This post applies to SharePoint 2010 Server, Standard or Enterprise edition. SharePoint can be used for all sorts of content. For collaborative and productivity scenarios, the focus is often on document libraries and lists for managing content. Sometimes content is better suited in web pages, such as wiki sites and newsletter. But the default page [...]
Read more »SharePoint 2010 introduced managed metadata for the first time – the Managed Metadata Service (MMS). You can create a hierarchy of terms (metadata) and then use those terms to classify content stored in SharePoint. If you decide to rename a term, all items classified will be updated to reflect the new term. That’s the managed [...]
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One TechNet article I’m always dipping into for reminders when designing SharePoint solutions is the capacity management article defining boundaries, thresholds and supported limits for sites, lists and libraries. For the full article, read SharePoint 2010 Capacity Management: Software boundaries and limits (at time of writing, updated 14 July 2011 following changes introduced with Service [...]
Read more »SharePoint 2010 includes service applications for managing information that traditionally has been stuck in spreadsheets. The challenge can be choosing which tool best fits your needs. Here’s a rough guide, based on only editing and viewing data in a web browser. From the user’s perspective, no Office client required… …however, first a licensing note. SharePoint [...]
Read more »SharePoint 2010 has changed a few things regarding search. One of which is the use of a different master page to control the navigation, providing a minimal global navigation (aka top link bar) and removing the left sidebar (aka current navigation or the quick launch bar). The left sidebar needs to be removed to make [...]
Read more »Note: This post is relevant to both SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010. One of the features that SharePoint has had for a while now is the Meeting Workspace site template. It’s a template to help co-ordinate content and activities relating to meetings. Used well, it can be a great time-saver and/or help improve the management [...]
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