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 […]
Results of a Recent Study Point To Organizations Beginning to Embrace Office 365 in Meaningful Numbers
According to a survey titled SharePoint and Office 365 Metadata Survey White Paper, 34% of 396 organizations included in the survey reported using Office 365 and SharePoint Online. The survey was sponsored by ConceptSearching, and published on April 30, 2014. When we compare this claim to an earlier one on precisely the same subject — […]
Enterprise Content Management and Document Management Applications for Sharepoint are Popular With Larger Organizations
SharePoint-Videos offers several sets of video training content on key components of an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) or Document Management (DM) application for SharePoint 2007, 2010, and 2013. These sets include: SharePoint 2013: Enterprise Forms SharePoint 2013: Records Management
Training SharePoint Stakeholders to Implement the Term Store, and the Managed Metadata Service, Promises High Returns
Many of the most promising applications for SharePoint rely on the same combination of features, namely the Term Store and the Managed Metadata Service (MMS). So making the investment required to provide SharePoint stakeholders with the training they need to make use of these features promises a substantial return. Microsoft® presents some of these applications […]
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 […]
It Makes Sense for Regulated Businesses to Master the Metadata Tagging Features of SharePoint
Many regulated businesses have already implemented SharePoint. As John Holliday demonstrates in a video tutorial set titled SharePoint 2013: Records Management, The metadata tagging features of SharePoint 2007, 2010, and 2013 can be used, successfully, to build a satisfactory records management feature for these organizations. Records management is a key component of an overall compliance […]
Managed Metadata Can Be A Useful Foundation Stone for Any Promising Implementation Plan for SharePoint 2013
Enterprise Content Management (ECM) depends upon taxonomic structures, meaning a set of categories of information, which must be capable of defining the range of significant information (data) produced by an organization. Of course, this structure will vary, perhaps substantially, from organization to organization. As well, the term “significant” will have to be clearly and specifically […]
Revisiting the Role of Metadata for Items Stored in SharePoint Document Libraries
To successfully capture the best possible results from an effort to implement metadata tagging for items stored in SharePoint document libraries, SharePoint administrators should have an understanding of what constitutes metadata in a SharePoint environment, the role of tagging, and how the process of tagging items stored in SharePoint document libraries works. Last, this understanding […]
Using Managed Metadata in SharePoint 2010 to Locate Documents
Rehmani Consulting, Inc. offers a video tutorial set on the Term Store, Metadata Tagging and Taxonomy for SharePoint 2010. In a separate video titled Use Managed Metadata for navigating Documents we demonstrate some of the management techniques of this feature at the site collection level. The intended audience for this video are either site administrators […]
Help Content for The Term Store Management Tool for SharePoint Online Office 365 E3 Plans has been Improved
The help feature for the Term Store Management Tool included in the Administration Center for SharePoint Online, Office 365 E3 plans is substantially improved over earlier versions. Help content is accessed with a click on the blue circle with a question mark in the center located on the upper right of the Administration Center screen. […]