20 articles in this selection

2009/12/08

This article discusses the business intelligence tools available in SharePoint Server 2010

2009/10/28

Nintex Workflow 2007 enables organizations to build complex workflow processes quickly and easily using a web browser interface. Nintex Workflow 2007 empowers users across the organization to automate business processes, review workflow activities and automate common SharePoint administrative tasks....

2009/10/15

Though MOSS provides plethora of features OTB (out of the box), and through development almost infinite amount of flexibility can be achieved but there will be times when MOSS might not be right or the good enough feasible solution to the problem you are dealing with.You should also be aware of bottlenecks and limitations of MOSS. However said so in certain cases, with the help of Microsoft Partner / 3rd party products, you can achieve things that may be initially considered out of scope for MOSS. Following are some of the areas, which you need to watch out before going forward with MOSS....

2009/10/13

My good friend Bill Simser recently wrote about why he thinks SharePoint is great. Actually, he didn't say SharePoint is great, he's trying to explain why SharePoint does so much more than whatever people compare it to and why apples and gasoline should not be compared. I'll say what really on his mind: SharePoint sucks. SharePoint sucks at blogging, compared to blogging tools. SharePoint sucks at document management, compared to dedicated document management tools. SharePoint sucks at web content management compared to pure web content management tools. You're basically getting mediocrity in everything....

2009/10/13

The last month or so I've been a casual observer to a bit of a train wreck. It's the train wreck that we collectively know as the SharePoint bashing exercise. I'll admit fully and upfront. I'm a SharePoint MVP and there are times SharePoint (at a micro level) frustrates me enough to go postal on my co-workers. However from a macro level and as a corporate tool, it's a pretty darn good piece of software. I wanted to take this opportunity to sit down, filter through the FUD that is spreading, and give my take on things....

2009/10/13

Right, here is the first part of a three-part series on automating business processes in SharePoint. We will explore three different methods of doing Business Process Management, or BPM, using SharePoint and available tools. The scenario is a simple helpdesk application in which users should be able to send emails and have an issue be raised and sent to an appropriate agent for resolution. We will use an email enabled list to receive emails and then use automated processes to route that email into the issue tracking system. The system will make sure that the issue is tracked and escalated as appropriate....

2009/10/13

BPM/Workflow add-on for Microsoft Sharepoint

2009/10/13

Smart organizations plan for a migration path to more sophisticated process management experience that reaches beyond functional / task excellence, but leverages this fine entry point. Just like Visio was a terrific entry point to process modeling, SharePoint is a terrific entry point to process execution....

2009/10/13

In a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 site, you can choose from several types of libraries, depending on the types of files that you want to store and how you plan to use them.

2009/10/13

This is a topic that keeps on surfacing, and I don't expect it to go away any time soon: When should we (if at all) use folder structures in SharePoint Libraries? As much as I hate to admit it, there is no simple answer. But personally, I don't often see many compelling reasons to use folders in SharePoint....

2009/09/30

Microsoft site on their Business Intelligence offerings.

2009/08/08

While Microsoft's Windows sales fell for the first time in history this year, its SharePoint sales have gone up. Microsoft declines to break out the exact sales figures for the software but said that SharePoint broke the $1 billion revenue mark last year and continued to rise past that total this year, making it the hottest selling server-side product ever for the company....

2009/08/03

Business Intelligence (or BI as the cool kids are calling it) has been buzz word du jour for quite some time now. Gartner research lists it as the Number 1 technology priority for 2008 for CIO's the 3rd year running. Clearly someone important cares! As SharePoint professionals, how can we deliver on these priorities? And what does SharePoint have to do with BI anyway?...

2009/08/03

This article, which is adapted from the Microsoft Press book Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Best Practices, focuses on how you can use Excel and Excel Services to analyze business intelligence data within SharePoint sites.

2009/07/23

A sneak peek of SharePoint 2010.

2009/07/12

The official blog of the Microsoft SharePoint Product Group

2009/07/12

A list of the many costs involved in implementing and supporting Microsoft SharePoint, including ones you might never have expected.

2009/06/25

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is an integrated suite of server capabilities that can help improve organizational effectiveness by providing comprehensive content management and enterprise search, accelerating shared business processes, and facilitating information-sharing across boundaries for better business insight. Additionally, this collaboration and content management server provides IT professionals and developers with the platform and tools they need for server administration, application extensibility, and interoperability....

2009/06/17

Open Source Enterprise Content Management System, alternative for SharePoint.

2008/07/16

CMS Watch finds forms development and routing capabilities suit those who don't need a full Business Process Management Platform.