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Video on Setting up Site Collection Administrators

Aug 30

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A site collection is administered by site collection administrators. You pick a primary and secondary site collection administrator when a site collection is first created. You can add more administrators afterwards if you like and this video shows you how to can do that. Keep in mind that site collection administrators can administer any site within the site collection even they have not been explicitly given permissions to a site.

*Applies to SharePoint 2010

Watch the video on Setting up Site Collection Admins that explains this functionality.

This video is available for free until 9/2/2010 then it will be returned to subscribers only area.

My Slide Decks from Best Practices Conference #BPC2010

Aug 25

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I’m all done with my two sessions at the Best Practices Conference. Here are the slide decks for them if you are interested:

Making the Best use of SharePoint Designer 2010

Creating SharePoint List Forms – When to use InfoPath 2010 or SharePoint Designer 2010

Passing out Free Videos DVD at #BPC2010 Best Practices Conference

Aug 23

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At my two sessions here at the Best Practices Conference in DC, I’ll be passing out free copies of the SharePoint Videos Demo DVD.

My Conference sessions:

• Make the Best use of SharePoint Designer 2010
• Creating SharePoint List Forms – When to use InfoPath 2010 or SharePoint Designer 2010

If you get a chance, come get a copy.

Your help needed for Flood Relief in Pakistan

Aug 20

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Here’s a fact that you may not know about: 4 million + people are currently homeless due to the extensive flash flooding in Pakistan and furthermore, things are not getting any better just yet. If you watch the images or videos of what’s happening on the ground there, it is truly a heart wrenching situation. United States has been extremely helpful in the relief effort on the ground so far which I’m sure all of us should be very proud of.

I made a special plea back in the day for Haiti crisis relief as well and I would like to make another one right now. So here’s the deal:

I have made all the videos that focus on SharePoint 2010 Lists functionality free to be viewed from now (8/20/2010) till 8/27/2010:

http://www.sharepoint-videos.com/lists/ (click on any link within this article to watch the video for it).

If you find the information in these videos helpful, then please consider making a donation (more information on this below) to help the flood victims and/or help spread the word to your friends and colleagues about how they can help contribute.

I have done some extensive background checking and chose to make my own contribution to International Rescue Committee: https://www.theirc.org/donate/help-rescue-lives-pakistan

Their administrative costs are the most reasonable and they have been constantly getting great ratings by major charity review organizations. Of course, the choice is yours, but at least that’s my recommendation. Hope you can help and a big Thank You in advance!

Asif

Download the Video Article Package on Introduction to SharePoint 2010

Aug 16

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We have created and made available for download a video article package on Introduction to SharePoint 2010. This article has a total of 5 videos, each about 10 minutes long. This package is available at no cost to you. So what’s the catch you ask…? Well, the only thing we request is that you help us spread the word about it. So go ahead and feel free to forward this email to others or download the video article package and share it on your intranet or file share.

Here’s the location of the download:
http://www.sharepoint-videos.com/free-video-article/

Webinar recording on SharePoint Designer Workflows integration with InfoPath and Visio

Aug 12

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A couple of weeks ago, I conducted a webinar on SharePoint Designer 2010 workflows integration with InfoPath and Visio. The recording for this is available for free right now on our site right here:

http://www.sharepoint-videos.com/sp10-creating-workflows-with-sharepoint-designer-2010-visio-2010-and-infopath-2010/

This will remain free on the site until 8/20/2010 and then it will be returned to the subscribers only area.

Are you coming to #BPC2010 Best Practices Conference?

Aug 09

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With only a couple of weeks away now, the Best Practices Conference is sure to be a blast! Just check out the lineup of speakers: https://www.bestpracticesconference.com/Event%20Speakers.aspx. It is not very often that you see so many expert speakers from USA and abroad together for a conference. Also, now that SharePoint 2010 has been in the market for a few months, this is a really good time to see how best to implement it and also what to watch out for.

Even though the product itself is of course Awesome, there are still quite a few gotchas that you need to be aware of. I’ll be talking about the best practices as it relates to my favorite products: SharePoint Designer 2010 and InfoPath 2010. Check out the full agenda here:

 https://www.bestpracticesconference.com/Agenda.aspx .

Hope to see you there!

Presenting on 8/11/2010 at #BASPUG Boston SharePoint User Group

Aug 09

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I’ll be presenting a SharePoint Designer Workflow session at the Boston SharePoint User Group this Wednesday evening (8/11/2010). Hoping to meet a lot of new people there.

http://www.bostonsharepointug.org/

Videos on configuring Lookup Columns and enforcing column relationships

Aug 06

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Watch the following videos to make the best use of Lookup Columns in SharePoint 2010.

Configuring Lookup Columns

Lookup column is a very powerful type of column that can be used in any list or library to get information from another list or library on the site. This functionality can be used to centralize and protect your information (for example list of your Customers) and then do a lookup to it from various lists and libraries. This video goes more in depth to show how you can allow multiple values to be selected or enforce unique values in the lookup column.

Enforce Column Relationship in Lookup Columns

Lookup columns offer the capability to enforce column relationships and referential integrity. Two types of relationship behavior can be set: Restrict Delete or Cascade Delete. Both of these settings and their impacts are demonstrated in this video.

These videos are available for free until 8/10/2010. They will then be returned to the subscribers only area.

Videos on Document Management in SharePoint 2010

Aug 02

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Get started with understanding the document management features available in SharePoint 2010 by watching the free videos listed below.

Note: In addition to these videos, there are others available in our subscribers area.

Creating a Document Library

A document library is used to store any type of a document or an artifact in SharePoint. Once the document is stored in the library, you can take actions on it such as checking it out, versioning it, putting a workflow around it and a whole lot more. This video shows the creation process of a document library and also the additional options you have at the time of creation.

Versioning settings in Document Libraries

Document libraries provide the ability to have documents with both major and minor versions. A major version is usually a document that has been published while a minor version is still in draft state and being worked upon. The draft items can be set to be invisible to readers of the site. You will see in this video how to configure versioning settings and the best methods to utilize them.

Utilize Content Types to define and organize your content

Organizations create multiple types of content. For example, in any business, you have expense reports and status reports that need to be filled out by employees. In other organizations, you might have legal contracts, marketing proposals and more. You can get a handle on all this type of content and organize and manage it throughout your organization, utilizing content types in SharePoint.

These videos are available for free until 8/5/2010. They will then be returned to the subscribers only area.