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 »In February 2011 I did a presentation at a Records Management (RM) seminar on SharePoint 2010. Specifically, exploring what SharePoint 2010 has to offer in the field of EDRMS – Electronic Document and Records Management. The presentation is embedded below and a brief summary of the talk follows: SharePoint 2010 for Records Management First things [...]
Read more »One of the new features with SharePoint 2010 is the option to add-on FAST for advanced indexing and search capabilities. The short presentation below gives an idea of the extras you get with FAST versus just using SharePoint. The focus is on internal indexing/search solutions. FAST offers a lot more over SharePoint for use with public facing web sites but that’s a whole other scenario.
Read more »The presentation below contains a walkthrough the basics of what are content types in SharePoint 2010 and what’s new. Enjoy!
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