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Finding Business ROI in SharePoint
Axceler Blog
For those who missed the webinar this week, Axceler hosted SharePoint governance and information architecture experts PaulCulmsee (@paulculmsee) and Michael Pisarek (@michalpisarek) for a webinar entitled Aligning SharePoint to Business Goals: Don’t Just Say It, Do It which is a must-see for teams and organizations struggling with defining and defending the scope and business value of their SharePoint deployments. Paul is a well-known SharePoint expert and consultant based out of Pert [read].
Posted: Thu, Jan 26th '12 |
Webinar: How to Develop and Enforce SharePoint Governance Policies through Services and Software
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One of the keys to SharePoint's popularity is its ease of use - users can create collaborative websites in less than 5 minutes. But, because it is so easy to build new sites, SharePoint systems can grow quickly and, if not administered wisely, become unwieldy. Organizations increasingly need SharePoint governance, especially as SharePoint becomes an enterprise collaboration platform and falls under corporate IT governance requirements. There are many parts to a SharePoint governance equation; t [read].
Posted: Mon, Jan 16th '12 |
Use Case: SharePoint Social Activity Analysis
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A common SharePoint scenario: Your end users have begun to invest time and effort into using their My Sites and other social networking features inside SharePoint 2010, but as the administrator, you’re finding it very cumbersome to see just what kinds of activities your users are doing. Are their comments, notes, and statuses appropriate? What are they tagging? What documents have a high rating? Using SharePoint out of the box, you need to go through each and every user’s My [read].
Posted: Tue, Jan 10th '12 |
Use Case: SharePoint User Migrations in Bulk
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A common SharePoint scenario: You are restructuring your SharePoint environment, migrating users to a new Active Directory domain, or you may just be modifying the names of Active Directory users or groups. In either scenario, when users need a new login name, the STSADM command to migrate users falls short, requiring you to manually enter users one by one.
For organizations with hundreds or thousands of users, one by one is simply not an option. Axceler ControlPoint lets you perform a bulk mig [read].
Posted: Thu, Jan 5th '12 |
Year in Review: 'The One Thing' SharePoint Video Series
Axceler Blog
On December 28, 2010, we launched the video series 'The One Thing You Need to Know About SharePoint 2010,' capturing advice and perspectives from SharePoint experts, MVPs, and MCMs from various events around the world. Each video generally runs between one and three minutes, and focuses on a favorite feature, solution, or best practice (and each with a different song from my extensive collection). Some of the experts helped promote their videos through their own blogs, through Facebook, and thro [read].
Posted: Sat, Dec 31st '11 |
Axceler Highlights Migration Strengths in Nintex Video Series
Axceler Blog
While attending the SharePoint Conference in Anaheim, California earlier this year, Axceler's Director of Product Evangelism, Christian Buckley, met with the Nintex team to discuss on camera Axceler's partnership with Nintex and the long history of Axceler's migration products supporting Nintex Workflows.
As was recently announced, Axceler offers the most comprehensive, full-fidelity migrations of Nintex Workflows on the market, including migration of all Nintex definitions and versions, histo [read].
Posted: Wed, Dec 21st '11 |
“All I want for the Holidays is ControlPoint – The SharePoint Product of 2011” - Live Webinar
Axceler Blog
Looking for a product to add to your Wish List that will help you get control over your SharePoint environment? Then make sure to check out ControlPoint, the product that swept three major SharePoint product awards in 2011: 2011 Windows IT Pro Editors’ Best SharePoint Product Award, 2011 Windows IT Pro Community Choice Award, and 2011 Best of SharePoint Pro Connections.
Join us today for this live demonstration of ControlPoint where we will show you how you can: • Enforce [read].
Posted: Wed, Dec 14th '11 |
What does the future hold for SharePoint?
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While presenting at the European SharePoint Conference held in Berlin in October, Axceler evangelist Christian Buckley shared his thoughts on areas where Microsoft may look to improve upon the popular SharePoint platform, based on his customer and partner conversations while on the road at various events.
For more insights from Chrisitian on SharePoint, social computing, and various governance and planning topics, you can read his blog here, or follow him on Twitter at @buckleyplanet.
As we clo [read].
Posted: Tue, Dec 13th '11 |
Axceler & Nintex Announce the Availability of Axceler’s Davinci Migrator 2.0 to Migrate Nintex Workflows
Axceler Blog
Axceler, the leader in Microsoft SharePoint governance, administration and migration software, and a Technology Partner of Nintex, the world’s leading SharePoint workflow company, today announced the general availability of Axceler’s Davinci Migrator 2.0 for SharePoint 2010. Axceler is the first Nintex Technology Partner to provide a full-fidelity Nintex Workflow migration including Nintex Workflow history and settings.
Read more. [read].
Posted: Thu, Dec 8th '11 |
Use Case: Building Custom Menus in SharePoint with ControlPoint
Axceler Blog
A common SharePoint use case: As the administrator, you want to empower your site and site collection owners to run their own reports and/or actions using ControlPoint. This will help them manage their SharePoint sites to greater effect. However, as is often the case, you might want to trim the functionality these site owners can see and use. Allowing site owners to change permissions and configuration settings can lead to fractured, non-uniform sites that break internal governance policies.
Usi [read].
Posted: Tue, Nov 29th '11 |
Webinar - How to Improve Your SharePoint Governance with Microsoft’s Chris Bortlik
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Join Microsoft SharePoint Technology Specialist Chris Bortlik to learn how to take your SharePoint governance to the next level.
Learn:
Why governance is important
Why you need a solid SharePoint information architecture
Why it’s important to consider inheritance
How to use content types
How retention policies can be applied
The concepts around SharePoint security management (Activity Directory groups, S [read].
Posted: Tue, Nov 22nd '11 |
Heading Across the Atlantic Again...This Time with a "Hat Trick" of Awards In Our Portfolio
Axceler Blog
No rest for the weary at Axceler. I will be on the road again this upcoming week heading to Amsterdam for SharePoint Connections. While I won't be running any marathons before my flight, I will be bringing with me the news that Axceler completed the "hat trick" winning
2011 Best of Connections: Winner – SharePoint Product
2011 Windows IT Pro Editors’ Best Award: Gold – SharePoint Category
2011 SharePoint Community Choice Award: Bronze – SharePoint Category [read].
Posted: Fri, Nov 18th '11 |
Webinar Today - SP Migration: Achieve Success Faster with Davinci Migrator
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Eager to upgrade to Microsoft SharePoint 2010 but afraid of a long process or breaking something in the move? Davinci Migrator for SharePoint 2010 reduces risk, lowers the cost, and shortens the time necessary for SharePoint migration.
Join us on this webinar to learn about the benefits of Davinci Migrator, including how to:
Discover problems with your SharePoint portal before you migrate
Build realistic schedules based on migration estimates
Migrate in one big wave or a series of smaller wave [read].
Posted: Thu, Nov 17th '11 |
Use Case: Organizing Your Migration from Multiple SharePoint Versions
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A common SharePoint use case: As SharePoint adoption spreads, many organizations are looking out across the enterprise and finding many groups with their own SharePoint instances. Some of these instances may be full-fledged production systems, while others were installed and are being supported by non-IT teams who needed a unique and customized solution, and then went ahead and installed Windows SharePoint Services. As organizations look at migrating to 2010, they find themselves sorting through [read].
Posted: Tue, Nov 15th '11 |
Webinar Today: FileLoader 2010 - The Best Way to Move Files to SharePoint 2010
Axceler Blog
Need to move your file shares to SharePoint 2010? Join us for a special online demonstration of FileLoader 2010, a powerful tool that can help you move file shares quickly and easily. Key benefits of FileLoader 2010 include: • Faster, less error-prone file share migrations to SharePoint 2010 • Maintain custom content types • Make your content more “findable” by maintaining or adding metadata “tags” during migration, or [read].
Posted: Thu, Nov 10th '11 |
SharePoint Migration Kit
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Microsoft SharePoint migration is a growing concern in many organizations. How will you, as a SharePoint farm administrator, be able to securely and efficiently move your 2003 or 2007 environment to SharePoint 2010? If you are an administrator for SharePoint, this is an essential kit to help you with your SharePoint migration. And best of all, it's FREE.
Learn how to best move your 2003 or 2007 SharePoint environment to SharePoint 2010.
The SharePoint Migration Kit contains:
Free application: [read].
Posted: Thu, Nov 10th '11 |
Use Case: Enforcing the Use of a SharePoint Site Template
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A common SharePoint use case: As the administrator, you’ve had some problems with people creating new sub-sites on non-standard site templates, which may generate unnecessary support issues, or inconsistencies across your environment. Using ControlPoint, an administrator can create automated policies to enforce the use of a site template across all scopes of your farm – across specific sites or site collections, across specific web applications, or across your entire farm.
St [read].
Posted: Tue, Oct 25th '11 |
Axceler's Global Trek = Mission Accomplished
Axceler Blog
Well first things first. It seems my months of training and going to bed early to get up for 6am runs paid off. Not only did I complete my marathon, but I ran a PR of 3:32.36 and qualifed for the Boston Marathon! However, getting on an eight hour flight that evening to Germany was not so much fun!
After a quick cat nap upon arrivial, I had a new surge of energy and was ready to take on the beautiful and sprawling city of Berlin (although I was hobbling around all week).
The Estrel Hotel and Con [read].
Posted: Mon, Oct 24th '11 |
Webinar: Automating Your SharePoint Management & Enforcing Governance Policies Today
Axceler Blog
Looking for more insight into your SharePoint environment? Join us for this webinar which will focus on the existing features of ControlPoint that have established it as the award-winning SharePoint administration product. Some of these benefits include:
Enforces SharePoint governance automatically
Enables smarter SharePoint decisions
Improves the focus and agility of SharePoint management teams
Boosts SharePoint's value
We will also focus on the latest features and enhancements from the 4.5 [read].
Posted: Tue, Oct 18th '11 |
Have you thought about SharePoint governance?
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There is a lot of talk in the SharePoint community at the moment about SharePoint governance, but what exactly does it entail? Well, at a very basic level many people would say that it is a set of guidelines, rules, responsibilities and procedures on how SharePoint should be used within an organisation.
However, if you look deeper (i.e. Wikipedia) at the word governance it actually “derives from the Greek verb κυβερνά&omega [read].
Posted: Mon, Oct 17th '11 |
Training for a Global Trek
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After months of training, the big day is finally upon me. I will be running the Bay State Lowell - my 2nd Marathon - this coming Sunday. My goal: 3:35 minutes to qualify for the Boston Marathon!
As soon as I finish up, stretch, hydrate, and make sure I can walk, I’ll be boarding a plane for Berlin. Yes, I will be on my way to the European SharePoint Conference that night!
Axceler is excited to be a silver sponsor of the 2011 conference in Berlin. Please stop by Stand #25 to see if [read].
Posted: Fri, Oct 14th '11 |
Use Case: Automated Deletion Policies in SharePoint
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A common SharePoint use case: On several occasions, you’ve had problems with people deleting documents and list items that should not be removed, and you would rather take preventative steps than spend your time restoring content (and risk losing them). Using ControlPoint, an administrator can create automated policies to prevent document and item level deletion (or to simply notify you when something has been deleted).
Step 1: On the left side of your screen, navigate to the right lev [read].
Posted: Thu, Oct 13th '11 |
Use Case: Creating SharePoint Governance Policies for Sub Sites
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A common SharePoint use case: Your governance board has established a number of policies to help control site sprawl in SharePoint. One of these policies is that Site Administrators can create sub-sites, but they can only go down one level. The problem is going to be enforcement.
ControlPoint provides the capability to create a policy that enforces this rule in real-time. This policy can be applied across the farm, on specific web applications, or even on certain site collections.
Step 1: [read].
Posted: Tue, Oct 11th '11 |
Forrester Reports on the Strength of SharePoint 2010
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One of the more interesting sessions at the SharePoint Conference held at the Anaheim Convention Center in California last week was "Best Practices in SharePoint 2010 Adoption and Migration" led by Principal Analyst and Vice President at Forrester Research, Rob Koplowitz. The presentation was based on surveys and analysis of just under 1,000 SharePoint customers who had deployed SharePoint 2010, with a mixture of production and test environments. While Mr. Koplowitz shared a number of interestin [read].
Posted: Mon, Oct 10th '11 |
Use Case: Find SharePoint Sites Not Using the Proper Master Page
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A common SharePoint use case: Before you migrate to SharePoint 2010, you want to identify any sites using custom master pages so that you can properly plan and rebuild in your new environment. All sites need to have an updated custom master page in the new 2010 environment, so identifying these sites up front can be very helpful. In fact, identifying where your default master page is not being used is a common query before and after migrations. ControlPoint’s advanced search will quick [read].
Posted: Wed, Oct 5th '11 |
Use Case: Identifying SharePoint Sites with OOB Workflows
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A common SharePoint use case: As the SharePoint administrator, you have been testing your migrations from your MOSS2007 production environment to your new SharePoint 2010 platform, but because you are unable to “lock down” the existing system, some of the real-time activities are causing errors in your migrations. You may also just want to know where certain workflows are installed, and what state they are in (active, completed).
Using Davinci Migrator, you can quickly and ea [read].
