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Top 3 Qualities OF Successful SharePoint Development

Every large scale project like a Development of SharePoint isn’t something that can be tackled lightly. Sure, there are many approaches to adopt, but in this blog we have compiled the top 3 three things to make sure a successful SharePoint development.

Strategy

The key to successful development of SharePoint is a meticulous preparation work that includes business-oriented analysis of requirements, both organizational and functional, to establish the entire SharePoint infrastructure. Developers are also highly recommended to set up at least three farm environments for SharePoint: development, testing, and production. Solutions, primarily custom-coded applications, must move from the development environment in which they were developed to trial, where they are verified, and then to production where they ultimately reside.

Governance

It is crucial to establish all policies for configuring, developing, and maintaining SharePoint solutions at the beginning of the SharePoint development project. A lot of organizations, especially those that are new to SharePoint, at least initially often elect to institute a no-code policy, indicating that no custom code solutions are permitted in any environment. These strategies may even go so far as to limit not just what third-party tools can be installed, but what out of the box features are accessible for setup from the SharePoint. Developers must take all these limitations into account when determining how to create and deliver end-user solutions.

Developer’s Understanding

In general, none of the SharePoint developer skills are inborn. Whether it's overall website development practice training,.NET, debugging, layout, or specific hands-on SharePoint training, designers should be intimately acquainted with all the ins and outs capacities of SharePoint, as well as other significant components of the entire SharePoint platform. Each developer should have the understanding to decide whether there are inadequate out-of-the-box characteristics and how to make development before jumping to custom coding as a solution.

A successful SharePoint development depends heavily on the effective use of best practice methods, as well as the capacity of the developer to understand when to simply use features, or take full advantage of third-party add-ons and services, or a custom code to reduce the effort required and at the same time deliver quality when developing customized solutions.

We have the best team here at Code Creators to help you with the growth of your SharePoint initiatives. Connect with us today.

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How SharePoint Helps to Improve Team Collaboration?

For a successful organization, great collaboration and communication are essential. Microsoft has been introducing new features and tool that enhance team collaboration to a superior level. Today in this blog, we’ll be discussing how team collaboration can be improved through SharePoint.

Central Virtual Location

It is when Microsoft SharePoint is set up as part of Office 365, it can provide more power to the workers for collaborating. SharePoint can be utilized to build virtual space which can be used for meetings, processing tasks, and working in all important ways.

Exclusive Access

The exclusivity SharePoint offers to the team is much appreciated. Any team member has the authority to make a SharePoint instance to start a new collaboration, discussion, or sharing. Admins can choose who can start such cases.

Set Up Tasks

In most cases, SharePoint instances are made to perform specific tasks or a cluster of tasks to achieve an objective. SharePoint consists of tools which made it very easy for the team leaders or admins to assign tasks to the team members. Setting up tasks, assigning them, and getting the status of those specific tasks are made very easy through SharePoint.

Concurrent Document Editing

As SharePoint follows the same synchronisation protocols as Microsoft One Drive, modifications or edits to documents and folders are instantly applied to cloud storage. Every workstation and devices part of the network will be updated according to these modifications, thus assuring up to date documents to all.

Office 365 Tools

Office 365 and SharePoint together give shape to a wonderful collaborative platform. Office 365 tools add more efficiency and productivity to Microsoft SharePoint online. For instance, different teams can use OneNote for document progress, calendar for preparation, and Yammer for excellent communication.

There is no doubt that SharePoint and Office 365 are providing companies exceptional abilities in collaboration and communication. Code Creators is a wonderful intranet developed to take advantage of their innovative features.

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Need to hire a SharePoint developer - How SharePoint Helps in business?

In this blog, we’ll highlight three reasons why Microsoft SharePoint can not only solve problems in your organization but can also help you make key improvements.

Collaboration

Effective collaboration is essential to work faster and more professionally. Difficulties arise when your team is out in the field, working from home or in a different office location. It’s easy to lose competence and miss out on innovative ideas when your team is struggling to overcome these collaboration hurdles.

SharePoint is the ideal tool for new workforce collaboration. Working documents can be accessed on multiple devices, edited online, and can be easily shared. Your team can work together and connect through extensions like Yammer® to finish work on time.

Document management

There are many reasons why enforcing effective document management can help any organization. Two main reasons would be that you might need to access work away from the office or your computer may encounter a problem, leading to the loss of files.

SharePoint acts as a centralized location for documents being a cloud-based platform. You can keep folders organized and secure in an online space with ample storage. This means the work is backed up, can be retrieved in many locations, through any device, and can once again be seen by various users.

