Category: General

Categories and tags are the two default taxonomies that we use at the European SharePoint, Office 365 & Azure Community website. By design, all posts must be filed under at least one category. As you can imagine, ‘General’ is where we can list almost any topics that is not filed under the other subject headings.

However, some subjects are wide and broad in subject and need to be included in our blog, but don’t quite fit under the existing taxonomies. Hence the ‘General Category’. Content covered can vary from a .NET Runtime for AOT to a SharePoint Conference North America Keynote Summary, Pulse Survey or monthly top SharePoint, Office 365 & Azure resources.

The Role of Governance in Migration Planning
The Role of Governance in Migration Planning
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In a CIOUpdate.com article entitled Prolific SharePoint Sites Undermine Governance, technology writer Jake Frazier outlines a common problem with the growing number of SharePoint customers: the uncontrolled growth of SharePoint sites, and how it impacts governance. SharePoint is proliferating in the marketplace, with KMWorld reporting SharePoint licenses at over 130 million worldwide. The more sites that are created and the more content added to your environment, the more difficult it can be to change course, correct mistakes, and implement a governance model. But the business value to having a formal governance model in place is enormous. As Mr. Frazier points out,

“To accomplish the defensible disposal of information, including information in SharePoint sites, companies must put in place and enforce a record retention policy that recognizes the three major reasons to keep information: business value, regulatory requirements and legal holds.“

What is the Start Point for Business Process Automation By Eben Illingworth, Nintex
What is the Start Point for Business Process Automation By Eben Illingworth, Nintex
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Finding the right starting-point for business process automation is always a challenge, particularly when keeping the budget low is a priority. BPA (Business Process Automation) becomes profitable when a high volume of processes are automated, but how do you get to that point quickly to maximize ROI?

The Human Resources department is the answer. HR processes by their very nature are common to all employees so the processes you choose to automate there will reach the largest audience and return the highest value.

Some great processes to start with are:

Blog 5 SharePoint Integration and User Management
Blog 5 SharePoint Integration and User Management
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SharePoint Integration

In the past, integrating multifunctional devices with SharePoint had been significantly difficult to achieve especially when the integration needed to take place not only on one Multifunctional device but on a heterogeneous fleet of devices. No wonder you can find all kinds of technical forums that have “SharePoint integration” as the topic of discussion and desperate administrators searching for help.

It is still a hard nut to crack for many IT specialists all around the world. Getting a fleet of multifunctional devices integrated with SharePoint and continuously maintaining and updating all of the configurations needed for a smooth documents workflow (just think of all the different user rights for specific folders, sites etc.), is a daunting task to be sure.

How to Implement an Effective SharePoint Governance Plan
How to Implement an Effective SharePoint Governance Plan
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Are you thinking about deploying SharePoint in your organization? You won’t have to do much research before
you come across the big “G” word – governance. Just the word itself is somewhat imposing and definitions for
it will vary. In fact, if you ask three different experts what governance means, you’re likely to get four different
answers. And while I have yet to find that one, perfect definition of governance, I can accept this one from
Microsoft: “Governance is the set of policies, roles, responsibilities, and processes that guides, directs, and
controls how an organization’s business divisions and IT teams cooperate to achieve business goals.” In short,
it is a “how to” guide.

Why do we need governance? Because we want to ensure (or even better, assure) that the IT solution
achieves the business goals. With complex systems like SharePoint, users need help. Users need guidance
on what they can do and how they do it. Trust me, they aren’t going to just “figure it out.” You may also have
content that must comply with legal regulations such as HIPAA or Sarbanes Oxley—without a governance
plan, you may be in legal jeopardy.

HiSoftware Sponsors European SharePoint Conference 2011
HiSoftware Sponsors European SharePoint Conference 2011
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iSoftware Inc., a leading provider of content-aware compliance solutions, today announced it will be a Bronze Sponsor and exhibitor at the European SharePoint Conference 2011 from the 17-21 October in Berlin, Germany.

The European SharePoint Conference is the largest of its kind offering the latest insights, knowledge and experience from some of the best Microsoft SharePoint® experts, including Microsoft Certified Masters (MCM), Microsoft MVPs and other worldwide speakers and industry thought leaders.

Fault free document submissions into SharePoint
Fault free document submissions into SharePoint
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Over the last few weeks we’ve enriched the functionalities of UDOCX and the interface displayed on the screen of the multifunctional devices in order to provide additional features to the “Scan to SharePoint” operation.

10 Reasons Why SharePoint Performance Can Slow
10 Reasons Why SharePoint Performance Can Slow
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In recent months, we’ve seen customers who are doing major migrations of documents—for example, from file servers—to SharePoint. Far too often, one of the complaints I hear voiced in these scenarios is how slow the upload can be, particularly when uploading huge numbers of documents. I thought it would be worth starting a discussion of lessons learned related to performance of mass uploads. This is a fairly targeted business scenario—most organizations don’t do this too often—but it also brings up some key points to consider about performance in other SharePoint scenarios.

The following are among the factors that can cause performance of mass uploads to suffer:

• The recovery model for the content database (a SQL Server setting) is set to full by default.

SharePoint Shootout: Administration for SharePoint - at the European SharePoint Conference
SharePoint Shootout: Administration for SharePoint – at the European SharePoint Conference
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It sometimes can be hard for customers to understand the value of products that are added to SharePoint. Many times it is very difficult for customers to compare tools that appear similar but are yet different. The SharePoint “Shoot Out” at the 2011 European SharePoint Conference in Berlin aims to have three top Microsoft partners in each of two categories (Workflow and Administration) shoot it out in public to help customers see the unique value and the differences. Customers will also be able to interact and meet the “top guns” from these companies. These two moderated sessions promise to be very informative and lots of fun.

Partcipating companies include… AvePoint, Axceler & Quest

SharePoint Shootout: Workflow on SharePoint - at the European SharePoint Conference
SharePoint Shootout: Workflow on SharePoint – at the European SharePoint Conference
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It sometimes can be hard for customers to understand the value of products that are added to SharePoint. Many times it is very difficult for customers to compare tools that appear similar but are yet different. The SharePoint “Shoot Out” at the 2011 European SharePoint Conference in Berlin aims to have four top Microsoft partners in each of two categories (Workflow and Administration) shoot it out in public to help customers see the unique value and the differences. Customers will also be able to interact and meet the “top guns” from these companies. These two moderated sessions promise to be very informative and lots of fun.