This is a follow on post to Taxonomy in MOSS (SharePoint Server 2007). Also, whilst SharePoint doesn't really do taxonomy management, you can use lists to perform some lightweight management, such as controlling what values are used within metadata columns. The menu will be populated with values stored in a SharePoint list. MORE >>

The second wave of sessions I attended at last week's SharePoint Conference comprised presentations by experts about best practices in and around SharePoint. The first of these presentations was by Sue Hanley , whose work I have admired for a long time.  Differentiate between system metrics (e.g., MORE >>

SharePoint is many things, but it misses the critical element of social media which is networked connection between people and ideas, easy discoverability, makes visible and allows people to act on weak ties, and support for other network-like interactions rather than closed group performance. SharePoint is a silo builder, not buster. MORE >>

The second “Best Practices” type of session I attended was SPC245, “Making SharePoint 2010 Collaboration Rock by Increasing Findability” presented by Jornata’s Scott Jamison.  Although he is a principal at a competitor, he is also a top-notch presenter, and I always enjoy and get value from Scott’s presentations. MORE >>

This week, I was fortunate to attend Microsoft's SharePoint Conference (SPC) in Anaheim, CA, and to meet and learn from some of the most talented SharePoint people in the world.  There were approximately 7,500 users in attendance, many of them passionate advocates for SharePoint.   . MORE >>