No review of the business case for correctly planning for the administration of SharePoint 2013, on premises, would be complete without a look at security. In a video tutorial, nearly 9 minutes in length, titled SharePoint 2013 Security, Michael Noel makes a case for including security in an implementation plan for the computing platform. Noel […]
Several Improved Administrative Features Make SharePoint Server 2013 an Attractive Option for Communities of Users
In a 14 minute video tutorial titled What’s New in SharePoint 2013 for Administrators – Part 2, Michael Noel presents a number of administrative features of SharePoint 2013. Noel considers each of these to be important. SharePoint stakeholders considering either a first-time implementation of SharePoint, or a migration from an earlier version to the current […]
Microsoft Focuses on SharePoint Online
A recent video interview with John Thompson, Microsoft’s new Chairman on Bloomberg TV, captures Mr. Thompson’s sharp attention to Office 365 as “one of the most successful new products in Microsoft’s history” (quoted from the interview). Mia Saini, who led the interview, set the stage for Mr. Thompson’s comment when she noted the explosive sales […]
Outfit SharePoint Central Administration with an Encrypted Web Page
It’s possible to expose Central Administration features for SharePoint Server 2010 to no more than a select group of authorized users with an encrypted web page. A number of companies offer SSL certificates, which, for a price, can be used to add the encryption method. But for testing purposes why not build a certificate at […]
Working with SharePoint Server 2010 Security Groups
When new site collections are created in SharePoint Server 2010, as Asif Rehmani, SharePoint MVP and MCT, notes in a video tutorial titled: Working with SharePoint Security Groups, ” . . . only [the site collection administrator] has permissions on [the] site”. Users must be assigned permissions by the site collection administrator in order to […]
Site Access Procedures have Been Changed with SharePoint 2013
Site access procedures, including how to request access to a web site and how to either approve or deny access requests, have been changed with SharePoint 2013. In a short video tutorial titled Security access requests process in SharePoint 2013, Asif Rehmani, SharePoint MVP and MCT demonstrates the method of requesting site access for site […]
The Method of Requesting and Granting Site Access in SharePoint 2013 Is an Enhancement to Security
In this, our fourth post on topics included in a webinar recently offered by Asif Rehmani to the general public on User Interfaces in SharePoint 2013, we need to speak to a substantially broadened set of sharing capabilities, as reflected in the Preview of SharePoint 2013, and SharePoint site security. As Asif Rehmani notes, effectively […]
Securing SharePoint is a Mission Critical Procedure Regardless of the Size of your SharePoint Farm
On June 18, 2012, Kane Lightowler, Regional Director for Imperva Australia and New Zealand published an article on the Australian edition of the Voice and Data Web Site, Five tips for securing SharePoint data. As Mr. Lightowler notes in this article, “[t]hese five best practices can help your organisation get the most out of SharePoint’s […]