1. The document discusses the shift in organizations from centralized to decentralized SharePoint environments. It describes the benefits and challenges of each model.
2. Four key shifts are outlined: environmental, cultural, governance, and social informatics. The environmental shift relates to architecture considerations. The cultural shift involves changing mindsets and adoption of new ways of working. The governance shift means distributing responsibilities while clarifying roles. The social informatics shift is about leveraging metadata and social tools.
3. Examples of each shift are provided, like how metadata powers search and social media. The role of services in a centralized environment is also discussed. Overall, the document advocates for a balanced approach combining centralized management of services with more decentralized end
SharePoint 2013 Governance Planning - SharePoint governance is the set of policies, roles, responsibilities, and processes that guides, directs, and controls how an organization's business divisions and IT teams cooperate to achieve business goals.
EmployeePages The next generation staff directoryTIMETOACT GROUP
Employees need a user interface with all relevant and exact information. With a Coporate Directory and the visualization of all organizational changes in a chartview, the organizational structur become more clear, transparent and personnel.
Power BI Governance - Access Management, Recommendations and Best PracticesLearning SharePoint
This document outlines permissions management for Power BI Workspace and features of new admin, Member and Contributor Roles. Recommendations and best practices for sharing report are also included. Free to Download.
10 Best SharePoint Features You’ve Never Used (But Should)Christian Buckley
A walk through of the advances made in the SharePoint 2010 platform from earlier versions, as well as a list of 10 out of the box features that most end users are not using, but should. From a webinar given on 6-5-2012
SharePoint 2013 Governance Planning - SharePoint governance is the set of policies, roles, responsibilities, and processes that guides, directs, and controls how an organization's business divisions and IT teams cooperate to achieve business goals.
EmployeePages The next generation staff directoryTIMETOACT GROUP
Employees need a user interface with all relevant and exact information. With a Coporate Directory and the visualization of all organizational changes in a chartview, the organizational structur become more clear, transparent and personnel.
Power BI Governance - Access Management, Recommendations and Best PracticesLearning SharePoint
This document outlines permissions management for Power BI Workspace and features of new admin, Member and Contributor Roles. Recommendations and best practices for sharing report are also included. Free to Download.
10 Best SharePoint Features You’ve Never Used (But Should)Christian Buckley
A walk through of the advances made in the SharePoint 2010 platform from earlier versions, as well as a list of 10 out of the box features that most end users are not using, but should. From a webinar given on 6-5-2012
Whitepaper essential share point 2016 walkthrough | HUBFLYHubfly
With HubFly business productivity apps for SharePoint, your business can get more efficient. SharePoint alredy has robust features for content management & work collaboration.In this whitepaper, let us walk you through the essential SharePoint navigation and discuss Admin features & HubFly powered business productivity apps. If you are new to SharePoint, you will value this whitepaper.
When implementing SharePoint you might think that you are adding just another technology to your heterogeneous IT environment. But after a while you realize, that users are doing things with SharePoint that you did not expect them to do. This talk dives into the dynamics of adopting SharePoint as a platform, and shows you a how to setup an operational governance practice using a structured governance framework.
A key component of your SharePoint governance activities should be defining and, as much as possible, automating your metrics and reporting. This presentation walks through what is available out of the box in SharePoint, and areas you may consider for extending your reporting efforts.
SharePoint Governance: stories, myths, legends and real lifeToni Frankola
SharePoint governance starts with a 600-page document. At our 30-person company, we need a 40-person SharePoint Governance committee, and nobody can determine why a housekeeper has access to the governance document.
Have you heard this type of statement? We most certainly have. In this session, Toni will bust myths like these by providing a workable approach to SharePoint governance in small and large enterprises. We will talk about setting policies as well as what makes sense and what doesn’t. We will break down the governance plan and examine its pieces. Most importantly, we will talk about implementing these policies based on real-life use cases, where no one reads 600-page documents.
Session highlights:
- Developing a workable governance plan
- Setting realistic governance policies
- Automatizing policies implementation
Benefits of SharePoint 2013 over SharePoint 2010Anup Venu
Infographics defines about the benefits of SharePoint 2013 over SharePoint 2010. Its also describe advantages of using SharePoint 2013. Created by Cybosol Infotech (cybosol.com).
