SharePoint Administrator Roles demystified
Do you have the lucky job of maintaining SharePoint in your organization? If that is the case, you probably ran into mysterious user roles and names like Company Administrator and…
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Share vs. Get a link in SharePoint and OneDrive
SharePoint is all about sharing and collaboration. So what would be the right method to share a document with a colleague? If we hover over the document in both SharePoint…
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How does permission-driven security work in SharePoint (also known as security trimming)
One of the biggest concerns companies have out there is that by switching to SharePoint, companies will lose the ability to keep private data private. This is an absolutely wrong…
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How to audit employees in SharePoint Online and Office 365
As your SharePoint Intranet and Office 365 grow in size and usage, I am sure you share the concern for security and integrity of your intellectual property. I am confident…
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2 ways to see what users have access to in SharePoint
You know how on Facebook and LinkedIn you have the feature to see what your profile looks like to other users? I am sure you wondered what kind of access…
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How to enable Item Level Permissions in SharePoint
Here is a real-life scenario. You have built a list in SharePoint so that users can submit entries, but you only want users to be able to read or modify…
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3 ways to setup SharePoint Intranet for external sharing
Sooner or later we encounter this need in SharePoint. You have built a great looking project team site and now it is time to share some of the content with…
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6 ways to build a super secure document library in SharePoint
One of the biggest concerns many organizations have when they store files and document in SharePoint is the security and integrity of their content. I have no doubt Microsoft goes…
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IT or Business? Who should manage SharePoint site security?
One of the decisions you have to make once you create an Intranet portal in SharePoint is who will manage SharePoint site security. I have recently published a similar post…
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Active Directory Groups or SharePoint Groups?
A very common question/decision point for IT departments embracing Office 365 and SharePoint is whether to rely on Active Directory Groups or SharePoint Groups when managing security in SharePoint. Both…
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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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