Posted: Tue, Oct 4th '11 |
Use Case: Enforcing Theme with ControlPoint Governance Policy
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A common SharePoint use case: You are a SharePoint Administrator, and you are tasked with the challenge of enforcing a site theme across the sites you manage. With SharePoint out-of-the-box, you would be forced to monitor these sites to ensure the site theme was intact and you would have to make manual changes if it was not. However, with ControlPoint we can automate this process for you by enforcing the site theme as a policy.
Step 1: Select the site theme to apply.
Step 2: Enforce the si [read].
Posted: Sun, Oct 2nd '11 |
Use Case: Duplicating Site Security in SharePoint
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A common SharePoint use case: When one site is set up correctly with the right users, groups, and permission levels, Administrators sometimes want to propagate those changes to other sites. But duplicating site settings can be a repetitive and error-prone activity. With ControlPoint, you can quickly select the site to be duplicated, adding those users, groups, and permissions to many other sites in a matter of seconds.
Step 1: Choose the site (the source) from which you would like to duplicate s [read].
Posted: Fri, Sep 30th '11 |
Use Case: Auditing Activity on a Document in SharePoint
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A common SharePoint Use Case: The CIO walks into the SharePoint Administrators office and asks for a report of any activity for a specific document in the last two weeks. While the task can be performed in SharePoint by manually sifting through the audit logs, it can be a very time consuming process.
With ControlPoint, audit log analysis is a snap. Within moments, the Administrator can generate a report on anyone who touched that document within the defined timeframe. The report will show dat [read].
Posted: Thu, Sep 29th '11 |
Use Case: Identifying SharePoint Sites with Custom Web Parts
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A common SharePoint use case: After several test migrations, you’ve identified several custom and third-party web parts that are causing aspects of your migration to fail. What you would like to do is identify all of the sites on your farm (or across multiple farms) that contain these custom web parts, and then either test those sites individually, flag them for later migration when you’ve had a chance to upgrade or replace the offending web parts, or even go through and remo [read].
Posted: Wed, Sep 28th '11 |
Use Case: Duplicating SharePoint Permissions with ControlPoint
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A common SharePoint use case: You are a SharePoint Administrator, and an end user on your team approaches you requesting access to two new project resources that recently joined the team -- James Joyce and Isaac Asimov. You ask where these users will need permissions, and the end user simply responds "Just give them the same permissions as Mark Twain." Identifying Mark Twain's permissions and then "copying" those permissions over to two new userss can be accomplished through SharePoint on its [read].
Posted: Mon, Sep 26th '11 |
Use Case: Setting SharePoint Properties in Bulk
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A common SharePoint use case: You’re a SharePoint Administrator, and you need to makes some broad changes across multiple lists and libraries, but the SharePoint settings pages give you a headache. These pages contain way too many links to manage lists and libraries one by one:
With ControlPoint, you can set these properties in bulk. For example, the settings for creating major and minor versions can be applied to all your document libraries across your entire farm. You can even enfo [read].
Posted: Thu, Sep 22nd '11 |
Use Case: Applying a Feature Across Several SharePoint Sites At Once
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A common SharePoint use case: You are a SharePoint Administrator, and need to activate new features across several sites within your environment. While this task can be accomplished one site at a time, it could take a long time (not the best use of your time) and leaves room for error (you might miss some of them).
With ControlPoint, you can activate one or more features across multiple sites in bulk, through one simple user interface:
Step 1: Select the sites for which you need to activate [read].
Posted: Mon, Sep 19th '11 |
Use Case: Cleaning Up Orphaned Domain Users in SharePoint
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A common SharePoint use case: Your SharePoint team is tasked with finding all of the users who have been disabled or removed from Active Directory, but that still have permissions to sites, lists, and items throughout your farm. This is a great audit activity, both to keep your farm clean and organized, and is also a good best practice before any migration. However, this task is very manual with SharePoint out-of-the-box, and will take countless hours to check each site, list, and item, and the [read].
Posted: Thu, Sep 15th '11 |
Use Case: Managing Alerts in SharePoint
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A common SharePoint use case: An end user on your team is complaining about receiving too many SharePoint alerts. How do you find all of the alerts belonging to that user and change the settings?
With ControlPoint, you can manage alerts globally quickly and easily, allowing you to search for alerts by user name. ControlPoint provides a dynamic report, allowing you to modify or delete the alerts. Here's how:
Step one: Search for alerts by user name.
Step Two: Based on your search results [read].
Posted: Thu, Sep 8th '11 |
Scaling SharePoint through Governance
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SharePoint has become a critical business platform within most organizations, and yet many companies struggle with making SharePoint scale to meet their growing end user demands. As SharePoint grows (more users, more business scenarios addressed, more solutions deployed), it becomes more complex. Administrators are looking for best practices, trying to learn from the rest of the community. More and more organizations are thinking about governance as a way to help them to get their environments u [read].
Posted: Wed, Sep 7th '11 |
Tactical SharePoint Governance with ControlPoint
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"Governance is most definitely something that should be a task on your corporate checklist, something that is done up front to provide guidance and direction for shaping your company infrastructure, especially your IT systems. At the core of governance are one or more company objectives -- the things that drive your business forward, and which help employees strive to improve. Example might be "Reducing the number of defects in our processes to zero" or "Improving employee innovation." Your corp [read].
Posted: Tue, Aug 30th '11 |
Webinar - ControlPoint: Good, Better, Best in SharePoint Reporting
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Looking for more insight into your SharePoint environment? Join us for this webinar where we outline the out-of-the-box reporting capabilities of SharePoint 2007 (good reporting), SharePoint 2010 (better reporting), and Axceler’s ControlPoint (best reporting).
In this webinar you will learn the reporting capabilities around:
Permissions - what can your users access
Usage/Activity - what content is being accessed
Storage - how much space is content consuming
Audit - are you adhering to [read].
Posted: Mon, Aug 29th '11 |
FileLoader 2010: The Best Way to Move Files to SharePoint 2010
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Webinar Today - August 25, 2011 - 2:00pm EDT
FileLoader 2010: The Best Way to Move Files to SharePoint 2010
Need to move your file shares to SharePoint 2010? Join us for a special online demonstration of FileLoader 2010, a powerful new tool that can help you move file shares quickly and easily.
Key benefits of FileLoader 2010 include:
Faster, less error-prone file share migrations to SharePoint 2010
Maintain custom content types
Make your content more “findable” by maintaini [read].
Posted: Thu, Aug 25th '11 |
Pushing SharePoint Online to the Limit: Virtual Conference
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Axceler is proud to be a sponsor of SharePoint Pro's, Pushing SharePoint Online to the Limit, a one-day online conference for developers and administrators of SharePoint and Office 365 products and technologies. This free conference brings industry experts straight to your computer, offering free, technical SharePoint and Office 365 training.
Visit Axceler’s booth in the virtual exhibit hall and watch some of our product videos, download a whitepaper, or read the latest on ControlPoint [read].
Posted: Tue, Aug 23rd '11 |
Using Excel to Apply SharePoint Metadata to Fileshares
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Moving file shares into SharePoint may seem like a daunting task because of the massive work it can take to identify what content is there, which versions to delete or move, concerns over what historic metadata may be lost, and how to apply new metadata (before it is moved, or once it is in SharePoint?). With SharePoint 2010, metadata is even more complicated because you may or may not have started building out managed metadata, and definitely want to take advantage of it with your file share co [read].
Posted: Thu, Aug 18th '11 |
Improving SharePoint Auditing with ControlPoint
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SharePoint administrators have a very difficult job when it comes to auditing a farm. Out-of-the-box, the audit log reports contain all the right data but are much too busy and large to be helpful. Frankly, the report is not readable by humans. This data is key for organizations needing to track whether users are in compliance with their governance plans. ControlPoint greatly improves this OOTB auditing capability, filtering through the audit data and delivering administrators granular audit rep [read].
Posted: Wed, Aug 10th '11 |
Managing SharePoint? The 9 Things You Should be Doing Today
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Webinar this Thursday, August 11, at 2 PM EDT
Managing SharePoint? the 9 Things You Should be Doing Today
Axceler invites you to an upcoming webinar that will show you the 9 things you should be doing with your SharePoint environment. Whether you have SharePoint 2007 or SharePoint 2010, you can benefit from attending this session where we will show you how to use ControlPoint to: * Manage SharePoint Permissions * Analyze SharePoint Usage and Activity * Move / Copy Sites * Clean Up, Manage [read].
Posted: Tue, Aug 9th '11 |
Retroactive SharePoint Governance
Axceler Blog
While attending the SharePointFest Chicago event, I was able to delve deeply into topics around governance (I presented a well-attended session entitled 'SharePoint Governance: Best Practices from Migration through Administration') and discuss different perspectives on the topic with some of my fellow presenters -- which brought up a concept that I had not thought about for some time.
It began at lunch with Chris Beckett (@sharepointbits) and Mark Miller (@eusp) at a fantastic Mexican restaurant [read].
Posted: Thu, Jul 28th '11 |
Register Today: SharePoint 2010 Information Architecture Governance
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REGISTER HERE:
SharePoint is a technology rich in capability with an inherent nature to decentralize document and content management away from the information technology function. It’s a platform with much promise that, simply put, places increased levels of power and autonomy into the hands of business users. While it seems like a valid approach to let those who understand the business best manage the information assets they create, the primary problem lies in the fact that many organ [read].
Posted: Mon, Jul 18th '11 |
SharePoint Administration Kit
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Both Microsoft SharePoint administration and SharePoint governance are growing concerns in many organizations. How will you, as a SharePoint farm administrator, be able to enforce your policies to make sure your SharePoint team stays in compliance with your IT governance directives? How can you get SharePoint visibility and control, especially security, user activity, and storage? If you are an administrator for SharePoint, this is an essential kit to help you.
Learn how to get control and ke [read].
Posted: Fri, Jul 8th '11 |
Axceler Partner Program Expands Reach with Global Channel Partnerships
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Global Partners Extend Geographic Reach and Help Customers Worldwide to Implement SharePoint Governance, Management, and Migration Solutions
WOBURN, MA – July 5, 2011 – Axceler, the leader in Microsoft SharePoint administration and migration, today announced expansion of its Axceler Partner Program, designed to support the company’s growing global roster of SharePoint solution providers, resellers and service firms. The Axceler Program expands on the company&rsq [read].
Posted: Tue, Jul 5th '11 |
FileLoader 2010: The Best Way to Move Files to SharePoint 2010
Axceler Blog
Need to move your file shares to SharePoint 2010? Join us for a special online demonstration of FileLoader 2010, a powerful new tool can help you move from file shares quickly and easily. Key benefits of FileLoader 2010 include:
Faster, less error-prone file share migrations to SharePoint 2010
Map to content types
Make your content more “findable” by maintaining or adding metadata “tags”
Ability to schedule file share migrations
Maintain historic informat [read].
Posted: Mon, Jun 27th '11 |
Managing SharePoint? The 9 Things You Should Be Doing Today
Axceler Blog
Axceler invites you to an upcoming SharePoint webinar that will show you the 9 things you should be doing with your SharePoint environment. Whether you have SharePoint 2007 or SharePoint 2010, you can benefit from attending this session where we will show you how to use ControlPoint to: * Manage SharePoint Permissions * Analyze SharePoint Usage and Activity * Move / Copy Sites * Clean Up, Manage and Configure SharePoint accounts and sites * Analyze SharePoint content and sto [read].
Posted: Tue, Jun 21st '11 |
SharePoint Saturday Sacramento Wrap
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One of the huge benefits of starting up a local community event with the help of an international brand is that it comes with many default settings, such as a long list of prospective sponsors, best practices around scheduling and giveaways, and an army of willing volunteers to help plan, staff, and speak at the event. And yet somehow the inaugural SharePoint Saturday Sacramento event broke the mold in some ways, and was a great kickoff to an ongoing series in the Sacramento valley. Axceler was [read].
Posted: Mon, Jun 20th '11 |
Axceler SharePoint Governance Products Now Available on GSA Schedule 70
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Government Agencies Now Have Access to Leading SharePoint Administration and Migration Products
WOBURN, MA – June 13, 2011 – Axceler, the leader in Microsoft SharePoint administrationand migration software, today announced its continued expansion into the federal government market through its partnership with IT Federal Sales and the addition of Axceler products to its General Services Administration (GSA) schedule (under contract #GSA is GS-35F-0494T). Now, government agenc [read].
Posted: Mon, Jun 13th '11 |
SharePoint Governance with Axceler ControlPoint
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SharePoint Governance with Axceler ControlPoint
Thursday, June 30, 2011 12:00 p.m. ET / 9:00 a.m. PT
Join us for this exciting webinar on one of the hottest topics in the SharePoint community, SharePoint Governance.
SharePoint farms can quickly become difficult to manage as sites proliferate and become a nightmare for administrators. Some of the most common challenges administrators face today include: poorly managed permissions leading to security gaps, deployments that quickly become time-cons [read].
Posted: Thu, Jun 9th '11 |
Webinar today: Bridge the SharePoint Security Gap - Get an understanding of "out of the box" SharePoint security management and how Axceler goes further
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Bridge the SharePoint Security Gap: Get an understanding of “out of the box” SharePoint security management and how Axceler extends SharePoint security Best Practices with ControlPoint 4.2. Join Bob German, Technology Architect with Microsoft, and Gail Shlansky, Director of Product Management with Axceler, as the they discuss how to implement security in SharePoint that will allow you to most effectively manage Permissions and adhere to your organization’s Gover [read].
