SharePoint, Excel and PowerPoint to Make Your Month-End Reporting Easier
You may have a need to record and report on information collated on a monthly basis. This process could become much easier with the use of SharePoint, together with Excel and PowerPoint, especially if...
View Article6 Lessons Learned in Website Building
You would think with the experience we have in building intranets, we would have been better prepared for rebuilding our website. Apparently.not. What I thought was going to take 2 weeks, has taken 6...
View ArticleWin With Our New Website!
Welcome to our brand new website! What do you think?? What an adventure this was to get this website rebuilt, read more about that here. In the meantime though, we have a prize for you. It’s only...
View ArticleChange to Permissions in Office 365
Microsoft has rolled out a change to permissions. You can now decentralise adding users to sites. While this is all well and fine, doesn’t this defeat the object of having a Site Owner permission...
View ArticleWhat is Office 365?
If you’re a small business, you may come across someone selling you Office 365. Many internet and cellular providers now offer Office 365 packages as well, but what is it and how can it help you? What...
View Article“SharePoint Governance is a State of Mind, Not an Install Package”
A conversation on Twitter this week prompted this blog. Someone has a client who wanted a governance plan for their migration to the next version of SharePoint. That’s the wrong question. Implementing...
View ArticleSharePoint Skill: A changed career, now what?
If you are one of those people that have made a soul searching, life changing decision, to change your career entirely, and changed the industry that you are in, you should empathise with the fact...
View ArticleChanges to Item Level Navigation in Office 365
Yet another bizarre change from Microsoft! The menu option on items has just changed in Office 365. Instead of making it easier, they have made it harder! Why not just have one level off an item like...
View Article11 Ways to NOT Migrate to Office 365
Every now and again we get to hear fantastical SharePoint tales and bear witness to some really odd behaviour. Here’s our latest top 11 ways to ensure your attempt at moving to Office 365 / SharePoint...
View ArticleHow to Search Google When SharePoint is Your Home Page
I know as the IT world reads this, they are falling over laughing. However, there are thousands of business users who do not know how to do this. Please be patient with them and make sure you aren’t...
View ArticleAn Unexpected Side-Effect of SharePoint
There are a lot of good reasons to use SharePoint in an organisation. There are as many sales pitches around to motivate you to buy it. You will hear a lot about governance and best practices that...
View ArticleThe World of Sharetopia – Part 1
When I started creating workflows in SharePoint Designer I realised that I have met my reason for being part of the world of “ShareTopia”. Yes, I know it is weird that out of the spectacular world of...
View ArticleOffice 365 Adoption Stats from Microsoft
The #SPBiz conference has just kicked off, (it’s free, it’s online, register now). Herewith the adoption stats as released by Mark Kashman from Microsoft during the keynote.
View ArticleSee You at the Share Conference
Lets Collaborate is a proud sponsor at tomorrow’s Share Conference. We are offering a 10% discount on any of our courses to any delegate that comes to fetch a voucher from us. We will be roaming the...
View ArticleWe Learn From Making Mistakes
Making the change from working in a large company where you do your job and aren’t expected to learn how your colleagues do theirs to working with a niche group of people that not only love their...
View ArticleTraining Opportunities – Don’t Waste Them
When I left school, I had to begin work immediately. I was really unsure about what I wanted to do, but was fortunate enough to get a foot in the door in the Corporate world. I worked for three...
View ArticleShare 2015 South Africa Conference Round Up
The 4th Share Conference for South Africa finished in Johannesburg yesterday. All the usual suspects were there and a good time was had by all. Hands down the best session in any of these conferences...
View Article10 Ways to Escape the A-Hole Factory!
This article struck a nerve with me today, it might be the best article I’ve read this year. It is deeply saddening and scarily true. Can you imagine working under those conditions? Many people are of...
View ArticleHow to use SharePoint Lists to support Business Processes.
SharePoint List functionality has almost endless uses, depending on your needs, but you can use this application to efficiently support any agreed business process, and create continuity within the...
View ArticleSo, you think you don’t have time for SharePoint?
Quite often, when implementing SharePoint there is a bit of resistance, and people believe that this is just something new added to their existing job profile. Think about Microsoft Outlook, and when...
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