Tips

Tips

• How to make an inevitable SharePoint 2010 migration painless

  Don't get caught off guard by Microsoft's eventual retirement of its SharePoint 2010 CMS. Prepare for the inevitable with these tips on the migration process.  Continue Reading

• 5 crucial WCM capabilities you can't live without

  Web content management systems should be able to do more than create and publish web content. Use this checklist to ensure that your WCM system can keep up with today's content needs.  Continue Reading

• AI in content management requires effort to work well

  AI can automate content management tasks such as personalization and metadata tagging. But it can present challenges too, so be aware of these common pitfalls.  Continue Reading

• Be aware of new OneDrive and SharePoint security features

  SharePoint and OneDrive shops can implement recent security features to improve the content sharing process. Discover what's new from Microsoft and how these features can help.  Continue Reading

• 5 benefits of PowerApps forms for SharePoint

  Microsoft PowerApps has been around since 2015, but it is just now beginning to beat out its predecessor, InfoPath -- originally a straight PDF competitor -- in functionality.  Continue Reading

• How to set up SharePoint Online in 9 steps

  CIOs need to continually monitor and adapt to SharePoint Online's changes, avoiding common pitfalls to ensure a successful and effective rollout of the platform.  Continue Reading

• SharePoint Online web parts modernize corporate intranet

  Microsoft unveils new features that will allow users to access Office 365, social media, news feeds and PowerApps all within one SharePoint intranet site.  Continue Reading

• 5 new features for SharePoint modern pages

  SharePoint modern sites, a set of upgrades for SharePoint Online, give administrators the ability to customize sites without third-party applications.  Continue Reading

• 5 tips for how to build a SharePoint intranet site

  While enterprise users can be hesitant to switch to a SharePoint intranet site, there are many steps that SharePoint administrators can take to control and curate the content that end users are exposed to.  Continue Reading

• Office 365 SharePoint Online features raise CIO concerns

  Most of Office 365's products can help solve specific challenges facing CIOs, but they also seem to compete directly with some of SharePoint's own capabilities.  Continue Reading

• SharePoint hub sites raises migration questions among users

  In the newest rev of SharePoint Online, what used to be sub-sites are now new freestanding sites. This change and others may create migration migraines.  Continue Reading

• Cloud DAM platforms vs. on premises for digital asset management

  Learn about digital asset management and how cloud DAM democratizes media management and delivery across the enterprise while reducing operations costs and increasing productivity.  Continue Reading

• ECM gets a show of support from Zendesk Guide Enterprise

  Guide Enterprise captures insights and curates knowledge bases for customer service representatives and customers while helping large support teams streamline content production.  Continue Reading

• Five areas to focus on in a SharePoint and GDPR compliance strategy

  SharePoint admins need to be ready for the General Data Protection Regulation, too. Expert Reda Chouffani suggests five things to focus on when preparing for GDPR.  Continue Reading

• Workplace collaboration tool bolsters employee productivity

  The benefits of workplace collaboration tools trickle down to employee relationships, company growth, community engagement and training. Use this tip to choose the right tool.  Continue Reading

• Adding artificial intelligence bots to Cortana for Office 365

  AI bots aren't just for requesting songs and definitions anymore. As enterprises look for ways to bring virtual assistants into the workspace, Microsoft's Cortana stands ready.  Continue Reading

• Digital transformation hinges on information governance policies

  Data governance is an important part of any digital transformation plan. The trick is to lead with the governance tools that ensure the digitization strategy is a success.  Continue Reading

• ECM, digital document management help energy company surge

  Sterling Energy can now expand its gas and water distribution services with a digital document management system that gives them real-time insight into business transactions.  Continue Reading

• Free GDPR tool for SharePoint aids data privacy compliance

  A free, open source tool for SharePoint helps admins build a GDPR management hub to comply with the EU's data privacy law.  Continue Reading

• Five ways SharePoint plays a key role as a digital workspace tool

  New working structures, rules and geographies have made SharePoint a more and more important platform, as it enables workers to get it done anytime, anywhere, on any device.  Continue Reading

• AR content is the next frontier for execs to manage, monetize

  So you've built a great augmented reality platform for consumers at play or field staff at work. Now, all you need is to find and catalog the content to populate it.  Continue Reading

