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• Why will my users care about upgrading to SharePoint 2010? -- I thought I would discuss some of the key reasons I see for upgrading to SharePoint 2010.  For now, I’m going to stay away from the behind the scenes items such as scalability and focus more on the end user perspective.  All about the metadata – This is a bit of a passion of mine.  I’ll go into more detail here in a later post.  From managed terms and keywords to the term store and tagging, the features are intuitive, simpler to manage and easier to re-use.  For now, I’ll just say that your…
• What’s upfront is what counts -- Ok, you’re probably thinking, what’s he talking about, the front of what? Well I’ll tell you it is what we do upfront – in advance – as part of the ECM, ERM, SharePoint or any project that makes all the difference between success and expectations not being met. Companies look at ECM and all of the associated technologies as the solution but in reality if we do not take time to assess, plan and then implement, we will not get our desired results. I have heard from some in my classes that…
• The Great SharePoint Migration -- You can't hire some guys and a van to move and unpack your MOSS 2007 crates unless you're sticking with MOSS in a new box. Hiring movers in that case makes about as much sense as moving out of your leaky attic down to your moldy basement. But that's one long flight of fancy (and stairs) for climbing out of your familiar MOSS instance and into your next house of information architecture. For starters anyone who believes the moving guys with the van will know where to move your boxes is pure…
• Anti-Social? -- Last week, I was introducing my new employee to her My Site when we paused for a minute at the My Profile page. I have to wonder if I am alone in thinking that too much is being made of the Social features in SharePoint. Every time someone brings up the social thing, I want to say “ excuse me, but we’re trying to get some work done .” Granted, I am a lifelong geek, and I have a tainted history with all things social, but I have to believe there are other small organizations trying to do big things in…
• Master ECM First; Then SharePoint -- Maybe I'm dating myself, but I remember when SharePoint didn't exist.  That's right folks.  There was a time when SharePoint was only a gleam in an engineers eye and I certainly hadn't seen it!  Back in those days people talked about information architecture, document management and yes, enterprise content management.  Now do not mistake me for one of those people who extolls the virtues of the past.  Quite to the contrary, I remember many a long night with a text based SQL server…

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[Mannix Sullivan]

If you decide to utilize SharePoint services to your enterprise, you absolutely need to employ the solutions of a SharePoint expert also. This really is due to the qualified can help you with all the levels and jobs of one's business project.