SharePoint User Adoption - Introduce value not change

Most employees in an organization are generally busy today. Most of them have a defined way of performing their day-to-day operations and are comfortable with their approach. Keeping this in mind, IT introduces a new technology product which has exciting cool and advanced features. Now, how does an employee react to it ? It's very likely that this new product and its cool features...

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Architecture : Logical vs Physical

If you are a developer or an aspiring architect you might have come across situations where your architects use technical jargons which you are sometimes not completely aware of. 2 of the common terms used are Logical and Physical architecture. I will try and explain this in simple terms less than 50 words each. Hope this helps you understand the difference between the 2. Logical Architecture   Is a diagram of how the “components”...

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Content Management and Document Management

Consultants and developers working on SharePoint or on any other CMS system might hear words like content management and document management. Now, what these really are? Let's try and understand this better.  Content Management Typically digital content is created by one or more authors. Over time that content may be edited. One or more individuals may provide some editorial oversight thereby approving...

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SharePoint 2010 Workflow - Things to know

Workflows in SharePoint Server 2010 enable enterprises to reduce the amount of unnecessary interactions between people as they perform business processes. For example, to reach a decision, groups typically follow a series of steps. The steps can be a formal, standard operating procedure, or an informal implicitly understood way to operate. Collectively, the steps represent a business process. The number of human interactions that occur in business processes can inhibit speed and the quality of decisions. Software that simplifies and manages...

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bLync and you know: Using data analysis to determine work pattern of an organization.

Does your organization use a communicator for internal communication? If yes and if the communicator is  Microsoft Lync( formerly known as OCS ), here is a product idea for you and your organization. As we all know Microsoft Lync’ status best tells our availability to our colleagues at any given point in time. Lync automatically looks into our calendars, and updates the status when we are in a meeting, or on a call, or working away on our machines. We sometimes update this on our own when we are in our deep thinking mode...

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SharePoint Configuration DB (Suspect) - How to recover

Run this Script -- Use the Master database Use Master -- Verify that database has issues EXEC sp_resetstatus 'SharePoint_Config' -- Put the database in emergency mode ALTER DATABASE SharePoint_Config SET EMERGENCY DBCC checkdb('SharePoint_Config') -- Set the database in single user mode ALTER DATABASE SharePoint_Config SET SINGLE_USER WITH ROLLBACK IMMEDIATE -- Repair the database with data loss DBCC CheckDB ('SharePoint_Config', REPAIR_ALLOW_DATA_LOSS) -- Set the database in multi-user mode ALTER DATABASE SharePoint_Config SET MULTI_USER --...

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Know SharePoint versions

Find out the SharePoint version(standard or enterprise) without the help central administration site. (This is generally useful when you have installed SharePoint and not run the configuration wizard) At this point in time if you need to know the SharePoint version installed used the below approach 1. Get the SKU 2. Map it to the table. Step1: The keys are available in the registry in the below location  Registry path :HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions\14.0\WSS\InstalledProducts\ Could...

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