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SPConnections Amsterdam: Organizing Documents in SharePoint 2010

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Agnes Molnar

Best Practices for Organizing Documents in SharePoint 2010

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About Agnes Molnar

• SharePoint Server MVP• Senior Solutions Consultant, BA Insight• Recognized blogger, speaker, writer

• Web: http://www.bainsight.com• Blog: http://aghy.hu• Email: [email protected]• Twitter: @molnaragnes

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Agenda

• Introduction:– SharePoint 2010 Capabilities for

supporting Document Management

• Best Practices:– Folders vs. Document Sets– Metadata management– Content Types– Content Organizer Rules

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Document Management General Requirements

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Document Management General Requirements

• Store, edit, organize, etc.• Properties and metadata• Version management• Permission management• Workflows• Content Types• Document Templates• Extensibility• Office Web Apps / SharePoint Workspace• Search – and Find...

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SharePoint 2010 Capabilities

• Document Libraries & Folders• Content Types• Document Sets• Metadata Management• Document ID• Workflows• Content Organizer Rules• Office 2010 Integration• Office Web Apps• SharePoint Workspace 2010

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Location: Folders vs. Document Sets

• Document Sets:

Components, similar to folders, that enable

users to collaborate on related documents

without having to create a new document

library or site.

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Location: Folders vs. Document Sets

Document Library

Document_1

Document_2

Folder_1

Document_F1_1

Document_F1_2

Folder_F1_1 Folder_F1_1_1 Document_F1_1_1_1

DocumentSet_F1_1 Document_DS_F1_1_1

Folder_2

Folder_3

DocumentSet_1

Document_DS1_1

Document_DS1_2

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Content Types

• Create your own „root” content typesDocument

Document_Root

Contract Technical Document

Requirements

System Requirements

Functional Requirements

Case Study User Manual

Marketing

Presentation

For Business Decision Makers

For Developers

For Admins

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Content Types

• Organize the Templates into Template Libraries

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Content Types

• Organize the Templates into Template Libraries

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Content Organizer Rules

• Property based rules• Users don’t need to know where to save

anymore• Well organized content• Searchability and Findability

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Content Organizer Rules

• Use if you have clear organizing requirements• Deploy a good Search Architecture Search

Based Navigation

• Don’t forget to turn on the Content Organizer Feature – on the Target Site too!

• Don’t forget to implement Content Types in the Target Libraries

• Teach the users!

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Metadata Management

• Managed Metadata:A hierarchical collection of centrally managed terms that you can define and then use as attributes for items.

Benefits:– Consistent use of terminology– Better search results– Dynamic

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Metadata Management

List Columns Managed Metadata

Local term sets Global term sets

Managed in the context Managed out of context

Static Dynamic

Managed by admins Managed by owners

Can be imported from CSV

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Metadata Management

• Best Practices for Metadata Management– Has to be defined by the business!

Help but don’t drive!– Users are not taxonomy experts - Teach them!

• Managing metadata• Using metadata• Think in managed metadata

– Taxonomy vs. Folksonomy– Build hierarchy – instead of flat term stores– Be careful of legal requirements

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THANK YOU!

E-mail: [email protected]

Twitter: @molnaragnes

Blog: http://aghy.hu