With SharePoint 2013, Microsoft® incorporated Fast Search into the server, out of the box. In order to capitalize on this updated feature, organizations need to evaluate current hardware infrastructure and make changes, as required. In a video tutorial set titled SP13-305 SharePoint 2013: Search Video Training Course, Agnes Molnar provides some specifications useful for the […]
A Brief Glimpse of How to Use the Expanded Newsfeeds Available with SharePoint 2013
In a video tutorial titled Enterprise Social Capabilities, Dux Raymond Sy, SharePoint MVP, PMP and a widely acknowledged subject matter expert on SharePoint, recounts an interaction with an unnamed contact, probably from an IT organization, on the topic of the “social” features of SharePoint and whether or not it makes sense to permit end users […]
Any Effective End User Training Plan for SharePoint 2013 Must Address Four Broad Areas of Interaction
As Keenan Newton, a Senior Product Manager at Microsoft makes clear in a short video, “Why Apps for SharePoint 2013?” published on the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) site, End Users usually interact with SharePoint at four broad areas: Sites, People, Apps and Themes. Mr. Newton also explains most software is written for user engagement around […]
Implementing a Project Management Methodology Still Makes Sense for Enterprises Looking to Control IT Costs
Despite a couple of highly publicized recent examples of poorly managed IT projects (the most notable of these, of course, is the first website for the U.S. Federal Affordable Care Act), which ended up costing sponsors substantially more than planned, it still makes sense for enterprises to implement a project management methodology. Fortunately, out of […]
Using SharePoint’s Project Management Features to Encourage Collaboration within an Organization
In December, 2013, SharePoint-Videos.com published a set of video tutorials on Microsoft® Project 2013 authored by Dux Raymond Sy. This set, titled SharePoint 2013: Project 2013, presents some techniques organizations in need of a method of driving organizational collaboration should consider implementing. Healthy content between internal silos certainly has its place for organizations looking to […]
SharePoint 2013 and Records Management
In 2013, SharePoint-Videos.com published a set of video tutorials on using SharePoint 2013 for a records management application. This video tutorial set is authored by John Holliday and is titled SharePoint 2013: Records Management”>SharePoint 2013: Records Management. Some features of SharePoint 2013, Enterprise, were built into this server, intentionally, to support records management applications. In […]
SharePoint 2013: Project 2013 Is Now Available for Unlimited Local Viewing By Individuals and Groups
On Friday, December 6, 2013, Rehmani Consulting, Inc. added a course titled SharePoint 2013: Project 2013 DVD. The instructor for this set of video tutorials is a widely known SharePoint MVP and published author — Dux Raymond Sy. This tutorial set is available for purchase by individuals and groups for unlimited local viewing. The content […]
Branding SharePoint Sites Is a High Value Method of Encouraging End User Adoption of the Platform
Branding SharePoint sites to meet the unique custom requirement of a specific organization, is, arguably, the most accessible method of driving end user adoption for SharePoint stakeholders. With SharePoint 2013, its development model, and the new Office Cloud App model, the most important methods of branding sites — HTML and JavaScript — are even more […]
Final Comments on O to 60: Developing Apps for Microsoft SharePoint 2013
In the final 40 minutes of a video presentation titled 0 to 60: Developing Apps for Microsoft SharePoint 2013, Keenan Newton concludes his argument on why the SharePoint 2013 App Model, and Microsoft’s Cloud App Model are two pieces of good news for enterprises in need of a more secure method of customizing SharePoint 2013. […]
Understanding the Implications of Implementing Full Trust Solutions for SharePoint
SharePoint-Videos.com has published a series of video tutorial sets on the development options available to organizations implementing SharePoint Server 2013. One of these sets, SharePoint 2013: Beginning Development, which is authored by Steve Fox, a Director at Microsoft®, provides administrators, developers, architects and business analysts with an overview of the range of development options before […]