Posted: Tue, Jun 7th '11 |
"The SharePoint Party" at SPTechCon Boston
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While many of my fellow presenters will likely post to their blogs with recaps of last week's highly successful SPTechCon event, I thought I'd focus this entry on what was clearly the networking highlight of the event -- the Axceler / Microsoft / Jornata party held at the Back Bay Social Club around the corner from the venue. It was billed as "the party of the year," and by the feedback from attendees, I'd have to say our goal was reached!
We all love a pint, but every once in a while it&rsq [read].
Posted: Mon, Jun 6th '11 |
Axceler Sponsors SPTechCon Boston
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Come see the Axceler team this week at The SharePoint Technology Conference (follow on Twitter at #SPTechCon) in Boston, being held at the Sheraton Boston Hotel on June 1st through the 3rd (Wed-Fri). Axceler is a Gold sponsor, and will also be hosting a must-attend attendee party, co-sponsored by Jornata and Microsoft (register here). Be sure to drop by our booth and say hello!
For those attending, be sure to check out my three sessions, including a very entertaining SharePoint 101 (beginner) se [read].
Posted: Mon, May 30th '11 |
When Should You Migrate Your File Shares to SharePoint?
Axceler Blog
This is not your typical blog post. It’s more of a discussion point for your team, rather than a declaration of what you should or shouldn’t do with your file shares. Like so many things in SharePoint, whether or not to migrate your file shares into the platform depends on multiple factors. It may not be as simple as “let’s put all of our content in one place.” That may sound great on the surface – and we’re happy to sell you [read].
Posted: Thu, May 26th '11 |
Webinar on 5/26: Getting Executive Buy-In on SharePoint Technology
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Webinar on Thursday 5/26 at 2 PM EDT - Getting Executive Buy-In on #SharePoint Technology with Karuana Gatimu
Sign up here http://bit.ly/jeNoII Getting your organization to implement SharePoint requires more than just technical skills. You have to be able to articulate the benefits to non-technical business managers and decision makers. Join us for this session where Karuana Gatimu of Skechers and SPUGs.org will show you how to identify key features, business process enhancements, calculate r [read].
Posted: Wed, May 25th '11 |
Axceler Joins Microsoft Partner Solutions Center In Redmond
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Axceler and Microsoft Increase Collaboration on SharePoint Governance, Management and Migration Products
WOBURN, MA – May 23, 2011 – Axceler, the leader in Microsoft SharePoint administration and migration, today announced that it has been selected to join the Microsoft Partner Solutions Center (MPSC), to work with Microsoft and other MPSC partners on SharePoint solution development, marketing and sales. As an MPSC partner, Axceler has access to Microsoft product teams, dat [read].
Posted: Mon, May 23rd '11 |
As SharePoint Use Increases, Governance Decreases
Axceler Blog
In a CIOUpdate.com article entitled Prolific SharePoint Sites Undermine Governance, technology writer Jake Frazier outlines a common problem with the growing number of SharePoint customers: the uncontrolled growth of SharePoint sites, and how it impacts governance. SharePoint is proliferating in the marketplace, with KMWorld reporting SharePoint licenses worldwide at over 130 million. The more sites that are created and the more content added to your environment, the more difficult it can be to [read].
Posted: Thu, May 19th '11 |
Vote for Axceler -- Best of TechEd 2011!
Axceler Blog
It's once again time for Microsoft TechEd North America, and Team Axceler is in Atlanta as a Silver Sponsor (Booth 1417) and with both ControlPoint, the leading SharePoint administration product on the market, and Davinci Migrator, our new migration platform, in the running for the 'Best of TechEd' award in the SharePoint Administration category. Please show your support for our products by voting online now!
Vote Here
In support of the TechEd community, Axceler is also sponsoring the annual "Th [read].
Posted: Sun, May 15th '11 |
Preparing SharePoint for Redesign of your Information Architecture
Axceler Blog
In my last few blog posts, I have been talking about the best practices surrounding site and data transformation – not just migrating your sites from A to B as-is, but cleaning up content and structure as you move, reorganizing and optimizing for search and, more importantly, to improve the overall end user experience. (See 5 Steps of a Successful SharePoint Site Transformation, and (4 More) Steps of a Successful SharePoint Site Transformation)
Prior to all of this effort, you need to [read].
Posted: Tue, May 10th '11 |
Introducing FileLoader 2010 - The Best Way To Move Windows Files To SharePoint
Axceler Blog
Need to move your file shares to SharePoint 2010? Axceler invites you to a special online demonstration of FileLoader 2010, a powerful new tool to move your file shares quickly and easily. Key benefits of FileLoader 2010 include:
Faster, fewer errors when migrating file shares to SharePoint 2010
Map to content types
Make your content more “findable” by maintaining or adding metadata “tags”
Ability to schedule file share migrations
Maintain historic info [read].
Posted: Wed, May 4th '11 |
Axceler Evangelism, On the Road in May
Axceler Blog
I am on the road once again, having just wrapped up events in Boston and St. Louis (SharePoint Connections and SharePoint Saturday St. Louis, respectively) and am reporting from beautiful San Diego, where the regional SharePoint Connections event kicked off today. It’s yet another opportunity to network with local admins and end users, and associate with other passionate members of the SharePoint expert community. I thought I’d share a quick overview of the four events in whi [read].
Posted: Mon, May 2nd '11 |
Moving SharePoint from IT-Led to Business-Focused
Axceler Blog
SharePoint is fundamentally a business platform, worth more than the sum of its parts. It is not just a piece of software, not just a series of servers, not just a collection of tools and accelerators: it is a platform on which your business can associate, collaborate, and innovate. So why are the majority of deployments initiated by IT or engineering without the voice of the business users?
If this sounds like your company, and you’re preparing to build out SharePoint (or migration fr [read].
Posted: Mon, Apr 25th '11 |
(4 More) Steps of a Successful SharePoint Site Transformation
Axceler Blog
In my previous post, I outlined the 5 steps every administrator should review – and take action on – prior to a SharePoint migration. To round out that list, I have some additional suggestions to help you transform your SharePoint environment when moving to 2010. While my previous list focused on site and list transformation, the following are broader suggestions. They are not intended to be all-inclusive, but should help you improve your migration planning efforts:
Simplif [read].
Posted: Thu, Apr 14th '11 |
5 Steps of a Successful SharePoint Site Transformation
Axceler Blog
Migration is not just a technical activity – it is a metamorphosis. More and more companies are beginning to understand this as they hear stories from the field, and as they learn the lessons from early migrations to SharePoint 2010. Many are actually slowing their upgrade plans in order to spend more time planning. They are taking advantage of this move as an opportunity to rebuild, redesign, and to transform. But where should companies start? On which areas should they focus their pl [read].
Posted: Thu, Apr 7th '11 |
Register for a Live Webinar - Build a Community in SharePoint with EndUserSharePoint.com Founder Mark Miller
Axceler Blog
Register today for a special guest webinar "Build a Community in SharePoint" with special guest EndUserSharePoint.com Founder Mark Miller.
In this session, Mark Miller discusses the techniques and resources he used for making EndUserSharePoint.com one of the largest SharePoint Community sites in the world in less than two years. Join us as Mark shares:
Why he built the site
How the community developed
How he attracted world class authors
What you can do to develop your own community of interna [read].
Posted: Tue, Apr 5th '11 |
SharePoint Saturday Los Angeles Wrap Up
Axceler Blog
Another successful SharePoint Saturday Los Angeles is in the history books, and I’m back in the Seattle office for a couple days to get some work done around an upcoming release. Next up for me? I’m headed to Axceler headquarters in Boston for a couple days, followed by SharePoint Saturday Boston (#SPSBOS), and a quick hop across the pong for the Best Practices Conference in London. A lot of traveling, but I relish the opportunity to meet with customers, partners, and the com [read].
Posted: Mon, Apr 4th '11 |
Axceler Recap for DevConncections Orlando
Axceler Blog
Team Axceler is back in the office after a fantastic few days in (sometimes) sunny Florida where we attended DevConnections Orlando 2011. Coming from Seattle, I was one of the few folks happy to welcome the showers and cooler temperatures mid-week, but we were book-ended by beautiful weather. While my primary focus at the event was around two sessions in the SharePoint business and social tracks, Axceler was also an exhibitor, and s I spent a good amount of time talking to customers at the booth [read].
Posted: Thu, Mar 31st '11 |
The Top 5 SharePoint Migration Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them
Axceler Blog
As I made my way down to DevConnections in Orlando, my thoughts were on my two sessions, and the tweaks I wanted to make to my presentations. I’ll be introducing a new session this week, entitled “Don’t Just Migrate – Transform Your SharePoint Environment” that shares multiple examples where customers, partners, and my own projects were successful – and not so successful and why. Based on solid project management and business analysis [read].
Posted: Mon, Mar 28th '11 |
Lessons Learned From Australia and New Zealand SharePoint Conferences
Axceler Blog
I am finally back in the Seattle office after two weeks abroad helping to launch our new North Sydney, Australia office, and presenting at the regional SharePoint conferences in downtown Sydney, Australia (#AUSPC) and Wellington, New Zealand (#NZSPC).
As a Bronze sponsor of both events, the Axceler team was able to meet many of the participants, introducing ourselves and having great discussions around ControlPoint and Davinci Migrator and the opportunities for growth in each market. Joining me [read].
Posted: Mon, Mar 21st '11 |
ControlPoint a Finalist For "Best SharePoint Management Tool 2011"
Axceler Blog
SharePoint consultant Andy Dale has opened polling for the "Best SharePoint Administration Tool 2011" and ControlPoint is on the short list! We'd be honored if you took a moment to vote for ControlPoint. Simply go to Andy Dale's Awards Page, scroll down to "Best SharePoint Management Tool 2011", check off ControlPoint and click "Submit Vote." Voting is broken up into two halves. The first half is an open online poll, the second is scored by a panel of SharePoint experts. Winners should be [read].
Posted: Thu, Mar 17th '11 |
Axceler Opens in Sydney Australia
Axceler Blog
This past week I was able to travel to Sydney, Australia to participate as a speaker and expert panelist at the Australia SharePoint Conference. Axceler was onsite as a sponsor, and also celebrated the opening of our new office in North Sydney. Joining me for the event from the Seattle office was Garry Smith, GM of the echo products at Axceler, as well as Sergio Otoya, Architect and Project Manager of our migration development team, who is based out of Sydney. Also on site was the newest member [read].
Posted: Tue, Mar 15th '11 |
Last Chance to Register for Today's Webinar - "How To Drive End User Adoption For SharePoint 2010 With Microsoft's Chris Bortlik "
Axceler Blog
It's your last chance to register for today's webinar "How To Drive End User Adoption" with special guest Chris Bortlik of Microsoft.
In today's webinar, Chris will help you improve user adoption rates of SharePoint by showing you:
Best practices in rolling out SharePoint
The technical and organizational blockers to user adoption
How to create strategies for addressing them
Chris will bring his real world experience as a former customer to this discussion, as well as what he has learned workin [read].
Posted: Thu, Mar 10th '11 |
Improved Reporting in SharePoint 2010 with ControlPoint
Axceler Blog
In my previous article on reporting in SharePoint 2007, I discussed the need for SharePoint Administrators to have adequate data and reporting on their environments, and went on to discuss the gaps in out of the box reporting. The goal of this article is to show you how Axceler can help Administrators fill those gaps.
Permissions
Reports on permissions are not easily generated with out of the box SharePoint 2010. It can be a manual process to collect and track this data, or may require custom [read].
Posted: Mon, Mar 7th '11 |
Live Webinar - How To Improve Your SharePoint Governance
Axceler Blog
Axceler invites you to an upcoming webinar that will show you how to improve your SharePoint Governance.
Whether you have SharePoint 2007 or SharePoint 2010, you can benefit from attending this session where we will show you how to use ControlPoint to:
Manage SharePoint Permissions
Analyze SharePoint Usage and Activity
Move / Copy Sites
Clean Up, Manage and Configure SharePoint accounts and sites
Analyze SharePoint content and storage
Monitor SharePoint trends
Set up alerts and Enforce policies [read].
Posted: Mon, Feb 28th '11 |
10 Reasons Davinci Beats Database Attach for SharePoint Migration
Axceler Blog
One of the most common lines of inquiry at conferences and during online demonstrations of our migration product, Davinci Migrator for SharePoint 2010, is why someone would go with a tool when they can just use database attach? The answer really depends on what you are trying to accomplish, the technical abilities (and availability) of your team, and the complexity of your environment. And complexity doesn't necessarily mean you have a lot of content - if you've jumped on the SharePoint "extensi [read].
Posted: Thu, Feb 24th '11 |
Improved Reporting in SharePoint 2007 with ControlPoint
Axceler Blog
One of the most important topics for any SharePoint Administrator is having adequate data and reporting on their environment. Understanding the reports that SharePoint offers out of the box is an important first step – but what are the essential reports and analysis that an Administrator requires to manage SharePoint? What are the reporting gaps out of the box, and how can Axceler help Administrators fill those gaps?
Axceler’s ControlPoint has many different types of reports; [read].
Posted: Tue, Feb 22nd '11 |
Axceler's SPTechCon Wrap Up
Axceler Blog
Another great event added to the history books, and with a weekend to recover, its good to be back in the office and getting some work done. But I thought I’d provide a quick recap and share links to the content I presented at SPTechCon San Francisco last week (February 7-9, 2011).
