscription to online content exclusively on SharePoint technical topics. SharePoint-Videos.com offers two different subscription […]
Encouraging Communities to Brand Content Contributes Positively to SharePoint Adoption Efforts
On the first day of SharePoint Conference 2014, MSDN’s Channel 9 Video service broadcast SPCtv A Talk with Microsoft IT on SharePoint, Adoption and Governance. The conversation was led by Karuana Gatimu and included Christian Wylde, Sean Squires, Pam Green and Carrie Doring. Squires, Green and Doring are all members of Wylde’s internal-facing “Social Collaboration […]
Further on the Product Roadmap for SharePoint Forms, from InfoPath 2013 and Forward
InfoPath 2013 will be the last client for this attempt, by Microsoft®, to equip SharePoint with a full-featured forms design, publishing, and management capability. But there is a roadmap, going forward, for SharePoint forms. Some points on this roadmap were presented at SharePoint Conference 2014 in a session titled “Update on InfoPath and SharePoint Forms”. […]