Understand the workflow provisions around SharePoint, Office365, Windows Azure used to improve business process automation, collaboration and productivity.
Read how Service Delivery (automation, data governance, data processing, support), aligns to Information Assurance (IA) and concerns all content management systems.
Read how Office365 includes Service Assurance providing resources to carry out risk assessments and audits, and includes a wealth of reports covering security, and the relevant legislation.
Read how Web Analytics improves the usability of the SharePoint solution, drives collaboration, boosts ROI (Return On Investment); and thus enhances the overall productivity of SharePoint users
Read how a usable SharePoint solution needs to take into consideration the service standards applicable like design, development, commonality, consistency, tools and cross platform standards. 
Read how automation of an enterprise solution including Maintainability, Availability, Resiliency and Supportability using multiple technologies requires an adoption of an suite that allows you flexibility.
Microsoft Word Research – Providing SharePoint Search features to SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint 2013
I've published to TechNET UK an article concerning the use of some great Microsoft Word functionality called Research. This provides individuals with the ability to customize options to suit their research needs. This feature can be used to expose SharePoint search,...
Making sure SQL is the right version for 2013
Am in the land of setting up quite a few 2013 environments to demo and test. Some using VMware, HyperV, Cloudshare to name a few. Ran into a 'gotcha' starring SQL which I thought I would share. In this scenario I'm setting up a Dev / POC environment which is a single...
SharePoint 2013 preview now available
Yaaaay, SharePoint 2013 is now available on preview - there's a whole pile of blogs coming your way concerning Office integration and SharePoint 2013 from me. Also, watch out for my new book which I will announce shortly - for now, get the download and start trying it...
Security Challenges of Connecting and Collaborating
A key component of Platform Governance (i.e. the management of the infrastructure and related services) on SharePoint is the understanding of security and how that affects user collaboration. Here's a webcast I attended as a guest speaker concerning security...
Wow, just I’ve joined the MVP Student Partner Mentoring Programme
Am pretty humbled here having been accepted into the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Student Mentoring programme (ok its a long title). However, its all about giving back your expertise, knowledge and experience into those who will in future help shape...
Office365 for Education – FREE!
The awesome news is that Office365 for Education is FREE!!! This product ncludes Exchange Online, Lync Online, SharePoint Online and Office Web Apps. The Office 365 Exchange Online component is basically the same as Live@edu's Outlook Live, so transferring from one to...
Consumerization and SharePoint security challenges
I was a guest speaker on a general SharePoint Security Webcast today, which was great fun. On the agenda was security of SharePoint relating to mobile devices. Unfortunately, the session did not manage to get into that topic, and I was so keen to talk about it. To...
Information Workers Certification in SharePoint 2010 (77-886)
If you are an Information Worker in SharePoint, and you would like proove your skills by marking on your Cirriculum Vitae as a Microsoft Office Specialist in SharePoint, then the best way is by doing the Microsoft Office Specialist suite of exams provided by Microsoft...
A solution to Web Applications not being provisioned on the SharePoint Web Front End Servers
Time for an 'infrastructure musling'… Consider that if you have an environment which is low on resources, you may find that through creating web applications in the SharePoint 2010 farm that further attempts to create a new web application through Central...
Facebook in your Company – You can forget it!
Whilst I was at the London SharePoint Conference 2012 I was rapidly taking notes on the sessions I managed to get to. Whilst doing notes on the talk by Rob Foster titled 'Facebook in your Comnpany - You can forget it!' I thought 'Hey I should definately share some...
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