SPTechCon has a great energy, with David Rubinstein and the BZ Media doing a great job at continually adding new topics, working with new speakers and leading experts alike, and pulling together another fant [read].
Posted: Wed, Feb 16th '11 |
Last Chance to Register for Today's Webinar - Managing SharePoint? The 9 Things You Should Be Doing Today
Axceler Blog
Axceler invites you to today's webinar that will show you the 9 things you should be doing with your SharePoint environment. The webinar will be taking place today, Wednesday, February 16th at 2 PM EST. Register now!
Whether you have SharePoint 2007 or SharePoint 2010, you can benefit from attending this session where we will show you how to use ControlPoint to: * Manage SharePoint Permissions * Analyze SharePoint Usage and Activity * Move / Copy Sites * Clean Up, Manage and Con [read].
Posted: Wed, Feb 16th '11 |
The SharePoint Informatics Shift from Centralized to Decentralized
Axceler Blog
In previous articles, I’ve addressed the necessary environmental, cultural, and governance shifts in your thinking when considering a move from a structured, centralized SharePoint deployment to a more ad hoc, decentralized model. But one of the key areas for consideration is an understanding of the social informatics shift happening within your organization – and across the current business climate.
Social Informatics is the study of information and communication tools in cu [read].
Posted: Mon, Feb 7th '11 |
Axceler Prize Patrol
Axceler Blog
Just wanted to say a quick thank you to the organizers of SharePoint Summit 2011 in Toronto for putting together a great event this week. I also wanted to say congratulations to Max Yermakhanov, IT Manager at ObjectSharp in Toronto, for winning the Axceler giveaway of an iPad!
The prize was announced at the closing remarks -- but Max was nowhere to be found. He was surprised to learn that he had won when contacted by a fellow employee, and had to be convinced that it wasn't all a joke. Luckily, [read].
Posted: Fri, Feb 4th '11 |
Illegal Characters Will Ruin a SharePoint Migration
Axceler Blog
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No, that is not the string of profanity you’re yelling at your computer when your migration fails. These are the illegal characters for documents in SharePoint libraries.
A big problem is many big companies in the legal, financial and education industries have an ampersand (&) in their name. And thus, many documents on their file system contain this illegal character.
If you need to load files into SharePoint from a file system and you have f [read].
Posted: Fri, Feb 4th '11 |
Live Webinar - How to Structure SharePoint Content Types
Axceler Blog
Axceler invites you to a special webinar featuring noted SharePoint speaker Paul Swider. In this webinar, Paul will explain concepts of information architecture and show how SharePoint features can be used to improve your architecture.
The webinar will take place on Tuesday, February 1st at 2:00 PM EDT. Register today!
A short description of the webinar is below:
Traditional content management has been blended with social technology in SharePoint Server. In addition there has been an explosion o [read].
Posted: Mon, Jan 31st '11 |
The SharePoint Governance Shift from Centralized to Decentralized
Axceler Blog
Beyond the environmental and cultural shifts in thinking about moving from a structured, centralized SharePoint deployment to a more ad hoc, decentralized model is the need to rethink your SharePoint governance. As I outlined in my SDTimes article on moving from centralized to decentralized models, governance is the single most important aspect of making your SharePoint migration (or first deployment, for that matter) successful. Without a proactive governance model built on best practices combi [read].
Posted: Mon, Jan 31st '11 |
The SharePoint Cultural Shift from Centralized to Decentralized
Axceler Blog
As companies consider moving from a more centralized, traditional portal model for their SharePoint environment toward a decentralized model -- both as a way to embrace the new social features, and to utilize the many service applications in SharePoint 2010 -- they will need to consider the organization's ability to change. The "cultural shift" is the second paradigm identified in my SDTimes article on moving from centralized to decentralized models.
Why is change so difficult? From an administr [read].
Posted: Thu, Jan 27th '11 |
5 Common Headaches for SharePoint Administrators
Axceler Blog
With its rapid spread and widespread use, Microsoft SharePoint obviously has many virtues. But, as with any powerful technology, there are a number of problem points. After polling some Axceler customers, we devised this list of five common headaches among SharePoint administrators and how ControlPoint can help. Company Turnover Creates Permission Problems The Headache: Turnover within the organization is not communicated to administrators leading to orphaned permissions. Correcting this pro [read].
Posted: Wed, Jan 26th '11 |
Axceler Posts Record Breaking Year
Axceler Blog
Axceler is proud to announce it more than doubled annual SharePoint management product revenues. Compared to the year previous, revenue increased by 145 percent. Privately-held Axceler, which spun off from Percussion Software in 2007, continues to be profitable. New enterprise customers in 2010 included Biogen, Krispy Kreme, Bristol-Myers Squibb, HP, Harvard Business School, Sanford Health, Cleveland Clinic, Financial Partners, University of New Hampshire, Texas Instruments, and Yale Law Schoo [read].
Posted: Tue, Jan 25th '11 |
The SharePoint Environmental Shift from Centralized to Decentralized
Axceler Blog
In an article I wrote for SDTimes.com (SharePoint Architecture: Centralized or Decentralized?), I tried to make the case that most companies struggle with the design and architectural decisions around SharePoint, and, more specifically, that they have a difficult time decided whether or not they should mirror the more traditional structure and permissions of their internal portals, or fully embrace the ad hoc and collaborative model of My Sites. Centralized is generally interpreted as a traditi [read].
Posted: Tue, Jan 25th '11 |
Track the KPIs for a Successful SharePoint Migration
Axceler Blog
Scope creep is a familiar term to most of us, yet it continues to permeate our teams and cripple our projects, sometimes unfettered. There is one way to stop scope creep within your SharePoint migration planning -- have your project deliverables defined up front, at project launch. Know what it means to complete the project. Have it documented and approved by the project stakeholders and your executive sponsor.
How do you know when your migration has been successful? There are a number of measur [read].
Posted: Wed, Jan 19th '11 |
Staging Your SharePoint System for Migration
Axceler Blog
Early in my career I was a technical project manager working for a certain phone company in Northern California. Back then, before one company gobbled just about all of them back up, there were still several RBOCs (Regional Bell Operating Companies) with ever-expanding lists of competitors, looking for every opportunity to reduce costs and stave off the loss of customers moving to the telephony upstarts. During this interesting time in telecommunications, I was part of a "technical marketing" te [read].
Posted: Mon, Jan 17th '11 |
SharePoint Saturday Virginia Beach
Axceler Blog
What a great way to kick off the new year -- celebrating the 3rd birthday of SharePointSaturday.org with many of its founders and most active members! I left the Axceler End of Year party in Boston last Friday and made my way south to Virginia Beach, VA and the SharePoint Saturday Virginia Beach speaker’s dinner. After a brief delay in Washington DC due to a massive snowstorm, I was able to join the celebration and enjoy one of my favorite aspects of participating in these events: hang [read].
Posted: Wed, Jan 12th '11 |
Understand the SharePoint Migration Schedule
Axceler Blog
When people think schedule, they generally think project timeline -- a work breakdown structure of the business and technical tasks, culminating in a product or service going live. But with your SharePoint migration planning, it is equally important to understand the business drivers behind the migration, not just the technology drivers.
Are there cost implications for maintaining the current hardware, and a migration is going to allow you to reduce your footprint and repurpose or reduce hardw [read].
Posted: Mon, Jan 10th '11 |
Informative SharePoint Slides
Axceler Blog
Richard Harbridge knows his stuff. His slide show "The SharePoint Story of Success" posted on SlideShare is worth watching. Running all the way from the general idea to full implementation, Harbridge gives a good outline of how to launch SharePoint within your organization. Of particular interest are slides 66 to 75, "Tips for getting decision makers to understand the value [of SharePoint]." These are key points to use when convincing your manager to use SharePoint. These include some public [read].
Posted: Wed, Jan 5th '11 |
Kicking off the New Year with SharePoint Saturday
Axceler Blog
As we start the new year, the Axceler team is looking forward to growth and expansion, starting the month with participation at the first SharePoint Saturday event of the season in Virginia Beach, VA. This is the site of the original SharePoint Saturday, and boasts an all-start cast of well-known names and deep expertise, including Dux Raymond Sy (newly minted MVP), Joel Oleson, Eric Harlan, Mark Miller, Mike Oryszak (MVP), and Linc Williams and Scott Singleton from our partners at i3 Solutions [read].
Posted: Mon, Jan 3rd '11 |
Easier SharePoint Migrations with Davinci Migrator
Axceler Blog
Moving from SPS2003 or MOSS 2007 to SharePoint 2010 can be a daunting task for even the experienced administrator or IT Pro. But how does one go about selecting a migration tool? In an article for SharePointReviews.com, well-known industry expert Joel Oleson outlined 15 questions you should ask when identifying a SharePoint migration vendor. We thought we'd answer each of these questions for Axceler's migration tool, Davinci Migrator for SharePoint 2010. We're quite proud of our product, and [read].
Posted: Sun, Jan 2nd '11 |
Understand Your SharePoint Customizations Before Migrating
Axceler Blog
One of the most critical aspects of SharePoint migration planning is identifying the customizations on your source system, and making decisions around whether to update, migrate as-is, or retire them from your plans. Customizations will have a direct impact on the success of your SharePoint migration.
Think about migration as an opportunity to clean up, renew, and re-architect your environment. Take the time to understand what is on your system beforehand and develop a migration plan. Going into [read].
Posted: Sun, Jan 2nd '11 |
A Christmas Case Study in SharePoint Migration and Administration
Axceler Blog
Now that we've concluded a massive customer project with one of our consulting partners that included both migration and administration requirements, I wanted to share some details of the experience with members of the SharePoint community. The customer was kind enough to authorize us to discuss some details of the project, and share what was learned:
In early October, we were approached by Santa Claus LLc, a wholly-owned subsidiary and IT-arm of the larger North Pole Enterprise Corporation, abo [read].
Posted: Thu, Dec 23rd '10 |
An End-to-End Migration using Davinci Migrator for SharePoint 2010
Axceler Blog
Sometimes you just want to quickly select a handful of sites and migrate them to your SharePoint 2010 without having to jump through hoops, having to define every parameter and rule just to test your migration. Maybe you just want to test your environments as-is to see what migrates, and what fails (such as customizations). Or maybe this collection of sites is fairly out-of-the-box, and you're confident they'll come across clean from your 2003 or 2007 environment.
While the Davinci Migrator for [read].
Posted: Mon, Dec 20th '10 |
Tagging, Metadata, and Taxonomy in SharePoint
Axceler Blog
In my presentations on the 11 Strategic Considerations for SharePoint Migration at various SharePoint events, I make the point again and again that metadata and taxonomy management is the single most important factor in a successful SharePoint implementation. Metadata is the glue that binds within SharePoint. It powers search. It enables social computing. It drives enterprise content management strategies.
Not surprisingly, understanding – and have a strategy for – SharePoin [read].
Posted: Wed, Dec 15th '10 |
Planning for File Share Migrations to SharePoint
Axceler Blog
Most file shares have become a dumping ground for content. Metadata is inconsistent, if applied at all. Hardware and maintenance costs are spread out across your various organizations, masking the actual costs. Finding relevant content means knowing exactly where it resides, and having the right permissions to get to it.
As you begin to shape your SharePoint strategy and review your current environment, what are your file share plans? Is your plan to move them as-is and decommission your old sy [read].
Posted: Mon, Dec 13th '10 |
SharePoint Permissions Management Made Easy
Axceler Blog
I was reading through some of the SharePoint tips from the SecretsofSharePoint.com 'Experts in Residence' section, and came across a great overview of permissions inheritance by Jenny Branham. One comment, however, jumped out at me:
"considering security in SharePoint becomes very complex. To get a true and complete picture of how someone has access to an environment, every site, subsite, list/library, folder, and item will need to be evaluated."
Managing security in SharePoint doesn’ [read].
Posted: Tue, Dec 7th '10 |
Outlook PowerTool Plus for SharePoint 2007
Axceler Blog
Funny video from the archives promoting our free tool for SharePoint 2007 -- the Outlook PowerTool Plus. OPT+ comes from our acquisition of echoTechnology, and it allows you to select multiple documents and list items and move, copy, delete, check-in, check-out, and email them as links or attachments. It's quite an amazing tool, and one of our more popular downloads. Download a copy here. [read].
Posted: Tue, Dec 7th '10 |
Conducting Proper SharePoint Capacity Planning
Axceler Blog
One of the most common planning failures – and cause of future headaches when system limitations are reached – is the failure to conduct proper capacity planning before, during, and following your SharePoint migration. Your SharePoint environment is a living, breathing life form, with end users and admins constantly making changes. Prior to any migration, you need to assess the current system, think about your growth and performance requirements, and plan for your future oper [read].
Posted: Mon, Dec 6th '10 |
Planning for the Right Kind of SharePoint Migration
Axceler Blog
One of your strategic considerations when planning for a SharePoint migration should be to understand what kind of migration needs to happen. Sounds pretty straight forward, but there is actually a lot of depth to this question. Even small deployments (based on the number of sites or size of your content databases) could have great complexity. Do you plan to apply homogenous rules and filters across all sites, all site collections, and different governing bodies (and site owners)? Probably not. [read].
Posted: Wed, Dec 1st '10 |
Involving End Users in SharePoint Migration Planning
Axceler Blog
SharePoint migrations are much like an iceberg: what you see on the surface is the technical aspect of the effort -- the moving of bits between hardware. But under the surface is where the real work begins – the massive planning effort that really determines how and when your technical migration will take place, and whether the resulting SharePoint environment will, ultimately, be successful.
