If you are storing a large number of documents in SharePoint, then I certainly hope the answer is yes. Here’s why. Content Types allows users to classify their documents as they’re being stored. So instead of having a bunch of documents in a Document Library (just like you might have in a shared drive on Continue reading
Last Saturday I attended and presented at SharePoint Saturday Atlanta. Before I give you a brief recap of my presentation, let me first thank Dan, Ron, and the entire team that helped put on SharePoint Saturday as well as the sponsors, and especially the 350+ attendees. It was truly a great SharePoint conference. The presentation Continue reading
At the recent Microsoft Ignite event in Chicago, the keynote address on SharePoint revealed some interesting developments as Microsoft continues their mission of “reinventing productivity”. Not surprisingly, Microsoft’s focus is on moving from email workload to meeting demand for mobile productivity across devices and they had some big questions to answer in this keynote: would Continue reading
If your organization currently scans or downloads paper documents (e.g. Purchase Orders, Invoices, Student Health Records, Service Requests, etc.), and then manually types new information onto the forms before processing them, auto-populate is time-saving technology you need right now. Legacy ECM solutions that required users to manually type index values are being replaced with improved Continue reading
If you are currently operating SharePoint 2010 you may have noticed slowdowns caused by a bug within the Remote BLOB Storage (RBS) API used by Microsoft. This particular bug causes a memory leak in Internet Information Server, causing the application pool to stop responding or to recycle if you have automatic recycling turned on. The memory Continue reading
When a parent or guardian requests that a student transfer to another school, a rather lengthy workflow process typically begins. A school transfer starts with the parents completing an initial request form. This is more often than not a paper form that contains all the basic information about the student, the schools, and the reason Continue reading
The National Center for Educational Statistics reports that it costs more than $500 billion annually to finance the 98,817 public schools in the United States.[1] To put this in perspective, consider that Walmart has 11,000 retail outlets with total sales of $476 billion. From a staffing comparison, there are over three million public school teachers Continue reading
When a new, enterprise-wide software solution is implemented, the enthusiasm is often limited to the IT department. Other employees throughout the corporate structure often greet these developments with trepidation, and even anxiety. They worry that learning the new system will make their jobs more complicated. Even worse, they worry that they are being automated right Continue reading
Your business probably already has a system, software solution, or other plan in place to help your employees manage documents.