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What is workflow? Why does it matter to your business? How do workflow automation tools work? Workflow automation is not a new topic, but it is one that often scares businesses. The world is moving at a ferocious pace and there is an expectation within organisations that people can complete their tasks as quickly. To […]

In his first blog for rhipe Solutions, IT Intern Ajlal Khalid shares his early SharePoint consulting experiences. ‘It has been a little over a month since my internship started with rhipe Solutions. At the moment I am just getting used to the consulting environment and socialising with my colleagues. During my first week in the office […]

Manage your company Office templates within SharePoint online and access them right within Office365. Microsoft have introduced the Template Chooser Add-in for Word now available in a free and paid version in the Office Store. This add-in marks the first globally available template distribution solution for Office 365. It will shortly be extended to also support Excel, PowerPoint […]

A simple and effective approach to the proliferation of enterprise digital assets in SharePoint and Office365. Business Context & Objectives The proliferation of digital assets across multimedia formats (image, video, audio, documents) and channels (television, radio, print, web, social) presents a number of challenges. Over time, an informal body of content grows on organisational file shares […]

“I was in attendance at the Digital Workplace Conference last week and found some of the sessions really interesting. It was great to see some of the thought leaders in the SharePoint space in the flesh having been reading their blogs for many years. I went to both of Adam Cogan’s Power BI sessions as I […]

If you ask 1,000 people what the Cloud is you’ll likely get 1,000 different answers.  Luckily for us the National Institute of Standards and Technology has published a 7 page document where the Cloud is defined and noted as an “evolving paradigm” which would seem to indicate that the definition is likely to change. The […]

What is the Internet of Things and Everything? – Tap into the Internet of Your Things with Azure IoT Suite Let me introduce you to how you can use Azure to tap into the Internet of Things with Microsoft Azure IoT Suite. It’s likely you’ve read and heard about the technology trend called the ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT). […]

Things You Might Not Know About Azure – Azure Security Center This is the first of what will end us as multiple posts that chronicle the things you may not already know about Azure. The title could really have been “Things I didn’t know about Azure,” but I hope you don’t mind my preserving a little self-esteem. Having […]

If you haven’t been inundated with everyone’s new favorite topic in IT, Big Data, then you’ve either been under a rock or perhaps competing on season 100 or so of Survivor. Like many people, I work with lots of spreadsheets and have data that’s important to me in our CRM system, our financial figures, and […]