A planning whitepaper from Microsoft on planning SharePoint governance. Provided by Blair Cribb, Microsoft Canada in support of the AIIM Ottawa June 15, 2011 event.
Consider implementing a SharePoint-based solution that enables you to surface line-of-business (LOB) data within the collaboration platform everyone uses, to make data-driven decisions with confidence, to manage risk and compliance across SharePoint and Exchange, and to boost return on investment (ROI)
How Can a SharePoint Solution Help Your BusinessSunil Jagani
Document on introduction to sharepoint, its features and How Can a SharePoint Solution Help Your Business? you can visit http://www.alliancetek.com/collaboration-tools.html for More Information on SharePoint.
Putting Content in Context: Getting Information into SharePoint for Content M...Kofax
SharePoint is more than just a repository of shared documents...it is a robust platform for information management. Kofax and Gimmal provide best practices for leveraging SharePoint to manage incoming information and turning documents into actionable, meaninful content.
State and Future Of Dell’s Channel BusinessDell World
Learn about the state and future of Dell's Channel business. Gain insight into his perspective on Dell's channel and learn about Greg's priorities for 2014 and beyond.
Whitepaper essential share point 2016 walkthrough | HUBFLYHubfly
With HubFly business productivity apps for SharePoint, your business can get more efficient. SharePoint alredy has robust features for content management & work collaboration.In this whitepaper, let us walk you through the essential SharePoint navigation and discuss Admin features & HubFly powered business productivity apps. If you are new to SharePoint, you will value this whitepaper.
When implementing SharePoint you might think that you are adding just another technology to your heterogeneous IT environment. But after a while you realize, that users are doing things with SharePoint that you did not expect them to do. This talk dives into the dynamics of adopting SharePoint as a platform, and shows you a how to setup an operational governance practice using a structured governance framework.
A key component of your SharePoint governance activities should be defining and, as much as possible, automating your metrics and reporting. This presentation walks through what is available out of the box in SharePoint, and areas you may consider for extending your reporting efforts.
SharePoint Governance: stories, myths, legends and real lifeToni Frankola
SharePoint governance starts with a 600-page document. At our 30-person company, we need a 40-person SharePoint Governance committee, and nobody can determine why a housekeeper has access to the governance document.
Have you heard this type of statement? We most certainly have. In this session, Toni will bust myths like these by providing a workable approach to SharePoint governance in small and large enterprises. We will talk about setting policies as well as what makes sense and what doesn’t. We will break down the governance plan and examine its pieces. Most importantly, we will talk about implementing these policies based on real-life use cases, where no one reads 600-page documents.
Session highlights:
- Developing a workable governance plan
- Setting realistic governance policies
- Automatizing policies implementation
Benefits of SharePoint 2013 over SharePoint 2010Anup Venu
Infographics defines about the benefits of SharePoint 2013 over SharePoint 2010. Its also describe advantages of using SharePoint 2013. Created by Cybosol Infotech (cybosol.com).
A planning whitepaper from Microsoft on planning SharePoint governance. Provided by Blair Cribb, Microsoft Canada in support of the AIIM Ottawa June 15, 2011 event.
Consider implementing a SharePoint-based solution that enables you to surface line-of-business (LOB) data within the collaboration platform everyone uses, to make data-driven decisions with confidence, to manage risk and compliance across SharePoint and Exchange, and to boost return on investment (ROI)
How Can a SharePoint Solution Help Your BusinessSunil Jagani
Document on introduction to sharepoint, its features and How Can a SharePoint Solution Help Your Business? you can visit http://www.alliancetek.com/collaboration-tools.html for More Information on SharePoint.
Putting Content in Context: Getting Information into SharePoint for Content M...Kofax
SharePoint is more than just a repository of shared documents...it is a robust platform for information management. Kofax and Gimmal provide best practices for leveraging SharePoint to manage incoming information and turning documents into actionable, meaninful content.
State and Future Of Dell’s Channel BusinessDell World
Learn about the state and future of Dell's Channel business. Gain insight into his perspective on Dell's channel and learn about Greg's priorities for 2014 and beyond.
