How to spot empty folders in SharePoint document libraries
Well, this is unusual. I am writing a post about folders. Those who follow my blog know that I am a staunch supporter of metadata and don’t like to use…
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How to hide folders from a document library
Did you know you could hide folders from the document library? Let’s say you have a library with a pretty complicated folder structure. Maybe you added some metadata columns to…
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How to smoothly transition your users from folders to metadata
I get this question all the time. It goes something like this. “Yeah, Greg, we know you love metadata, and it makes sense to me, but how do I convince…
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Site Collections, Sites, Pages, Document Libraries, and Folders – putting it all together
Over the course of the last few years, I published a number of posts explaining the difference between sites and site collections, sites and pages, document libraries and folders. I…
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12 reasons folders in SharePoint are a bad idea
I got an overwhelming response to my “Stay away from folders in SharePoint” article. While I am still working on the follow-up post on how to go completely “folder-less” using…
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Stay away from folders in SharePoint!
I led and participated in several SharePoint implementations over the recent years, and the number one organizational need I see is document management (file storage, sharing). I believe SharePoint is…
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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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