DocRead & DocSurvey V4.0Note: The information in this post relates to DocRead for on-premises SharePoint only. 21st of May 2021 – Build 4.0.21142.7 New Functionality and what has changed in this version of DocReadDocRead document context menu options (Reading Requirements and DocRead Settings) now fully working in SharePoint 2019DocRead document context menu options now available in the […]
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Benefits of using SharePoint to manage your policies and proceduresHere is a list of fifteen advantages SharePoint has over a non-SharePoint 3rd party solution when managing your policies and procedures. Document ManagementManaging the life-cycle of a policy is a big challenge. Document Management is SharePoint’s biggest strength. Using in-built features such as version management, publishing […]
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Why Policy Management Software in SharePoint? As part of an ongoing series of posts illustrating how SharePoint can help manage the life-cycle of a policy, this post introduces at a high-level the features SharePoint has on offer. To view a list of the required features for a policy management system, please have a look at […]
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How does DocRead differ from Workflow?DocRead for SharePoint is policy management software that integrates straight into SharePoint. It allows compliance professionals, HR professionals and business users to easily distribute and track policies and procedures. We often get asked – why do we need DocRead when we can use workflow? Here’s how DocRead differs from a workflow […]
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Ease the pain caused by policies requiring frequent reviews and revisionsThis post will look at some of the problems faced when policies need frequent reviews. It will also consider when employees need to understand those revisions and be kept up to date with developments. If, like so many organizations today, you have a comprehensive library of […]
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Which version of your SharePoint document is being read the most?DocRead for SharePoint is an extension to SharePoint. It allows you to request that a group of SharePoint users read and confirm that they have read a document and agree with the terms and conditions you set. DocSurvey for SharePoint takes this one step further […]
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STOP Using Email as your Policy Management SoftwareEvery company has its own policies and procedures that have to be shared with people in the organisation. In the past this was typically done by distributing paper copies. Since its introduction, e-mail has largely replaced the need for paper distribution, and using e-mail and file shares as […]
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DocRead Architecture Design DocRead for SharePoint is the only policy management software that integrates straight into SharePoint and allows compliance professionals to distribute and track their policies and procedures. DocRead can distribute, process, track and report on reading tasks for 1000’s of end users at a time. To cope with volume an enterprise architecture was designed and implemented. […]
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DocRead Modern Experience Pack installation instructionsThe video below shows how to install the DocRead Modern Experience Pack in your SharePoint 2019 farm. The Modern Experience Pack is an add-on for DocRead that brings all the DocRead functionality to SharePoint 2019 Modern Experience. Please noteBefore you proceed with the installation shown on the video below you […]
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How to migrate DocRead from SharePoint 2010 to 2016 At Collaboris, we strive to follow Microsoft’s lead when it comes to upgrading between product versions. We feel this allows us to provide the level of support that is of consistently high quality. This post explains how to migrate DocRead from SharePoint 2010 to 2016. The […]
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