SharePoint Use Cases

In my previous posts (Part 1 and Part 2) I wrote about problems you might face when installing SharePoint 2007 for a customer who still uses Office 2003. I presumed that majority of customers is still using older versions of Office applications. At that time I could not provide any data to argument it. I [...]

After 1.5 years I have decided to move this blog to another blog platform and to a separate domain. In this period number of visitors increased constantly, and I am very happy with the number of visitors that come to this blog every day. If you are reading this blog via RSS feed, just continue [...]

In Part 1 of this post I tried to explain SharePoint editions in more detail. Last week I found very interesting shema that describes version differences on a single image. You can download the full presentation here. The complete breakdown of the features of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is available here. When choosing the [...]

A client of mine decided to perform a little summer house cleaning > deleting duplicate records in the company CRM system. Having correct contact information is the key of having reliable CRM system. In CRM 4.0 Microsoft introduced new feature called duplicate detection, which queries you database in search of duplicate records. The feature is [...]

In my previous post I mentioned that if you are going to use SharePoint 2007 you really should use Office 2007 with it. In this post I will try to describe differences between various versions so you can know what to expect on your implementation. Every project is different, and you will encounter numerous combinations [...]

Dan from Integrated Services, Inc. asked me to share my opinions on how to maximize your SharePoint investment. I will try to focus on how to avoid some of the classic mistakes that could ruin your project. It does not make sense to reinvent the wheel here, so I will try to reuse some the [...]

When I am advising customers about potential SharePoint to implementation I often hear questions like this one: Q: Toni, we would like to use SharePoint 2007 but we are still using Office 2003, what should we do? If you ask our friends at Microsoft the easy answer is: Upgrade to the latest version now! Bear [...]

In my last post I tried to explain what are the limitations of SharePoint versioning and things you need to know when you are planning and configuring a SharePoint site. In this post I will try to prepare you for the questions you will be asked on SharePoint end-user training. As in last post, the [...]

One of the key features of SharePoint is versioning. But if not planned correctly versions can become your nightmare on a SharePoint project. During project planning phase perform requirements analysis on versions and once implemented educate end-users on how to use versioning correctly. Versioning is a very good feature but Office documents can be huge [...]

Last week I read a great book by Scott Rosenberg (founder of Salon). If you ever worked on a serious software project, you will probably experience a deja-vu (like I did [:)]). The book is a real-life story about a company founded by Mitchell Kapor and a team of developers who tried to develop a [...]