Category Archives for "SharePoint"

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 […]

Creating links to external content in Office365

Creating links to external content in Office365From time to time you may need to give the effect of storing documents in SharePoint Online, without them actually being stored in SharePoint Online document libraries. Maybe you have documents in external systems that you want to make available with SharePoint Online. Alternatively, you may have found an […]

Policy and Procedures : Using SharePoint Search to find policies quickly

Policy and Procedures : Using SharePoint Search to find policies quicklyThis post is part of a series illustrating how SharePoint can help manage the life-cycle of a policy. In this post we explain how SharePoint search can meet the requirement below: “It should be possible to find a policy in seconds“. To view all of […]

What is a SharePoint Audience ?

What Is a SharePoint Audience? A SharePoint audience is a group of people you choose to show specific content to, like news posts, navigation links, or documents, so each person sees what matters to their role. That’s the core of SharePoint audience targeting, and one detail trips up many teams: audiences control what people see, […]

How to use a ‘Link to a document’ in place of a real document in SharePoint.

How to use a ‘Link to a document’ in place of a real document in SharePoint.Note: The information in this post relates to on-premises SharePoint only.  If you want to see the equivalent information for SharePoint Online / Office365 / Microsoft 365, please go here.SharePoint is an amazing place to store documents and important information. SharePoint […]

Code Sample : How to add a site column to a list

Code Sample : How to add a site column to a listThis code sample illustrates how to add an existing SharePoint site column (SPField) to a SharePoint list (SPList).