Entries for 'Rick Rietz'

I meet with a handful of business leaders every week, and I regularly get asked the question “What is SharePoint?”  Most people, especially busy executives, don’t have 60 minutes to hear a presentation and demonstration about SharePoint.  So here’s how the conversation usually goes: Busy Business Executive:  What is SharePoint? Me:  “SharePoint is an Enterprise Collaborati... [Read the rest of this blog...]

Microsoft has released Service Pack 1 for Office 2010, Project Server 2010, Fast Search, SharePoint 2010 Server, SharePoint 2010 Foundation, and SharePoint Designer 2010.  In order to ensure the continued stability of your SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint Foundation platforms, I highly recommend that your organizatioin take the time to install Service Pack 1. Below is a summary ... [Read the rest of this blog...]

Paul Pease and Peter Zafiro of The Pease Group recently invited DMC to speak at the Manufacturers’ Agents National Association's (MANA) "Successful Rep Channel Management" workshop on March 11th.  It was a great opportunity to demonstrate how SharePoint can be used as an extranet to support sales activities. Business Owners and Sales Managers often struggle... [Read the rest of this blog...]

I recently fielded a question from a potential client who wanted to know if Microsoft SharePoint or Google Docs with Google Sites was a better fit for their organization's document management and collaboration needs.  Although this question is pretty straight-forward, the explanation can get a bit complicated.  The short answer is Google Docs/Sites is great tool if you do not have ... [Read the rest of this blog...]

If SharePoint Search saves you 30 minutes per week, think how much time and money it will save your entire organization...

30 minutes x 52 weeks x 50 employees = 78,000 minutes or 1,300 hours.  At [$25] an hour, that saves you [$32,500] every year!

Impressive results for a business software license that's free.

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Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) To help explain why one would choose Silverlight for application development, I think it’s important to have a basic understanding of Rich Internet Applications (RIAs).  Silverlight is one of a small handful of RIA software frameworks that are used to build interactive web applications for internal enterprise applications and public-facing Internet si... [Read the rest of this blog...]

As a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, DMC has access to exclusive training and online content which allows us to better serve our clients.  Important Details Users Need to Know about SharePoint 2010 is a recent webcast that Microsoft is allowing DMC to share with you.  This webcast session demonstrates SharePoint 2010's new features, with a focus on Sites, Communitie... [Read the rest of this blog...]

Of course the answer to this question can vary significantly, but far too often, ideas that are supposed to change things by 1% are dismissed prematurely.  Why does this happen? To most people, the number 1 is a pretty small number.  If you have to make an effort to change something and you expect the result of that effort to yield a 1% improvement, a common gut reaction is that it’s pr... [Read the rest of this blog...]

Beginning a Microsoft SharePoint Portal implementation is exciting, as it holds great promise to deliver value to everyone in your organization.  To make your SharePoint Portal project a success, it's important to do some up front planning. In this video blog, I describe some key factors to closely consider when planning your SharePoint Portal. Functional Planning: Features - Collabo... [Read the rest of this blog...]

Microsoft has just released SharePoint Foundation and SharePoint 2010.  In this video blog, I provide an introduction to Microsoft SharePoint and break down the key features and differences between the currently supported versions of SharePoint: SharePoint 2010 SharePoint Foundation 2010 Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS 2007) Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 ... [Read the rest of this blog...]

Instead of writing a traditional web blog, I decided to break from tradition a bit and author a video blog instead this time! Nearly all SharePoint projects I work on include a SharePoint Dashboard component that automates the aggregation of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).   In this video blog, I highlight the key benefits that automating the aggregation of data ... [Read the rest of this blog...]

Looking back over the last three years of implementing SharePoint solutions for a wide variety of clients (large and small), I would say this is the number one question clients ask me when looking to get started on their first SharePoint portal solution.  I think it is definitely one of the first questions you should try to answer when planning your SharePoint solution.  After all, selec... [Read the rest of this blog...]

DMC has earned its fourth Microsoft competency:  Information Worker.  The Information Worker competency recognizes DMC’s investment and dedication to delivering world-class SharePoint Solutions for its customers.  This new competency demonstrates DMC’s proficiency and experience implementing Microsoft SharePoint solutions.  Microsoft awards competencies to partners who ha... [Read the rest of this blog...]