Mauro Cardarelli, author of "Essential SharePoint 2007 -Delivering High Impact Collaboration", tackles the question "Where does SharePoint fall short?"
The answer, according to Mauro, is in security management.
The benefit of an open system like SharePoint is there is little differentiation betwen users and content producers. As a result, people can use it right away with little training.
The problem is when users are asked to manage security. And, according to Mauro, the security management interface is "confusing and cumbersome." As a result, it's highly likely some content can be accessed by the wrong audience. ControlPoint is designed to address this issue, giving administrators the tools to manage permissions effectively.
Where do you think SharePoint falls short? Send us mail to let us know.
Register to join two of the nation's leading SharePoint providers as they share
governance lessons from the trenches.
This webinar draws on the real-world experience of
Errin O'Connor, CEO of EPC Group, to show you how to use ControlPoint to take governance to the next level. You will learn how to create a winning SharePoint environment with a tool that allows you to:
- Manage SharePoint Permissions
- Analyze SharePoint Usage and Activity
- Move / Copy Sites
- Set up alerts and Enforce policies
- And more!
Mr. O'Connor is the author of "
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Inside Out". He has worked on over 100 successful SharePoint implementations with some of the largest organizations in the United States including Continental Airlines, The National Institute of Health, the NAVY and NASA. He is a frequent speaker at SharePoint events.
Please join two industry leaders and learn how to successfully implement governance into your organization and remain in control of your SharePoint Success!
Register today.
When you are a SharePoint administrator, it pays to know your database.
With that in mind, Hannu Ojala has written a
useful article on the basics of SQL Server. Some of the key takeaways include:
- When planning your SharePoint system, estimate how much data you are going to store per site collection.
- Keep your content databases under 100GB. If they are too big, split them up.
- "Microsoft has one very easy rule concerning SharePoint 2007 databases; don't touch them"
- Use naming conventions. It will help you figure out which database belongs to which site collection.
- Meet the hardware and software requirements. And remember those are minimum requirements.
In addition, the article offers great technical advice on memory, disks, processors and virtualization.
Give it a read when you get a chance.
SharePoint consultant Andy Dale has opened polling for the "
Best SharePoint Administration Tool 2010" and ControlPoint is on the short list!
We'd be honored if you took a moment to vote for ControlPoint. Simply go to
Andy Dale's Awards Page, scroll down to "Best SharePoint Administration Tool 2010", check off ControlPoint and click "Vote."
Voting is broken up into two halves. The first half is an open online poll, the second is scored by a panel of SharePoint experts. Winners should be announced in mid-April.
As always, thank you for your support!
A strong value proposition of SharePoint is the ability to better organize your content, improve discoverability, and clarify authorship and accessibility by mapping to SharePoint’s permissions. However, one of the primary reasons for delaying a file share migration is the need to go through and “clean up” content so that it can better fit into the SharePoint paradigm.
As with any spring cleaning, migrating your file shares presents an opportunity for users and administrators to clean up document versions, reorganize folder structures, clarify content ownership, and update relevant metadata. But is it easier to clean up this content inside or outside of SharePoint?
Users generally have three options:
- Move content, as-is, into SharePoint and clean up there
- Clean and organize content first, then move to a new structure in SharePoint
- Migrate content in waves, using the iterations to sort through and organize your content while in transit, moving some content as-is, reorganizing and transforming others
The echo FileLoader from Axceler supports all three strategies: Quickly and easily move your file shares to SharePoint, as-is, and maintain your file structure. Or reorganize your content manually, and push to your new SharePoint layout. Or migrate iteratively, allowing you to clean up, sort, and transform your data on your own schedule.
Unique to echo FileLoader is the ability to create Microsoft Excel “control files” that represent your file shares, allowing administrators and users to work, disconnected from SharePoint, to clean up your file shares and apply metadata.
Regardless of your strategy, echo FileLoader is a powerful and flexible tool that allows you to replicate your complex folder structures, work offline in Excel, retain or consolidate versions, maintain or modify key metadata and historic data, maintain or map permissions, and keep a complete audit trail of what you’ve done.
