Implementing Records Management in SharePoint 2013 & Office 365 Using a Strategic & Proven Approach
Over the past 15+ years, EPC Group has found that records management initiatives can be successfully accomplished by following a framework of defined guidelines and principles driven by compliance, collaboration, associated cost, and business continuity. It is key that the initiative has executive buy-in to both promote and enforce the overall records management initiative. You should also assign specific […]
Understanding On-Premises, Cloud, & Hybrid Environments in SharePoint 2013 & Office 365
The on-premises versus cloud environment debate about SharePoint started several years ago. That debate became much more heated when Jared Spataro, Director of SharePoint at Microsoft, announced during a conference that SharePoint 2013 was being developed using a “Cloud First” strategy and that Office 365 customers could expect to have access to the benefits of the new release sooner than on-premises […]
Developing and Implementing Your SharePoint 2013 and/or Office 365 Roadmap
SharePoint will more than likely grow in content and user requests at a much faster pace than planned. It is critical to have your SharePoint 2013 support model and defined processes in place for managing end-user requests in the early stages of your SharePoint initiative. Initial Roadmap Questions – Examples of Sample Questions from EPC […]
Deep-Dive of Search in SharePoint 2013, Office 365 and SharePoint Online
In this blog post, EPC Group’s Sr. Search Architects will cover the key service applications and services that power , Office 365 and SharePoint Online’s search to enable your organization’s data to easily be found on-demand as well to enable the accuracy of your search results. SharePoint 2013’s search applications and related services are as follows: ? SharePoint Server Search […]
Core Records Management Features in SharePoint 2013 & Office 365
In the article, I will provide details of the records management (RM) capabilities available within SharePoint Server 2013 as well as Office 365 | SharePoint Online from over 50 projects implemented by EPC Group over the past year. It is key to ensure you have a deep understanding of the licensing model and capabilities available to you and your organization so that you […]
My Sites in SharePoint 2013, Office 365 and SharePoint Online
The My Site social architecture in SharePoint 2013, as shown in the figure below, has undergone several major updates and the “personal site” (My Site) as it is now being technically referenced, drives a great deal of the overall social technologies and experience in this new release. The My Site drives the aggregation of the way […]
SharePoint 2013 & Office 365 APIs & Development Options for Accessing Data
SharePoint 2013’s APIs allow apps, as well as other elements, to connect and integrate with SharePoint’s core features. EPC Group’s development teams use APIs, as shown in the image below, provide apps their ability to view content or integrate with a workflow or even perform searches. For example, if you were developing an app for a […]
What is a SharePoint “Private Cloud”
To first describe and baseline a “private cloud deployment, the following items and elements will typically be considered and implemented: Hosting SharePoint as infrastructure for a specific or a combination of workloads such as: o Enterprise Search o Application Platform for Line-of-Business (LOB) application o Business Intelligence Implementations o Collaboration, community and/or project sites o Internet […]
Managing Your Current SharePoint 2010 Initiative with 2013 in Mind
With the SharePoint Server 2013 Preview being released yesterday there are a lot of organizations who are currently involved in large SharePoint 2010 deployments who are wondering how best they can adjust or minimize any system architecture or information architecture changes as well as governance updates to their current initiative. I have had the pleasure […]