Method of exporting affects international channel. Exporting can be done in two ways namely direct exporting and indirect exporting. Important foreign intermediaries in the export business include importers, retailers, distributors, wholesalers, government departments, joint ventures and licenses.
For more such innovative content on management studies, join WeSchool PGDM-DLP Program: http://bit.ly/ZEcPAc
How your metadata strategy impacts everything you doChristian Buckley
"Looking Under the Hood - How Your Metadata Strategy Impacts Everything You Do" is a 101 topic for business users to help them understand the importance of metadata, taxonomy, and governance in SharePoint 2010.
Looking Under the Hood: How Your Metadata Strategy Impacts Everything You DoChristian Buckley
A SharePoint 101 presentation that outlines metadata, taxonomy, and governance - what they are, why they are important, and how they affect everything you do inside SharePoint (specifically, SP2010)
SPSBOS -- How your metadata strategy impacts everything you doChristian Buckley
Presentation given 4-9-2011 at SharePoint Saturday Boston on the need for sound metadata and taxonomy strategy in any SharePoint deployment (or re-architecture).
Guiding a Successful SharePoint ImplementationRandy Williams
August 25 session
SharePoint is transforming the way organizations are connecting their people, business processes, and enterprise-wide information. In this exclusive two-part series on 23 & 25 August, led by SharePoint MVP Randy Williams, IT managers and SharePoint users will walk away with the blueprint they need to ensure they can successfully deploy SharePoint to meet their specific business needs.
In this session, learn the best practices and common pitfalls innate in implementing SharePoint in order to ensure your SharePoint service offering is right on the mark, the first time.
Looking Under the Hood -- Australia SharePoint ConferenceChristian Buckley
"Looking Under the Hood: How Your Metadata Strategy Impacts Everything You Do" was presented on 3/9/2011 at the Australia SharePoint Conference in Sydney.
Don't Just Migrate: Transform Your SharePoint Environment - DevConnections Or...Christian Buckley
SharePoint migration is as much about taking the opportunity to reorganize as it is about upgrading the platform and software. This presentation outlines some best practices for transforming your SharePoint.
The majority of SharePoint migration planning has little to do with the technical move, but is more about information architecture, data transformation, and other PM and BA skills. This presentation outlines 5 key areas of planning.
Information architecture in share point 2010James Tramel
Planning a SharePoint implementation is very important, both from a financial/physical resource and knowledge management perspective. Knowing how to combine the most basic information elements into a design can help you implement a working product pragmatically and functionally, rather than blindly. We’ll discuss basic topology and planning of SharePoint 2010, as well as implementation.
Mind to Matter: A Way to Model How You Work in SharePoint #SPSTCDCPlanet Technologies
In this session Solutions Architect, James Tramel of Planet Technologies proposes a model to enhance collaboration, increase productivity within SharePoint.
11 areas that you should have baked into your migration plans. In this vendor session at SPS San Diego, I also gave a 20 minute demo of Davinci Migrator for SharePoint 2010.
11 Strategic Considerations for SharePoint Migration, presentation given by Christian Buckley at the SharePoint Best Practices Conference in August 2010, Reston VA
Avoiding Failed Deployments Part 2 Interactive Discussion by Joel OlesonJoel Oleson
I had so much content I couldn't include in my keynote and so much I wanted to talk about. I put together a second deck to cover those further details around team forming, process to become a SharePoint Rockstar, and so on. The pictures helped encourage more stories and pull out customer experiences. (Best experienced with Joel)
In this latest installment of the M365 Productivity Tips series from the January 21, 2023 M365 Twin Cities event (www.M365TC.com), Tom Duff (@duffbert) and Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet) return with another head-to-head battle of the Microsoft 365 productivity hints and tips.
Follow us on Twitter for future webinars and sessions where we'll share more great tips, and be sure to follow the CollabTalk YouTube channel at https://youtube.com/@buckleyplanet
Microsoft Teams is the fastest-growing product in Microsoft history, providing a powerful platform for collaboration and communication. However, because Teams was built on the backs of two leading workloads: SharePoint and Exchange, managing the security, compliance, and governance of Teams comes with some additional complexity. In this session, Christian walks through 10 essentials for effective Teams governance to help you 'know where to go' to meet your organizational requirements.
