01 May, 2014

Performance and Capacity planning guidance for SharePoint 2010

Following white papers and case studies have been published recently on the Microsoft Download Center to provide guidance on performance and capacity planning for SharePoint 2010. That's 300+ pages of information to digest!! Nice way to spend next few weeks :-)
1) SharePoint Server 2010 performance and capacity test results and recommendations - describe the performance and capacity impact of specific feature sets included in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010:

Access Services
Large Lists
Divisional Portal
InfoPath
Performance Point Services
Search
Word Automation Services (WAS)
Web Content Management (WCM)
Workflow

2) Capacity management and sizing for SharePoint Server 2010 - helps you determine the appropriate capacity for your Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 environment. This white paper provides you with the information that helps you:

Understand the concepts behind effective capacity management
Define performance and capacity targets for your environment
Select the appropriate data architecture
Choose hardware to support the number of users and the features you intend to deploy
Test, validate, and adjust your environment to achieve your performance and capacity targets
Monitor and adjust your environment to match demand

3) SharePoint Server 2010 capacity management: software boundaries and limits - provides information to help you understand the tested performance and capacity limits of SharePoint Server 2010, and offers guidelines for how limits relate to acceptable performance. Use this info to determine whether your planned deployment falls within acceptable performance and capacity limits, and to properly configure limits in your environment.

4) SharePoint Server 2010 performance and capacity technical case studies - Technical case studies that describe specific deployments of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010. Compare the scenarios in these documents to your planned workload and usage characteristics. If your planned design is similar, you can use the documented deployment as a starting point for your own installation.

Experiencing Office Web Apps in SkyDrive

Microsoft Office Web Apps are online companions to Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote, enabling people to access and do light editing or sharing of Office documents from virtually anywhere. Office Web Apps is available to consumers and businesses through:

SkyDrive in Windows Live: For consumers and small business users, Office Web Apps is available on Windows Live as a free service through SkyDrive offering
On-premises using SharePoint 2010: Business customers licensed for Microsoft Office 2010 through a Volume Licensing program can run Office Web Apps on a server running Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 or Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010.

To understand the user experience and features in both cases, you can refer to Using Office Web Apps in Windows Live and Using Office Web Apps in SharePoint pages in the Office 2010 product information and support website.

Microsoft Office Web Apps Deployment Resource Center
Microsoft Office Web Apps Deployment resource center has been launched recently which provides tools and resources for IT professionals planning to deploy Office Web Apps in a SharePoint environment.

The Understanding Office Web Apps and Introduction to working with Office Web Apps provide a good technical background before you start the Office Web Apps deployment in an enterprise. Refer to the Deploy Office Web Apps (Installed on SharePoint 2010 Products) article to learn to deploy Microsoft Office Web Apps.

29 April, 2014

co authoring excel sharepoint 2010 / SharePoint 2013

TechNet article provides guidance for administrators to configure co-authoring for their organization. Many of these are using Windows PowerShell cmdlets.

Configure versioning for co-authoring (SharePoint Server 2010) - When multiple authors work on the same document, edits are retained on the server as document versions. This article describes how to configure document library versioning settings for co-authoring.
Configure the co-authoring versioning period (SharePoint Server 2010) - When versioning is turned on, SharePoint Server takes periodic snapshots of documents, saving them for later reference. This article describes how to configure the co-authoring versioning period.
Configure the maximum number of co-authoring authors (SharePoint Server 2010) - Administrators can limit the maximum number of authors that can co-author a document at the same time. This article describes how to configure the maximum number of co-authoring authors
Disable co-authoring (SharePoint Server 2010) - Co-authoring can also be disabled on the client side using Group Policy. This article describes how to disable co-authoring
Co-authoring functionality in SharePointAll_2nd_CurrentVer and SharePoint Online
Understanding the end-user experience of co-authoring in SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint Online
Important planning considerations for co-authoring in SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint Online
Planning considerations for co-authoring in OneNote notebooks
Software version requirements for co-authoring in SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint Online
Co-Authoring in a mixed Office environment
Performance and scalability considerations for co-authoring in SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint Online

sharepoint lms

SharePointLMS is a .Net-based application that is designed to be scalable, reliable, and secure. SharePointLMS is SCORM 1.2 and 2004 compliant and enables users to import courses either created using SCORM Rapid Elearning authoring tools or off the shelf acquired SCORM packages.

SharePoint LMS - Learning Management for SharePoint [Create, deliver, and track online training with SharePoint]

http://www.sharepointlms.com

Train with SharePoint [Solution Overview]

http://www.elearningforce.com/Pages/SharePoint-LMS.aspx

SharePoint Synergies

http://www.elearningforce.com/Pages/sharepoint-inside.aspx

Media-Rich Training

http://www.elearningforce.com/Pages/advanced-training-features.aspx

Analytics and Assessment

http://www.elearningforce.com/Pages/tracking-analytics-assessment.aspx

Process Automation

http://www.elearningforce.com/Pages/Registration-Enrollment.aspx