SharePoint tip of the month

Linking to a SharePoint Library via WebDAV

This month’s SharePoint tip will show users how to connect to a SharePoint library via WebDav. But first, it is important to explain what WebDAV is.

SharePoint Tip of the Month

Closing, Deleting and Restoring Web Parts

This month’s SharePoint tip will show users how to manage SharePoint web parts on their site by closing, deleting or restoring them. Below you will find out the difference between these three actions and when it is appropriate to use them.

SharePoint 2010 has a great new face… interface that is. However, some of you are much more comfortable working in Microsoft Outlook for up to 90%of your workday. You’d probably love it if there was a way to see SharePoint information right alongside the rest of your personal information in Outlook. Well, today’s your lucky day. This SharePoint Tip of the month shows you a great way to use Microsoft Outlook to connect to your SharePoint libraries, SharePoint task lists and more.

Whether you use them to host a blog, store files or keep track of meetings, sites and pages are an integral part of any hosted SharePoint 2010 environment. Your organization can use pages, sub-sites and top-level sites to divide a plethora of content into manageable pieces for different departments. This SharePoint tip of the month teaches you how to create sites and pages using pre-designed SharePoint 2010 templates.

SharePoint Tip of the Month

How to Enable Incoming Email to a SharePoint List or Library

This month’s SharePoint tip will show you how to enable and engage incoming email to a SharePoint list or library. SharePoint users can add content to discussion boards, announcements, calendars, libraries (document, picture and form) and blogs via email. By setting your list or library up to receive email, you can efficiently update the content of your site without having to navigate the SharePoint front-end.

SharePoint Tip of the Month

SharePoint is great for collaboration and project management, but for those of us who are .NET-developmentally challenged, it does have its creative limits. Maybe you’d like to play a song on your site, countdown to a big event, get live weather updates or your favorite comic strip, but you don’t know how to write the code to make it happen. Well, here’s the answer: web widgets.

SharePoint Tip of the Month

As meetings, appointments and vendor visits begin to consume your office environment, you may wonder how best to manage them all. Microsoft Outlook offers some great tools for sharing calendars and organizing meeting invitations, but it can become cumbersome to check and re-check each person’s individual calendar. If you’re looking for a total office calendar view, SharePoint has the answer.

SharePoint Tip of the Month

Ever wonder if there is an easier way to organize documents in your SharePoint library? Well guess what, there is! This month’s simple tip will show you how to take advantage of the nifty sorting and filtering features in the standard SharePoint user interface. Plus, to conserve your valuable time and energy, we’ll show you how to setup a custom view that will save your sorting/filtering preferences for future use.

Sick of the same old view? If the answer’s yes, our SharePoint tip of the month is right up your alley. Make the view work for you by filtering by a set of criteria, sorting in a particular order or hiding unnecessary columns. Below we’ll show you how to create, change and modify your view for a list or library.

Every wonder what’s buzzing through the minds that make up your company? Creating a survey using SharePoint is a quick and easy way to find out.