SharePoint Server Topology Primer The first step to deploying SharePoint is to determine an appropriate server topology. This decisions is largely is dictated by the number of SharePoint users. For this blog post, let’s assume that an on-premise server farm is designed for a medium… Read More »How to Select SharePoint Server Architecture for Medium Sized Business
Target Audience: Office 365/SharePoint Users Good news: SharePoint lists and libraries can contain a huge number of items. Bad news: Finding the right items requires more efforts. SharePoint, by default, displays every list item alphabetically. Clicking on column headings allows you to sort and filter items,… Read More »Office 365 Tips: How to Sort, Filter, and Group in List Views
Microsoft SharePoint allows you to create subsites, libraries, and lists. How would you determine which type best suits your needs? Each of these options has unique strengths and tradeoffs. Let us look at the specific use cases for subsites, library and lists. Subtle Differences Between SharePoint… Read More »How to Choose Between SharePoint Subsite, Library, and List
Deleting Items in SharePoint Have you ever wondered what happens when you delete material from your SharePoint? Well, it’s simple! Once deleted, documents or list items go to the Recycle Bin. That is exactly what would happen if you delete a file on your desktop.… Read More »How to Manage SharePoint Recycle Bins
Traditionally, the majority of SharePoint users interact with the SharePoint sites through web browsers. However, we are increasingly performing more of our work away from our desks using smart phones and tablets. While SharePoint offers a built-in mobile view, which is essentially a lightweight HTML site,… Read More »SharePoint Street Smart: Kattelo's Favorite SharePoint Mobile Apps – Part 1
SharePoint Performance Tuning As your users continue to make use of SharePoint, you may notice slowdown in SharePoint performance. This slowdown is most likely the result of users storing many large files in your SharePoint server. Microsoft SQL server databases are not optimized to handle… Read More »How to Optimize SharePoint Performance
Target Audience: Site Administrators Microsoft periodically releases cumulative updates and service packs for SharePoint. Just few weeks ago, SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 2 was publicly released. Bookmark this TechNet page, http://klo.pm/1cuCOjN, if you have not already! Naturally, the next question is: What are your upgrade and patching… Read More »SharePoint Best Practices Primer: Deploying SharePoint Service Packs and Cumulative Updates
How to Share Site Office 365 and SharePoint Content with External Users The needs to quickly share Office 365 or SharePoint files with external users arise frequently. For example, an investor may ask to look at what you do on a regular basis before committing… Read More »Office 365 Tips – Sharing with External Users
Target Audience: Site Administrators & End Users Have you ever wondered how best to use metadata that you are so diligently tagging in all those SharePoint Document Libraries? I will let you in on a little known secret; you can embed metadata within Microsoft Office… Read More »SharePoint Tips: Embed Metadata in Microsoft Office Suite