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Clive Walker — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:41:36 +0000

Upgrading from SharePoint Portal Server 2003 to SharePoint Server 2010?

Clive Walker — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:32:46 +0000

Software Requirements

In order to upgrade to SharePoint Foundation 2010 or SharePoint Server 2010, you must first be running Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 at SP2 or Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 at SP2, respectively. For customers running prior versions of SharePoint, including Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 and SharePoint Portal Server 2003, this means that you must first upgrade to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP2 or Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 SP2 prior to upgrading to 2010 versions. Windows SharePoint Server 3.0 with SP2 is available as a free download, and trial versions of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 are available and supported for use in this upgrade/migration process.

Additional Information and Notes

Please note that SharePoint Server 2010 Beta cannot be upgraded to the final release version (RTM). Any use of these steps or guidelines with any pre-release version of SharePoint 2010 should be for testing/evaluation only.

The upgrade path will necessarily mean a move from 32-bit OS architecture to 64-bit OS architecture. Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 and SharePoint Portal Server 2003 were supported only on 32-bit operating systems, as opposed to SharePoint Foundation 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010, which are supported only on 64-bit operating systems.

The database platform selected for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 or Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 should be consistent with the planned platform for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 or Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010. For example, if SQL Server 2008 will serve as the database software for the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 or Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 trial versions you should maintain that version for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 or Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 to avoid downgrade support limitations such as SQL Server 2008 to SQL Server 2005. For additional information on SQL Server 2008 downgrade rights see: SQL Server 2008 Licensing Frequently Asked Questions

How can Deltascheme help?

As a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner, Deltascheme can help you to implement your new SharePoint Server system by providing:

Consultancy to define your business requirements
Professional Services to design, install and configure your system
Data migration tools to reâ€classify & import your legacy content
Solutions to enable paper content to be scanned into the system
Services to deliver standard forms and workflow processes
Expertise to integrate SharePoint with your existing applications

Deltascheme is a leading provider of business and technical consultancy for Electronic Content Management (ECM) and Business Process Management (BPM) solutions based on Microsoft Technologies.

To discuss your requirements, call us on +44 (0) 1628 401 800.

Kofax Ascent Capture 7.x End of Life

Clive Walker — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:17:16 +0000

The following schedule applies to the End of Sale and End of Support for Ascent Capture 7.x:

End of Life Announcement â€“ December 1, 2009
End of Sale (Last Time Buy) â€“ March 31, 2010
End of Support â€“ March 31, 2011

End of Sale – Deltascheme customers who currently own Ascent Capture 7.x will have until March 31, 2010, to purchase additional licenses or add-ons to their license. Effective April 1, 2010, Ascent Capture 7.x licenses and add-ons will no longer be available for sale. The intent of this announcement is to provide customers with notice so they can budget and define what additional Ascent Capture 7.x licenses they may require prior to the March 31, 2010, End of Sale.

Upgrade Software – Kofax customers who have current Support agreements with Kofax can download the most current and supported versions of Kofax software from the Kofax Electronic Fulfillment site at http://delivery.kofax.com. An order with Kofax is not required to acquire the most current software versions from the Kofax Electronic Fulfillment site.

Earlier Versions – Support for Ascent Capture 5 officially ended December 31, 2005, and support for Ascent Capture 6 officially ended July 31, 2008. It is important for customers utilizing those versions that they upgrade to a supported version as soon as possible.

Questions – If you have any questions or require additional information, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Online Resources – Kofax Ascent Capture 7.x End of Life Announcement, FAQ, and supporting documentation
http://news.kofax.com

Deltascheme

Deltascheme is a leading provider of Enterprise Content Managment (ECM) and Business Process Management (BPM) solutions based on Microsoft Technologies. We use Kofax to provide integrated scanning solutions that automate document driven business processes in a timely and cost effective manner. Contact us to find out how we can help with your project.

Whitepaper “ Business Value of SharePoint for ECM”

Clive Walker — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:47:06 +0000

The Business Value of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 – Enterprise Content Management.

We strongly recommend this paper to those considering implementing an ECM system in their organisation. It details the challenges faced when implementing an ECM system and how the new release of SharePoint 2010 tackles these issues.

Download the white paper here

Executive Summary

Enterprise Content Management (ECM) has become a key business priority for most organizations. The amount of business information created and shared is increasing in size and speed every day, government compliance requirements are becoming more stringent, and key business tasks require accurate and fast access to records, documents, and other information. Without content management, information becomes chaos “ unmanaged, not searchable, and processes rely more on employee institutional memory than technology”. Additionally, users waste time looking for or recreating documents and information, and businesses may pay penalties for documents and information that are accidentally lost or released publicly.

Most business executives recognize the need for a robust ECM solution, but most traditional ECM offerings only provide comprehensive, mission-critical content management designed for a small set of users (working with a team, department, or content type) and focus on security and compliance over usability and collaboration. Enterprise Content Management with Microsoft ® SharePoint ® Server 2010 delivers both a high quality solution that stimulates and delivers user participation, and the tools for highly secure, well-managed content.

SharePoint Server 2010 enables companies to democratize content management and improve organizations by providing content management to all employees and compliance across all documents. This leads to better, faster, and more secure processes that can be managed through a familiar environment, integrated into business collaboration infrastructure, and built on a trusted and extensible platform. With ECM in SharePoint Server, you can:

Drive participation – Avoid chaos and end-user resistance
Ensure Compliance – Avoid risk by controlling unmanaged content, including Social content
Save Costs – Avoid high costs of point solutions, especially where not needed.

Download the white paper here

Deltascheme

Deltascheme is a leading provider of business and technical consultancy for Electronic Content Management and Business Process Management solutions based on Microsoft technologies.

If you are implementing SharePoint 2010 contact us here.

SharePoint 2010 Public Beta

Clive Walker — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:05:32 +0000

The public beta of SharePoint 2010 will be released in November 2009.

For more resources have a look at the following links.

- SharePoint 2010 Website – to view SharePoint 2010 in action

- SharePoint 2010 forum- for SharePoint 2010 questions

- SharePoint 2010 PressPass- for the SPC 2009 keynote video, a Q&A with Jeff Teper, and more

- SharePoint 2010 Developer Center – for developer info

- http://www.mssharepointitpro.com – for IT Pro info

- http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint – for more SharePoint information

If you are looking to implement SharePoint 2010, why not register for our seminar on the 21 January2010 at the Microsoft offices in London. Deltascheme is a leading provider of business and technical consultancy for Electronic Document Management (ECM) and Business Process Management (BPM) solutions based on Microsoft Technologies.

SharePoint 2010 and K2

Clive Walker — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:37:54 +0000

The new support for claims-based authentication between SharePoint and K2 makes configuration a breeze. K2 is leveraging Outlook Solutions to surface K2 work items in Outlook. Investments in K2 today leverage the new capabilities in SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010.

“K2 has been working very closely with the SharePoint 2010 team, since shortly after the Office 2007 release, to ensure campatibility K2 releases will be ready as soon as possible after Microsoft goes to market with its next-generation software,” said Olaf Wagner, senior vice president for product management at K2. “When we deliver this new set of K2 capabilities that leverage Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 features, K2 customers can upgrade free and we’ll offer tools to make migration seamless.”

Deltaschme is partnered with K2 and Microsoft to deliver process driven applications (e.g. case managment). To find out more about delivering these type of solutions with SharePoint 2010 and K2 please contact us directly or register for our SharePoint 2010 seminar on 21 January 2010.