In my recent article for SharePoint Pro Connections, I outlined a number of suggestions for in [read].
Posted: Mon, Nov 29th '10 |
Understanding the Current-State of Your SharePoint Migration
Axceler Blog
In one of my favorite scenes from the Mel Brooks movie Spaceballs, the heroes -- played by John Candy and Bill Pullman -- narrowly escape the bad guys in hyperspace when the villains miscalculate their hyper-jump and effectively “go plaid” (they leave behind a tartan warp signature) as they fly past in a blur of light.
As utterly ridiculous this scene is, the writers stumbled upon a metaphor that is borderline existential: by overestimating their measurements by even a fracti [read].
Posted: Mon, Nov 22nd '10 |
End User Involvement in SharePoint Migration Planning
Axceler Blog
For those who may be starting to plan for the migration from SharePoint 2007 to the new SharePoint 2010 platform, something to consider is when and how to involve your end users. Your end users know their requirements, essential business processes, and data better than you do – so you most definitely need to involve them in your planning.
My recent article, entitled “When and How to Involve End Users in SharePoint Migration Planning” (available on SharePointPro Con [read].
Posted: Fri, Nov 19th '10 |
From the Field: TechEd Europe in Berlin
Axceler Blog
We just began Day 2 of TechEd Europe here at the Messe Berlin Conference Center, and its been a great event so far. Traffic past the booth has been steady, demos of ControlPoint and Davinci Migrator have been fairly constant, and its been great to meet many happy customers as they stop by to say hello. We're also thrilled to announce the release of the German version of ControlPoint this week (read the press release here).
For me personally, this has provided an excellent opportunity to meet th [read].
Posted: Tue, Nov 9th '10 |
Cher Point in Vegas
Axceler Blog
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Posted: Thu, Nov 4th '10 |
Planning for SharePoint Migrations
Axceler Blog
pWhen migrating your SharePoint environment, most administrators understand that it is a balance betweennbsp;understandingnbsp;the content and end user requirementsimg src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images/cbuck_head-resized-600.jpg" border="0" alt="Christian Buckley, Axceler" width="135" height="191" class="alignRight" style="float: right;" / and the technical requirements. In every migration, there is a lot of room for error. Migration is not a small task mdash; not something to be [read].
Posted: Tue, Nov 2nd '10 |
Free eBook on Building your Brand in the SharePoint Community
Axceler Blog
pA new eBook has been made available for download on the Axceler website entitled: ldquo;a href="http://www.axceler.com/Portals/0/ebooks/BuildingYourPersonalBrand.pdf"strongInside the SharePoint Community: Three Strategies for Building Your Personal Brand/strong/a.rdquo; This free, 21-page PDFnbsp;provides guidance on how anyone can get more involved in the SharePoint community, with nearly 30 suggestions that I have personally put into practice.img src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/ima [read].
Posted: Mon, Nov 1st '10 |
Axceler is Hiring!
Axceler Blog
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Posted: Thu, Oct 28th '10 |
Imitation Is The Sincerest Form of Flattery
Axceler Blog
pimg src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images/cherpoint03.jpg" border="0" alt="cherpoint03" class="alignRight" style="float: right;" /Demand is so high for our a title="quot;Cher Pointquot; shirt" href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=443989024146amp;set=t.612892641" target="_self""Cher Point" shirt/a that people are apparently a title="bootlegging" href="http://veroniquepalmer.wordpress.com/2010/10/22/sharepoint-saturday-cape-town-spscpt-2010" target="_self"bootlegging/a them at [read].
Posted: Thu, Oct 28th '10 |
Live Webinar - Migrating to SharePoint 2010: Best Practices Featuring Mike Watson
Axceler Blog
img src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images/Watson.jpg" border="0" alt="Watson" width="134" height="149" class="alignRight" style="float: right;" /If you are planning on migrating to SharePoint 2010 from SharePoint 2003 or 2007, you donrsquo;t want to miss this a title="insightful webcast" href="https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/444643907" target="_self"insightful webcast/a.br /br /Mike Watson, Architect and Co-Founder of SeriousLabz, will discuss the difficulties he has encountere [read].
Posted: Wed, Oct 27th '10 |
Davinci Migrator Selected as Finalist, Best of Connections Fall 2010
Axceler Blog
pIt was announced today that Davinci Migrator for SharePoint 2010nbsp;was selected as a Best of Connections Fall 2010 finalist in the Best SharePoint Product category.nbsp;The evaluations will be finalized the first week of November at the a title="SharePoint Pro Connections " href="http://www.devconnections.com/shows/FALL2010SP/default.asp?s=154" target="_blank"SharePoint Pro Connections /aevent in Las Vegas, NV. An official announcement and press release will be forthcoming./p
pimg src="http:/ [read].
Posted: Tue, Oct 19th '10 |
What To Do in Cambridge During SPTechCon?
Axceler Blog
pimg src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images/Harvard_square_2009.jpg" border="0" alt="Harvard square 2009" width="255" height="147" class="alignRight" style="float: right;" /Mark Miller of EndUserSharePoint a title="wonders " href="http://www.endusersharepoint.com/2010/10/19/sptechcon-things-to-do-in-cambridge/?utm_source=feedburneramp;utm_medium=feedamp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EndUserSharepoint+%28End+User+SharePoint%29" target="_self"wonders/a what to do in Cambridge while he is in town [read].
Posted: Tue, Oct 19th '10 |
What is SharePoint's Intended Use?
Axceler Blog
pimg src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images/swiss-army-03.gif" border="0" alt="swiss army 03" width="196" height="136" class="alignRight" style="float: right;" /In a recent a title="presentation" href="http://vimeo.com/15669652" target="_self"presentation/a, Bill English, CEO of Mindsharp, puts forth a good rule for SharePoint, "Don't use SharePoint outside of its intended use."/p
pEnglish elaborates that SharePoint is not software for accounting, customer relationship management, man [read].
Posted: Mon, Oct 18th '10 |
ControlPoint 4.1. is Available!
Axceler Blog
pThe a title="latest release" href="http://www.axceler.com/NewsEvents/PressReleases/AxcelerUnveilsControlPoint41.aspx" target="_self"latest release/a of ControlPoint for SharePoint administration has new features including:/p
ul
listrongFind Duplicate Files/strong within the SharePoint farm./li
/ul
ul
listrongMore Comprehensive User Reporting/strong that gives SharePoint administrators vital insights into everything a user touches, including workflows, documents, and alerts./li
/ul
ul
listrongDe [read].
Posted: Tue, Oct 12th '10 |
SharePoint Architecture: Centralized or Decentralized?
Axceler Blog
pArticlenbsp;a href="http://www.sdtimes.com/content/SPTechReport/SPTechReport_10_06_10.html#6" target="_blank"originally published/a 10/6/2010, SPTechReport newsletter, Copyright copy; 2010, BZ Media LLC. All rights reserved./p
blockquote
pAn important question to answer when moving to SharePoint 2010 is how to design the new environment: centralized, with a traditional, top-down managed portal; or a decentralized environment, featuring user-driven collaboration? Many companies struggle with thi [read].
Posted: Wed, Oct 6th '10 |
Live SharePoint Administration Webinar
Axceler Blog
pimg src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images/iStock_000003281420XSmall.jpg" border="0" alt="iStock 000003281420XSmall" width="225" height="149" class="alignRight" style="float: right;" /Axceler invites you to an a title="upcoming webinar this Thursday at 2:00 PM EDT" href="https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/652509707" target="_self"upcoming webinar this Thursday at 2:00 PM EDT/a that will show you the 9 things you should be doing with your SharePoint environment. Whether you have Sh [read].
Posted: Tue, Oct 5th '10 |
City of Las Vegas Selects Axceler’s ControlPoint
Axceler Blog
pWimg class="alignRight" src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images/LV.jpg" border="0" alt="LV" style="float: right;" /hen the city of Las Vegas went looking for software to better manage its 300 SharePoint sites, it turned to Axceler. ControlPoint 4.0 was selected after the city evaluated three SharePoint administration tools./p
p"We were seeking an administration tool that was easy enough for both our user community and IT staff to use, so everyone could take advantage of the reporting, [read].
Posted: Mon, Sep 27th '10 |
Davinci Migrator is Now Available!
Axceler Blog
pimg class="alignRight" src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images/iStock_000004094635Medium.jpg" border="0" alt="iStock 000004094635Medium" width="194" height="168" style="float: right;" /Want to migrate to SharePoint 2010 but afraid of the potential loss of data and escalating costs? a title="Davinci Migrator" href="http://www.axceler.com/NewsEvents/PressReleases/AxcelerShipsDavinciMigratorforSharePoint2010.aspx" target="_self"Davinci Migrator/a from Axceler is now available to help you [read].
Posted: Mon, Sep 20th '10 |
Where The Jobs Are
Axceler Blog
pThe depressed job market has got a lot of IT professionals wondering where they should improve their skills. And Wahid Saleemi, writing for a title="EndUserSharePoint" href="http://www.endusersharepoint.com/2010/08/18/sharepoint%E2%80%99s-explosive-job-growth/" target="_self"EndUserSharePoint/a, makes a convincing argument for SharePoint with this a title="graph" href="http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=lotus+notes%2C+lotus+domino%2C+webcenter%2C+aqualogic%2C+weblogic%2C+websphere%2C+sharepointa [read].
Posted: Tue, Sep 7th '10 |
ControlPoint's Biggest Fan?
Axceler Blog
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Posted: Wed, Aug 25th '10 |
Live Webinar - How to Effectively Manage SharePoint Projects with Dux Raymond Sy
Axceler Blog
pimg style="float: right;" src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images/196313838053471268.jpg" border="0" alt="196313838053471268" hspace="3" vspace="3" /Axceler invites you to a a title="special webinar" href="https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/825168755" target="_self"special webinar/a featuring noted SharePoint thought leader a title="lt;span style=quot;text-decoration: underline;quot;gt;Dux Raymond Sylt;/spangt;" href="http://sp.meetdux.com/meet-dux.aspx" target="_blank"span style=" [read].
Posted: Mon, Aug 16th '10 |
Today - Live SharePoint Administration Webinar
Axceler Blog
pWhat You Need to Know About Managing SharePoint 2010 br / TODAY, Thursday, August 5th at 2:00 PM EDT/p
pa href="https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/846838898" target="_blank"img src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images/register-button.gif" border="0" alt="register button" hspace="3" vspace="3" //a/p
pAxceler invites you to a title="upcoming webinar " href="https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/846838898" target="_blank"today's webinar /athat will show you best practices for administe [read].
Posted: Thu, Aug 5th '10 |
SharePoint Security 101
Axceler Blog
pimg src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images/classified01.jpg" mce_src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images/classified01.jpg" alt="" title="" style="" align="none" border="0" hspace="" vspace="" br/ppPoor security can cost you your job. It pays to know the basics.
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bHow SharePoint Security Works/b
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Although signing into SharePoint is a one step process for users, behind the scenes, it actually involves two steps.
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In the first step, the user is 'authenticated' by t [read].
Posted: Thu, Jun 10th '10 |
SharePoint Book Recommendations
Axceler Blog
pWhile there is no shortage of books on SharePoint, finding the outstanding ones can be difficult. We asked a few of our Sales Engineers which ones they like best. Here are their suggestions:brbr
bRobert recommends/b/ptable border="0"tbodytr valign="top"td width="158"a href="http://www.amazon.com/MCTS-Microsoft-Office-SharePoint-Configuration/dp/0470226633/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8amp;s=booksamp;qid=1276026108amp;sr=8-1" mce_href="http://www.amazon.com/MCTS-Microsoft-Office-SharePoint-Configuration/dp/ [read].
Posted: Wed, Jun 9th '10 |
Today's Webinar "What You Need to Know About Managing SharePoint 2010"
Axceler Blog
pimg src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images/windowsITgoldaward.gif" mce_src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images/windowsITgoldaward.gif" alt="" title="" style="" align="right" border="0" hspace="" vspace=""This is your last chance to register for a href="https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/481662403" mce_href="https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/481662403"today's webinar/a that will show you best practices for administering your SharePoint environment. Whether you have Sh [read].
Posted: Thu, Jun 3rd '10 |
The Return on Investment for SharePoint 2010
Axceler Blog
pimg src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images/small-pennies.jpg" mce_src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images/small-pennies.jpg" alt="" title="" align="right" border="0" height="99" hspace="" vspace="" width="198"Companies considering the upgrade to SharePoint 2010 are asking "What's in it for me?"
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To answer this question, Microsoft commissioned Forrester Consulting to research the return on investment. After interviewing 11 organizations using the product, Forrester creat [read].
Posted: Mon, May 24th '10 |
Why the Huge Turnout at SharePoint Saturday in DC?
Axceler Blog
pimg src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images/SPSDC02.jpg" mce_src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images/SPSDC02.jpg" alt="" title="" style="" align="left" border="0" hspace="" vspace="" width="176"By every measure, this past SharePoint Saturday was a a href="http://www.endusersharepoint.com/2010/05/16/thoughts-on-sharepoint-saturday-dc/" mce_href="http://www.endusersharepoint.com/2010/05/16/thoughts-on-sharepoint-saturday-dc/"blowout success/a. With over 1,000 attendees, it was [read].
Posted: Tue, May 18th '10 |
See You at SharePoint Saturday in DC?
