Written by Traci Lester on April 24th, 2012
I’m in the middle of a series of posts throwing my hat in the ring and offering my best guess at what might be next for SharePoint.
The Microsoft community has been abuzz in the last few weeks as we seem to be nearing some tangible news about what the next version of SharePoint will look like—needless to say, speculation about what the folks in Redmond might be planning (or not planning) for SharePoint 2013 is running rampant.
With the next release, there are some opportunity areas for SharePoint—and where Microsoft decides to go will have critical implications for current and future SharePoint customers:
- Will SharePoint’s records management capabilities finally be ready for prime time?
- Will SharePoint offer fully-functioning integration with capture technology?
- Will SharePoint provide more robust workflow capabilities to go beyond basic document-centric processes?
- Will SharePoint evolve into a true social business tool?
- Will SharePoint 365 overcome the limitations of BPOS?
In the first two posts I addressed records management and capture, so today I’ll step through workflow and lay out not only how Microsoft might address it in SharePoint 2013, but also raise some key implications for current (and expectant) SharePoint customers. Click to continue »
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Tags: ASPE, ASPE SharePoint, ASPE-IT, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft SharPoint 2013, SharePoint, SharePoint 2013, SharePoint Workflow, What's next for SharePoint
Written by Laura Daughtry on April 20th, 2012
Whether it’s fundraising, facilities management or IT, these tools work together to unite previously disparate information sources and data points. Project managers gain visibility, have access to real-time actionable insights, and can coordinate teams from a central online location. On Wednesday, April 11th ASPE instructor David Mack presented the free web seminar “Four Things University PMs Need to Know About Project Server.” During this web web seminar, he discussed the four key benefits for university project managers, including building and managing schedules, managing multiple projects and resources, creating teams and workflows to improve collaboration, and integrating project data with business intelligence systems.
Listen to a recording of this web seminar in its entirety by clicking View Event Recordings (at the top right). Learn about academia’s new one-two punch for project management: Microsoft Project Server 2010 and SharePoint 2010.
Do you have a question for David? Leave your comments or tweet us! Follow @ASPE_Inc and use hashtag #ASPEEvents.
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Written by Traci Lester on April 20th, 2012
by: Joe Shepley, PMP
I’m in the middle of a series of posts throwing my hat in the ring and offering my best guess at what might be next for SharePoint.
The Microsoft community has been abuzz in the last few weeks as we seem to be nearing some tangible news about what the next version of SharePoint will look like—needless to say, speculation about what the folks in Redmond might be planning (or not planning) for SharePoint 2013 is running rampant.
With the next release, there are some opportunity areas for SharePoint—and where Microsoft decides to go will have critical implications for current and future SharePoint customers: Click to continue »
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Tags: Microsoft SharePoint, SharePoint, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint 2013, SharePoint Capture
Written by Traci Lester on April 19th, 2012
The SharePoint community has been abuzz in the last few weeks as we seem to be nearing some tangible news about what the next version of SharePoint will look like. The private beta has begun, and public beta not far behind, so speculation about what Microsoft might be planning (or not planning) for SharePoint 2013 is rampant.
I don’t know any better than anyone else what SharePoint 2013 might look like, but I have some educated guesses based on where the product has been and where folks out in the industry are looking for it to go. And since Microsoft is being tightlipped as always about the next release (at least about the features, if not the timelines), my guess is as good as anyone else’s!
One thing we know for certain is that SharePoint’s success to date has been founded on being “good enough” in a number of key areas:
- Dynamic document management (Office docs)
- Document-centric workflow (authoring and approval)
- Basic web content management (department sites)
- Document-centric collaboration (project sites)
With the next release, there are some opportunity areas for SharePoint – where Microsoft decides to go will have critical implications for current SharePoint customers: Click to continue »
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Tags: Microsoft SharePoint, SharePoint, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint 2012
Written by Laura Daughtry on April 18th, 2012
by: Chris Knotts, PMP – ASPE Creative Director
Everybody has heard about the cloud. If you don’t really understand its potential, there’s no excuse to wait. We offer a quick overview of what the cloud offers business, who the big players are, the potential benefits, and most importantly – 10 main security concerns you should be aware of.
