There is No Document Information Panel in Word 2016
On Tuesday, we conducted a demo and showed the Microsoft Cloud productivity experience for a City government. The envisioning session showed them the art of the possible including Office 365, SharePoint for ECM (Enterprise Content Management), and Office Pro Plus. In our SharePoint demos we talk about how important it is to the user experience to create documents in SharePoint versus creating documents outside of SharePoint, including uploading and […]
Microsoft OneNote vs. the Legal Pad
The Microsoft Office Suite is full of some fantastic applications and features that enable users to collaborate and be as productive as possible. Few individuals take advantage of all the features available with Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint. Even fewer business users understand how SharePoint and the Microsoft cloud tie all of these applications together to […]
Cloud and Mobile Device Security and Protection
Are you using cloud applications? Are you concerned about security? There are several good solutions on the market for single sign-on, mobile device management and data loss prevention. In 2015, Gartner named AirWatch to the top right magic quadrant for mobile device management. Our customers have also used Okta, Ping, Centrify and IAMCloud for Indenity and Access Management including single sign-on (SSO). While Okta, AirWatch and […]
7 Ways City and County Governments use SharePoint and Office 365
Almost all city and county governments we have spoken with have moved or are planning to migrate their email to Office 365. Most are interested in other features of Office 365 but don’t know where to start. Others might be concerned about security. Below are 7 ways City and County Governments use Office 365. Community […]
Why Can’t I Download this Presentation from OneDrive?
OneDrive for Business is part of Office 365 and is the modern replacement for the User Share (H:/users/user) on the old file server. OneDrive for business is a cloud-based application used to store and manage online and offline documents. One Drive is part of the Office 365 collaboration features which include user storage, groups, team […]
Top 10 SharePoint Consulting Companies in DC
Below is a list of what I believe are the top 10 SharePoint consulting companies in the Metro DC area including Maryland, Northern Virginia, and Washington D.C. The ratings are based mostly on industry insider knowledge, including factors such as the satisfaction of known customers, consultant turnover, and knowledge of key 3rd party products. The top SharePoint consulting companies are active speakers in local user groups and organizations such as SharePoint […]
Contract Tracking Part II, Invoice Approval
A few months back, a general counsel of non-profit organizations wanted to see examples of how their legal and contracts team could use SharePoint. Our team built this proof of concept to show how SharePoint forms and workflows can be used to build a system to track contracts and invoices against those contracts. This is part two of the video series. Part one of […]
10 Reasons HR Departments Use SharePoint
Most organizations have SharePoint and almost all organizations can afford SharePoint if purchased as part of an Office 365 package in the Microsoft cloud. In our video, Tips for SharePoint Adoption, we recommend that information technology (IT) departments involve business users early on in the process of building an intranet in SharePoint. The human resources […]
Contract Tracking Part I
A few months back, a general counsel of a non-profit organization wanted to see examples of how their legal and contracts team could use SharePoint. Our team built this proof of concept to show how SharePoint forms and workflows can be used to build a system that tracks contracts and invoices against those contract. This is part one of the video series. Part […]
Creating Excel Surveys in Office 365
Are you looking for a way to take a survey of people in your office, customers, or partners? While there are many ways to accomplish this with SharePoint and other SaaS technologies, this is a simple way to get survey results if you are not a SharePoint power user. The image below is what a survey would […]
How To Use Agile Email To Manage Customer Expectations
The Agile Development Methodology is a fairly well known, proven method for taking a large deliverable and breaking it down into smaller pieces (Sprints). Then, using an iterative, incremental approach, each Sprint is completed in a relatively short period of time. This allows the goal to be reached in tiny, flexible, responsive steps instead of […]