Axceler Blog
centerimg src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images/resized-capital-building.gif" mce_src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images/resized-capital-building.gif" alt="" title="" style="" align="center" border="0" hspace="" vspace=""/centerpWe'll be at this weekend's a href="http://www.sharepointsaturday.org/dc/default.aspx" mce_href="http://www.sharepointsaturday.org/dc/default.aspx"SharePoint Saturday in DC/a, the first of its kind since the official release of SharePoint 2010. With [read].
Posted: Fri, May 14th '10 |
How to Organize a SharePoint Saturday
Axceler Blog
The forecasted big turnout at this a href="http://www.sharepointsaturday.org/dc/default.aspx" mce_href="http://www.sharepointsaturday.org/dc/default.aspx"weekend's SharePoint Saturday/a event (over 1,100 registrants!) has got a lot of people asking "How do I organize a SharePoint Saturday?" Fortunately, a href="http://www.sharepointhillbilly.com/archive/2009/07/23/organizing-a-sharepoint-event--what-you-need-to-know.aspx" mce_href="http://www.sharepointhillbilly.com/archive/2009/07/23/organizing [read].
Posted: Wed, May 12th '10 |
You're Invited! SharePoint 2010 Launch Party - Santa Monica, CA
Axceler Blog
pAttention California SharePoint users - you are invited to join us in celebrating the release of SharePoint 2010!br/ppbWhen:/b May 12, 2010 @ 4pm- 10pmbr
bWhere:/b VLoungebr
2020 Wilshire Blvd.br
Santa Monica, CA 90403br
(310) 829-1933br
bWhat:/b Food, Drinks amp; Prizes!/ppa href="http://sharepointlaunchla.eventbrite.com/" mce_href="http://sharepointlaunchla.eventbrite.com/"Register here!/a/ppLet's get together to celebrate the biggest, most important SharePoint event ever: the LAUNCH of 20 [read].
Posted: Mon, May 10th '10 |
Register for Today's Webcast - SharePoint for Government Agencies
Axceler Blog
pimg src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//errin-oconnor.jpg" mce_src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//errin-oconnor.jpg" alt="" title="" align="left" border="0" height="145" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="101"In today's a href="https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/123908074" mce_href="https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/123908074"free webinar/a, Errin O'Connor, CEO of EPC Group, will focus on SharePoint difficulties particular to government agencies. The webinar will [read].
Posted: Thu, Apr 29th '10 |
Down In Texas
Axceler Blog
ptable align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"tbodytrtdimg src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images/Houston_Skyline11.jpg" mce_src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images/Houston_Skyline11.jpg" alt="" title="" style="" align="right" border="0" hspace="" vspace="" width="202"/td/trtrtd align="center"Image courtesy:bra href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Houston_Skyline11.jpg" mce_href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Houston_ [read].
Posted: Wed, Apr 28th '10 |
How To Get Co-Workers to Use SharePoint
Axceler Blog
pHere's the situation - you're excited about the new SharePoint installation. After months of work, you've got the full system in place. And now....no one in your organization is using it. How do you get them with the program?
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Sadly, the most common SharePoint training methods are the least effective. That is the key conclusion from Michael Sampson's a href="http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/blogs/GetThePoint/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?List=8d9e2a99-f288-47c2-916b-2f32864f7b82amp;ID=354amp;Web=5e4 [read].
Posted: Tue, Apr 27th '10 |
Will Law Firms Love SharePoint 2010?
Axceler Blog
pa href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fabliaux/383476178/" mce_href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fabliaux/383476178/"img src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images/small-gavel.jpg" mce_src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images/small-gavel.jpg" alt="" title="" align="left" border="0" height="130" hspace="" vspace="" width="172"/aEase of use, strong document management and a powerful search have combined to make SharePoint popular with law firms. But will law firms be fond of Share [read].
Posted: Fri, Apr 23rd '10 |
Want a Job in Government? Learn SharePoint
Axceler Blog
pimg src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images/resized-capital-building.gif" mce_src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images/resized-capital-building.gif" alt="" title="" style="" align="center" border="0" hspace="" vspace=""/pp"Want a job in government? Learn SharePoint," a href="http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/06/want-a-job-learn-sharepoint-sa.html" mce_href="http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/06/want-a-job-learn-sharepoint-sa.html"counsels/a Gary Blatt of the a href="http://www.sugdc.o [read].
Posted: Wed, Apr 14th '10 |
How Do You Become a SharePoint MVP?
Axceler Blog
pWith many getting their SharePoint MVP status a href="http://mzaki.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns%21E3340AEAC1CDD449%213945.entry" mce_href="http://mzaki.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!E3340AEAC1CDD449!3945.entry"renewed/a a href="http://www.wictorwilen.se/Post/I-am-a-SharePoint-Server-MVP.aspx" mce_href="http://www.wictorwilen.se/Post/I-am-a-SharePoint-Server-MVP.aspx"last/a a href="http://blah.winsmarts.com/2010-4-Renewed_as_MVP.aspx" mce_href="http://blah.winsmarts.com/2010-4-Renewed_as_MVP.aspx"week/a, [read].
Posted: Wed, Apr 7th '10 |
Where Does SharePoint Fall Short?
Axceler Blog
pMauro Cardarelli, author of "Essential SharePoint 2007 -Delivering High Impact Collaboration", a href="http://blogs.officezealot.com/mauro/archive/2010/03/16/21709.aspx" mce_href="http://blogs.officezealot.com/mauro/archive/2010/03/16/21709.aspx"tackles/a the question "Where does SharePoint fall short?"
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The answer, according to Mauro, is in security management.
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The benefit of an open system like SharePoint is there is little differentiation betwen users and content producers. As a re [read].
Posted: Fri, Mar 26th '10 |
Live Webcast on SharePoint Governance
Axceler Blog
img src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//errin-oconnor.jpg" mce_src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//errin-oconnor.jpg" alt="" title="" align="left" border="0" height="145" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="101"a href="https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/282228306" mce_href="https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/282228306"Register/a to join two of the nation's leading SharePoint providers as they share a href="https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/282228306" mce_href="ht [read].
Posted: Tue, Mar 23rd '10 |
Know Your Database
Axceler Blog
When you are a SharePoint administrator, it pays to know your database.
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With that in mind, Hannu Ojala has written a a href="http://www.sharepointblues.com/2010/03/15/sql-server-what-every-sharepoint-administrato-should-know-part-1/" mce_href="http://www.sharepointblues.com/2010/03/15/sql-server-what-every-sharepoint-administrato-should-know-part-1/"useful article/a on the basics of SQL Server. Some of the key takeaways include:brbr
ul
liWhen planning your SharePoint system, estimate how mu [read].
Posted: Thu, Mar 18th '10 |
ControlPoint a Finalist For "Best SharePoint Administration Tool 2010"
Axceler Blog
SharePoint consultant Andy Dale has opened polling for the "a href="http://andydalesharepoint.blogspot.com/2010/03/sharepoint-awards-time.html" mce_href="http://andydalesharepoint.blogspot.com/2010/03/sharepoint-awards-time.html"Best SharePoint Administration Tool 2010/a" and ControlPoint is on the short list!
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We'd be honored if you took a moment to vote for ControlPoint. Simply go to a href="http://andydalesharepoint.blogspot.com/2010/03/sharepoint-awards-time.html" mce_href="http://andyd [read].
Posted: Wed, Mar 17th '10 |
Vegas!
Axceler Blog
pimg src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//SharePointPro-Summit.gif" mce_src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//SharePointPro-Summit.gif" alt="" title="" style="" align="left" border="0" hspace="5" vspace="5"We're headed to Las Vegas next week to attend the a href="http://www.sharepointprosummit.com/" mce_href="http://www.sharepointprosummit.com/"SharePointPro Summit/a, March 16-19. Bringing together some of the biggest names in SharePoint, the conference features Tom Ri [read].
Posted: Thu, Mar 11th '10 |
Big and Fast
Axceler Blog
p"Fast" is not a word normally associated with our federal government. But that's the only word to describe how quickly the a href="http://www.recovery.gov/Pages/home.aspx" mce_href="http://www.recovery.gov/Pages/home.aspx"recovery.gov/a site was launched using SharePoint.
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Converting from a platform that was not robust enough, recovery.gov took a mere iten weeks/i to re-launch. That's fast considering the site provides information about $787 billion in stimulus money. In addition, the site [read].
Posted: Wed, Mar 10th '10 |
Free Webinar on ControlPoint
Axceler Blog
pAxceler invites you to an a href="https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/684862747" mce_href="https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/684862747"upcoming webcast/a that will show you how to use ControlPoint to administer your SharePoint environment like a pro. The webcast will take place this Thursday, March 11th at 2:00 pm EST. /pp In this session, we will show you how to:br
/pul
liManage SharePoint Permissions /liliAnalyze SharePoint Usage and Activity /liliMove / Copy Sites /liliClean Up, Manag [read].
Posted: Mon, Mar 8th '10 |
SharePoint 2010 - Olympic Worthy
Axceler Blog
pimg src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//usoc.gif" mce_src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//usoc.gif" alt="" title="" style="" align="left" border="0" hspace="5" vspace="5"Is SharePoint 2010 beta ready for prime time? Based on a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10463102-56.html?part=rss" mce_href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10463102-56.html?part=rss"its performance/a at this year's Olympic winter games, the answer is "yes."
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Used to power the a href [read].
Posted: Wed, Mar 3rd '10 |
Raising Money for the Fight Against Cancer
Axceler Blog
img src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//logo.gif" mce_src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//logo.gif" alt="" title="" style="" align="right" border="0" hspace="" vspace=""One of Axceler's own, Yancy Lent, will be riding in this year's Pan Mass Challenge a href="http://www.pmcdad.com" mce_href="http://www.pmcdad.com"raising money/a for cancer research. This will be Yancy's third Pan Mass after his five year old son was diagnosed with leukemia in 2007.
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The good ne [read].
Posted: Wed, Mar 3rd '10 |
Reasons to Upgrade?
Axceler Blog
Mark Miller's "a href="http://info.axceler.com/Blog/bid/26223/Is-SharePoint-2010-Relevant" mce_href="http://info.axceler.com/Blog/bid/26223/Is-SharePoint-2010-Relevant"Is SharePoint 2010 Relevant?/a" article got me looking for reasons to upgrade. With that in mind, I found "a href="http://www.cmswire.com/cms/web-cms/8-ways-web-content-management-has-improved-in-sharepoint-2010-006798.php" mce_href="http://www.cmswire.com/cms/web-cms/8-ways-web-content-management-has-improved-in-sharepoint-2010-0 [read].
Posted: Tue, Mar 2nd '10 |
Is SharePoint 2010 Relevant?
Axceler Blog
pIs the increased hype and fixation on SharePoint 2010 hurting the movement? Mark Miller brings up this provocative point in a a href="http://www.endusersharepoint.com/2010/02/23/is-sharepoint-2010-relevant/" mce_href="http://www.endusersharepoint.com/2010/02/23/is-sharepoint-2010-relevant/"recent article/a. /pp Miller points out that many conferences have agendas that are "heavily slanted towards [SharePoint 2010]". This leaves many SharePoint enthusiasts in a bind. How can they justify the exp [read].
Posted: Mon, Mar 1st '10 |
Hone Your SharePoint Skills
Axceler Blog
img src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//dogtags.png" mce_src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//dogtags.png" alt="" title="" align="right" border="0" height="73" hspace="" vspace="" width="189"Looking to improve your SharePoint skills? Maybe a a href="http://sharepointbootcamp.com" mce_href="http://sharepointbootcamp.com"SharePoint Bootcamp/a can help.
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The company recently relaunched their a href="http://sharepointbootcamp.com" mce_href="http://sharepointbootcamp [read].
Posted: Fri, Feb 26th '10 |
The Big Easy
Axceler Blog
pimg src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//Orleans.bourbon.arp.750pix.jpg" mce_src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//Orleans.bourbon.arp.750pix.jpg" alt="" title="" align="left" border="0" height="182" hspace="10" vspace="10" width="243"Axceler will be in a href="http://www.sharepointsaturday.org/neworleans" mce_href="http://www.sharepointsaturday.org/neworleans"New Orleans/a this weekend for SharePoint Saturday. One of the top ten cities for tourists in the nation, thi [read].
Posted: Thu, Feb 25th '10 |
SharePoint Saturday Boston
Axceler Blog
pRoom is still available for this weekend's a href="http://www.sharepointsaturday.org/boston/default.aspx" mce_href="http://www.sharepointsaturday.org/boston/default.aspx"SharePoint Saturday right here in Boston/a. If you are in the New England area and want to learn about SharePoint, please a href="http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=145192" mce_href="http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=145192"register for this free event/a scheduled for February 27.br/ppAnd if you are attending, please fill out a hr [read].
Posted: Tue, Feb 23rd '10 |
5 Hot Features in SharePoint 2010
Axceler Blog
pThe folks over at CMSWire have put together a good list of a href="http://www.cmswire.com/cms/enterprise-cms/sharepoint-2010-5-hot-features-to-look-forward-to-006585.php" mce_href="http://www.cmswire.com/cms/enterprise-cms/sharepoint-2010-5-hot-features-to-look-forward-to-006585.php"five features/a to get excited about in SharePoint 2010. The bullet points listed are fairly broad but are as follows:/pollibBetter Management of Content/b - better tagging features and keyword searching/lilibApplic [read].
