Microsoft recently announced Office 2010, and is actively touting its benefits to the IT world. Although many will bemoan this information as marketing hype about interface changes and inconsequential feature additions, there are some significant additions in the Office productivity suite that merit discussion in the PLM community. In particular, deeper integration with Microsoft SharePoint and browser-enabled versions of key Office applications are two significant functionalities worth mentioning.
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Have you ever seen a message similar to this while working with the SolidWorks Integration for SmarTeam enabled?
In this article, we will explain some of the reasons when and why this message is displayed, what happens when you click the Yes, No, or Cancel buttons, and some tips on how to avoid the message.
When the SolidWorks Integration is enabled, SmarTeam monitors many of the events that occur behind the scenes. One of those events is when a referenced file is about to be opened in SolidWorks. Continue Reading
So you want to roll out SharePoint to help collaborate on documents and data. You have heard that Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) is free and included as part of Windows Server 2003. From this, it sounds like you can just have IT install it, provide you the URL and you will be all set, however, that may or may not be the case.
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A SharePoint library can be viewed and written to via Windows Explorer using a SharePoint library’s Explorer View (from the library choose Actions-Explorer View). This view allows for easier adding of a lot of documents, folders, or a folder and document hierarchy via a simple drag-and-drop.
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A topic many people deal with every day but seem to casually forget is basic security fundamentals. If you feel a little behind the curve on some of the essentials of security, take some time to go over them and make sure you’re protected. Millions of hours are spent each year on building complex security protocols, algorithms, and the like, but they can be easily defeated by carelessness or oversight. Continue Reading
Let’s say you are getting ready to roll out SharePoint to your department. During the roll out, SharePoint elements such as sites, libraries, and lists will need to be created, Web parts will need to be added and modified, and user permissions will need to be tweaked. Corporate IT could oversee these tasks, but the aforementioned elements are expected to change frequently, and modifying them appropriately will require a deep knowledge of your department/group and its processes. Continue Reading
Content types are at the core of meaningful organization of items in SharePoint. A content type is a reusable collection of settings (the specific settings are discussed below) that can be applied to items in a list or library, causing these items to look and behave in a consistent manner. Continue Reading
