Chris Geier's Blog

  • Kerberos the Sequel

    Hello all, and welcome to my next dive into the world of Kerberos.  I did this previously in my how to K2 series, but wanted to update it with information i have been presenting in my SharePoint Saturday adventures.  I have long been one helping...
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  • Auditing delegation in K2

    Recently got a question from a customer who is using delegation inside their processes. The question was: Is there a way to create a report or extract data to report the Out of Office delegation assignment for audit purpose? Well for this, none of the...
  • Going from SharePoint Designer to Visual Studio 2010

    In previous blog posts we have followed the progression of a basic process from being modeled in Visio to being assembled in SharePoint Designer.  You may already already done this some and been satisfied with the results.  You may have started...
  • BPM and the professional athlete

    Football season is now over and baseball season is about to begin.  For these sports and others there is a ton of dedication, preparation and drive that go into being a professional athlete, or for that matter any serious high level athlete. ...
  • Why I participate in SharePoint Saturday

    I had an interesting conversation this weekend at SharePoint Saturday Indy (for more on that experience see my blog here)  the conversation was about me being a "vendor" and actually delivering a presentation that was not vendor focused...
  • SharePoint Saturday Indy

    K2 just sponsored SPSINDY, and I spoke as well. Both from a sponsorship as well as a Speaker perspective SPSINDY was easily one of the best SharePoint Saturday event’s I have participated in.  It was obvious to me as well as the other sponsors that...
  • Visio and Workflow Part 2

      In the previous blog post we introduced you to using Visio as part of your SharePoint workflow strategy.  Next we are going to show it in action. Even today Visio can play an important role in designing and laying out your various business...
  • Visio as a workflow tool

    Did you know that Visio can now be a core tool in your workflow arsenal?  Visio can not only deliver functionality to help your business analysts participate in workflow modeling.  But can also help deliver the status of your workflow when running...
  • Taking advantage of Content types, ratings and the CQWP

    Content types and the Content Query Web Part are not new in SharePoint 2010, and the “ratings” functionality were available as a codeplex download in 2007. (I use them) Now they are baked into SharePoint 2010 and can serve as a key part of presenting...
  • Digging into SharePoint 2010 and Document Sets

    Digging more and more into SharePoint 2010, and finding more and more to like.  In this entry we are going to go into “Document Sets” I have given a presentation on this particular feature and found that I am not the only one that LOVES this idea...
  • Governance and SharePoint Site Creation

    As many of you heard for yourselves in the governance series, site creation governance is an important aspect of your overall SharePoint governance strategy. As discussed i have created a SharePoint site creation process in K2. In the video below i go...
  • Digging into SharePoint 2010

    Greetings all, it has been a LONG time since i have blogged but I want to make a renewed effort to do so more regularly.  I am going to start by bringing you my experiences with the new SharePoint 2010 product from Microsoft.  I want to start...
  • Interviews from SharePoint Conference 2009

      Hello all, and thanks for visiting.  I had a goal when visiting the SharePoint conference this year.  That goal was to sit down and get some real honest feedback on what people were experiencing and learning as they went through and attended...
  • Governance series pt 4

    Today I sat down with John Ferringer, from Apparatus. Through numerous conversations John has shown knowledgeable in the SharePoint and governance space. So i thought it would be good to invite him to participate in our governance series. John Ferringer...
  • Governance Series part 3

    Part 3 of our Governance series is with Todd Klindt   If you want to learn more about Todd (and who doesn’t) here are some links to read up. You can buy one of his books here http://www.amazon.com/Inside-SharePoint-Administration-Steve-Caravajal...
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