In this article we will explore how to make parent-child list relationships in SharePoint 2010, at both the list level and the user interface form level. At the list level, we will describe how to use a Lookup field to create the relationship at the list level. At the user interface level, we will document […]
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SharePoint User Adoption Key Factors: Part 4 of 4
This is the last in a four part series on the key factors that shape user adoption of the SharePoint platform. Part 1 outlined the affecting factors, while Parts 2 and 3 examined these factors in detail. In this final post we will examine the remaining key factors that influence user adoption of the SharePoint […]
SharePoint User Adoption Key Factors: Part 3 of 4
In this post we will continue to examine the key factors that influence user adoption of the SharePoint platform. For an overview of the factors that affect user adoption, take a look at Part 1. Grow with the Culture Planning for growth from the start is critical. The SharePoint platform should grow as the corporate […]
SharePoint User Adoption Key Factors: Part 2 of 4
Over the next three posts we will examine each of the key factors that influence user adoption of the SharePoint platform as outlined in Part 1 of this series. It is important to understand which of these factors will have the greatest influence on user adoption within your organization in order to prioritize the efforts […]
The Mobile Landscape and SharePoint
For many, the mobile landscape is fast becoming the ONLY landscape to do business in. As products and services circle the globe, we are leaving our offices for the road “more” traveled. Especially in a sales-oriented business environment, we find that the end users of many of the SharePoint solutions we create for our clients […]
Enterprise Social Platforms That Live Outside of SharePoint
Is your organization committed to leveraging SharePoint as its enterprise collaboration and portal platform? Are you are also evaluating enterprise social platforms? If your answer is “yes” to both of those questions, there are a few things that you and your stakeholders should strongly consider as you have internal conversations about leveraging enterprise social platforms […]
A Few Things About SharePoint Workspace and Groove
The SharePoint Workspace 2010 and Groove Server 2010 technologies from Microsoft are designed to address this common business scenario: An organization has documents, lists, and other assets stored in SharePoint 2010, but the organization also has a good number of users who are often working in a situation where they are not maintaining an active […]
SharePoint User Adoption Key Factors: Part 1 of 4
As a consultancy, we place strong emphasis on driving user adoption of the collaboration solutions we develop and deliver for our clients. As an application and collaboration platform, SharePoint can be leveraged for many different purposes; Intranet, Extranet, Public Website, Document Management, Social Collaboration, Workflow, Business Intelligence, to name a few. Over the course of […]
SharePoint 2013 ‘Apps’
With SharePoint 2013, Microsoft introduced yet another paradigm for developing applications. Applications (or Apps)??!!! Yes. ‘Solutions’ are called Apps now! In fact everything in SharePoint including its primitive constructs such as Lists, Libraries are Apps in SharePoint 2013. However that doesn’t change how they behave and they continue function in same way. So what happened […]
Machine Translations (for Term Sets) in SharePoint 2013
In one of my earlier blog posts, I showed how term sets can be translated manually using XLIFF files. This post will step through the process of setting up machine translations for a term set. Process: 1. Go to Central Administration and create a SharePoint Translation Service application if it’s not already setup.
Mobility: Custom Mobile Panel (SharePoint 2013)
In my previous blog post, I described how the mobile panels work and what their shortcomings are. This blog will outline the solution that will solve the problems that the OOTB panel has. Problem Definition: The Out Of The Box mobile panel when added to the layout has the following issues: 1. To author content […]
Mobility: Mobile Panels in SharePoint 2013
SharePoint 2013 has a new component called the Mobile Panel. The purpose of this panel is to enable the content authors to target different content to different device channels or render same content differently based on how the site is accessed. My earlier post on Mobility shows how to setup a device channel and explains […]