How to implement SharePoint Governance
I bet you have certain rules in your household. Like, you can’t eat in the living room, only behind the kitchen table. Or, you have to clean the house on…
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SharePoint Intranet Homepage Best Practices
If you are building your company Intranet on SharePoint, you have to deal with one very important decision. What do you do with the Intranet Homepage? No matter what the…
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Why you need a file naming convention in SharePoint
I always get questions from my clients on whether you need to adhere to some sort of file naming convention in SharePoint. The answer is YES, in fact, it is…
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6 ways to improve SharePoint site speed and performance
Have you ever visited a blog or shopping website and it took 10 seconds for it to load? I bet you will never come back to that website anymore. Same…
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When should I create a site in SharePoint?
The unfortunate reality is that many organizations tend to use SharePoint as a file share. Way too often I see a single site, with a single document library and all company files…
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Why you should never use SharePoint default document library
Anytime you create a site from a built-in template in SharePoint (i.e. Team Site), SharePoint adds few default web parts to the site for you, like Document Library, Site Newsfeed,…
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Best Practices on SharePoint Site Design
I got an interesting question from one of my clients the other day. The question was whether I could recommend Best Practices on SharePoint Site Design. Having done some “googling”,…
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Implement SharePoint using KISS Principle
It is Valentine’s Day, so today’s blog post is about the KISS. KISS principle that is. KISS principle has been around in Software Design since 1960’s and stands for “Keep it Simple Stupid”.…
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SharePoint Navigation Best Practices
Have you ever visited a SharePoint Site and felt like you are lost in the woods and don’t know where to go and where to click? Exactly!!! Today, I want…
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SharePoint External Sharing Best Practices
Are you looking to share some of you content in SharePoint with external users? It is definitely doable right out of the box, but in all honesty, way too confusing…
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I’m Greg Zelfond, a U.S. based SharePoint consultant, and I provide affordable out-of-the-box SharePoint consulting, training, and configuration assistance to small and medium-sized businesses all over the world.
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