Friday, December 21, 2012

Office 365: Cloud based and convenient


Office 365 is about mobility; it's about maximization of your time; and it's about being where you are all the time. With Office 365 you get some of the following great products to keep you connected and efficient: Microsoft Office; email and calendars; website; office web apps; file sharing and managing projects, instant messaging, presence, and conferencing; mobility; and security and trust.
Let us take a closer look at some of key features found in Office 365. One of the key drawbacks to placing everything in cloud is security. With Office 365 comes the built in security features and peace of mind. Office 365 applications are accessed through a 128-bit SSL/TSL encryption that ensures the safety of your documents and should someone try to intercept your work, they will not be able to read it. All antivirus signatures are up to date so you don't have to worry about infestations in your work. Microsoft is dedicated to security and keeping your data secure (check this website for whitepapers on security in office 365).

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Use Dashboard Designer to Create a Scoreboard


SharePoint is the perfect business data container, but the data is not easy to read. Reporting and visualization of data is the only way to turn the data into usable information. Charts and Indicators are some of the ways to make such data easier to understand. The Business Intelligence Center is one of the templates shipped with SharePoint Server 2010. It is optimized to help you manage the working elements of business intelligence reporting: scorecards, dashboards, data connections, status lists, status indicators, etc.
In this article I will show you how to use Dashboard Designer to create a dashboard that displays a sales performance scorecard. The final result will look like this: