Category Archives for "SharePoint"

How Do You Prove Policy Compliance in a Microsoft 365 Audit?

How Do You Prove Policy Compliance in a Microsoft 365 Audit? In the golden age of technology, policy compliance is now easier than ever. Yet, there are still many people who take it for granted—or worse, don’t even know what it really means.For those who aren’t yet aware, policy compliance refers to an organization’s ability […]

How to Assign Required Policies with Microsoft Entra ID Dynamic Groups

How to Assign Required Policies with Microsoft Entra ID Dynamic Groups Not every employee needs to read every company policy.A new hire may need onboarding policies. Someone working in Finance may need financial controls. An employee with access to sensitive customer information may need additional data protection policies. And employees working in different locations may […]

Running a SharePoint software company

Running a SharePoint software company When setting out on the road to develop and sell a product in SharePoint – as we were four years ago – you will more than likely have the idea that writing the code and perfecting your product is the key to success. You will probably have thoughts like “My […]

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 create a SharePoint Survey in under 5 minutes

How to create a SharePoint Survey in under 5 minutes This post will discuss how to create a Survey in SharePoint using out of the box functionality and nothing else! The example we will use is to create a survey that asks employees to answer questions about their previous training in the organization.Step 1: Ensure […]

SharePoint Groups vs AD Groups vs Global Audiences

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 […]

SharePoint Lessons Learned – Clearly Define a Deployment Baseline (Part 1)

SharePoint Lessons Learned – Clearly Define a Deployment Baseline (Part 1)One of the major lessons that I’ve learned so far with SharePoint development is how important it is to clearly define your Deployment Baseline from very early stages in the development lifecycle. In part 1 of this blog post I will describe the concepts behind […]

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 […]

A list of the best SharePoint discussion forums and groups

A list of the best SharePoint discussion forums and groupsBoth new and experienced SharePoint developers, architects and end-users need to discuss problems and chew over ideas about SharePoint. There are quite a few major forums and groups out there,  such as the SharePoint Community Group on Linked, but there are even more! So, to help […]

SharePoint Data Doc – The New Way to Access your SharePoint list data from MS Word

SharePoint Data Doc – The New Way to Access your SharePoint list data from MS WordWhen pulling content together for our weekly “SharePoint Community Newsletter” I find out about a lot of cool tools. During last weeks, I came across a really cool utility called SharePoint Data Doc. Here’s the low-down on what it is […]