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Enterprise Social continues to be a hot topic in the SharePoint space – understanding what the tools are for, how they differ, how and when to choose which one, and how important it is to create a “Social” organisation. Following his visit to South Africa, Christian and I had a follow up chat to discuss these and related topics.

Show Links:
Dux Raymond Sy’s Typhoon Haiyan Support Program
Christian’s blog
Christian on Twitter

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 52:23 — 36.0MB)

Following the release of his practical guide on the topic, in this episode we hear from Ruven Gotz, well known SharePoint expert, speaker and author about information architecure. Ruven tells us what IA is, some of the key components that are required to achieve it successfully in SharePoint, and some of the tools he uses day to day. We touch on metadata, content types, search, navigation, and more, as well as hear about his planned next book.

Show Links:
Ruven’s blog
Ruven on Twitter
Ruven’s book – Practical SharePoint 2010 Information Architecture
Michelle Caldwell on Twitter
SharePoint Information Architecture Talk (referenced in the show)

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 50:04 — 34.4MB)

In this episode we learn about the various ways that SharePoint has an has not supported multiple languages from version to version, both for team sites and publishing scenarios, how these have changed and improved over the years as well as what’s new with Machine Translation, Multilingual User Interface and more in 2013.

Show Links:
Icefire’s website
XLIFF Overview on Wikipedia
Martin’s slides

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 35:46 — 24.6MB)

In this episode, Product Manager Aaron Isom tells us about a new programme from Microsoft introduced earlier this year – the Product Line Architecture. Within a SharePoint context, Aaron explains where the programme came from, what it sets out to achieve, how it’s structured, and how to go about engaging for a PLA.

Show Links:
Icefire’s website
XLIFF Overview on Wikipedia

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 6:48 — 4.7MB)

In this episode we talk about Records Management with SharePoint with well-known SharePoint expert and records management guru, John Holliday. John explains what “RM” is, how he got into SharePoint and records management, some of the key work in the industry around RM standards, and how it all fits together in SharePoint.

Show Links:
DoD 5015.2 on Wikipedia
MoReq on Wikipedia
John’s Blog
John’s Company
John’s Critical Path Training
John’s SharePoint Videos
John’s Slides on Records Management

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:26:53 — 59.7MB)

In this episode, Kirk Evans, a well-known Principal Premier Field Engineer from Microsoft, tells us about his experiences qualifying for the Microsoft Certified Masters certifications and how it’s changed recently, as well as discussing in depth the concept of the App model in 2013, why it’s important, how to get started developing for it, and where, how and why OAuth is so important.

Show Links:
Kirk’s Blog
Kirk on Twitter
Re-imagine SP Dev site

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:16:11 — 52.3MB)

Join us as SharePoint Search expert Matthew McDermott discusses many of the improvements in Search in SharePoint 2013, covering aspects of the backend and frontend, from content processing to Query Rules, Display Templates, “hover cards”, and much more for both on-premises and Office 365 search.

Show Links:
Matthew’s Blog
Matthew on Twitter
Aptillon

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 41:37 — 28.6MB)

In between sessions at the Share conference, Jeff Willinger gives us a quick overview on Yammer, why it’s important, where it fits in versus SharePoint’s in-the-box Social features, and how to go about approaching enterprise social.

Show Links:
Jeff’s Profile at RightPoint
Jeff’s on LinkedIn
Jeff on Twitter
Jeff on Facebook

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 11:58 — 8.2MB)

While at the Share conference, I sat down with Philippe Morin to discuss the consumerization of IT – where it comes from, what it means, and what influence it has on the SharePoint world, both from a devices and an apps perspective.

Show Links:
Philippe on Slideshare
Philippe on Twitter

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 15:58 — 11.0MB)

In the lead-up to the Share conference, Willem Burger, Technical Lead for SharePoint at Shoprite, took us through Shoprite and Checkers’ journeys with the product, both internally and on the public internet over the last few years.

Show Links:
Willem’s Blog
Willem on Slideshare
Willem on Twitter

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 22:44 — 15.6MB)