7. Agenda
• Introduction:
– SharePoint 2010 Capabilities for supporting Document
Management
• Best Practices:
– Folders vs. Document Sets
– Metadata management
– Content Types
– Content Organizer Rules
8. Location: Folders vs. Document Sets
• Document Sets:
Components, similar to folders, that enable users to
collaborate on related documents without having to
create a new document library or site.
10. Agenda
• Introduction:
– SharePoint 2010 Capabilities for supporting Document
Management
• Best Practices:
– Folders vs. Document Sets
– Metadata management
– Content Types
– Content Organizer Rules
11. Metadata Management
• Managed Metadata:
A hierarchical collection of centrally managed terms that
you can define and then use as attributes for items.
Benefits:
– Consistent use of terminology
– Better search results
– Dynamic
12. Metadata Management
List Columns Managed Metadata
Local term sets Global term sets
Managed in the context Managed out of context
Static Dynamic
Managed by admins Managed by owners
Can be imported from CSV
13. Metadata Management
• Best Practices for Metadata Management
– Has to be defined by the business!
But usually they cannot Help but don’t drive!
– Users are not taxonomy experts - Teach them!
• Managing metadata
• Using metadata
• Think in managed metadata
– Taxonomy vs. Folksonomy
– Build hierarchy – instead of flat term stores
– Be careful of legal requirements
14. Agenda
• Introduction:
– SharePoint 2010 Capabilities for supporting Document
Management
• Best Practices:
– Folders vs. Document Sets
– Metadata management
– Content Types
– Content Organizer Rules
15. Content Types
• Create your own „root” content types
Document
Document_
Root
Technical
Contract Marketing
Document
Requiremen User Presentatio
Case Study
ts Manual n
System For
Requiremen Business
ts Decision
Makers
Functional
Requiremen For
ts Developers
For Admins
18. Agenda
• Introduction:
– SharePoint 2010 Capabilities for supporting Document
Management
• Best Practices:
– Folders vs. Document Sets
– Metadata management
– Content Types
– Content Organizer Rules
19. Content Organizer Rules
• Property based rules
• Users don’t need to know where to save
anymore
• Well organized content
• Searchability and Findability
20. Content Organizer Rules
• Use if you have clear organizing requirements
• Deploy a good Search Architecture Search Based
Navigation
• Don’t forget to turn on the Content Organizer Feature – on
the Target Site too!
• Don’t forget to implement Content Types in the Target
Libraries
• Teach the users!