Understanding the Culture of Collaboration in your OrganizationChristian Buckley
Presented at Commsverse 2022
When looking at the collaboration culture within your organization, there are three areas where you can focus: people, process, and technology. The number one mistake that organizations make is that we typically focus most of our time and attention on technology...and the least on people. In this session, we'll tackle the various collaboration "profiles" in modern work, and how we can better leverage our technology to drive better people outcomes.
20 Microsoft Teams Productivity Tips that You've Probably Never Used (But Sho...Christian Buckley
Presented at Commsverse 2022
In this fun and informative session, Microsoft RD & MVP Christian Buckley will share 20 of his favorite Microsoft Teams productivity tips, with a focus on personal productivity. While there may be a few you're currently using, attendees should walk away with at least 4 or 5 gems that can have an immediate impact on their own (and their team’s) productivity.
Presentation shared with the Melbourne Australia-based #M365 Adoption User Group on January 31st, 2022.
Abstract: As organizations investigate the Microsoft Viva offerings and begin to develop their own Employee Experience strategies, one common question is: What can I do today to prepare for these new solutions? In this session, we'll cover the 4 business areas of Microsoft Viva (Culture & Communications, Productivity & Wellbeing, Knowledge & Expertise, Skilling & Growth) and their current (pre-Viva deployment) state, and what can/should be done to prepare for Viva. In addition, we'll walk through the customer and partner resources available to organizations to help you develop a comprehensive strategy.
Presented on October 15, 2021 at the aMS Southeast Asia event (online) by Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Microsoft MVP+RD and Microsoft GTM Director at AvePoint Inc.
Presented to the Minnesota Microsoft 365 User Group (https://mn365.org/) on June 14th, 2021 by Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet) and Tom Duff (@duffbert), covering 20 of our favorite hints and tips for the M365 platform, including SharePoint, Teams, Outlook, OneNote, PowerPoint, and more!
20 M365 Productivity Tips That You've Probably Never Used (But Should)Christian Buckley
Sometimes you attend sessions that cover deep and complex topics that require a lot of attention, thought, and work on the part of the attendee… and then there is this one. Presented April 28th, 2021 as part of the M365 Virtual Marathon event.
In this fun and informative session, Microsoft MVP+RD Christian Buckley will present some of his favorite Microsoft 365 Productivity tips. The tips shared will focus on personal productivity, spanning the entire M365 platform (Yammer, SharePoint Online, Office ProPlus, etc).
Attendees should walk away with two or three gems that could change the way they work on a daily basis.
In this latest installment of the M365 Productivity Tips series, Tom Duff (@duffbert) and Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet) return with another head-to-head battle of the Microsoft Office and Office 365 productivity hints and tips, recorded December 29th, 2020 with participants voting on each round.
Follow us on Twitter for future webinars and sessions where we'll share more great tips, and be sure to follow the CollabTalk YouTube channel at https://youtube.com/c/collabtalk
In this latest installment of the M365 Productivity Tips series, Tom Duff (@duffbert) and Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet) return with another head-to-head battle of the Microsoft Office and Office 365 productivity hints and tips, recorded November 24th, 2020 with participants voting on each round.
Follow us on Twitter for future webinars and sessions where we'll share more great tips, and be sure to follow the CollabTalk YouTube channel at https://youtube.com/c/collabtalk
Microsoft RD and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet) and Tom Duff (@duffbert) go head-to-head to share some of their favorite Microsoft Office and Office 365 productivity tips. Captured on October 27th, 2020 as a CollabTalk webinar, and part of our ongoing productivity series.
