features and customizations that improve sharepoint’s user adoption
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Features and Customizations that Improve SharePoint’s User Adoption . Patrick Curran, MCT SPSDC 06/08/2013. Planet Technologies. Founded in 1998 Microsoft Partner with Five Gold Competencies, 11 Silver Competencies One of only 35 Microsoft Nationally Managed Partners - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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FEATURES AND CUSTOMIZATIONS THAT IMPROVE SHAREPOINT’S
USER ADOPTION Patrick Curran, MCTSPSDC06/08/2013
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Planet Technologies Founded in 1998 Microsoft Partner with Five Gold Competencies, 11 Silver Competencies One of only 35 Microsoft Nationally Managed Partners Six Time Microsoft Federal Partner of the Year and Three Time Microsoft SLG Partner of the Year Highly Skilled Staff
– Microsoft Certified Masters– Microsoft MVP’s (SharePoint, Exchange)– Microsoft Certified Trainers– Microsoft Certified Partner for Learning Solutions (CPLS)– 130+ Microsoft Consultants
Office Locations – DC, Denver, Harrisburg, Redmond, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Vertical Markets include Federal, State and Local Government, Education, Healthcare and Private
Sector Work Experience in 42 States and 33 Countries
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Patrick Curran
Email: [email protected]: @PCfromDCBlog: http://PCfromDC.com
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Director, Federal Group for Planet TechnologiesSenior SharePoint ArchitectWorked with SharePoint since 2003
MCT, MCTS, MCITP, MCP, MCSA
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“If you build it, he will come.” Shoeless Joe Jackson (Field of Dreams)
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What is User Acceptance? How do you know if you have deployed
SharePoint successfully? What constitutes user acceptance or failure? Have realistic expectations…
You might get 100% (forced) utilization, but not 100% acceptance of employees (worker bees).
Do not force people to change how they work, but show them options to work within SharePoint the way they are comfortable working!
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In this session you will learn: How to introduce the Document Library to your
organization How metadata can improve the user experience The ECM features that are built for metadata To collect metadata without the End-User
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Introducing the Document Library
What to Know Before …What kind of document should live here?Who is responsible for it?How long should it be here?How many versions do we need?Is this the only copy of this document?Who has access to the library, folders, or documents?What business processes are tied to documents in this
library?… the list goes on…
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A Common Issue
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Metadata and the User Experience
Data about Data Defaults != Good Garbage In == Garbage Out
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Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Features
Out of The Box featuresColumnsViewsColumn Default Value SettingsContent TypesSend To ConnectionsContent Organizer
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Standard Columns
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Default Views Scalable Sorts and Filters Personal or Public
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Column Default Value Settings
Populates pre-defined columns with a default value based off of library hierarchy.
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Content Types A grouping of columns (metadata) Can be associated with Workflows Can be associated with a particular template
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Send To Connections Feature inside Central Administration that allows
you to define “Send To” locations. Allows users to send content to a pre-defined drop
location.
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Content Organizer Rules engine used for document routing
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Open With Explorer Acts as a network folder Adds ability to create shortcuts to your desktop
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Collecting Metadata
Without Burdening the End-User Using … Columns, Views, Column Default Value Settings, Content Types, Send To Connections, Content Organizer, Open with Explorer
DEMO
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You Now Know How to introduce the Document Library to your
organization How metadata can improve the user experience The ECM features that are built for metadata To collect metadata without the End-User