19 10, 2015

Mobile Adoption in SharePoint: Still Some Work to Do

2021-01-21T10:43:36-08:00October 19th, 2015|

We all know that mobile is big. Actually, it’s huge. Here are some stats to convey the “hugeness”: 80% of Internet users worldwide own a smartphone By 2016 there will be 10 billion mobile Internet devices used globally The number of mobile users passed the number of desktop users last year 89% of mobile users’ [...]

9 10, 2015

Can you Leapfrog from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2016?

2021-01-22T10:26:31-08:00October 9th, 2015|

Microsoft’s unveiling of SharePoint 2016 this past May revealed a plethora of cool new features coupled with improvements to existing technology. There is seemingly something for everyone: admins can enjoy zero downtime patching, users can search Office 365 & on-premises SharePoint via a singular interface, and pro-cloud security experts will love the move to [...]

6 10, 2015

SharePoint 2016: It’s all about the Cloud

2021-01-21T10:50:09-08:00October 6th, 2015|

Last May, the long-awaited unveiling of SharePoint 2016 took place at Microsoft Ignite 2015 in Chicago. Since then, the SharePoint community has been on their collective seat-edges, anticipating the feature set and, in particular, how it will get along with Office 365. As the month of August 2015 neared its conclusion, Microsoft shared a [...]

17 08, 2015

Making a Good UI in a SharePoint Web-based Program for Everyday Users

2023-06-08T08:29:49-07:00August 17th, 2015|

The out-of-the-box SharePoint user interface (UI) may be functional, but that doesn't seem to be enough for some enterprises that want to create a better user experience. Designing a UI for the everyday user is not difficult, but requires understanding and attention to detail. Apart from making the UI good to look at, the [...]

25 02, 2015

SharePoint’s Evolution Through the Years

2021-01-22T11:08:14-08:00February 25th, 2015|

SharePoint is a business collaboration platform that enables individuals in an organization to easily create their own collaborative web sites. It integrates seamlessly with Windows and MS Office and simplifies information sharing across boundaries. This enables faster and better informed decision making, thereby increasing the productivity and efficiency of the [...]

27 10, 2014

The Benefits of Using SharePoint Lists for Data Management

2023-05-11T06:30:38-07:00October 27th, 2014|

What is a SharePoint List? A SharePoint list is very much like a spreadsheet that has a table with data spread across several columns in different rows. It has the following features:- Numerous items can be stored, including addresses, phone numbers, website links, comments, annotations, tasks, calendar events and much more. Among the many [...]

21 10, 2014

Vast Improvement in Workflows for SharePoint 2013

2021-06-16T11:18:12-07:00October 21st, 2014|

Workflow in SharePoint 2013 has been substantially improved with the advent of Windows Workflow Foundation 4. Workflows are hosted outside of the main SharePoint server in Microsoft Azure, which enables a vast improvement in performance and scalability. What is Workflow? Workflow is the movement of tasks and documents through a [...]

24 09, 2014

Unraveling Myths About SharePoint

2023-04-21T07:24:36-07:00September 24th, 2014|

MYTH: SharePoint is Only a Smart Document Storage and Collaboration System This myth has hung around since SharePoint's early days. Early versions of Microsoft SharePoint focused on providing a place where documents could be stored and teams could collaborate on tasks. These early versions helped manage multiple versions of important documents and made collaboration [...]

10 09, 2014

The Evolution of SharePoint: a Brief History

2021-01-22T12:11:27-08:00September 10th, 2014|

It's been a long journey to SharePoint 2013. Before SharePoint existed, in the days when Windows XP was still being developed, its forerunners were products like Officer Server, Site Server, Tahoe and Platinum. These featured basic web content management, document management, a little ecommerce, and the like. Messaging and collaboration were parts of the [...]

28 08, 2014

Surface Pro 3 and SharePoint: The Ideal Combo

2023-04-21T07:17:26-07:00August 28th, 2014|

What Makes the Surface Pro 3 So Attractive? All types of users, including SharePoint administrators, can benefit greatly from the device that combines the power of desktop computing with the mobility offered by a tablet. Microsoft’s latest offering in tablets, the Surface Pro 3, has closed the processing power gap between tablets and laptops [...]

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