11 08, 2016

Et Tu, Delta?

2021-01-21T09:59:04-08:00August 11th, 2016|

This past week, an airline company with a reputation for punctuality, and with one of the best reliability records in the industry, was left dumbfounded as over 1,000 flights worldwide were grounded. No, we're not talking about Southwest Airlines. This time, it's Delta. Like Southwest, the cause is IT-related: a power control module failed. Also [...]

9 08, 2016

Southwest Airlines Favoring Profits over IT Infrastructure?

2021-01-21T10:01:26-08:00August 9th, 2016|

The four unions representing Southwest Airlines’ pilots, flight attendants, mechanics, and ground operations are calling for new leadership at Southwest. All four unions, which represent nearly 80 percent of the airline’s 50,000 employees, voted “no confidence” in the airline’s CEO Gary Kelly and COO Mike Van de Ven. In a joint statement issued August 3, [...]

18 07, 2016

User Experience Improvements Come to SharePoint

2021-01-21T10:02:35-08:00July 18th, 2016|

Microsoft SharePoint can do awesome things, but its interface can be quite unintuitive at times. The result has been that while the number of SharePoint licenses has increased rapidly year-over-year, end-user adoption rates have not followed suit. By contrast, the Microsoft Office suite of productivity tools has evolved into a leader in intuitive, user-friendly [...]

7 07, 2016

Implementing a SharePoint-based Help Desk That Meets ITIL Service Desk Standards

2021-01-21T10:04:14-08:00July 7th, 2016|

In the late 1980s, the UK government decided to tackle the need for standardization in the burgeoning IT industry. Over time, this set of standards coalesced into a program called IT Service Management (ITSM) and, within that program, a specific subset of practices evolved that is now referred to as ITIL: Information Technology Infrastructure [...]

24 06, 2016

“It’s Our Policy to Have Policies

2023-07-13T13:26:28-07:00June 24th, 2016|

Keeping documentation on policies, procedures, and guidelines up-to-date – and making sure the responsible employees read and abide by them – is one of the major headaches of many businesses. It is also critical to meeting regulatory and compliance requirements as well as avoiding fines from overseeing agencies. Where does this apply? Just about [...]

15 06, 2016

Have you heard about Microsoft Flow and PowerApps?

2021-07-01T10:41:03-07:00June 15th, 2016|

The new SharePoint Development Framework was not the only news to come out of San Francisco at Microsoft's Future of SharePoint event last month -- Microsoft Flow and Microsoft PowerApps also made their appearance. These new tools are aimed at increasing business efficiency, particularly in terms of automation. Going with the Flow Microsoft Flow [...]

2 06, 2016

Microsoft Introduces new SharePoint Development Framework

2021-01-21T10:17:12-08:00June 2nd, 2016|

What is the new “SharePoint Development Framework” that Microsoft talked about at its Future of SharePoint event May 4th? What value does it bring to SharePoint development – and ultimately, to businesses that use SharePoint? Many Technet and blog articles delve into the programming particulars of this new framework, and we will leave them [...]

18 05, 2016

Office Graph Takes Center Stage

2023-07-13T13:27:24-07:00May 18th, 2016|

On May 4th, Microsoft hosted the Future of SharePoint event in San Francisco, which coincided with the general release of SharePoint 2016. The overall purpose was to highlight what users can expect in SharePoint's future and to get them enthused about the overall direction of SharePoint. Office Graph Moves Front and Center One key [...]

11 05, 2016

SharePoint On-premises: Here to Stay!

2021-05-20T11:04:11-07:00May 11th, 2016|

“We remain committed to our customer’s on-premises and do not consider SharePoint Server 2016 to be the last on-premises server release.” -- Bill Baer, SharePoint Senior Product Manager blog post, May 4, 2016. With the release of SharePoint 2016 last week, Microsoft confirmed its commitment to providing a powerful and innovative on-premises SharePoint platform. [...]

4 05, 2016

“Future of SharePoint”: What You Need to Know

2021-05-20T11:03:33-07:00May 4th, 2016|

There was so much covered in Microsoft's Future of SharePoint presentation today! Here are the key takeaways, from our perspective: SharePoint On-premises Is Here To Stay Microsoft is committed to maintaining and improving SharePoint on-premises. Coming in 2017, Microsoft will release feature pack updates for SharePoint Server 2016. Feature packs will take a subset [...]

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