SharePoint – IT ROI Solutions https://itroi.co We provide a comprehensive range of services that cover the conception, development, implementation and maintenance of your enterprise IT solutions Fri, 09 Nov 2018 16:26:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 159045394 SharePoint integration for productivity https://itroi.co/sharepoint-integration-for-productivity/ Tue, 11 Sep 2018 11:31:36 +0000 https://itroi.co/?p=1008 SharePoint Integration for PPM & ITSM

You’ll be surprised by how much organizations are improving their efficiency
and workflows by maximizing SharePoint to its fullest potential.

SharePoint Integration Suite for PPM and ITSM

]]> 1008 Building SharePoint OnPremise and SharePoint Online Reusable Applications. Part 1: Architecture https://itroi.co/building-sharepoint-onpremise-and-sharepoint-online-reusable-applications-part-1-architecture/ Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:06:45 +0000 https://itroi.co/?p=666
Posted @ 12/15/2017  03:59 PM By José Ubaldo Carvajal

uml-diagram-sharepoint.pngIT-ROI Solutions are working on several SharePoint (On-Premise and Online) projects. We are constantly looking for updates on software development technologies to provide a better user experience (UX) with our SharePoint integration products.

This post is going to show you the approach to build a SharePoint Front-end application that could be reused in different SharePoint distributions: SharePoint On-Premise and SharePoint Online.

Sometimes SharePoint native components are not enough to create highly interactive applications, we must provide new mechanisms for developing these kinds of applications.

Suppose we must manage any JSON configuration at the SharePoint side, and suppose that the configuration requires complex user controls, additionally, this application needs to interact with external legacy systems. Of course, we could create a new web part in SharePoint for this purpose, but what if we need to reuse this application in SP On-Premise and SP Online? Then trouble arises because our C# approach and server side development are not valid approaches for SP Online scenarios, so we chose to build a Single Page Application(SPA) which allows us to reuse the same complex Front-end code in both SP distributions: On-Premise and Online.

Recently, we started a new project and one of the most important requirements was that our product should run over SP On-Premise and SP Online distributions. So we decided to develop a Single Page Application, in this way, we can reuse our front-end code for both SharePoint environments: On-Premise and Online.

The architecture of our solution looks like the following UML components diagram:

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As you can see, the front-end component is agnostic to the SharePoint distribution, whereas the requests to the server are made with modern AJAX fetch instead of XMLHttpRequest object. In SharePoint, we write our SP logic and share data with front-end side via JSON.

The next view shows technologies involved in the project:

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We choose Microsoft TypeScript as the programming language. TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript which means that all we can do with JavaScript is covered with TypeScript and more. Aspects as Microsoft support, strong type checking, easy code refactoring, Object Oriented Programming enhancements by adding classes and interfaces and support for new ES6 features makes TypeScript a highly configurable tool for web development. The TypeScript compiler trans piles written code to JavaScript that is the final programming language the browser executes.

Another important tool we selected is Facebook’s React library. We included React for create views components and improve user interactivity, with server side rendering of react we can provide some preloaded data to the Front-end tier. Additionally, we used Redux for application state management, Redux allowed us to work with programming logic out of the React views, this way, we could reuse programming logic between different GUI components. Finally, we selected Office UI Fabric as the Microsoft Official framework for building the user interface, Office UI Fabric provides a set of UI components such as: Buttons, DatePicker, CommandBar, ContextualMenu  and many more…

In part 2 of this blog, I going to show how to create a basic Single Page Application with architecture and technologies shown in this post.

Check out IT-ROI’s SharePoint integration technologies:

 

]]> 666 CA PPM Reporting via SharePoint and Excel Webinar – 14 Minute Clip https://itroi.co/ca-ppm-reporting-via-sharepoint-and-excel-webinar-14-minute-clip/ Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:08 +0000 https://itroi.co/?p=660
Posted @ 10/29/2017  05:11 PM By Marc Latreille

Stop fishing for the right information and see how you can improve your data-driven decision making and reporting capabilities in less than 14 minutes.

Check out the “How to Get Reliable and Real-time CA PPM Reports via SharePoint and Excel Webinar” clip.

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The clip primarily covers the demo portions from the webinar, including:

  • The benefits of using Microsoft SharePoint and Excel as your enterprise reporting solution.
  • How to display CA PPM data via Microsoft Excel very quickly and in a repeatable manner.
  • How to build reports from your CA PPM data and display them in SharePoint in real-time

> MP4 version (opens and plays in a new tab)

 

WEBINAR FULL VERSION
(With the PDF slide presentation available to download)

WATCH IT NOW

The full version of the webinar includes the following topics:

  • Data-driven decision making importance and challenges.
  • The 4 big “V” enemies of managing your data.
  • Solutions to help make decision making easier and more effective.
  • Demo – How to visualize all your CA PPM data in SharePoint and Excel with consistent “real time” information.
  • Demo – How to put everything together from multiple applications to create one holistic view.
]]> 660 ServiceNow and CA PPM Integration with SharePoint – Your Single Source Enterprise Content Management System https://itroi.co/servicenow-and-ca-ppm-integration-with-sharepoint-your-single-source-enterprise-content-management-system/ https://itroi.co/servicenow-and-ca-ppm-integration-with-sharepoint-your-single-source-enterprise-content-management-system/#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2018 08:57:30 +0000 https://itroi.co/?p=654
Posted @ 10/04/2017  07:13 PM By Federico Pena

Here is a short animated video all about Bob and his daily struggles with enterprise content management and decision making. The video outlines our ServiceNow and CA PPM to SharePoint Integration suite (ecBoss) and how it makes sense to leverage SharePoint as your single source Enterprise Content Management system.

