Managing information in Office 365 – the 5 keys to success
Information is the new “oil” for the digital age that can be used to add value, minimize risks, reduce costs, and identify new opportunities. But information is often locked down in multiple data and content silos. The implementation of cloud platforms like Office 365 is an opportunity to change this and turn information into an […]
Transforming Network Drives – How do I get there?
Once you have cleaned and prepped your file shares, it is time to get painting. These are the steps you will go through to digitally transform your shared drives AND migrate content into your M365 environment when the time comes. Step 1 – Prep – You can do this NOW! • Using both policy and […]
Prepare for the Digital Transformation of
Network Drives – User Level
Updated:Sep 6, 2020 Previous Post:Prepare for the Digital Transformation of Network Drives – Enterprise Level Previous Post:Prepare for the Digital Transformation of Network Drives – Workgroup Level Naming conventions are not just polite. These dos and don’ts are helpful for human beings using the file shares, but they also help establish criteria that indexing software […]
Prepare for the Digital Transformation of
Network Drives – Enterprise Level
Updated: Sep 6, 2020 The first step in cleaning a shared drive is to make sure the right people are involved. Cleaning and organizing the content on shared drives requires input from a number of constituencies. All of the following groups will benefit from an organized share drive, so they should all be willing to participate […]
Prepare for the Digital Transformation of Network Drives – User Level
Naming conventions are not just polite. These dos and don’ts are helpful for human beings using the file shares, but they also help establish criteria that indexing software and auto-classification leverages to build. Do: Spend the time to establish common spellings for common entities. In other words, spell out Department of Justice rather than using […]
Prepare for the Digital Transformation of
Network Drives – Workgroup level
Updated:Sep 6, 2020 Previous Post:Prepare for the Digital Transformation of Network Drives – Enterprise Level Departmental or workgroup shares have evolved over time, usually with little guidance or structure. Often, at the root level, we find file structures organized around: Organizational units identified with acronyms. Organizational units and acronyms change over time, making indexing and […]
Prepare for the Digital Transformation of Network Drives – Workgroup level
Departmental or workgroup shares have evolved over time, usually with little guidance or structure. Often, at the root level, we find file structures organized around: Organizational units identified with acronyms. Organizational units and acronyms change over time, making indexing and classification less accurate. Individuals’ names (Bob’s folder). After Bob leaves the organization, nobody will ever […]
Microsoft Records Management – is this for you?
Microsoft announced last week that records management with Microsoft 365 is now available with the following functionality: Label content as a record. Create and publish retention labels that declare content as a record that can then be applied by end users or auto.-applied by identifying sensitive information, keywords, or content types. Migrate and manage your […]
Digital Transformation at Warp Speed
On an earning’s call a week ago, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella noted that during April, driven by the need for organizations to quickly come up with a remote working and collaboration platform, the Teams platform added 31 million new daily users – in a single month. To put the hockey stick nature of that […]
Transforming Network Shared Drives for M365
Updated: May 24, 2020 The largest collection of unstructured and ungoverned content in most organizations is the shared network drive. The mere existence of this content means that your organization is likely under-compliant in a number of critical areas, mostly because this information is so hard to see and manage. It is therefore also difficult to […]
