This blog includes a number of posts on the role played by a taxonomy, specific to an organization, in a value proposition for SharePoint 2010 and/or 2013. One can argue a taxonomy must be present to provide a foundation for all of the value delivered by SharePoint components — the Term Store and Managed Metadata […]
Implementing SharePoint 2013, On Premises, for Enterprise Document Management
SharePoint® 2013, on premises, is, perhaps, a less expensive option for organizations to implement than most dedicated Enterprise Document Management (EDM) applications. SharePoint-Videos.com offers a lot of video training content on the topic, including a set compiled from an online course we held recently, which was led by Chris McNulty, a widely recognized subject matter […]
Using Reporting Services to Collect Business Intelligence with SharePoint Online, Office 365
A combination of an implementation of SQL Server Reporting Services for SharePoint, successful creation of external content type; and, finally, building a set of useful tags for SharePoint’s Managed Metadata Service (MMS), can deliver substantial returns for communities of SharePoint users subscribing to SharePoint Online, Office 365. We offer specialized training sets on each of […]
A Successful Implementation of SharePoint’s Managed Metadata Service can Deliver Handsome Returns
There are few features of SharePoint promising more benefits for stakeholders than the Managed Metadata Service (MMS). Many high value implementations of SharePoint, for example, enterprise-wide document search, content management, and/or any of the most common methods of supporting governance, risk and compliance (GRC) activities, depend upon a successful implementation of MMS. We offer three […]
A Useful Pair of Video Tutorials on the Role of Taxonomy in SharePoint
Mike Doane, an acknowledged subject matter expert on SharePoint, Managed Metadata Services (MMS), the Term Store, and taxonomy authored a pair of video tutorials for SharePoint 2010 demonstrating how to build taxonomies in SharePoint 2010. The first of these is titled Building Taxonomies in SharePoint 2010 – Part One. Any subscriber to SharePoint-Videos.com can access […]
Using the Managed Metadata Service to Create Custom Taxonomies in SharePoint 2010 or 2013
In an article on MSDN titled Creating and Migrating Taxonomies Using the Term Store Management Tool, Stakeholders in a plan to craft SharePoint 2010 or 2013 into an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) tool can learn how to build custom taxonomies with Term Sets. As noted in this article: “Taxonomies are created as term sets that […]
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. […]