Why flat SharePoint Site Architecture makes total sense
“The World Is Flat” is the title of one of my favorite books by Thomas Friedman on the effect of globalization in the 21st century. However, the same title or…
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No, SharePoint subsites are not evil!
Ever since Microsoft has announced the release of hub sites, SharePoint community has revived the century-old debate about the best ways to organize SharePoint subsites and site collections. I even…
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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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How many sites do I have in the Site Collection?
I bet you wanna know. As your SharePoint Intranet grows by leaps and bounds, you want to be in control and know how many sites/subsites you have in your environment.…
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2 ways to view Site hierarchy of a site collection
As SharePoint Intranet matures in your organization, you will find your users creating an ever-increasing number of SharePoint sites. In one of the previous blog posts, I have outlined some…
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Site vs. Subsite in SharePoint
What’s the difference between a site and a subsite in SharePoint? I hear this question quite a lot from my clients and blog followers. In the past, I have written…
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How to structure sites in your SharePoint Intranet
If you are building an Intranet in SharePoint, then one of the first things you need to decide is the proper site hierarchy for your Intranet. With this post, I…
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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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What are SharePoint Sites, Pages and Web Parts?
Today I want to talk about fundamentals of SharePoint structure. As I look at all the blog posts I have written in the last several years, I realize that this…
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Sites vs Site Collections in SharePoint
The question I always get from clients embracing their SharePoint application is whether to create a new site or a site collection for a department, project, team site or any…
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About Me
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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