Many of our customers are using our End User Video Tutorial sets. These customer are using either our SP101 or SP131 End User Video tutorial sets for SharePoint as a method of presenting their communities with a very direct presentation of the computer techniques they will need to use, on a daily basis, as they […]
SharePoint Adoption Strategies Benefit When Users are Trained to Implement New Methods
When an organization’s computing infrastructure already includes SharePoint, it makes sense for the IT Department, and even Line of Business (LoB) units to evaluate the suitability of SharePoint for any of a wide range of enterprise objectives. The key ingredient, regardless of the plan, will likely be user training. We market a help system for […]
On the Importance of a Governance Plan for a Successful Implementation of Managed Metadata Services
The relationship between a governance plan, and a successful implementation of Managed Metadata Services (MMS) for SharePoint can be said to be, to some extent, arbitrary. But merely to the point of allowing some flexibility with regard to how to address the challenge of determining which component (the governance plan, or MMS) must come first. […]
A Successful Metadata Tagging Effort Usually Includes an Organization-Specific Taxonomy
Out of the box SharePoint 2010 and 2013 both include the Term Store. This feature can be used to produce a set of custom tags to manage metadata. In turn, organizations can use these custom tags via SharePoint’s Managed Metadata Service (MMS) to structure information in a manner conforming to the unique characteristics and needs […]
A Brief Presentation of SharePoint Information Architecture Suitable for Non Technical Users
In a video tutorial, approximately six minutes in length, Chris McNulty of Dell, actually provides an overview of SharePoint architecture, and, further, SharePoint Information Architecture suitable for non technical users. The title of this video tutorial is Understanding Metadata. So this short video tutorial is suitable for presentation to SharePoint stakeholders, who may not want […]
Enterprise Search is a Key Feature of SharePoint Server and 2013 is No Exception
Enterprise Search is a key feature of any version of SharePoint Server and the 2013 version of this product is no exception. An effective search component is critically important to the effectiveness of any attempt at managing content, or documents at an enterprise level. Of course, the important point is to specifically define precisley what […]
Forrester’s Q4 2011 Enterprise Content Management Study emphasizes the importance of Taxonomy for SharePoint
The Forrester Wave™ Enterprise Content Management(ECM) report for Q4, 2011 was published in November of this year. We reviewed an excerpt from this report and noted that SharePoint was not included in the top four spots for this category of application software. These four top spots were awarded to Microsoft Competitors in the ECM space, […]
AvePoint DocAve6 Will Make Enterprise Wide Governance for SharePoint Manageable through Automation
AvePoint’s soon to be released DocAve6 purports to address a pressing need of SharePoint enterprise business & public sector users: how do we automate and hasten the application of governance over SharePoint? On the surface, establishing governance for SharePoint may seem like an activity that is, at best, of peripheral importance. Dig deeper. Think long […]
What is the Most Popular Implementation of SharePoint for Larger Groups of Users?
OpenText, an 18 year player in the Enterprise Content Management (ECM) market recently released its annual “How are Businesses Using SharePoint” for 2011, which is the third consecutive year for which they have undertaken this study. OpenText interviewed 2100 participants for its study. The largest category of participants interviewed, 37%, were “IT Pros,” roughly equivalent […]