Integration with SharePoint allows organizations to get maximum value from their SharePoint implementation by seamlessly integrating their enterprise systems to get a single view of their content that matters most. The integration effectively transforms SharePoint into your single source Enterprise Content Management system that everyone can use, with enhanced content management and reporting.

We hope you enjoy the video as much as we enjoyed creating it.

 

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More Info: ServiceNow Integration with SharePoint

More Info: CA PPM Integration with SharePoint

Related Content: Top 4 Challenges in Enterprise Content Management – ECM

]]> https://itroi.co/servicenow-and-ca-ppm-integration-with-sharepoint-your-single-source-enterprise-content-management-system/feed/ 1 654 Migrating SharePoint to Office 365 – Replay the Webinar https://itroi.co/migrating-sharepoint-to-office-365-replay-the-webinar/ Wed, 08 Aug 2018 08:44:49 +0000 https://itroi.co/?p=634
Posted @ 04/29/2016  02:30 PM By Marc Latreille

Check out this educational webinar, IT-ROI’s founder Federico Pena shares the ups and downs of the process of moving Microsoft SharePoint to Office 365 and what it means to your PMO. Plus he shares all the great resouces and links used in the webinar.

 

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Resouces from the Webinar

  • Get access to the links and resources used in the webinar to help plan your migration. The resources shows what is supported from SharePoint on-premise vs Office 365, and the different types of Office 365 plans and what you require.
  • Plus use the questionnaire shown in the webinar as its a business decision, not always an IT one. Lots of organizations make these types of decisions by their IT department, but as a business decision, you want to be careful, you want to make sure it fits your business model, this questionnaire will provide a good answer whether your organization is a good fit to migrate or not.
  • Also with helpful insight between cloud or on-premise – where is your organization at, and how smart it is to migrate right away, or how quickly you should start planning on migrating.

 

sharepoint-vs-office-365-pmo.jpgWebinar Topics – SharePoint Migration to Office 365

  • The pitfalls explained
  • The pros and cons of 365 vs. on-premise
  • Integrating your PMO tools – on-premise vs. 365
  • Collaboration- 365 vs. on-premise
  • Links to the resources used in the webinar

Replay the Webinar

]]> 634 IT ROI PPM Document Boss SharePoint Interface https://itroi.co/it-roi-ppm-document-boss-sharepoint-interface/ Wed, 08 Aug 2018 06:56:49 +0000 https://itroi.co/?p=509
Posted @ 09/10/2012  03:40 AM By Marc Latreille

]]> 509 SharePoint Clarity Interface https://itroi.co/sharepoint-clarity-interface/ Wed, 08 Aug 2018 06:44:10 +0000 https://itroi.co/?p=501
Posted @ 09/05/2012  05:07 AM By Marc Latreille

This webinar demonstrates our latest product offering “PPM Document Boss” We will show you how the PPM Document Boss takes Clarity document management to the next level via Microsoft SharePoint. The time saving benefits are dramatic, and the costs savings are significant.

 

Webinar Information
Recording Subject: IT-ROIs PPM Document Boss Interface for Clarity
Organizer: Pablo Pittaluga (IT-ROI Solutions)
Date Recorded: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 11:00 AM
Duration: 0:39:31 mins

]]> 501 ServiceNow Reporting via SharePoint and Excel Webinar – 12 Minute Clip https://itroi.co/servicenow-reporting-via-sharepoint-and-excel-webinar-12-minute-clip-2/ Sun, 29 Oct 2017 21:46:07 +0000 https://www.itroisolutions.com/ppm-blog/servicenow-reporting-via-sharepoint-and-excel-webinar-12-minute-clip Stop fishing for the right information and see how you can improve your data-driven decision making and reporting capabilities in less than 12 minutes.

Check out the “How to Get Reliable and Real-time ServiceNow Reports via SharePoint and Excel Webinar” clip.

servicenow-sharepoint-excel-reporting-fishing.jpg

The clip primarily covers the demo portions from the webinar, including:

  • The benefits of using Microsoft SharePoint and Excel as your enterprise reporting solution.
  • How to display ServiceNow data via Microsoft Excel very quickly and in a repeatable manner.
  • How to build reports from your ServiceNow data and display them in SharePoint in real-time

 

 

WEBINAR FULL VERSION
(With the PDF slide presentation available to download)

WATCH IT NOW

The full version of the webinar includes the following topics:

  • Data-driven decision making importance and challenges. 
  • The 4 big “V” enemies of managing your data. 
  • Solutions to help make decision making easier and more effective. 
  • Demo – How to visualize all your ServiceNow data in SharePoint and Excel with consistent “real time” information.
  • Demo – How to put everything together from multiple applications to create one holistic view.

