How to organize Metadata in the SharePoint Term Store
If you are using the Term Store to manage metadata, I am sure you are wondering if there are certain best practices to follow when it comes to taxonomy/metadata structure.…
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Don’t change that default view in SharePoint!
Where SharePoint really shines is its flexibility with metadata and views. The new library experience and the new custom list experience make it really easy to add/edit metadata columns and…
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2 ways to design SharePoint Taxonomy for an organization
Organizations brave enough to venture into the world of structured content and metadata-based content organization face an important decision in the early stages of SharePoint implementation. How to properly design…
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How to track comments with “append changes” functionality in SharePoint List
Here is a business scenario for you. You have a list in SharePoint and would like to capture comments from the users. However, here is a twist. You want to…
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How to come up with metadata?
So, you are sold on the idea that metadata is the thing and absolutely want to implement it in your SharePoint environment. Moreover, you know how to set it up…
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How to implement Document Management System in SharePoint using Content Types
I have written a number of posts already on how SharePoint is a perfect tool to store and manage documents. With today’s post, I would like to explain to you,…
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SharePoint Document Types
Are you trying to organize your documents in SharePoint and scratching your head as to how to name your docs? Perhaps you have different types of documents, like meeting notes,…
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Introduction to SharePoint Content Types
If you already spent some time reading my previous articles on SharePoint Metadata and SharePoint Document Management, you probably ran into the phrase called SharePoint Content Types. It is somewhat ambiguous and somewhat…
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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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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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