Category: SharePoint

According to Wikipedia, SharePoint is a web-based collaborative platform that integrates with Microsoft Office. Launched in 2001, SharePoint is primarily sold as a document management and storage system, but the product is highly configurable and usage varies substantially between organisations.

Due to the highly configurable nature of SP and the multitude of versions available, we offer a vast collection of classic and moder SP information within this category which covers everything from Enterprise Users of the latest SP Release.

Therefore, this category is broad too, and is full of handy tips, tricks and advise. Check out some of the Step by Step blogs or learn with our eBooks, How To videos and Webinars.

Building your SharePoint intranet from the ground up or employing a standard intranet solution?
Building your SharePoint intranet from the ground up or employing a standard intranet solution?
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Employing SharePoint as the platform for the organisation’s new intranet, you face at least one very decisive question: Will you build the new SharePoint intranet from the ground up or will you employ a standard intranet solution??

This blog post should have been an objective overview of the pros and cons related to both ways of building an intranet on SharePoint. The process of researching and writing, however, has brought us to the conclusion that we cannot make such an objective overview. As one of our developers puts it when asked about the advantages of building a SharePoint intranet from the ground up:

5 Steps for Migrating from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010 – How To Get It Right
5 Steps for Migrating from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010 – How To Get It Right
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Mary Leigh Mackie discusses five key points to consider before migrating to SharePoint 2010

Migration to Microsoft SharePoint 2010 is a focus for many organisations over the next 12 months, particularly for businesses currently using earlier versions of the software. While this move can help to drive business efficiency, migrating to SharePoint 2010 does pose some challenges. By following the below top tips, businesses can ensure they make the most out of their SharePoint migration.

The Cost of Changing to SharePoint
The Cost of Changing to SharePoint
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We’re not talking about the cost of migration tools. We’re not talking about the servers that you’ll have to buy or even the licensing. The true cost of changing to SharePoint is the people costs.

The costs are in the cost of the change itself. They don’t change from product-to-product, but the cost of change is real. Let’s take a look at what it takes to keep from being a victim of the trough of reduced productivity.

10 Virtues of a SharePoint Peep
10 Virtues of a SharePoint Peep
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In the recent #ShareJam where we discussed the community, I remember reflecting on why the SharePoint community was so special, but today I was thinking it’s not just the community that’s special, there’s some attributes that all SharePoint peeps have in common that make them fun sweet people to hang out with.

Introduction to SharePoint Designer 2010
Introduction to SharePoint Designer 2010
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To truly realize your investment in SharePoint, it is recommended for all organizations to utilize Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010 (SPD) in at least some capacity. Just like the browser, SPD will let you build SharePoint site components like subsites, lists, libraries, pages, site columns and content types.

SharePoint’s Conceptual Leap
SharePoint’s Conceptual Leap
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The processes surrounding a database driven website like SharePoint can so different than those of a static site, that if you don’t understand it and fail to make the leap, you will be missing out on a lot of ROI.

Static web sites operate on a similar process as files on file shares that most of us are very used to.

New Disaster Recovery Features In SharePoint 2010
New Disaster Recovery Features In SharePoint 2010
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The widespread adoption and use of SharePoint 2010 forces organizations to place a great deal additional importance on the availability and protection of the valuable content they place in their SharePoint environments—an undertaking not to be taken lightly. The good news is that throughout its numerous releases, SharePoint has provided many tools and features to aid organizations’ disaster recovery (DR) efforts of that valuable content

Metalogix Migration Manager for SharePoint Named Most Innovative SharePoint Cloud Solution in the 2012 European SharePoint Community Awards
Metalogix Migration Manager for SharePoint Named Most Innovative SharePoint Cloud Solution in the 2012 European SharePoint Community Awards
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Migration Manager for SharePoint Supports Migrations to SharePoint Online and Office 365 as well as Hybrid Cloud Scenarios with SharePoint 2010

Washington, DC – February 13, 2012 – Metalogix Software, the trusted provider of content lifecycle management solutions for Microsoft® SharePoint®, Exchange® and Cloud platforms, today announced that Metalogix Migration Manager for SharePoint won the award for Most Innovative SharePoint Cloud Solution in the 2012 European SharePoint Community Awards

SharePoint 15 Milestone Reached - So Now What?
SharePoint 15 Milestone Reached – So Now What?
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About a week ago an official mentioning of the forthcoming SharePoint version – now codenamed “SharePoint 15″ – was released from Microsoft Corporate Vice President of Development, PJ Hough. The Office Division has built a version of the software that is ready to distribute to companies participating in the Technology Adoption Program (TAP) and individuals that has been awarded MVP status. This milestone has traditionally created a lot of buzz, and it looks like the same thing is happening this time.