Configure SharePoint SP2019 to support SPFx applicationsThis post describes how to configure your on-premise SharePoint 2019 farm to allow you to deploy and run SPFx applications. The instructions below will take you through the steps required to install each pre-requisite. Depending on the status of your farm, you may already have some of the pre-requisites installed […]
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SharePoint Groups vs AD Groups vs Global AudiencesIf you’d like to know whether to use SharePoint Groups or SharePoint Audiences to manage users, then look no further! This post will help you decipher what to use and when. I also want to include a little discussion on SharePoint Audiences as I believe they are a […]
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How to migrate DocRead from SharePoint 2013 to 2016At 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 2013 to 2019.The steps you need […]
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New User Management features released in DocRead version 3Note: The information in this post relates to DocRead for on-premises SharePoint only. DocRead version 3.0 introduces a new User Management section that makes keeping on top of your DocRead licence restrictions so much easier. Licences are assigned to a user when the first DocRead task is assigned to them, […]
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Troubleshooting Reading Tasks in DocReadNote: The information in this post relates to DocRead for on-premises SharePoint only. If you are wondering why you have no ‘Reading Tasks’ when you have assigned a ‘Required’ or ‘Recommended’ document to a group or audience of users this post will help you resolve and troubleshoot the most common reasons.Reading Tasks […]
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How to import your DocRead data into Power BI The DocRead reporting suite provides several different reports to help you manage your compliance tasks. The out of the box reporting options allow administrators and line managers to track progress with real time reports. For more in-depth reporting needs linking your DocRead databases to Power BI […]
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Rich SharePoint content insights with DocRead and Power BIDocRead is an add-on for SharePoint that allows you to target and track content to the right users in your organization.DocRead comes with a report suite that is accessed from the DocRead admin pages inside SharePoint. Whilst powerful out of the box, it’s impossible for the suite […]
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Creating a SharePoint document library dashboardSharePoint provides excellent opportunities to create document repositories. You may already have several document libraries containing all of your important company information. Policies, procedures, SOP’s, and lots of other types of documents can be stored safely and securely in SharePoint. This in itself leads to more problems! How do your users […]
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How to display a comment to users as they complete a reading assignment DocRead can be used to create specific tasks for users requesting that they read and acknowledge key documents. The tasks can relate to policies, procedures or other important information. DocRead is particularly useful where compliance with these documents is essential for legal […]
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DocRead includes a comprehensive, easy to use reporting suite to help you interrogate and understand the status of all reading tasks, descriptions of which can be found in the DocRead Administrators Guide in the Documentation Centre here. If you wish to perform additional queries on the DocRead database we have a SQL database view that […]
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