Policies and Procedures management in SharePoint – 6 ways we are going to help

Policies and Procedures management in SharePoint – 6 ways we are going to helpOver the last 2 years – whilst helping customers benefit from DocRead for SharePoint – we have discussed the management of policies and procedures (within SharePoint) on several occasions. We have found that some organizations are really struggling to understand how SharePoint can help them […]

How to support multiple versions of SharePoint in a single Visual Studio solution

How to support multiple versions of SharePoint in a single Visual Studio solutionIf you are ever tasked with having to support more than one version of SharePoint in a Visual Studio Solution (e.g SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint 2013), then this post will hopefully be of some help! Before I get started – if after reading […]

The best SharePoint blogs in the world

The best SharePoint blogs in the worldThis is a list of the Top SharePoint Blogs in the world (I know very scientific!). It’s actually built with a service called “List.ly“, which I think is awesome. Why not embed this list into your blog ? This post is very popular so it’s worth while embedding the […]

Why no one reads your Intranet homepage​

Why no one reads your Intranet homepageNot only is an un-engaging Intranet dull for your staff, it also represents a missed opportunity for cross-business communication and an underused investment. In order to get the best out of their SharePoint solution, administrators need to think creatively about how they might best invigorate their Intranet. Google Analytics can […]

How to make sure your team read and sign documents without using paper.

How to make sure your team read and sign documents without using paper.The notion of a paperless office has been around for years. Yet, even in the era of collaborative technologies (such as SharePoint), mobile devices and information overload, we still don’t seem able to stop signing paper.The process of reading and signing our important […]

Creating a SharePoint Audience for New Employees

How to create a SharePoint Global Audience for New EmployeesAutomatically identifying a ‘new employees’ group in SharePoint can be achieved really easily using the SharePoint Global Audience function. Global Audiences can be automatically compiled based on a set of rules that you specify. The only restrictions are that this data must be captured and maintained in […]

What is a SharePoint Audience ?

What is a SharePoint Audience ? A SharePoint Audience is dynamically populated group of Users that are defined based on a set of ‘rules’ that define who is a member of that Audience. Audiences are only available in SharePoint Standard and above or MOSS. Once an Audience is configured it can then be manually compiled or […]

Manage your Policy Management Lifecycle in SharePoint

Manage your Policy Management Lifecycle in SharePointIf you are one of the many policy management professionals who have been tasked with improving the policy management lifecycle in your organization, then this post will give you some insight into why SharePoint is a cool choice! Firstly, I am a big fan of SharePoint and I also […]

How to link fields in your policy template to an O365 library

How to link fields in a document to an O365 libraryLinking fields in a word document to a document library can save time and also ensure consistency of reporting. This technique is really useful for Policies amongst other use cases. This post will provide the step-by-step instructions you need to follow to link fields to […]

5 Reasons to use SharePoint for Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) Management

5 Reasons to use SharePoint for Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) ManagementIt is fair to say that with the highly regulated world we live in, for many industries, a good Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) management system and approach is the key to achieving regulatory compliance. When people are looking to implement or improve their SOP management system, […]