]]> 1165 ServiceNow and CA PPM Integration with SharePoint – Your Single Source Enterprise Content Management System https://itroi.co/servicenow-and-ca-ppm-integration-with-sharepoint-your-single-source-enterprise-content-management-system-2/ Thu, 05 Oct 2017 00:13:51 +0000 https://www.itroisolutions.com/ppm-blog/transform-sharepoint-to-be-your-single-source-enterprise-content-management-system Here is a short animated video all about Bob and his daily struggles with enterprise content management and decision making. The video outlines our ServiceNow and CA PPM to SharePoint Integration suite (ecBoss) and how it makes sense to leverage SharePoint as your single source Enterprise Content Management system.

Integration with SharePoint allows organizations to get maximum value from their SharePoint implementation by seamlessly integrating their enterprise systems to get a single view of their content that matters most. The integration effectively transforms SharePoint into your single source Enterprise Content Management system that everyone can use, with enhanced content management and reporting.

We hope you enjoy the video as much as we enjoyed creating it.

 

> Play the MP4 Version (opens in a new window).

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More Info: ServiceNow Integration with SharePoint

More Info: CA PPM Integration with SharePoint

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Reporting Webinar for ServiceNow via SharePoint.

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Related Content: Top 4 Challenges in Enterprise Content Management – ECM

]]> 1166 3 Simple Steps That Will Help Improve Your Managerial Information Process https://itroi.co/3-simple-steps-that-will-help-improve-your-managerial-information-process/ Fri, 15 Sep 2017 18:03:45 +0000 https://www.itroisolutions.com/ppm-blog/3-simple-steps-that-will-help-improve-your-managerial-information-process “For your company to reach great distances, there’s no better vehicle than information” – Néstor Cordero

Information within organizations has been a critical success factor, from the dawn of industrialization, data generation and their use for strategic management and decision making has marked the fate of companies. From the 20th Century and even more during the 21st, the revolution of information technologies and the implementation of entrepreneurial systems generated an exponential increase in the amount of data provided by a company’s different areas, presenting a challenge for upper management that requires a structured systemic process to be able to transform the sea of data into efficient and effective information which rebound in effective decision making for the organization.

erp-crm-ppm-ecm-1.pngBut, how to begin? Business information systems such as ERPs, CRMs, and PPM among others, yield great volumes of information from the processes in a company and the manager and their team may fall under the temptation of wanting to analyze all that information. However, this will take time, building a complex analysis model may take too long, and the rapid change of the environment may punish this decision. Conversely, omitting this information in the process may lead to faster decisions, but with high risk levels and a blindness from the knowledge of the macro and micro environment which may end in catastrophic decisions for their company.

So, it seems that, from the start, the process is damned, and in the same way, the changing environment in organizations makes managerial processes subject to a greater uncertainty (ignorance of possible events and their occurrence probability – N. Taleb). Now, not everything is lost. To face these challenges, the manager must identify from the data the right information at the right time and at the right place.

Here are 3 simple steps that will help improve the managerial information process:

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STEP 1 – The Right Information

The first step must be to differentiate data associated to key processes in their business unit or area. These processes must be clear and must be aligned to the company’s mission and its function within the business strategy. This will allow to identify the right information to make a decision.

STEP 2 – At the Right Time

The second thing you and your team must keep in mind is speed. When Heraclitus said in ancient Greece “Change is the only constant”, he didn’t imagine the speed of transformation of the environment in the age of information and communications, changes in consumption trends, competitors, human talent and internal processes, and the speed at which new and fresh data fill the pixels, keeping managers focused on screens. All this can make the difference between a winning strategy and a place in the corporate pantheon.

This way, the second step makes the managerial team establish the clear periodicity to obtain the system’s information. At this point, their managerial information systems can transform into a rival to defeat, they’re designed to provide a competitive advantage (reference) and definitely automate the processes and align organizational intelligence, but rely on incoming information and its facility of access. Here, tools must be integrated to yield the correct data in the shortest possible time. If they want to turn their information services into an ally, they must find a way for keeping the data organized at the right time, guaranteeing the systems are fed in a constant way with the right information, avoiding procrastination and human error in data input.

STEP 3 – On the Right Side

Lastly, for the third step, the information required for decision making must be available to the managerial team in an easy and intuitive manner. Thus, determining the way to show the information and the access system to it is a management decision which mustn’t be taken haphazardly, so the managerial teams must find the right information in the right place.

In summary

Managerial systems have offered their business units a great deal of data, the first step is defining which data becomes the right information, accessing it in a quick and efficient way will give the right information at the right time. Visualizing it in an easy, intuitive and accessible way can only be guaranteed if the data is in the right place. This way, your system’s data will become an ally for decision making and fulfill your strategy and secure your company’s competitive advantage.

Related Topic: Top 4 Challenges in ECM (Enterprise Content Management)

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