Regulatory Compliance – Information Management Policies

Regulatory Compliance – Information Management Policies Information Management Policies in SharePoint in my experience, are not used that heavily, but are an extremely easy way to apply policies to your documents. They are accessible from ‘Library Settings’ and are configurable per content type. For example, this means that all ‘documents’ in the library will have the policy applied. […]

How to use SharePoint with your trusted partners

How to use SharePoint with your trusted partners For many SharePoint is a bit of a black box. A large number of companies use it as an Intranet or document management system, but few really understand exactly what it can do. SharePoint itself isn’t entirely without blame. The platform has so many features and functions that […]

Eight benefits of using SharePoint as an Extranet

Eight benefits of using SharePoint as an ExtranetSharePoint has a long history of being put to work as an enterprise grade Intranet platform, allowing organisations of all shapes and sizes to drive employee collaboration and communication. Its use as an Extranet tool isn’t quite so common, which is mainly down to some companies not fully […]

How to Add Users to a SharePoint Group

How to Add Users to a SharePoint GroupThis blog post explains how to add users to a SharePoint group! Treat it as a quick-reference guide. You can find step-by-step instructions for both SharePoint online and on-premises versions of SharePoint below.SharePoint Online 1. First, log in as an administrator and navigate to the site where the […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

How to Distribute a Training Video with DocRead for SharePoint

How to Distribute a Training Video with DocRead OK, so here’s the thing – you’ve created a fabulous training video and you now need to ensure that all relevant staff watch it and follow your guidance.In Office 365/ SharePoint onlineFirst, create a new video library to contain your videos. You can upload your videos directly into […]

How to add video to a SharePoint page

How to add video to a SharePoint page in under 5 minutesAdding videos to SharePoint online or Office 365 pages is quite simple and only takes a few steps.1) Create a new page to hold the videoNavigate to the site where you want to the page to be added and select the Settings Cog, then […]

5 Tips to maximize Internal Communications in SharePoint

5 tips showing how to use SharePoint for Internal CommunicationsIf you are responsible for communicating with various groups of staff in your organisation, then you need a good set of tools that allow you to do this in a very pain free manner.If you have access to SharePoint (or Office 365), then there are lots […]