Month: November 2012

Video: Around The Point Episode 1
Video: Around The Point Episode 1
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Around The Point is a fast paced crossfire show focused on Microsoft SharePoint. In each episode, expert speakers join host Josh Noble to debate topics of the day. Speakers earn points based on their arguments and the winner after three rounds earns 30 seconds of uninterrupted show time.

SharePoint 2013 is Coming & KnowledgeLake is Ready / Support Plan for SharePoint 2013 Platform
SharePoint 2013 is Coming & KnowledgeLake is Ready / Support Plan for SharePoint 2013 Platform
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We have been working closely with Microsoft to ensure our solution features are up and running for the highly-anticipated release of SharePoint 2013. As a result, we are proud to announceKnowledgeLake Imaging will provide new functionality and features that take the greatest advantage of what’s new in SharePoint 2013for a range of deployment options, including cloud and on premises. Our customers can now apply for access to KnowledgeLake’s beta Imaging product for SharePoint 2013.

SharePoint Apps the Dark Side
SharePoint Apps the Dark Side
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First of all, I am a proponent of SharePoint apps. As I have said many times over, SharePoint Apps make me very ‘appy, they are very app-propriate. But there are some points to consider that make a bit app-rehensive.

Four Steps to a Faster, Happier Microsoft SharePoint Deployment
Four Steps to a Faster, Happier Microsoft SharePoint Deployment
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One customer was faxing documents back and forth rather than waiting for slow Microsoft SharePoint® downloads. It’s not SharePoint’s fault; it’s often other factors outside SharePoint involving the network. Fact is, people will drop any technology like a hot brick when the WAN slows the end-user experience.

Risk Management and SharePoint Governance
Risk Management and SharePoint Governance
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While presenting at a SharePoint user group session in Germany last month, I had a conversation with an attendee about the new app model in SharePoint 2013, and how different the model was compared to all the work his company had done around sandbox solutions in 2010. He observed that purchasing an app through the Microsoft marketplace, while having gone through a technical review from Microsoft, could still open up his company’s environment to potential risk depending on the content it accessed and what company or individual information is stored in the cloud. It was a great point, and led to a conversation around risk management as part of any SharePoint deployment plan.