Month: August 2012

Migration is an Opportunity for Refining Governance
Migration is an Opportunity for Refining Governance
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There is so much content out there on governance, it can get confusing. The most common question I get on my travels is “How do I get started?” My answer may sound overly simplistic, but it really is essential to building out your strategy: understand, get organized, and plan.

Supporting SharePoint User Groups
Supporting SharePoint User Groups
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We are delighted to support and be supported by the following SharePoint User Groups, which play a vital role in making the European SharePoint Conference and Community a truly pan-European success.

The Maturity Model of Social
The Maturity Model of Social
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In a CMSWire article today entitled The Social Networking Phenomena is Coming Apart at the Seams, Virginia Backaitis discussed a recent Forbes.com article in which the health of several social technology-based companies are examined.

Whitepaper: Meeting Compliance Objectives in Microsoft® SharePoint
Whitepaper: Meeting Compliance Objectives in Microsoft® SharePoint
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Senior executives today are faced with a formidable challenge in managing their IT environments: juggling competing requirements for collaboration and participation; the explosion of big data and unstructured content; and the need for increased compliance. In this whitepaper AvePoint Senior Director of Risk Management & Compliance Dana Simberkoff explains how to get a required balance in access, security, and data protection in Microsoft SharePoint.

SharePoint 2013: Business Connectivity Services – Consuming OData in BCS using an App External Content Type
SharePoint 2013: Business Connectivity Services – Consuming OData in BCS using an App External Content Type
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As most if not all of you already know, SharePoint 2013 and Office 2013 has been released to preview/beta and is available for download from Microsoft’s download centers. In this article I will briefly introduce some exciting changes that has been made to the SharePoint 2013 Business Connectivity Services framework. I’ve written a bunch of articles on BCS for SharePoint 2010, and now it’s time to continue that track and introduce the new features available in SharePoint 2013.

SharePointDiscussions.com – Discussion Forum software for your SharePoint sites
SharePointDiscussions.com – Discussion Forum software for your SharePoint sites
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During the last few years, we’ve been enabling our clients with enhanced discussion forum solutions for SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010 in their intranets, extranets and public facing web sites. Given the great success of the last few years implementations of discussion solutions with our clients, we have now dedicated an entirely new initiative to manage the discussion solution suite.

An Introduction to SharePoint Apps in SharePoint 2013
An Introduction to SharePoint Apps in SharePoint 2013
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A lot of new things are introduced with the SharePoint 2013 Preview, released by Microsoft just a few days ago. Many of these “things” are expected and seem as a natural continuation of existing functionality. SharePoint Apps feel a little different. It’s completely new! Or is it?