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Dos and don'ts when serving on an IT committee
Oh behave! Good manners and a listening ear win more friends than if you try to force your ideas on your colleagues.
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Successful SharePoint training strategies
User adoption is the key to a successful SharePoint implementation, and the correct training strategy can make all the difference.
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Networking with the bigwigs to gain support for IT
Smart networking can do more for your career in IT than anything else. Learn how rubbing elbows with managers and executives can help you achieve both your short and long-term IT goals.
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Windows licensing demystified
Don't be overwhelmed by Microsoft Windows volume licensing. Here is an overview of the key options as well as some tools that can help you make the right licensing choice for your enterprise.
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Five things you need to know about politics in IT
No one is immune to corporate politics. Learning how to deal with the politics of IT is the key to advancing your career and keeping your job.
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Oops! I didn't do any capacity planning for SharePoint
How do you handle capacity planning for SharePoint? What? You're not doing any at all? Well, you need to fix that. Here's how.
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Understanding the politics of information security
The technical aspect of information security is complex enough. When you add politics to the mix, securing your data becomes even more difficult.
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Big SharePoint governance mistakes
Steer clear of these common problems by taking some simple steps in your governance process.
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SharePoint usage reporting and the bottom line
SharePoint can improve the efficiency of your business, but is your implementation providing a positive ROI? Usage reporting can help you find out by tracking who is using SharePoint, how they are ...
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Big Brother or lowly minion? Defining your role in IT
Today's network admins are loved one day and hated the next. Despite this up and down nature of working in IT, you actually have more power than you think to make positive changes in your job.
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Quantify the success of SharePoint governance
Justify the time and expense of creating a governance document by showing what SharePoint has accomplished in your organization.
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Ten sure-fire ways to derail your career in IT
Want some lessons on how to ruin a perfectly good career in IT? Here's one expert's guide to alienating co-workers and ticking off your boss.
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Rethinking capacity planning with Windows 2008 R2
With the RTM of Windows Server 2008 R2, IT managers need to reconsider capacity planning. The server's 64-bit capability will call for new hardware.
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Using jQuery to extend SharePoint
Need more than SharePoint's out-of-the-box Web parts have to offer? Here are ways you can extend the SharePoint UI with only a browser and jQuery.
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To advance your IT career, do the right thing
Office politics can stifle innovation and business success, cause you to lose respect for peers and can even lead to you losing your job. However, with the right approach you can use office politic...
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How to monitor your SharePoint environment
SharePoint's services are tightly integrated, so creating a multidimensional monitoring strategy is a must to ensure the entire system's availability.
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The most useful SharePoint Web Parts
Applying MOSS 2007 Web Parts can add functions to SharePoint and increase user adoption. And best of all, they don't require administrator intervention to install, maintain and upgrade.
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Myth busting for SharePoint novices
New to SharePoint? With all the misinformation regarding this popular technology, the tip gives you the facts about its ease of use, what it's good for -- and its limitations.
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How SQL Server recovery models impact SharePoint
SharePoint administrators can minimize data loss by selecting the appropriate SQL Server recovery model. But which model is right for your enterprise?
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Document version control goes deeper in SharePoint 2007
MOSS 2007 has the ability to differentiate between major and minor versions, but that adds to its complexity.
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A quick overview of changes in SharePoint 2013 features
Some existing SharePoint features were replaced or dropped in SharePoint 2013. Here's how to work through the changes.
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Nine ways to prevent hacking in your enterprise
There are no foolproof ways to completely stop hacking in an enterprise, but follow these proven and common sense methods to reduce your risk.
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Get ahead of the cloud skills gap
There may be a growing shortage of IT pros with cloud skills, but you can take action now and become a valuable asset with the right skills.
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Simple steps to prioritize the IT tasks at hand
It's easy to feel overwhelmed by a growing to-do list of IT tasks, but there are easy ways you can decide what to tackle first and what can wait.