The SharePoint-Community.net statisticsBack in February 2013 I joined forces with a few other SharePoint people (such as Vlad Catrinescu and Wendy Neal), to create a brand new community site for SharePoint. The main purpose for SharePoint-Community.net was to provide an on-line social network that was focused solely on the subject of SharePoint. We not only wanted […]
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How to sync the AD Line Manager to DocRead using PowershellIn DocRead 2.1 (available mid-September) we introduced some new Powershell Cmdlets to help SharePoint Administrators synchronize the ‘Manager’ property from Active Directory to the DocRead database. Please note, if you are not using SharePoint Foundation, you can ignore this as it’s very likely that the […]
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RN07: DocRead for SharePoint V2.0 (2.0.30804.5)Note: The information in this post relates to DocRead for on-premises SharePoint only. Please note: This is a historic release note and does not relate to the most recent version of the software available. Please visit our release note archive here to view a complete list of published release notes.4th August 2013 […]
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How to utilise audience targeting in SharePointThis article will explain how to setup and configure audience targeting in SharePoint 2010. Before I get started with the guide, I’d like to mention that an Audience is a part of the User Profile Service Application. To manage a SharePoint Audience you will need to open Central Administration website Application Management—–> Manage […]
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How to filter a SharePoint Task list to only show items due within 7 daysTask lists can end up being so large that you can’t focus on your priorities. In this example we are going to show how to create a view that only shows the tasks that are due in the next 7 days.Step 1: […]
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RN06: DocRead for SharePoint V1.5.1 – Database Only PatchNote: The information in this post relates to DocRead for on-premises SharePoint only. Please note: This is a historic release note and does not relate to the most recent version of the software available. Please visit our release note archive here to view a complete list of published release […]
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How to add a web part to every users MySite in 5 minutesThis post will outline how to add a web part to every users MySite. The web part we are going to add is the standard DocRead Reading Tasks web part, but this process can be applied to any web part in SharePoint.MySite host […]
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Do you need one document library or many?Here is a list of all the things that you need to consider when deciding whether to maintain one SharePoint document library or to use many ? As you would imagine there is no correct answer, but hopefully this list allows you to make an informed decision.Metadata NavigationMetadata navigation […]
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How to Govern and Control DocRead for SharePoint?DocRead for SharePoint is very powerful because with just a few clicks it’s possible to configure an important document to be sent and tracked to all employees in an organization. Once a document has been distributed, an employee will be notified by email (when the task is created, completed or […]
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SharePoint Conference for Business Users – we are going!Just a quick post to say that we are now all booked up to go to the SharePoint Conference for Business Users 2013 (20-22 March) in Amsterdam. This is the first time we will be attending a conference that is targeted more towards business users, than technical. We […]
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