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Written by Traci Lester on April 2nd, 2012
I’m currently in the middle of a long series of posts on SharePoint information architecture (IA). We’ve covered a lot of ground, from the definition of IA, to the problems caused by not having an effective IA in SharePoint, to a consideration of the key mechanisms SharePoint provides to help you create an effective IA.
Last post, we turned from more technical considerations to the roles you need to create (and maintain) an effective SharePoint IA. Here, we’ll wrap up with a consideration of the following key processes you need in place for your SharePoint IA.
- Top down communications
- Bottom up communications
- IA refresh
Most of what we’ll cover here builds heavily upon the last post, so if you haven’t read it yet, stop and do so—this post will make a lot more sense if you do. Click to continue »
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Written by Katie Cothran on March 27th, 2012
By: ASPE President David Mantica
The InformationWeek article by Chris Murphy, “15 New Rules for IT to Live By” points out a very critical change that must happen within organizations for IT to maintain relevance. Chris makes it No. 12 on the new rules and he calls it “Make the CMO IT’s new BFF”. I see it as number one.
Why is alignment between the Chief IT Officer and Chief Marketing Officer the number one new rule IT organizations must follow? There are two dynamics at work. Let’s start with the minimization of IT plumbing dynamic. Click to continue »
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Written by Traci Lester on March 27th, 2012
I’m currently in the middle of a long series of posts on SharePoint information architecture (IA). We’ve covered a lot of ground, from the definition of IA, to the problems caused by not having an effective IA in SharePoint, to a consideration of the key mechanisms SharePoint provides to help you create an effective IA.
In this post, we’ll turn from these more technical considerations to the people and process elements you need to create (and maintain) an effective SharePoint IA.
It’s all about the people
It might seem obvious, but if you don’t have the people in place to design, implement, and maintain your SharePoint IA, it won’t happen. Despite that, at practically every organization I work with, they short change themselves on the bodies needed—not just for IA, but for SharePoint in general. Click to continue »
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Written by Laura Daughtry on March 26th, 2012
Developing for SharePoint can be very powerful. However, depending on what you are trying to accomplish, there are multiple tools that can be used. Typical SharePoint development is performed using Microsoft’s .NET platform and can be coded in either C# or VB.NET in the Visual Studio 2010 IDE. But did you know that there is an easier way? SharePoint Designer 2010 is the latest version of SharePoint Designer and has been rewritten from the ground up. Developers wishing to customize their SharePoint platform can utilize SharePoint Designer 2010 without needing to code at all. Using a WYSIWYG editor can easily modify SharePoint Workflows, all of the look and feel elements of your site, and your navigation. You also have the ability to customize web parts, web part views, and even work with external data such as SOAP web services, XML files, and external database connections.
On Wednesday, March 14th ASPE instructor Mark Weinstein presented the free web seminar “SharePoint Designer vs. Development: When is Designer the better and easier choice?” In this web seminar, Mark discussed the different scenarios for SharePoint development and which tool is best suited for which scenario. He also covered the capabilities and feature sets of each tool and why, in many cases, using SharePoint Designer is a much easier and more efficient choice for customizing SharePoint Server 2010.
Do you have a question for Mark? Leave your comments or tweet us! Follow @ASPE_Inc and use hashtag #ASPEEvents.
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Written by Traci Lester on March 22nd, 2012
I’m in the middle of a series of posts on SharePoint Information Architecture (IA) that’s looking at the key people, process, and IA-specific mechanisms at your disposal for creating (and maintaining) an effective IA for SharePoint.
Up to this point, I’ve been digging in to the IA-specific mechanisms, which are:
- Site structure – both the structure of the site collection and of individual sites
- Folder structure – whether to use them and how to organize them
- Metadata – what fields to use, what content to attach them to, and which users need them
- File naming – what (and how much) metadata will it reflect?
- Document types – how many, how many levels deep?
We’ve already looked closely at the first four, so we’ll wrap up our consideration of IA-specific mechanisms with SharePoint document types before turning in the next post to the people and process mechanisms. Click to continue »
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