• When to implement a headless CMS architecture

  Do you want the shiny new CMS toy, the headless system? We break down who should jump at this new platform paradigm and take a look at vendors in the space.  Continue Reading

• Strategizing cloud GDPR compliance for the content app stack

  Box compliance president Crispen Maung discusses vendor-agnostic GDPR compliance tips for subscribers to CMS cloud services as they ready for GDPR enforcement in late May.  Continue Reading

• Six things to know about today's SharePoint implementations

  As companies migrate their on-premises Microsoft SharePoint sites to the cloud, here are some things they should know about the current state of the platform.  Continue Reading

• Upgrades for the SharePoint Online portal

  As more organizations migrate SharePoint sites to the cloud, Microsoft has increased at-a-glance dashboard data and analytics to show admins how top-performing content measures up.  Continue Reading

• Agile content management leads to iterative value

  An Agile approach to enterprise content management enables companies to continually improve ECM systems and add value steadily and quickly. Here's how to make it work.  Continue Reading

• How traditional file-sharing services have evolved

  With a focus on improving digital experiences for its users, Box has added two new modern collaboration tools, Skills and Graph, to its roster to help shake up file sharing.  Continue Reading

• A step-by-step guide to SharePoint 2016 migration

  If you're considering a SharePoint 2016 upgrade or migration, here is a step-by-step guide and a migration tool to make the transition as seamless as possible.  Continue Reading

• Using Microsoft MyAnalytics to improve workers' time management

  Microsoft MyAnalytics has been hailed as the next great thing for analyzing worker productivity. But how can employees be assured that the data won't be used against them?  Continue Reading

• Why Microsoft Azure is the backbone of the Office 365 subscription

  With cloud-based services becoming more and more essential to collaboration and productivity for companies, the Office 365 subscription looks to Microsoft Azure to help round out its services.  Continue Reading

• Three ways to import Power BI data into SharePoint

  Whether you want to import raw data, use a URL or analyze data with Excel, here's the how-to on bringing Microsoft Power BI data into SharePoint.  Continue Reading

• How to connect Power BI with SharePoint

  Here's a step-by-step guide on how to connect Power BI with SharePoint team sites without uploading files, allowing you to export and analyze data much more seamlessly.  Continue Reading

• How to embed video with SharePoint Media Web Part

  Adding audio or video to a SharePoint page isn't rocket science -- but there are some tricks to make it easier. An expert explains.  Continue Reading

• Examining the pros and cons of Microsoft Power BI tools

  Power BI is a suite of business intelligence tools that targets user-friendly analysis and reporting. But what are users getting for their money, and how is it potentially useful?  Continue Reading

• Challenges of combining structured and unstructured data

  Business intelligence tools can turn company data into valuable insights, but unstructured data is often a missing component. It doesn't have to be.  Continue Reading

• Effective WCM systems work behind the scenes

  Effective Web content management systems work behind the scenes to organize and present information based on audiences' actual needs.  Continue Reading

• How to build visual workflows in SharePoint

  Editing workflows in SharePoint has become more intuitive, with Visio integration that makes it easier to alter the structure of business processes.  Continue Reading

• Comparing social media monitoring tools

  SDL is a popular choice among social media monitoring tools, but how do its competitors stack up?  Continue Reading

• SharePoint 2013 records management offers new compliance options

  SharePoint 2013 offers new options for records storage and management that can help organizations stay compliant without inhibiting the way they work.  Continue Reading

• Getting the most out of business collaboration software: Rules to live by

  Companies that have made the leap and use collaboration software offer up some rules to live by in creating effective communities.  Continue Reading

• How to configure SharePoint for mobile devices

  As more organizations support bring-your-own-device initiatives, end users increasingly expect access to SharePoint resources from mobile devices.  Continue Reading

• A decision maker's guide to organizational records management strategy

  Records management strategy is the cornerstone of meeting IT compliance guidelines and regulations. Learn what resources and characteristics you need to stay up to speed.  Continue Reading

• Application security best practices help meet compliance objectives

  Aligning application security best practices and compliance objectives helps companies comply with industry regulations and standards -- and may help reduce costs in the process.  Continue Reading