An important component to a successful effort to hasten user adoption for SharePoint is easing the “unfamiliar” burden for end users grappling with computing procedures written for SharePoint. SharePoint is a complex computing system with an extensive range of functionality. But getting specific functions to work to the benefit of an organization can require end […]
Creating Custom List Templates for SharePoint Server 2010
It makes sense for SharePoint Site Owners, Team members, and Site Collection administrators to gain familiarity with building custom list templates. List building is a regular daily activity in most organizations. Providing one’s team with custom templates for popular lists can help them successfully accomplish work in less time. When information is structured in a […]
Creating New Form Views to Expand on InfoPath 2010 Out of the Box Customization Capabilities for List Items
Out of the box InfoPath 2010 only permits the production of custom edit forms for list items, regardless of whether the required activity is to view items, edit items or even create items. Nevertheless, when list items are either, edited, viewed or created, in SharePoint 2010, three different forms are served to the viewer. In […]
Be Sure to Provision Some Training for SharePoint 2010 for Non Technical Users
We estimate that 70% or more of SharePoint 2010 users at large organizations (meaning enterprise business, government groups in the public sector, non profit organizations and, finally, not for profit organizations) utilize the platform for data processing activities specific to their roles within the organization, but with little if any interest in the technology. Examples […]
Using SharePoint Designer 2010 to Connect Specific Actions to SharePoint Lists
Our SharePoint-Videos curriculum on the fundamentals of SharePoint Designer 2010 includes a course on connecting specific actions to SharePoint lists with SharePoint Designer 2010. The intended audience for this class are SharePoint Administrators, Developers and Architects. Our course author, Asif Rehmani, uses this video tutorial to demonstrate how custom actions can be assigned to specific […]
Business Applications for InfoPath 2010
Successful enterprise businesses that manage to capture lots of value (and almost always lower costs) through the purchase of IT software usually do so, in part, through clearly understanding the operational purpose of the software as well as its potential role in business processes. There is little point, if any, of purchasing software that neither […]
Managing SharePoint Server 2010 Includes Many Procedures Specific to Information Lists
SharePoint Server 2010 is all about information, typically data stored in document repositories within sub sites of the larger SharePoint 2010 farm. Lists provide an important tool for categorizing information and serving it to SharePoint users. Further, lists of information for SharePoint 2010 provide users with genuine opportunities to collaborate. In order to create lists […]