As part of our internal lunch & learn initiative I created this basic presentation to show to SharePoint consultants some tools and options available to make their life a little bit easy

1. Effective SharePoint Tools
for Consultants
Haaron Gonzalez
Lead Solution Architect

2. SharePoint
Documentation
Toolkit
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3. › What it is?
›Tool that saves time and create professional looking SharePoint documentation
with just few clicks
›Check all farm configuration settings against latest SharePoint best practices
or event we can create our own
›Compare SharePoint configuration between farms
›Works with WSS 3.0/MOSS 2007 (32 or 64 bit), SharePoint 2010
Foundation/Server, SharePoint 2013 Foundation/Server
› When to use it?
›When we want to understand our customer farm configuration settings
›When we want to assess customer environment for upgrade purposes
› How to use it?
›Remote desktop a SharePoint app server
›Copy the app to a local folder
›Run the application “not install”
›Generate farm documentation
›Generate best practices documentation
›Copy the resulting files and delete the whole thing
SharePoint Documentation Toolkit
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4. Loading Farm Settings
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5. Best Practice Analyzer
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6. Sharegate
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7. › What it is?
›Configuration and data copying tool for SharePoint, allow copy between SharePoint
editions like WSS 2.0/SPS2003, WSS 3.0/MOSS, SharePoint 2010
Foundation/Server, SharePoint 2013 Foundation/Server, Office 365
›You can copy site objects like List and Libraries, Content Types, Site Columns,
Users, Groups, Permission Levels, Manage Metadata Term Sets, workflows, sites
and sub sites.
›You can copy content like files, folders and document sets, preserves system
properties and version history, bulk copy content and you can transform the data
during the process
› When to use it?
›When we want to replicate site configuration between sites or even farms
›When you want to move or change the site hierarchy
›When you want to transform data sets
›When you want to upload/download huge amount of content
› How to use it?
›Download and install in your desktop computer
›Activate the module you need
›Execute the process and generate a report for evidence
Sharegate
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8. Copy information
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9. Camtasia
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10. › What it is?
›Screen recording and video editing tool for information sharing
› When to use it?
›When you want to share an idea with others
›When you want to re use knowledge or information over and over
›When you want to provide an evidence
›When you want to create and share a demo
Camtasia
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11. Camtasia Example 1
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12. Camtasia Example 1
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13. Camtasia Example 2
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14. Camtasia Example 2
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15. http://www.spdockit.com/
http://en.share-gate.com/
http://www.techsmith.com/
Resources
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