White Papers

• Dell SharePoint Infrastructure Optimization with AvePoint

  This white paper provides an overview of Dell's SharePoint Infrastructure Optimization solution. Details of the solution stack, which includes components of AvePoint's DocAve Software Platform and Dell hardware components, are discussed along with the set of functional and performance tests that were used to verify the solution.

• Optimize SharePoint Storage with BLOB Externalization

  This document is intended to provide a comprehensive and balanced examination of SharePoint storage concepts and issues, and to equip you to fully understand, communicate and make informed decisions about the role of BLOB externalization in your storage architecture.

• Office 365 SharePoint Online - Architectural considerations

  The goal of this white paper is to clarify strategies for incorporating Microsoft Office 365 in your enterprise IT portfolio and address the technical considerations for activating SharePoint Online as part of your SharePoint strategy including migrating to Office 365.

• Office 365 SharePoint Online - what does it mean to my organization as a CIO?

  The goal of this white paper is to clarify the disjointed and sometimes inconsistent information about Microsoft Office 365—including its benefits, challenges, costs, and service level agreements (SLAs) - and address the business considerations for migrating to Office 365 SharePoint Online.

• How to Implement an Effective SharePoint Governance Plan

  Moving past the "what" and "why" of governance, an even harder question to answer is how to implement SharePoint governance. In this paper, we'll share a number of suggestions on how you can effectively implement a SharePoint governance plan.

• Unleashing Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010's Web Content Management Features with DocAve

  This document is intended to provide organizations with the proven practices and key considerations necessary for fully taking advantage of SharePoint Server 2010's enhanced features for web content management.

• Encouraging Greater SharePoint Adoption with DocAve

  Learn how to improve SharePoint scalability, reliability, and make the platform the single access point for enterprise-wide content.

• Embracing the Cloud: Strategies for Hybrid Microsoft SharePoint Deployments

  Tips and strategies for incorporating SharePoint Online and cloud storage resources into organizations' existing SharePoint environments.

• SharePoint and DocAve: The Future of Enterprise Content Management

  Guidelines for unleashing SharePoint Server 2010’s ECM capabilities with DocAve.

• Proven Practices for Optimizing SharePoint Storage Management Strategies with DocAve

  This white paper outlines guidelines and strategies for optimizing SQL Server management and improving overall SharePoint platform performance.

• Proven Practices for Upgrading and Migrating to SharePoint Server 2010

  This document outlines options, strategies, and available solutions for either upgrading or migrating to the SharePoint Server 2010 platform – from either past SharePoint releases or legacy document repositories.

• Integrating SharePoint and Salesforce to Drive Business Productivity

  Strategies for streamlining collaboration with SharePoint-Salesforce Integration.

• Storage Optimization for SharePoint

  This Windows IT Pro Technical Advisor reviews the key components of a successful storage optimization strategy for SharePoint.

• Meeting Compliance Objectives in SharePoint

  This document is intended to aid IT administrators and other stakeholders responsible for managing Microsoft SharePoint deployments, in planning and implementing a comprehensive, reliable and efficient compliance strategy appropriate to their organizational needs.

• From Development to Production: Streamlining SharePoint Deployment with DocAve Deployment Manager

  This paper – co-authored by AvePoint and Microsoft – reviews best practices for propagating SharePoint customizations, services, and solutions throughout a complex SharePoint environment, and introduces tools and strategies available to automate and streamline this process.

• Optimizing Worldwide SharePoint Data and Content Access with DocAve

  This document reviews best practices for planning and implementing a comprehensive, reliable and efficient SharePoint synchronization strategy to optimize data access and increase productivity.

• Effective Risk Management in a Collaboration Driven Enterprise

  This document briefly analyzes the effects of platform and content-access interruptions on productivity, revenue, and compliance-related exposure, then introduces strategies to mitigate such interruptions.

• Fortifying the Pillars of IT Governance

  This document is intended to aid IT administrators and other stakeholders responsible for managing Microsoft SharePoint deployments, in planning and implementing a comprehensive, reliable and efficient governance strategy appropriate to their organizational needs.

• Best Practices for Backup and Restore

  This white paper is intended to aid IT administrators responsible for managing Microsoft SharePoint deployments in planning and implementing a comprehensive, reliable, and efficient data protection strategy appropriate to their organizational needs. It outlines the planning, guidelines, and implementation considerations for SharePoint backup and disaster recovery, then briefly reviews the singular attributes of DocAve Backup and Restore.

• Can Your SharePoint Backup Harm Your Business?

  Learn about SharePoint native backup pros and cons, evaluation standards and best practices.