Productivity boost

To better serve your clients and get more work done at the end of the day, productivity-boosting tools are important. SharePoint can integrate with Office 365, which in short means your team can create, edit, and manage work efficiently online. As Microsoft SharePoint can improve how your team work together and access information, then productivity is a natural outcome. Your workers can save time and maintain focus easily through the site, resulting in them attaining more each day.

Code Creators has years of experience when it comes to providing high-end solutions with the use of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS). A lot of people from all trust on us for all their requirements related to hiring dedicated SharePoint consultants based in Canada. Contact our SharePoint consultants to discuss your SharePoint-related challenges. We will help you choose the most relevant services and solutions that fit your requirements best.

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A Guide to Creating Workflows

Workflows have now become a necessary part of any organization. To create a custom workflow of your own, you must first download SharePoint Designer. The following steps will make it easy for you to do so;

1.      Go to Microsoft Download Center: http://microsoft.com/download

2.      Search SharePoint Designer in the search field

3.      Click on the link

4.      Select your platform whether 64-bit or 32-bit

5.      Finish the installing process and download SharePoint Designer

Connect SharePoint Designer to SharePoint Online

SharePoint Designer is as easy to download as Office 365’s 2013 version. When you open SharePoint Designer, you'll need to connect it to a SharePoint site to create a workflow.

1.      Open SharePoint Designer

2.      Click on Start menu, click on All Programs, click on Microsoft SharePoint and then finally click on SharePoint Designer

3.      Click on Open Site on SharePoint Designer's start page

4.      Enter the site you want to connect to

5.      Click on Open

6.      Insert your credentials that gain access to SharePoint Online

Create a Custom SharePoint Workflow

You can use SharePoint Designer for a variety of different things. The navigation page of it allows you to switch between various aspects of the application itself. To create a new workflow on SharePoint, all you have to do is follow the following simple steps!

1.      Click on Workflow option on the navigation page

2.      Click on List Workflow in the drop-down menu in the New panel on SharePoint Designer on the top left corner

3.      Select the list that you would like to associate with your new custom workflow (Here you can add a new name for the workflow, write a short description for it and choose a platform type for it)

4.      Click on OK to create a new custom workflow

5.      A new window for Workflow will open where you’ll be able to do much more

6.      Select Local Variables in the ribbon bar (Here you will be able to add several local variables such as the current date)

7.      Come to the Workflow window and search for Set Workflow Variable (you may use this for other variables that suit your organization and continue to customize the workflow further from here on out, to your liking)

Do You Need a Professional to Create a Custom Workflow For You?

It is normal to get confused while handling SharePoint matters. When cloud-based services are concerned, it is good to proceed forward with caution in mind. It is never too late to hire trustworthy SharePoint consulting firms such as Code Creators to make your everyday organization affairs much more comfortable. With reliable consultants ready at bay, you get all your SharePoint needs met, while your data remains safe and in your control!

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Office 365 Collaboration Tools

Microsoft released its key collaboration product in the form of SharePoint On-Premise. This platform enabled companies to build their unique collaboration techniques based on what SharePoint was capable of doing. However, this chanced when Office 365 was released. Ever since it's release, corporations are expanding their collaborative efforts with the help of Microsoft's ever-growing platforms. In a sea of benefits, you wouldn’t think there was a down flaw but, the variety of features can end up being confusing for a few.

The confusion is what makes it imperative to discuss the collaboration tools Office 365 brings you. So keep on reading!

Office 365 Collaboration Stack

Microsoft has vigilantly been working to accommodate the needs of all kinds of teams regardless of their sizes, locations, or the devices they employ. We can credit this to the ever-growing tool range now available. Take a look at the following.

Outlook groups

Yammer groups

Skype for business

Microsoft teams

Team sites for SharePoint Online

Hub sites for SharePoint Online

Communication Sites

We will briefly discuss a few of them for you today.

Team Sites

SharePoint's new team sites have much similar to their predecessors. With the help of team sites, any user can easily find a homepage along with a newsfeed, document libraries, and activity feed. With the support of OneDrive integration, users can easily collaborate among their peers now.

Team sites support workflows and enable users to use this tool on iOS, Android and Windows 10 alike.

Communication Sites

During SharePoint Virtual Summit, it was announced that SharePoint Collaboration sites would be integrated with Office 365 by the end of 2017. Whenever something is published upon the communication sites, it will become available for all collaborators to view it on the SharePoint homepage, unless the administrators have chosen to keep it private.

