I was asked the question the other day, if a global 365 administrator could access a former employee’s sky drive (pro) following their departure from the company. After doing some investigating, I confirmed this access is not provided by default. Fortunately, the access can be obtained fairly easily. For those of you looking under the Sky Drive Pro settings […]
As of late, my role has been in solution sales. Every day I speak to clients about how we can solve their communication and content challenges with SharePoint. However, no matter how obvious it is that SharePoint can solve their issues, we still run into scenarios where we hear “we think your team is great, […]
User Adoption sessions at user groups and SharePoint events have never been appealing to me. The whole concept of user adoption feels like a way of doing whatever it takes to convince users to adopt a new technology. Beg, borrow, plead…. Management, IT Pros, and trainers, all concerned about why “no one is using SharePoint” […]
By now, most people know what metadata is and know how to configure it in their respective platform. As an Information Architect, I often talk about how the foundation of your environment is in the global taxonomy and folksonomy. Yet no one wants to go there! I find myself answer questions in meetings with clients […]
Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations
What does it take to get access to documents and notes on a mobile device? The answer may be different based on the size of your organization. The answer may be easy if you are a small business with no onsite servers; you can just set up SharePoint Online (365). The answer may also be […]
There have been a number of articles lately discussing why companies cannot find the right person to manage their SharePoint environment. The other thing I’ve seen lately is a rant on why you need to hire a $200/hour consultant to deploy a successful SharePoint solution. (Which I don’t believe to be true…more on that later) […]
I’ve been tasked with answering the difficult question of what path to take regarding forms. There are a lot of rumors out there and if you are reading this, you are probably searching for answers about the roadmap for forms development. While I don’t have any definite answers, I do have an opinion. I’ve been working […]
This is Part 1 of my series Getting Organized; taking all of those file share documents, emails, and other miscellaneous bits and pieces of information and getting them migrated into SharePoint . Click here to see the introduction to this series. The introduction includes my PowerPoint slides and a detailed look at the migration process that I present on. […]
This blog is a follow up to my presentation Getting Organized: Discover, Design, and Implement. (Also known as “Taming those Hoarders!”) My intent with this presentation and blog, is to provide a method for moving from traditional files shares and legacy systems into SharePoint. The methods I use will help you define your taxonomy, content […]
