Author: John Holliday

Information Architecture, Bilateral Symmetry, and the Survival of the Human Race

June 28, 2018May 16, 2019 John Holliday No comments

My friends all know I’m a “trekkie” from way back. Way, way back. Back when William Shatner was just a regular on the Twilight Zone (remember Nightmare at 20,000 Feet?). One of my favorite episodes was one called “The …

The InfoPath Conundrum

November 17, 2014November 18, 2019 John Holliday 7 comments

Once upon a time, when InfoPath was the “new kid on the block”, you could almost taste the excitement in the air. “Workflow” was the hot topic, and the industry was abuzz with possibilities. The whole idea of managed content …

Top 10 ECM features in SharePoint

SharePoint & SharePoint Online

April 29, 2014December 28, 2022 John Holliday 1 comment

#10: Bulk Metadata Editing

Main Points

“DataSheet View” did not work well in previous versions.
Users are comfortable with the Excel user experience for entering data.
“Quick Edit” view brings the same experience to SP2013/2016

Why It’s Important

Too many

Records Management Podcast on The MOSS Show

September 12, 2013December 28, 2022 John Holliday No comments

I recently had the great pleasure of speaking with Hilton Giesenow about records management as part of his popular SharePoint podcast, The MOSS Show. I have to say it was a lot of fun, and many thanks to Hilton …

PowerShell Versioning

March 4, 2013December 28, 2022 John Holliday 3 comments

So, you’ve got your SharePoint 2010 development environment all setup nice and pretty – check.

You’ve gotten the hang of the PowerShell thing and it’s working all slick like – sweet.

Now you hear there’s a brand NEW version of …

The SharePoint Content Organizer Timer Job

February 24, 2013November 18, 2019 John Holliday No comments

So, you’ve setup your content organizer with the appropriate rules and they are working. – check.

You’ve added the appropriate users to the “Rule Managers” group so they will be reminded via email whenever the content organizer starts filling up. …

Building SharePoint-Friendly File Plans using InfoPath

June 13, 2012May 18, 2019 John Holliday 4 comments

Configuring a SharePoint records center site involves many steps that must be properly orchestrated in order to achieve the desired results.

As an example, most records management solutions use content organizer rules to route incoming records to a particular document …

Obama Orders Agencies to Improve RIM Policies

December 1, 2011November 18, 2019 John Holliday 2 comments

Looks like things are heating up in the government sector around ECM/RM. Should make for an interesting first quarter.

Reposted from Federal Times…

Agencies must deliver plans for modernizing their records management policies by late March, President Obama said

Searching for In-Place Records using CAML

October 31, 2011November 12, 2017 John Holliday 3 comments

Just a quick note to all you records management junkies out there. Here’s a question I’m seeing a lot of. “Can I write a CAML query to locate all of the documents that have been declared as in-place records?”

The …

Unregistering Custom Record Declaration Handlers

September 14, 2011November 12, 2017 John Holliday 3 comments

As you know, using the SharePoint 2010 server object model, you can install your own custom record declaration handlers. Didn’t know that? Oh? You mean you haven’t already setup your site to keep track of every time a record is …

CAML.NET Intellisense for SharePoint 2010

November 3, 2010January 23, 2023 John Holliday 11 comments

Well, I finally gone and done it! The CAML.NET IntelliSense Extension for Visual Studio 2010 is finally out in the wild, so have at it you crazy SharePoint devheads!