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3 Things to Know Before Using SharePoint to Build Your Website
3 Things to Know Before Using SharePoint to Build Your Website
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If you are thinking about using SharePoint for Web Content Management (WCM) or Customer Experience Management (CXM) here are my three top points to consider to ensure your project is a success:

Starting any Microsoft SharePoint project can be a daunting task, especially when it’s the corporate website – it is generally a very high profile project. If you are thinking about using SharePoint for Web Content Management (WCM) or Customer Experience Management (CXM) here are my three top points to consider to ensure your project is a success:

SharePoint 2010 As a Web Delivery Platform
SharePoint 2010 As a Web Delivery Platform
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Each Web Content Management (WCM) platform has a sweet spot and making the right technology decision really depends on what is at the heart of your online business model. Understanding the business model for your website is fundamental in understanding whether Microsoft SharePoint 2010 is the right WCM platform for you.

Should the website provide brand awareness? Should the website connect people with people, products or services? Should the website drive revenue directly through online commerce? These are just some of the questions that should be asked, but are so often overlooked, before deciding on which WCM platform suits your requirements.

SPWorkItemJobDefinition – a different kind of SharePoint Timer Job
SPWorkItemJobDefinition – a different kind of SharePoint Timer Job
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I recently learnt about a new (well new to me at any rate) type of SharePoint timer job. Rather than the standard timer jobs I normally create that inherit from SPJobDefinition, this different kind of timer job inherits from SPWorkItemJobDefinition http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.sharepoint.administration.spworkitemjobdefinition.aspx

With a normal SharePoint timer job (SPJobDefinition), the job is scheduled via an SPSchedule object, and is run whenever this schedule dictates. When an occurrence of the timer job runs, any logic that is contained in the Execute method is then called:

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Use “Check Out” and “Check In” actions with globally reusable workflows in SharePoint Designer 2010 by Kim Frehe
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I love that SharePoint Designer gives you the ability to create reusable workflows. It’s even better that you can select “All” as the content type. However, I have come across a minor issue with being able to update an item that requires check in and check out via workflow and being able to apply that to “any” list, content type, page or document. You can’t start a workflow on an item that’s checked out, but you can’t update an item that’s checked in. When you try to use the “Check out” action, you are expected to select a list to check out an item from.