SKYPE FOR TEAMS I lauded the launch of Microsoft Teams earlier this year when Redmond launched the service that could be a killer for Slack. Some thought that Teams couldn’t possibly survive or that it signalled the end of Yammer. Instead, Microsoft is doubling-down on Teams and elevating it to a key service of focus […]
Death is coming to SharePoint 2010. Mainstream Support from Microsoft SharePoint ended nearly two years ago. More importantly, Extended Support will end in just three years. Once that happens, Microsoft will no longer provide security updates or non-security hotfix support, honor warranty claims or offer paid extended support Suffice to say, you need to get […]
The social intranet has been quietly evolving. And counter to the predictions of some who dismiss the phenom as merely a fad, social is becoming more and more pervasive. Most organizations are not yet fully social; at least not internally. Of course, most organizations still have a poor intranet that is woefully underfunded, and they […]
Intranet governance details the ownership model (who owns and manages it), and the rules for creating pages and content (roles and responsibilities, and policies); SharePoint intranet governance is really no different than the standard intranet governance model, though it does require some special attention with respect to site creation. SharePoint is appreciated for its simplicity of use […]
The digital workplace is far more than the intranet; the intranet is a big component, and in many leading organizations, the hub or gateway to the greater digital workplace. In need of a clear definition, instead of the usual marketing babble of the marketplace I define the digital workplace column (see Digital Workplace or Intranet?), […]
Finally, after years of waiting on what will become of their billion dollar purchase of Yammer, Microsoft finally provided a short-term vision of Yammer. First off, Yammer Enterprise is being killed. But it will be integrated into Office 365. Yammer Enterprise service tier will be going away on January 1, 2017. That’s in three months. […]