20 Microsoft 365 Productivity Tips That You've Probably Never Used (But Should)Christian Buckley
20 of my favorite Microsoft 365 productivity tips across multiple workloads, providing a variety of individual and team benefits. Presented at the North American Collab Summit (#collabsummit) in Branson, MO on September 29th, 2020. This is a collection of hints & tips presented by Microsoft RD+MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet) and Tom Duff (@duffbert) as a part of the M365 Productivity Tips webinar series, which you can find at https://youtube.com/c/collabtalk/
Ordering the Chaos: Combatting Teams and SharePoint Content SprawlChristian Buckley
Egnyte webinar on the problem of sprawl in Microsoft 365, specifically within SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, and OneDrive workloads. Held August 6th, 2020 with Christian Buckley, Microsoft MVP+RD and Founder of CollabTalk LLC, Stephen Hand, Director of IT and Cybersecurity at Tilson, and Kyle Wallstedt, Sr. Solutions Architect with Egnyte. You can watch the entire presentation on-demand at https://pages.egnyte.com/ContentSprawlWebinar-Video.html
Building a More Diverse Workforce in the Partner ChannelChristian Buckley
A research-based practice development playbook and resource set to help Microsoft partners recruit and retain a more diverse workforce. Authored by Barb Levisay, with research conducted by CollabTalk LLC and the BYU Marriott School of Management and commissioned by Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, Tech Data, and Microsoft.
You can find additional CollabTalk research links and downloads at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2019/12/collabtalk-research-link-list.html
In this latest installment of the M365 Productivity Tips series, Tom Duff (@duffbert) and Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet) return with another head-to-head battle of the Microsoft Office and Office 365 productivity hints and tips, recorded June 23rd, 2020 with viewers voting on each round.
Follow us on Twitter for future webinars and sessions where we'll share more great tips, and be sure to follow the CollabTalk YouTube channel at https://youtube.com/c/collabtalk
20 More Tips to Improve Productivity with Microsoft TeamsChristian Buckley
Presentation delivered via webinar on June 18th, 2020 by Russ Basiura (@russbasiura), a Microsoft Teams Evangelist at Accel365, and Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet) a Microsoft MVP and Regional Director and the Founder of CollabTalk LLC. In this session, we share another 20 of our favorite productivity tips to help you get more out of the #MicrosoftTeams platform, adding onto the 20 tips we provided in another session in May.
20 Microsoft 365 Tips You've Probably Never Used (But Should)Christian Buckley
Presentation from the Microsoft 365 Virtual Summit on May 28th, 2020. This was a collection of tips gathered through my ongoing webinar series with Tom Duff (@duffbert), which you can find out about at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2019/03/o365-productivity-tips-links.html
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
5. Prior to Microsoft, was a senior consultant, working in the software, supply chain, and grid technology spaces focusing on collaboration
6. Co-founded and sold a collaboration software company to Rational Software. Also co-authored 3 books on software configuration management and defect tracking for Rational and IBM
7. At another startup (E2open), helped design, build, and deploy a SharePoint-like collaboration platform (Collaboration Manager), managing deployment teams to onboard numerous high-tech manufacturing companies, including Hitachi, Matsushita, Seagate, Nortel, Sony, and Cisco
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9. How do people use SharePoint today? Limited only by the controls put in place Short-term, ad hoc collaboration Structured, procedural activities Glorified file share Workflow, dashboards, productivity solutions SharePoint is like a goldfish – it will only grow as big as the tank you put it in.
12. Centralized Ad Hoc Organized Decentralized Based roughly on the idea of a Gartner “Magic Quadrant” diagram, but these data points are completely made up
13. Top level portal Tier 1 site collections based on business units or product areas Tier 2 sites that follow specific structure
14. One Side of the Scale - Centralized Benefits of a centralized SharePoint environment: Consistent use of content types and workflows Reduced metadata duplication Documented customizations that make system updates and platform upgrades much easier Easier for supporting and training end users, Managing business processes, Controlling information policies, and Providing metrics and key performance indicators. Downsides to this model: Takes a lot of design and planning Requires more upfront work and maintenance Requires an increased reliance on governance and formal change control boards Has difficulty managing across site collections and portals
15. Top level portal Some structured sites Sub Sites, My Sites, or other detached sites/farms
16. The Other Side of the Scale - Decentralized Advantages of a decentralized environment : Little up front planning (but more later around how to connect / enable) Very little up front effort to deploy Low time/cost to train end users Decreased emphasis on taxonomy and business process management Most decentralized systems work across site collections and portals Mirror the consumer-based collaboration platforms users are accustomed to using, such as social networks and microblogging sites Downsides to this model: They decrease consistency Increase metadata duplication Make taxonomy management complex Hard to update, Support and train on, Manage information policies with, and Difficult to upgrade/migrate
