Upgrading a custom application to SharePoint 2013Just before Christmas I was tasked with the wonderful job of getting DocRead (our Policy Management Software for SharePoint) working on SharePoint 2013. At this point, although things appeared to be working, we encountered a few issues during testing. We also needed to make DocRead look and feel like a […]
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A beginners guide to Information Security Policies Information Security Policies are a set of guidelines that help businesses to protect their customers’ and employees’ data. These policies are in place to ensure that the company is not violating any legal or ethical regulations. They also provide a framework for the company to make sure that […]
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How to free up DocRead user licenses in DocReadNote: The information in this post relates to DocRead for on-premises SharePoint only. If you need to free up some DocRead licences, because you have users that no longer work in your organization, then follow the steps outlined here. Before we explain how to free up licenses, it’s important to […]
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An SP24 Adventure – The idea This post is part of a series of posts about the SP24 Virtual SharePoint Conference. Wow! What an experience – SP24 and SP24 Rewound are now over, and on reflection, it’s certainly been one of the most challenging projects I have ever undertaken. What started out as a very […]
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Regulatory Compliance – Information Management Policies Information Management Policies in SharePoint in my experience, are not used that heavily, but are an extremely easy way to apply policies to your documents. They are accessible from ‘Library Settings’ and are configurable per content type. For example, this means that all ‘documents’ in the library will have the policy applied. […]
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An SP24 Adventure – The Thank you’s This post is part of a series of posts about the SP24 Virtual SharePoint Conference There are so many people that made SP24 possible, probably way too many to mention here, but I would like to highlight a few heroes! These are by no means in any particular […]
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3rd Party apps and services that we used to build SP24 on SharePoint This post is part of a series of posts about the SP24 Virtual SharePoint Conference SP24 was a free, virtual, SharePoint Conference that took place on April 14th and was then replayed on May 16th. It lasted for 24 hours and featured […]
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How to use SharePoint with your trusted partners For many SharePoint is a bit of a black box. A large number of companies use it as an Intranet or document management system, but few really understand exactly what it can do. SharePoint itself isn’t entirely without blame. The platform has so many features and functions that […]
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Eight benefits of using SharePoint as an ExtranetSharePoint has a long history of being put to work as an enterprise grade Intranet platform, allowing organisations of all shapes and sizes to drive employee collaboration and communication. Its use as an Extranet tool isn’t quite so common, which is mainly down to some companies not fully […]
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Why can’t the “Domain Users” AD group be used in a DocRead audienceNote: The information in this post relates to DocRead for on-premises SharePoint only. DocRead uses the SharePoint API to identify the members of SharePoint and Active Directory (AD) groups (more specifically we use the SPUtility.GetPrincipalsInGroup method), unfortunately this API does not seem to support the “Domain Users” AD group […]
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