Principles for managing documents as records in SharePoint 2010

These are my quick tips for managing documents as records using SharePoint 2010. Keep it simple  End users will not use the system if it is hard to use or requires too much extra work. Keep the UI clean and simple (and common). Make it intuitive. Promote the benefits of the application, not the application …

SharePoint 2010 vs network shares for managing documents and records

I am often asked, or asked to justify, why users should use SharePoint 2010 instead of network drive folders (shares), which they love and have been using for 20+ years, to manage their documents and records. Here is a summary: User interface & naming Network drives: Nested folders. Users will give a document a name …