Introduction

Prinomic Technologies is excited to present this collection of white papers on SharePoint 2010, authored by our own staff. These white papers highlight features and considerations regarding SharePoint 2010 that our engineers and architects found the most relevant, based on almost nine years of experience with SharePoint technologies.

When reviewing our white paper collection you will find that SharePoint has come a long way, but that there is still some room for improvements. The core achievement of SharePoint 2010 is that it puts the power of creating a line of business applications into the hands of the end user. Enterprise Keywords, Term Store, Business Connectivity Services, Excel Services and Access Services are a few examples of this empowerment of the end user.

Please note that all white papers in this collection are meant to be discussion starters. They focus on the elements of SharePoint that we think benefit the user most. All that said, we would love to hear what you think. Please email us with comments at sharepoint@prinomic.com.

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Prinomic SharePoint Publication Abstracts

1. 2010 – The Year that Collaboration Worked (pages 3–5)
For almost nine years we have been hearing that same question: “Does SharePoint allow me to work on the same Word document at the same time with multiple colleagues?” We are happy to say that finally, after all these years, the answer is YES, with capital letters.

2. Collaboration 2.0 – Is SharePoint 2010 the Answer? (pages 6–11)
Box.net, Google Apps, Mozy, YouSendIT and Skype are just a few examples of “little” Web 2.0 productivity tools that staff use to make daily life more productive. The problem with this organic growth of handy applications is that they are all separate, non-integrated solutions to very specific problems. This paper takes a look at what SharePoint 2010 can contribute to creating a unified and seamless collaboration experience.

3. How SharePoint 2010 Makes Metadata Fashionable (pages 12–18)
It is unquestionable that the appropriate use of metadata could make most organizations vastly more productive. This whitepaper shows how SharePoint 2010 can help overcome the central problems when it comes to implementing information taxonomies.

4. How to End the Reign of Folders: SharePoint & Correlate (pages 19–24)
When creating an information taxonomy for your organization, the key challenge is to ensure that every single staff member understands how this taxonomy benefits him or herself and how it benefits the organization as a whole. Correlate is a vital tool that helps the organization ensure that both of these requirements are met.

5. SharePoint 2010 BCS – Business Connectivity Services (pages 25–28)
If you are curious what followed the unwieldy and poorly adopted Business Data Catalog, then take a look at this white paper. Business Connectivity Services (BCS) finally allows you to easily tie together your line of business applications within a central control panel.

6. SharePoint 2010 Excel Services: Business Intelligence Made Simple (pages 29–35)
Excel Services sounded like a good idea when they were introduced with SharePoint 2010. However, a variety of limitations have led to poor adoption. This white paper shows in what areas Excel Services 2010 have improved.

7. SharePoint Access Services 2010: “Webify” Your Databases (pages 36–40)
Access databases are everywhere, and in most cases there is more than one of each. These databases are also often not backed up and not made for collaboration. This white paper shows how Access Services turn Access into an enterprise-grade database solution.

8. Where to Store SharePoint Data: SQL Server Is Not Always the Answer (pages 41–46)
The more business processes are controlled and automated through SharePoint, the more important it becomes to carefully plan how data is stored and accessed. This paper will take a fresh look at the current options. We will review in what cases it makes sense to consider keeping files outside of the database and we will also examine how to cost-efficiently structure the actual SAN storage infrastructure behind SharePoint. Please regard this paper as a discussion starter, meant to offer food for thought before diving into your SharePoint project.

If you have questions about any of these topics or about SharePoint in general, please call us at 720-282-4144 or send us an email at sharepoint@prinomic.com. We can never get enough of talking about SharePoint.

Thanks,

The Prinomic Team