Hub Sites

This tool was introduced during Microsoft Ignite in 2017 and began rolling out last year. The point of this tool was to create a single collaboration area where all the activities regarding a team may be shared.

Outlook Groups

In the groups' concept of Microsoft, Outlook groups were the first creation. Ever since then, Outlook group users have been able to use and enjoy the following tools;

A shared outlook inbox and shared calendar

SharePoint document library

Shared OneNote Notebook

SharePoint team site

Planner

Yammer Groups

Microsoft gained Yammer in 2012. Ever since then, it has become a popular social network that has seen multiple ups and downs. Yammer has seen its fair share of downs that caused people to assume it was done for. But Microsoft didn’t give up on it and finally brought forth positive results.

If you want to unleash the power of the full cloud onto your collaboration efforts, hit us up at Code Creators and watch your organization flourish with round the clock customer support from expert SharePoint consultants.

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Microsoft Power BI Consulting Services & Solutions

We transform your critical business data into exciting and insightful interactive dashboards and reports with Microsoft Power BI – a new way to look at data!

Data is what makes or breaks any organization whether it is on cloud or on-premise. The ability to upload files, edit them and document changes in them is what helps any business grow. If that weren't enough, employees need the raw, analyzed data to be transformed into credible reports which is something Microsoft Power BI can help with!

Power BI Development and Implementation for Intelligent Dashboards and Reports

Code Creators provides you with customized solutions for your business with Power BI. Your business dealings will become much more interesting when you have highly interactive insights to play with. You will have access to one refined dashboard which will show you the complete health of your organization summarized into insights on one page. We will help you predict business trends, so you are always ahead of the curve and make much more intelligent decisions about your business and tackle issues before they have blown up into something bigger.

Synthesize Your Organization's Data in One Place

With our expert Microsoft SharePoint and Power BI Consultants at Code Creators, you will be able to synthesize your data in an effective manner that benefits your business's bottom line. With the interactive dashboards and reports, your company will operate at its optimum levels of efficiency, productivity, and speed. If and when you choose to integrate your Power BI reports onto SharePoint, you can also reap all the facilities that SharePoint Online and SharePoint On-Premise have to offer you. SharePoint will open doors of communication between you and your organization in a way that's never been done before!

What's Included?

Power BI Proof of Concept (POC)

Provision and configuration of Power BI to create a POC

Integration Power BI onto Office 365

Designing data models using multiple data sources

Creating a dashboard with several forms of visualizations

Creating a roadmap of the future steps your Power BI reports will take

Round the clock online and phone support from our consultants

Call us and schedule your very first Power BI consultation today!

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Manage and Grow Your Business with the Best Software

There are always challenges when it comes to growing your business and finding the best tools to do that. But in many cases it’s all about convenience and fully understanding the potential tasks you have to do. Which is why you should use a variety of software tools. These can bring you an extraordinary convenience and value regardless of the situation.

Why should you use software for your business?

The primary focus here is easy to use and automation. There are plenty of tasks that you have to do at specific times, and business software can help automate that. Which includes marketing and a plethora of other interesting features.

It’s always a good idea to understand the business world and figure out what type of software you need. Create a list with the tasks that you need help with and then you will be quite happy with the way everything pays off. It certainly works at a professional level, so you should totally check it out if possible.

What apps are good for a business?

If you have a small business you want to focus on lowering the costs as much as possible. Free apps are a good option, or you can go with the really affordable options if possible. If you need finance apps, you can go with Gusto, Quickbooks, Freshbooks and Wave. All of them are very important to use, as they will keep you away from problems and the results can be great.

You also need communication apps too. Some of the best are Slack, Pushover, Fuze, Addappt and many others similar to that. Time management is also a priority, so you can go with RescueTime, Omnifocus, Tripit and My Minutes. All of which are very handy and useful. Then you can even go with mobile payment tools if you want, as those are just as helpful and reliable for the most part.

When you want business organization assistance, you can trust Boxmeup, Proven, Asana, Evernote and many others like that. The idea is to go online and search the type of activity you want to complete. Most of the time a simple search like this can provide you with some valuable results. The idea is to understand the need for software and to use it the best way that you can. It’s not always going to be easy to find the right software at the right time. But it does have the potential to offer you amazing benefits and experiences if you use it correctly.

For more information contact us: https://www.codecreators.ca Phone No:  +1 647 498 0419 Email: sales@codecreators.ca