You’re Invested in Your Employees – Now Increase Your ROI!

By Randy Moody

Management, you are already invested in your employees, and have a vested interest in their success, so increasing their competency, productivity, job satisfaction, efficiency, and self-confidence, while reducing employee turnover, can provide greater returns on that investment and boost your bottom line. With that in mind, here are

7 Benefits of Quality SharePoint Training

New Video Tutorial Takes You Through the Basics of SharePoint 2010 – and It’s Free!

How would you like a guided tour of the basic features and functionality of SharePoint 2010? SharePoint training course author and instructor T.L. Ferrell walks you through a functional introduction to SharePoint 2010 in our new video tutorial, “Introduction to SharePoint 2010.” The video is a part of our Free Video Training Library, and is available to anyone who would like to view it.

Why aren’t you using SharePoint Gantt Charts?

by Robert Schley

As a SharePoint enthusiast, and an instructor focused on SharePoint 2013 training, I’m constantly finding things in SharePoint to get excited about. For example, I’m finding that a Gantt Chart is becoming one of my favorite views to use in SharePoint.  Despite its flaws, I’m enjoying and finding creative uses for the graphical display of information, especially in situations where you really just need a snapshot estimate of what you are looking at.

Alternatives to SharePoint – Are there really any good ones if standardization and integration is a high priority for you and you have broad needs?

Man, the negative articles from the media about SharePoint just seem to keep coming.
Here are some recent articles that I have read in the news:

• Should Microsoft kill SharePoint? (on memeburn, based on a report and speech given by Gartner at a conference)
• SharePoint is Dead – Long Live Office 365 (on CMSWire)
• Are Dark Clouds Forming Over SharePoint? (on Redmond Magazine)

I think all of this stuff is a load of crap!  It is designed to get people to read stuff and pay for it by looking at and clicking on advertisements, or pay for it with cash in the case of Gartner’s report.

SharePoint Solutions Is Now PremierPoint Solutions

By now you may have heard that SharePoint Solutions has a new name: PremierPoint Solutions. After 10 years as a SharePoint-focused company—centered completely on SharePoint Products and Technologies—our company is expanding its focus to include more technologies which can transform the business landscape.

New Course: Business Intelligence for SharePoint 2010

SharePoint Solutions is excited to announce the launch of a new 3-day course on Business Intelligence for SharePoint 2010:

“Business Intelligence Training – the Microsoft Self-Service BI Toolset”
Leveraging PowerPivot, Power View and Report Builder to Build No-Code BI Applications and Reports for SharePoint 2010

NEW!! Basic SharePoint 2013 Training at Your Own Pace

By Randy Moody

Just getting started with SharePoint 2013?

Looking for a way to gain a basic understanding of SharePoint 2013’s interface and features?

Hoping for basic  SharePoint 2013 training at your own desk and your own pace?

Well, you’re not alone.

Make a Gantt Chart More Than A Gantt

by Robert Schley
(SharePoint 2010 Training Instructor)

You know what I find frustrating in SharePoint? Tasks. I find Tasks frustrating. More specifically, the lack of advanced features in SharePoint 2010 that could make tracking Tasks easy is what frustrates me.

The good news is that we can change this fairly easily by creating some custom Content Types.  I just happen to have a project that I'm working on where I need to update multiple tasks with the same set of checkboxes for each task.  Let's take a look . . .

Private Onsite SharePoint Training Is a Cost-effective Option forLarger Groups

Recently we created a new tagline for our Training Division: Learn, Lead, Succeed.

We chose that phrase because it reflects the ultimate goal of our SharePoint training:  to help students learn the practical skills and hands-on experience they need to confidently and effectively utilize SharePoint within departments and teams in their organizations.

What is a SharePoint Administrator?

By Robert Schley,
PremierPoint Solutions, Training Division

What is a SharePoint Administrator?  Recently I've run into some confusion regarding what skills an Administrator would need in order to manage SharePoint.  I think the point would be clearer if we make a distinction between two different types of SharePoint Administrators.