In addition to this article I wrote recently, SharePoint Consultant/Developer Required….No!, I also responded to a posting on the ever popular LinkedIn site called ‘What skills are you looking for when hiring/recruiting a SharePoint Consultant?’. Since receiving positive comments from others following this posting, it has be referred to in others work, including that of [...]
A short note about how easy it is to take your SharePoint content offline using Microsoft Outlook 2007
One of the limitations with Windows SharePoint Services search is that the search at the top of your site it is limited to the site collection in terms of the data it is able to retrieve. This is frustrating if you have designed and deployed best practice methods for managing multiple site collections to better [...]
Why you shouldn’t hire a SharePoint Developer/Consultant as one person.
Case Study for Deployment of SharePoint at Kingston Communications.
WorkShares has gained a lot of experience of working with many well known organisations across the UK, from small businesses, start-ups, to larger enterprises; all of whom have had a common need to provide collaborative solutions for their staff, suppliers or clients alike. We have provided a few case study samples of our work below [...]
Andrew Walmsley of WorkShares Limited has just joined the British Computer Society (BCS), which is a leading professional body for those working in IT. Regards, WorkShares Team. Technorati Tags: WorkShares
Our preference at WorkShares is to use mindmaps wherever problem definitions, requirements definition or understanding relationships between business processes needs to occur. This is especially useful with SharePoint related projects as requirements often sit between traditional infrastructure related topics, to more bespoke software driven that require a deeper appreciation of functional details. Such tools form [...]
The guys over with Bamboo Solutions (specifically Lam Le) have produced a great article on user management with Windows SharePoint Services (WSS V3) and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS 2007). Document located here: http://store.bamboosolutions.com/kb/article.aspx?id=10829 Worthy of a read and also at a look at their great range of 3rd Party add-ons which can enhance your [...]
I have been experimenting with the Windows Live Writer product which is going through beta phases at the moment with Microsoft. Essentially its a localised blog editing tool. Impressive first pass I have to say. Is pretty good for updates to WSS V3 based Blogs and also ‘maps’ itself onto the other types out there [...]