Posted: Wed, Feb 17th '10 |
Register for a Webcast on Lotus Notes Administration
Axceler Blog
span class="mceItemHidden"Want to learn how to administer Lotus Notes like a pro? span class="mceItemHiddenSpellWord"MarvelClient/span can help you out. /spana href="https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/422638115" mce_href="https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/422638115"span class="mceItemHidden"Register for our span class="mceItemHiddenSpellWord"webcast/span/span/a to learn how. brpspan class="mceItemHidden"This span class="mceItemHiddenSpellWord"webcast/span will show you how to:/span/pp* Sp [read].
Posted: Tue, Feb 16th '10 |
SPTechCon SF - It's a Wrap
Axceler Blog
img src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//SPTechCon-crowd.jpg" mce_src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//SPTechCon-crowd.jpg" alt="" title="" style="" align="center" border="0" hspace="" vspace=""pWe're back from a href="http://sptechcon.com/" mce_href="http://sptechcon.com/"SPTechCon/a in San Francisco, wiped out and tired after a red-eye flight back to the east coast but happy./ppTurnout for the conference was solid and the crowd was buzzing about SharePoint 2010. We [read].
Posted: Fri, Feb 12th '10 |
SharePoint in Plain English
Axceler Blog
Having trouble explaining the benefits of SharePoint to your co-workers and department heads? This video is the most concise explanation I've seen so far:brbr
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Posted: Wed, Feb 10th '10 |
SharePoint 2010 - Improved Usage Reporting
Axceler Blog
pSharePoint administrators like being able to know what their users are doing. So it was good to read SharePoint 2010 has improved usage reporting and analysis from the previous version. /ppAccording to a href="http://sharepointedutech.com/2010/02/05/web-analytics-reports-sharepoint-2010/" mce_href="http://sharepointedutech.com/2010/02/05/web-analytics-reports-sharepoint-2010/"this review/a, these improvements have been "massive." But, according to the same review, even with the improvements, Sh [read].
Posted: Tue, Feb 9th '10 |
SharePoint 2010 Reviewed by Forrester
Axceler Blog
The good news is Forrester Research has a href="http://www.forrester.com/rb/Research/sharepoint_server_2010_evolutionary_step_toward_content-centric/q/id/54451/t/2?action=5" mce_href="http://www.forrester.com/rb/Research/sharepoint_server_2010_evolutionary_step_toward_content-centric/q/id/54451/t/2?action=5"released/a an in-depth review and appraisal of SharePoint 2010. The bad news is it will set you back $499 to read it.brbrIn the brief introductory blurb, the article describes SharePoint 2010 [read].
Posted: Mon, Feb 8th '10 |
Register for a Webcast on ControlPoint
Axceler Blog
Want to learn how to administer your SharePoint environment like a pro? a href="https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/437801587" mce_href="https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/437801587"Register for a webcast/a on ControlPoint, recently voted the Best SharePoint Product of 2009.pThis webcast will show you how to:/pp * Manage permissionsbr * Analyze activitybr * Move and copy sitesbr * Set up alertsbr * And more!/ppThe webcast is on Thursday, February 11 at 2:00 PM EST, 11:00 PST./ppa href="http [read].
Posted: Mon, Feb 8th '10 |
Off to the West Coast
Axceler Blog
img src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//SPTechCon.gif" mce_src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//SPTechCon.gif" alt="" title="" style="" align="left" border="0" height="56" hspace="" vspace="" width="154"We're getting ready to head out to a href="http://www.sptechcon.com/" mce_href="http://www.sptechcon.com/"SPTechCon/a in San Francisco next week, February 10-12. Featuring over a href="http://www.sptechcon.com/speakers_sf.html" mce_href="http://www.sptechcon.com/speak [read].
Posted: Thu, Feb 4th '10 |
Have No Fear
Axceler Blog
pimg src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//the-scream-mini.jpg" mce_src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//the-scream-mini.jpg" alt="" title="" style="" align="left" border="0" hspace="" vspace=""Are you looking forward to upgrading to SharePoint 2010 but afraid of what might happen to your day-to-day operations during the transition?/ppHave no fear. One of the a href="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Applications/REVIEW-Microsoft-SharePoint-2010-Beta-Brings-Already-S [read].
Posted: Wed, Feb 3rd '10 |
SharePoint Saturday NYC - The Recap
Axceler Blog
pimg src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//sharepoint-saturday-shirt-resized-600.jpg" mce_src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//sharepoint-saturday-shirt-resized-600.jpg" alt="" title="" align="left" border="0" height="226" hspace="" vspace="" width="183"It's not often you get to see a presentation on using SharePoint for project management by the a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/3345" mce_href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/3345"guy/a who wrote the a href="h [read].
Posted: Tue, Feb 2nd '10 |
Last Call
Axceler Blog
pLast chance to sign up for today's webinarnbsp; on "a href="https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/450162818" mce_href="https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/450162818"How to Manage SharePoint Permissions/a." The webinar kicks off at 2:00 PM EST so don't delay and a href="https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/450162818" mce_href="https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/450162818"register now/a. /ppIn this session we will show you how to:/pulliManage SharePoint permissions/lili Analyze SharePoint u [read].
Posted: Fri, Jan 29th '10 |
The Big Apple
Axceler Blog
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Posted: Wed, Jan 27th '10 |
About SharePoint Governance
Axceler Blog
bWhat is SharePoint Governance?/bpimg src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//FAQ.gif" mce_src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//FAQ.gif" alt="" title="" style="" align="right" border="0" hspace="" vspace=""'SharePoint Governance' is a guideline on how SharePoint will be used within your organization. It is a set of all the rules and procedures as you will apply them to SharePoint./ppProper Sharepoint governance assigns responsibilities and access levels to various member [read].
Posted: Tue, Jan 19th '10 |
Blinky Pins
Axceler Blog
pimg src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//blinky-pin.gif" mce_src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//blinky-pin.gif" alt="" title="" style="" align="none" border="0" hspace="" vspace="" br/ppBe sure to swing by our booth at this year's a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/software/lotus/events/lotusphere2010/" mce_href="http://www-01.ibm.com/software/lotus/events/lotusphere2010/"Lotusphere/a to pick up your very own blinky pin.br/p [read].
Posted: Fri, Jan 15th '10 |
Lotusphere!
Axceler Blog
img src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//weather2.jpg" mce_src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//weather2.jpg" alt="" title="" style="" align="right" border="0" hspace="" vspace=""pAxceler reps will be appearing at this year's link a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/software/lotus/events/lotusphere2010/" mce_href="http://www-01.ibm.com/software/lotus/events/lotusphere2010/"Lotusphere/a from January 17-21 in sunny Orlando, Florida. We'll be in exhibition booth #232 in the Wa [read].
Posted: Thu, Jan 14th '10 |
Coming to City Near You
Axceler Blog
Will we see you in 2010? pWe hope so because we're hitting the road in a big way. We'll be attending at least a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=enamp;gl=usamp;ie=UTF8amp;oe=UTF8amp;msa=0amp;msid=114518531303904286622.00047d0d7025bacd0daacamp;z=4" rel="nofollow" mce_href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=enamp;gl=usamp;ie=UTF8amp;oe=UTF8amp;msa=0amp;msid=114518531303904286622.00047d0d7025bacd0daacamp;z=4"eight/a SharePoint events all across America this year, with another three in Europe [read].
Posted: Wed, Jan 13th '10 |
Register for a Webcast on ControlPoint
Axceler Blog
pWant to learn how to administer your SharePoint environment like a pro? a href="https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/984013883" mce_href="https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/984013883"Register for a webcast/a on ControlPoint, recently voted the Best SharePoint Product of 2009./ppThis webcast will show you how to:/pulliManage permissions/liliAnalyze activity/liliMove and copy sites/liliSet up alerts/liliAnd more!/li/ulpThe webcast is on Thursday, January 14 at 2:00 EST, 11:00 PST./pp a href=" [read].
Posted: Tue, Jan 12th '10 |
Repost: Santa's SharePoint Governance Strategy
Axceler Blog
pIn light of the holiday season, we thought we would repostnbsp;a mce_href="http://sp.meetdux.com/archive/2009/12/22/santas-sharepoint-governance-strategy.aspx" target="_new" href="http://sp.meetdux.com/archive/2009/12/22/santas-sharepoint-governance-strategy.aspx"this article/anbsp;we found this morning about how Santa has discovered the importance of a well designed SharePoint Governance Strategy./ppIf administered wisely, SharePoint can be a tremendously powerful resource. And that is why a S [read].
Posted: Wed, Dec 23rd '09 |
SharePoint Governance - Yes You Need It
Axceler Blog
pJust found this article on the AIIM.org website about SharePoint Governance and thought it might be useful for SharePoint Governance managers./pp"Successful SharePoint implementations are less about the technology and more about the business functions that are delivered to the end users. To insure that the delivery of the SharePoint solution is consistent and meets the needs of the users, a robust governance program should be established. Governance programs are one of those areas that can cove [read].
Posted: Tue, Dec 22nd '09 |
SharePoint Administration Webcast - Thursday, Dec 17, 2 PM EST
Axceler Blog
pLive Webcast on ControlPoint - Best SharePoint Product of 2009 - Manage SharePoint Permissions, Analyze Activity, Storage and More!/ppAxceler invites you to a webcast that will show you how to use ControlPoint to administer your SharePoint environment like a pro. In this session, we will show you how to:/pulliManage a href="http://www.axceler.com/SharePointProducts/AxcelerControlPoint/SharePointPermissionsManagement.aspx" target="_new" mce_href="http://www.axceler.com/SharePointProducts/Axceler [read].
Posted: Wed, Dec 16th '09 |
Layer2 Announces Partnership with Axceler for SharePoint Administration and Management
Axceler Blog
bHamburg, 2009-12-02/b - Layer2, the SharePoint Experts from Hamburg (Germany) announced a strategic partnership with Axceler, the global leader in administration software for Microsoft SharePoint. Layer2 will resell and implement ControlPoint, the award winning SharePoint administration product, giving SharePoint administrators the ability to explore, protect, analyze and control their SharePoint environments.pMicrosoft SharePoint technology is increasingly used in SMEs and larger companies as [read].
Posted: Wed, Dec 2nd '09 |
Axceler Announces Strategic Partnership With EPC Group
Axceler Blog
bWOBURN, MA - November 30, 2009/b - a href="http://www.axceler.com" mce_href="http://www.axceler.com"Axceler/a, the global leader in administration software for Microsoft SharePoint, today announced a premier partnership with a href="http://www.epcgroup.net/" mce_href="http://www.epcgroup.net/"EPC Group/a, one of the nation's leading consulting firms specializing in Microsoft SharePoint.pAxceler is known for innovative a href="http://www.axceler.com/SharePointProducts/AxcelerControlPoint.aspx" m [read].
Posted: Mon, Nov 30th '09 |
Axceler ControlPoint Named 2009 Editors’ Best Award Winner by Windows IT Pro Magazine
Axceler Blog
a href="http://www.axceler.com" mce_href="http://www.axceler.com"Axceler/a, the global leader in administration software for Microsoft SharePoint, today announced that its product ControlPoint was named as a gold medal winner of the "a href="http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/102984/2009-windows-it-pro-editors-best-and-community-choice-awards.html" mce_href="http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/102984/2009-windows-it-pro-editors-best-and-community-choice-awards.html"2009 Editors' Bes [read].
Posted: Tue, Nov 24th '09 |
SharePoint Administration Webcast Today - How to Manage Permissions, Analyze Activity & Storage and More
Axceler Blog
SharePoint Administration Webcast - How to Manage Permissions, Analyze Activity & Storage and MoreAxceler invites you to an upcoming webcast that will show you how to administer your SharePoint environment like a pro. In this session, we will show you how to: * Manage SharePoint Permissions * Analyze SharePoint Usage and Activity * Move / Copy Sites * Clean Up, Manage and Configure SharePoint accounts and sites * Analyze SharePoint content and storage * Monitor SharePoint trends * Set [read].
Posted: Thu, Sep 24th '09 |
SharePoint Administration Webcast Today - How to Manage Permissions, Analyze Activity & Storage and More
Axceler Blog
SharePoint Administration Webcast - How to Manage Permissions, Analyze Activity & Storage and MoreAxceler invites you to an upcoming webcast that will show you how to administer your SharePoint environment like a pro. In this session, we will show you how to: * Manage SharePoint Permissions * Analyze SharePoint Usage and Activity * Move / Copy Sites * Clean Up, Manage and Configure SharePoint accounts and sites * Analyze SharePoint content and storage * Monitor SharePoint trends * Set [read].
Posted: Thu, Sep 24th '09 |
Topics to consider before deploying SharePoint Products and Technologies
Axceler Blog
This paper guides new administrators of Microsoft OfficeSharePoint Server 2007 or Windows SharePoint Services to the mostcommon issues encountered when getting started with SharePoint Productsand Technologies, including server administration, governance,branding, and development. It presents high priority informationconsisely to help new administrators get up and running quickly. [read].
Posted: Fri, Sep 11th '09 |
Shane Young to give Admin Training Session at Atlanta SharePoint User Group Sept 21
Axceler Blog
http://www.atlspug.com/default.aspx
Shane Young will be in Atlanta to teach a 2010 class and got invited to speak on some 2007 stuff. He will be doing his server auditing session. No PowerPoint just working through SharePoint Central admin and SQL. Fun stuff.