17. Portal Model vs. SharePoint Portals have traditionally been locked down, centrally managed resources Controlled Structured Built for specific business uses/processes SharePoint as a platform supports the portal model, but offers ad hoc collaborative functions out of the box, allowing much more diverse application Platform Centralized management, but distributed application Supports ad hoc
22. Environmental Considerations Your SharePoint architecture has little to do with whether your environment strategy is centralized or decentralized Moving from multiple farms to a single 2010 farm Expanding from a single-server install to a more stable configuration Expanding your content databases Adding additional servers to support plans around additional SharePoint services The key is to review your architecture, optimize for your model and for scalability
27. Why is change so difficult? It means letting go, giving up control Recognition that there is a gap between the philosophical idea of allowing people to manage their own stuff, and reality Collaboration itself is a hard thing for people to embrace. It takes times, and can be counterintuitive to the way that many businesses are run
30. Cultural Benefits Innovation Flexibility (let teams work on their own terms) Organic growth (supports both structured and unstructured growth) Process and content efficiencies (learn from various implementations, making the system better/stronger)
31. Business may want to get more value out of their SharePoint investment Keep hearing about all these great features, but don’t see them deployed/in use Recognize the lack of collaboration outside of certain teams Current platform seen as “too hard to use” What is Driving this Cultural Change?
32. There is no such thing as a homogenous SharePoint deployment I don’t know what changes your organization is prepared to accept Work with stakeholders to identify vision and priorities Overlay this vision with your cultural reality – know your limits, and baby step new features Involve your end users Capture their feedback through multiple feedback mechanisms Have them help in the creation of key documentation Get their help in prioritizing features within the future-state environment Have them help you define the success metrics Preparing for Change
34. Push responsibility to the site administrators (even though they may do strange things) Understand what can be delegated Clarify roles and responsibilities Farm Admins responsible for farms Site Collection Admins responsible for site collections And so forth Understand skill levels, and company climate GovernanceConsiderations
35. Have a plan Create a governance site Create an internal SharePoint user group Enlist your portals users and content authors Clearly define roles and responsibilities Outline your taxonomy, communicate it, refine it (and then rinse, repeat) GovernanceConsiderations
36. Outline your search strategy Outline your social media strategy Understand any regulatory or compliance concerns Migrate your data, leveraging your metadata Go slow (or fast). Just be careful Learn and evolve GovernanceConsiderations
37. Governance is a series ofguidelines to live by, not rules to die by
39. Social Informatics is the study of information and communication tools in cultural and institutional contexts It is a cross-disciplinary focus on usage patterns. It is a blend of sociology, anthropology, psychology, technology and business perspectives, examining the changing way in which we do business. (Wikipedia)
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41. Metadata is the lifeblood of SharePoint Taxonomy and metadata drive the tools and processes that make the world go round Metadata powers search, it powers social media, and it powers SharePoint The Role of Metadata
42. The Role of Metadata Scott Singleton, Managed Metadata in SharePoint 2010 http://www.slideshare.net/scottsingleton/managed-metadata-insharepoint2010
43. SharePoint 2010 offers many services OOTB Search Excel Services BCS Project Server Web Analytics Access Performance Point Visio Word Office Web Apps People These centrally managed services allow for greater control across the enterprise Have your cake and eat it through centrally managed services The Role of Services
44. Managed Metadata Service Scott Singleton, Managed Metadata in SharePoint 2010 http://www.slideshare.net/scottsingleton/managed-metadata-insharepoint2010
45. Service Hierarchy Service Application Instance Term Group Term Set Term Scott Singleton, Managed Metadata in SharePoint 2010 http://www.slideshare.net/scottsingleton/managed-metadata-insharepoint2010
47. Search still critical to the business, but how you access it will be embedded into the tools you use Social computing tools are just additional enablers and consumers of search The Role of Social Media
48. It’s All About “the app” Btw, the word “app” was just made “word of the year” 2011
54. Common Questions Q: Do these models impact search performance differently? Q: Do you have any guidance on migrating existing metadata from decentralized to centralized (managed) metadata? Q: What are the best practices for starting a governance model? Q: Do most companies use MySites?