Microsoft Licensing – The Mindf**k Part 3: Licensing Programs

May 17, 2012 Billy

Deciding on the Licensing Program…

Now you have all of the information clearly laid out on this wall, you can start to understand what a possible solution will cost you, but where do you buy this from? As it’s certainly not a PC world type purchase! Read more

Business

Creating a SharePoint Site Structure with Powershell

May 14, 2012 Ross

Sometimes, when starting a new SharePoint branding project, it’s useful to have a large site structure, to see how navigation is rendered, and how styling affects different site templates. Creating many sites manually can take time, especially if the site structure is several layers deep. To speed this process up, I use Powershell to create the structure for me. Read more

Technical

Is Design as Important for an Intranet as a Public-Facing Website?

May 8, 2012 Darrell

Design is important in any successful product.

In modern society now it’s pretty obvious that visual design plays a significant role in products that gain market adoption. On the flip side design architecture is also vital to the success of products that can perform tasks. A company who has taken these ideals to heart is the infamous Apple.

Creative

Microsoft Licensing – The Mindf**k Part 2: Licensing Models

May 1, 2012 Billy

Deciding the licensing model…

Once you have this ‘Picasso’ (your visualisation) on a wall in your ‘think tank’, start using post it notes to interact with the detail. Microsoft has come up with a defined set of modeld, which I have tried to depict here:

Business

HSBC API Integration

April 30, 2012 Tulika

HSBC have two ways for their payment gateway integration. They are API (Application Programmable Interface) and CPI (Card Payment Interface).The XML API interface does not require the installation of any software provided by HSBC. It was developed as a “Platform Independent Solution”. Choosing the API for card processing means accepting responsibility for meeting all relevant industry card processing standards (e.g. card data security, brand logo usage, data retention) i.e. complying with the PCI DSS standards. Read more

Technical

Customising Forms in Dynamic CRM 2011

April 24, 2012 Indy

To edit a form, so that it displays the fields that are needed:

Navigate to the form you would like to edit
Click the “New” button

Business

Simple Active Directory Search

April 20, 2012 Pete

Often when developing intranets, we need to retrieve user accounts from Active Directory (for example, verifying security access, getting a list of employees at a specific office, or simply finding out who just joined). Read more

Business

Microsoft Licensing – The Mindf**k Part 1: Visualising

April 4, 2012 Billy

Let’s be honest when anyone considers the word ‘Licensing’, it can be daunting, not just because of the financial impact, but the fact that it is often portrayed that only those holding a PHD in splitting atoms can advise on a licensing model.

In some circles I have even heard this Microsoft Licensing model referred to as nothing short of Mindf**king!

Business

Don’t let SharePoint Governance Govern You!

March 29, 2012 Chris

Over the years, the subject of SharePoint governance has been (and probably always will be) on the lips of almost every CTO and CIO.

Governance in SharePoint is almost a misnomer. We encourage people to collaborate, however, we want to thwart their productivity by putting rules around how they work.

Business

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