Hope to see you there.
SharePoint Consulting
Shane Young
Shane has over 12 years experience
architecting and administering large-scale
server farms using Microsoft enterprise
technologies. Fo [read].
Posted: Wed, Sep 9th '09 |
Basic SharePoint Administration Videos on SharePoint-Videos.com
Axceler Blog
Ran into these interesting basic SharePoint administration videos online. These may help give those of you who are just starting out with the basic concepts around SharePoint administration. When you're ready for more advanced administration, check out ControlPoint for full farm-wide administration capability. Exploring SharePoint's Central AdministrationCentral Administration in SharePoint is where all the magic happens. Setting Farm Level or Server level settings for SharePoint is all done h [read].
Posted: Wed, Sep 9th '09 |
Be Wary of Self-Described SharePoint Killers
Axceler Blog
Thought this was an interesting read, especially since the "SharePoint Killers" have been unsuccessfully trying to gain traction out there. Be Wary of Self Described SharePoint Killers By Shawn Shell, Consejo & CMSWatchAs any product gains in popularity, especially if it's seen as dominant, you tend to see more and more news about alternatives that inevitably get dubbed "killers." The news media and the product's competitors are continually trying to best the dominant solution and predict a [read].
Posted: Wed, Sep 9th '09 |
The Growing Importance of SharePoint from SDTimes
Axceler Blog
Thought this was an interesting read, particularly the part about the number of organizations that believe SharePoint to be "mission critical" will more than triple in the next three years. The Growing Importance of SharePoint By David RubinsteinE-mail is widely used for collaboration, even though it was not intended for that and it is not particularly well suited for it. So, in many organizations where Microsoft Exchange is deployed for communication and file transport, SharePoint is becoming t [read].
Posted: Fri, Aug 21st '09 |
Free EMEA SharePoint Administration Webcast tomorrow
Axceler Blog
Just wanted to let all the SharePoint folks in EMEA know that we will have a free SharePoint administration webcast tomorrow at 12:00 PM (BST) Attend to learn how to: Manage SharePoint PermissionsAnalyze SharePoint Usage and activityClean Up AccountsManage and Configure SharePoint sitesIdentify and fix problem sitesAnalyze SharePoint content and storageMonitor SharePoint trendsEnforce policiesAudit your SharePoint environmentIdentify governance violations Details can be found herehttp://www.axce [read].
Posted: Wed, Aug 19th '09 |
SharePoint Nation! - Virtual User Group Meeting Tonight
Axceler Blog
[re-posted from Amanda Murphy's blog. ]Join us tonight, Tuesday, August 18th at 8pm EDT as we welcome a SharePoint developer panel featuring Ed Musters, Geoff Varosky, Paul Schaeflein, Paul Stork and Rebecca Isserman. These guys will be there to answer your SharePoint questions as well as provide some of their own guidance on topics such as getting started with web part development and the proper implementation of user controls. This event will be hosted by Laura Rogers.As with all previous meet [read].
Posted: Tue, Aug 18th '09 |
SharePoint in Plain English
Axceler Blog
SharePoint in Plain English [read].
Posted: Mon, Aug 17th '09 |
Axceler Launches Free Tool for SharePoint Administration
Axceler Blog
WOBURN, MA - July 28, 2009 - Axceler, the global leader in administration software for collaborative platforms, today announced the release of a new SharePoint utility called PinPoint. Axceler PinPoint helps SharePoint administrators gain a quick perspective on some of the most common yet unanswered administrative questions. Axceler PinPoint is a free download, so all SharePoint administrators can benefit from knowing 1) the most active SharePoint sites and documents, and 2) the largest sites an [read].
Posted: Mon, Jul 27th '09 |
Managing the Costs of SharePoint Governance
Axceler Blog
Just read a recent article on CIO.com that focuses on determining the "true costs" of Microsoft SharePoint. We've been saying all along that the ongoing resources and costs to manage SharePoint must be considered in any ROI or Total Cost of Ownership calculation. From the article:"Unexpected Costs It's the unexpected costs-the costs that IT leaders don't think to include into their business cases for SharePoint-that eat into their ROI. To get the biggest bang for your SharePoint buck, factor th [read].
Posted: Wed, Jul 1st '09 |
SharePoint Saturday NYC Announced
Axceler Blog
Join SharePoint architects, developers, and other professionals that work with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for ‘SharePoint Saturday', on Saturday, September 12th, 2009. SharePoint Saturday will be an educational, informative & lively day filled with sessions from respected SharePoint professionals & MVPs, covering a wide variety of SharePoint-orientated topics. SharePoint Saturday is FREE, open to the public and is your local chance to immerse yourself in SharePoint! [read].
Posted: Wed, Jul 1st '09 |
How to choose a Microsoft SharePoint security solution
Axceler Blog
We just noticed this article on how to effectively secure Microsoft SharePoint by Shane Buckley. In it, Shane itemizes the top things a third party solution should do to help you secure your SharePoint environment. Fortunately, Axceler's product ControlPoint can help you with most if not all of these. "Inevitably, at some point in time, a breach or compliance violation is going to force a Microsoft SharePoint security solution purchase. When evaluating solutions that claim to provide secure acc [read].
Posted: Tue, Jun 30th '09 |
SharePoint Saturday July 11th in Toronto
Axceler Blog
Join SharePoint architects, developers, and other professionals that work with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for ‘SharePoint Saturday', on Saturday, July 11th, 2009 at the Microsoft Canada headquarters located on 1950 Meadowvale Blvd in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. SharePoint Saturday will be an educational, informative & lively day filled with sessions from respected SharePoint professionals & MVPs, covering a wide variety of SharePoint-orientated topics. SharePoint Saturda [read].
Posted: Fri, Jun 26th '09 |
SharePoint Saturday July 25th in Dallas, TX
Axceler Blog
Join SharePoint architects, developers, and other professionals that work with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for ‘SharePoint Saturday', on Saturday, July 25th, 2009 in Dallas, TX. SharePoint Saturday will be an educational, informative & lively day filled with sessions from respected SharePoint professionals & MVPs, covering a wide variety of SharePoint-orientated topics. SharePoint Saturday is FREE, open to the public and is your local chance to immerse yourself in SharePoin [read].
Posted: Fri, Jun 26th '09 |
Shane Young's TechTalk on SharePoint Installation
Axceler Blog
This is from May but is worth repeating. Shane Young and Todd created a quick TechTalk - SharePoint: What could possibly go wrong? "SharePoint environments are like snowflakes. Each one is intricate and it seems no two are alike. In this TechTalk, Shane and Todd talk about some of the things done wrong in SharePoint installations they've seen. They also talk about how to fix those things." Available for a free viewing here [read].
Posted: Fri, Jun 26th '09 |
Help with planning the move to Office 14
Axceler Blog
For anyone who's beginning to think about moving to Office 14 (as is Axceler, of course: Axceler will have an Office 14-compliant version of ControlPoint), in SP2 of SharePoint, Microsoft included a very nice command-line tool to help you with your planning.The command is stsadm -o preupgradecheckIn the command window, it gives you a summary of various aspects of the system that it is checking, and then generates a very thorough html report telling you what issues you may encounter.Just a remind [read].
Posted: Mon, Jun 22nd '09 |
ControlPoint just given 5 star review on SharePointReviews.com
Axceler Blog
ControlPoint was just given 5 out of 5 stars in a user review on SharePointReviews.comA couple of highlights from the user review..."For any middle to large sized organisation who are using either MOSS or WSS this is the SharePoint Management console you have been waiting for""On its own the permission settings get my vote, but there is much much more.""The more you look into ControlPoint 3 the more you realise just what you have been missing and I don't just mean the lovely graphs.""This is one [read].
Posted: Mon, Jun 8th '09 |
Mark Kessler of Wegman's Wins Blu-Ray Disc Player at TechEd!
Axceler Blog
Mark Kessler, Senior Programmer / Analyst with Wegman's wins Axceler's drawing for the Sony BDP S350 1080p Blu-Ray Disc Player during the final day of the product showcase at TechEd. [read].
Posted: Mon, May 18th '09 |
ControlPoint by Axceler Named “Best of TECH·ED 2009 Awards Winner by WINDOWS IT PRO and SQL SERVER MAGAZINES
Axceler Blog
WOBURN, MA - May 18, 2009 -Axceler, the global leader in administration software for collaborative platforms, today announced that its SharePoint Administration product, ControlPoint, was named as the Winner in the Best of Tech•Ed 2009 awards program in the Productivity and Collaboration category by Penton Media's Windows IT Pro® and SQL Server Magazine®.The Best of Tech•Ed 2009 Awards recognize companies who offer innovative products for the industry. The judges reviewed more than 170 pro [read].
Posted: Mon, May 18th '09 |
ControlPoint by Axceler Named "Best of TECH·ED 2009 Awards Finalist by WINDOWS IT PRO and SQL SERVER MAGAZINES
Axceler Blog
LOS ANGELES, CA - May 11, 2009 -Axceler, the global leader in administration software for collaborative platforms, today announced that its SharePoint Administration product, ControlPoint, was named as a Finalist in the Best of TechEd 2009 awards program in the Productivity and Collaboration category by Penton Media's Windows IT Pro® and SQL Server Magazine®. ControlPoint will be demonstrated at Axceler's booth #528 at TechEd, May 11-15 in Los Angeles, CA.The Best of TechEd 2009 Awards recogn [read].
Posted: Mon, May 11th '09 |
Axceler ControlPoint finalist for Best of TechEd 2009 Award
Axceler Blog
April 30 - WindowsITPro Magazine just announced their finalists for Best of TechEd 2009 Awards"After carefully evaluating close to 200 individual product entries, our panel of judges has selected the finalists for the Best of TechEd 2009 Awards." Category: Productivity & Collaboration * ControlPoint - Axceler [read].
Posted: Thu, Apr 30th '09 |
Top SharePoint Administration Needs
Axceler Blog
We asked some recent webcast participants about their top 3 most pressing SharePoint administration needs. We got a lot of response and decided to put it into www.wordle.net to make some sense of it. The result is below....clearly managing permissions, managing users, SharePoint reporting are at the top of the list. Enjoy! [read].
Posted: Thu, Apr 30th '09 |
Axceler Launches ControlPoint 3 for Microsoft SharePoint Administration
Axceler Blog
New Features Include Proactive Alerting, Moving Sites, and Scheduled Analysis
WOBURN, MA - April 27, 2009 - Axceler, the global leader in administration software for collaborative platforms, today announced ControlPoint 3, the newest version of the fastest growing SharePoint administration product for Microsoft SharePoint. ControlPoint 3 delivers new capabilities so you can be proactive about your SharePoint administration, including alerting, moving sites, policy management, and scheduled analy [read].
Posted: Mon, Apr 27th '09 |
Top Five Reasons to Look at a SharePoint Administration Tool
Axceler Blog
Top 5 Reasons to Look at a SharePoint Administration Tool1- You Can Manage Permissions ANALYZE PERMISSIONS DOWN TO THE DOCUMENT LEVEL Because SharePoint's permissions management is limited, the tool you select should ensure that permissions are set properly by evaluating user permissions at any point in the SharePoint farm, even down to the document level. Additionally, you should have the power to do a complete security analysis, including whether the user has been granted permission as part of [read].
Posted: Mon, Apr 20th '09 |
Wrap up on European SharePoint Best Practices Conference
Axceler Blog
The recent European SharePoint Best Practices Conference in London was an excellent event, superbly organised by Combined-Knowledge. The event catered for suppliers and users, developers and administrators with equal measure and all will sure to be on the look out for any further events organised by Combined Knowledge. An excellent mix of MVP provided the mainstay of the sessions, and I particularly liked 'Sharepoint Joel' Olsen's reference to Monty Python in his key note speech, for those who w [read].
Posted: Thu, Apr 9th '09 |
What to look for in a SharePoint administration Tool
Axceler Blog
Information technology departments are embracing Microsoft SharePoint as a simple answer to a host of business information problems. However, SharePoint farms can quickly become difficult to manage, as sites proliferate and become a nightmare for administrators. According to a recent article in CMS Watch, "Unfortunately, as you grow very large SharePoint environments, the controls that enterprises would want to see simply don't exist natively within the platform."Some enterprises may opt to wait [read].
Posted: Tue, Apr 7th '09 |
Axceler Announces ControlPoint 2
Axceler Blog
Features Enhanced Analysis of SharePoint Activity and Site UsageWOBURN, MA - September 23, 2008 - Axceler, the global leader in administration software for collaborative platforms, today announced ControlPoint 2, the next major release of one of the fastest growing administration tools for Microsoft SharePoint. ControlPoint 2 tightly integrates permissions management and usage analysis with the powerful ability to make critical changes immediately. In addition, ControlPoint 2 includes streamline [read].
Posted: Tue, Sep 23rd '08 |
Axceler Launches ControlPoint™ Comprehensive Administration for Microsoft SharePoint
Axceler Blog
Most Powerful Parametric Search, Analysis and Control for SharePoint AdministratorsOrlando, FL - April 21, 2008 - Axceler, the global leader in administration and development software for collaborative platforms, today announced the availability of ControlPoint, a comprehensive administration tool to manage Microsoft SharePoint environments. ControlPoint gives administrators the ability to search, analyze and ultimately control their SharePoint environments so they can help restore order before [read].
Posted: Mon, Apr 21st '08 |
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