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Windows Azure: 5 Things You Might Not Know

Did you know? Windows Azure supports your environment beyond just your Microsoft technology? Windows Azure supports heterogeneous environments. Just a couple of examples include the ability to develop, test, and deploy Oracle DB, WebLogic, Java, and Oracle Linux on Azure and pay by the hour while getting full support from Oracle, as well as the […]

When to use OneDrive for Business vs. Team Sites

Now that Microsoft has allotted 25 GB per user of storage in OneDrive for Business, an interesting question has arose – “When should I use OneDrive vs. a Team Site?” This is an important question that might not arise if there wasn’t so much space available per user. And with on premise deployments, you’re probably not […]

SPC 2014 Roadmap Updates – SharePoint 2015 Announced!

One thing is clear at SharePoint Conference 2014, cloud is the future for Microsoft (if it’s not already the present). Jared Spataro kicked off yesterday’s keynote with 4 goals that will shape the future vision of Office. We believe the future of work is all about working as a Network. We believe in personal insights […]

SharePoint 2013 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Released!

In further anticipation of SharePoint Conference 2014, today Microsoft announced the release of Service Pack 1 for all Office products, including SharePoint 2013. This has been a long time coming. Most of us in the industry were expecting SP1 to arrive sometime last fall, right around the 1 year mark of the product release. There […]

Managing Office 365 with Powershell

A recent Office Blog highlights new resources for Managing Office 365 with Windows Powershell.  Powershell is an incredibly robust tool for managing your SharePoint, Lync, and Exchange environments. It was released around the 2010 product lines and most of us in the industry remember its predecessor, STSADM, for managing SharePoint 2007.  If you are new to Powershell, you’ll find the […]

Office Online and OneDrive to Rule Them All

You may have heard about a little legal trouble Microsoft was in because of the name they chose for the SkyDrive service. Last month Microsoft announced the new OneDrive name and a small change to the paid version from SkyDrive Pro to OneDrive for Business. OneDrive is Microsoft’s foray into the cloud storage service market, competing with other […]

SPC 2014 Prep – Yammer and Microsoft’s Social Roadmap

As we prepare for SharePoint Conference 2014, starting March 2, all eyes are on Yammer and Microsoft’s Social Roadmap. Since Microsoft purchased Yammer in June 2012, there have been a steady stream of updates to the platform. If you have Yammer today, you may have noticed some of these updates – fonts, integrated newsfeeds, etc. […]

New to SharePoint 2013? Here are FREE Training Resources

One thing Microsoft has been really great at over the years has been the production of all kinds of technical and non-technical training information. We have TechNet, MSDN, Channel 9, and many others. Customers always ask me for these and how to get new users up to speed quickly with SharePoint, so I’ve decided to […]

SharePoint 2013 Drag and Drop System Requirements

One of my favorite new features in SharePoint 2013, and no doubt a favorite of our customers, is the drag and drop feature into document libraries. It alleviates the need for the multiple upload control that existed in SharePoint 2010 and reduces users reliance on the Windows Explorer option in a document library. In reality […]

Publishing with the Content Type Hub

In my last post, we talked about the benefits of the Managed Metadata Service. We discussed the benefits of a centralized location for term sets, term groups, and terms. Since we have a centralized location for these items, wouldn’t it be great if we also had a centralized location for Site Columns and Content Types? […]

Managed Metadata – What is it? & Why is it important?

We all know that metadata is data about data. If we have a newsletter, then the author, media type, and publishing date are all metadata that relates to the newsletter. When working with metadata in SharePoint, we utilize Site Columns and Content Types to manage metadata in document libraries, lists, and other types of content. […]

SharePoint 2007 to 2010 Upgrade Recommendations

Upgrading SharePoint 2007, MOSS or WSS, can be quite a daunting task. With the extreme flexibility for customizations in SharePoint, there are many different areas that need to be analyzed and prepared for, prior to any successful upgrade project. There are 2 basic upgrade approaches – in place and database attach. It has been our […]

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