To find out more about echo FileLoader from Axceler, click here
We're headed to Las Vegas next week to attend the SharePointPro Summit, March 16-19. Bringing together some of the biggest names in SharePoint, the conference features Tom Rizzo, Director of SharePoint for Microsoft, as keynote speaker. Excitement will be high with the upcoming release of SharePoint 2010.
SharePointPro Summit features a broad range of classes and workshops. And it gives you a great opportunity to network with industry professionals.
If you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late to register. And if you are attending, be sure to visit us in booth #420 to enter to win a new Tablet Netbook PC!
"Fast" is not a word normally associated with our federal government. But that's the only word to describe how quickly the recovery.gov site was launched using SharePoint.
Converting from a platform that was not robust enough, recovery.gov took a mere ten weeks to relaunch. That's fast considering the site provides information about $787 billion in stimulus money. In addition, the site can support up to 10 million users an hour.
In technical terms, Recovery.gov uses "SharePoint for Internet Sites" as a platform, Bing for their job search, SQL to create a unified data warehouse, and FAST search for the rest of the site.
Check it out at recovery.gov.
Source: Technet article
Axceler invites you to an upcoming webcast that will show you how to use ControlPoint to administer your SharePoint environment like a pro. The webcast will take place this Thursday, March 11th at 2:00 pm EST.
In this session, we will show you how to:
- Manage SharePoint Permissions
- Analyze SharePoint Usage and Activity
- Move / Copy Sites
- Clean Up, Manage and Configure SharePoint accounts and sites
- Analyze SharePoint content and storage
- Monitor SharePoint trends
- Set up alerts and Enforce policies
- Audit your SharePoint environment
- Identify governance violations
- And more
Register today!
Is SharePoint 2010 beta ready for prime time? Based on its performance at this year's Olympic winter games, the answer is "yes."
Used to power the U.S. Olympic website serving journalists with statistics, photos, news and other information, the site was a big hit. 92 percent of reporters surveyed found it helpful.
One of Axceler's own, Yancy Lent, will be riding in this year's Pan Mass Challenge
raising money for cancer research. This will be Yancy's third Pan Mass after his five year old son was diagnosed with leukemia in 2007.
The good news is after three rounds of chemotherapy, five months in a children's hospital and a bone marrow transplant, his son is now
doing well. And Yancy is still riding.
Founded in 1980, the Pan Mass Challenge has raised over $270 million for cancer research and treatment. And for the third consecutive year, 100% of all rider-raised funds went to the cause. Over 250,000 individual contributions were made last year.
The Pan Mass Challenge will take place August 7th and 8th and registration to participate is still
open. You can make contributions to Yancy's ride
here.
Mark Miller's "
Is SharePoint 2010 Relevant?" article got me looking for reasons to upgrade. With that in mind, I found "
8 Ways Web Content Management has Improved in SharePoint 2010."
Briefly stated, the main points are:
- AJAX-enabled interface - fewer page loads and a more intuitive interface
- The Ribbon - making third-party prodct integration easier
- WSIWYG Editor - reduces confusion
- Browser Support - supports browsers other than Internet Explorer
- Managed Metadata Service - big improvements in this area
- Tagging & Rating - helps users find similar content and rate its usefulness
- Content Organizer - helpful for managing a large amount of documents
- Encouraging Adoption - things are looking good for early adoption
What are your plans on SharePoint 2010- are you an early adopter or are you holding back?
Send us mail and let us know.
Is the increased hype and fixation on SharePoint 2010 hurting the movement? Mark Miller brings up this provocative point in a recent article.
Miller points out that many conferences have agendas that are "heavily slanted towards [SharePoint 2010]". This leaves many SharePoint enthusiasts in a bind. How can they justify the expense of attending conferences if their organization has no plans to immediately upgrade?
Miller predicts wider adoption of SharePoint 2010 is at least two to three years away. As such, he advises "most people should keep their head down and concentrate on the 2007 environment."
What do you think? Send us mail and let us know.