So, a SharePoint blog is like an out-of-the-box ready thing that you can just tailor it according to your niche requirements (pretty much like pre-cooked pasta that you can quickly toss into your favorite sauce, if that makes sense). On the other hand, a SharePoint Publishing Site is a more structured authoring and publishing site that is typically used to create a sharing and communication portal amongst enterprises.

Here’s a quick take on features of a blog and those of a Publishing site.

SharePoint Blog Site

As mentioned earlier, a blog can get you started with minimum amount of effort. You can just add your content, for which the SharePoint blog was initiated in the first place. Blogs can be easily integrated with Microsoft Word which makes them easy to publish Live directly from Microsoft Word. You won’t even have to specifically include pictures and videos if there are any, the integrated system does that for you automatically.  In addition to this, blogs have a commenting system built into them, so a blog is well-suited in the time when you plan to add comments and activity or discussions over your content. This becomes a drawback if you don’t wish to add a commenting system to your blog. Furthermore, there’s an option to add categories to your blog, so you can upload content for more than one type and that gets easier to navigate your blog. SharePoint also offers Views by categories feature.

SharePoint Publishing Site

A Publishing site is particularly useful if you need to generate content form a content hub. So, you can specify content types and have the control to manage the blog page fields. Using a Publishing Site, you can also create your own Page Layouts, design the page yourself and make changes of layout and fields whenever you wish. With this method, you can build everything yourself according to the company needs. So, with a Publishing Site, you are n more control of what is displayed and how is it displayed on-screen.

ALSO READ: SharePoint CMS new features for better collaborative environment

Final thoughts…

After the overview of both options, it can be concluded that if you want a more personalized approach, Sites must be your choice. Nevertheless, Blogs prove beneficial when you want to start quickly without much design-oriented hassle.

MachPanel Automation Module for Microsoft SharePoint

MachPanel is a born-in-the-cloud business automation platform which provides Complete Orchestration for Hosted SharePoint Service Providers and Enterprises. With MachPanel, you get the control to deploy hosted SharePoint solution on the cloud with simplified billing, management and provisioning. It includes built-in multi-tenancy and segregation for Microsoft SharePoint 2019 and older versions for cloud delivery and on-premise setup. Experts at MachPanel are there to help you with your deployments and post-deployment issues. MachPanel offers Multi-tenant deployments, Groups Management, Vanity & SSL Site Collection, Automated Host header entries, Site Management, DNS Records, Multiple Domain Handling, SharePoint Users management in a site collection and many more features that can prove fruitful for any cloud business

Head over to MachPanel to cater for your SharePoint deployment and needs for a successful SharePoint for business provision and management.

Lets TalkRequest a Demo

The post SharePoint Blog Site vs. Publishing Site: Know the difference for a successful deployment appeared first on MachSol Blog.

As promised in the public preview, there are many new features that were expected from SharePoint 2019 user all over theworld like trends in team collaboration, blending of cloud and on-premise versions, better cross-device user experience and many more. It’s built on the same platform as SharePoint Server 2016; the new SharePoint Server 2019 fulfills the needs of performances and scalability expectations to the maximum.

Let’s have a closer look at what compelling features are there in this new release:

1. Trendy Sites:

Connecting Team and content together, sites have always played the role of core collaboration across organization. Modern design is effective and captivating, with a touch of flexibility and ease-of-use.

1. Excellent User Experience:

In today’s era, user experience is everything, when it comes to new technology. Not even the new SharePoint Server 2019 is catchy in ‘look and feel’, but is engaging, entertaining and rich with contextual content. It ensures reliability, security and minimum complexity.

1. Modern Pages:

SharePoint 2019 introduces a new way of sharing content using Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel and Word documents, images, embedding video content, and many more. Modern pages shall be published efficiently and in a quicker manner that are good for each display.

1. Improved Lists:

The modern list experience in SharePoint Server 2019 is more responsive, more intuitive and provides the best combination of Microsoft SharePoint with OneDrive usability.

1. Communication Sites:

Next Gen mobile collaboration and better intelligent intranet makes working together a fruitful experience in the newest version of SharePoint server.

1. OneDrive for Business:

Providing improved mobile experience to SharePoint mobile users, it also makes collaboration and file storage people-centric and supports latest sync client generation with on derive for Business.

1. SharePoint Mobile:

Microsoft SharePoint 2019 provides all the necessary resources needed for a collaborative work flow within organization, and improved mobile experience for intranet is one of the core elements. It makes file sharing on-the-go which is more personalized and intelligent.

1. Growing File Support:

The offered file sizes have increased: up to 15GB, a few character restrictions are maintained with file names and path length restriction has been increased from 260 Unicode code units to 400.

MachPanel Automation Module for SharePoint Server 2019

Yes, you heard it right. MachPanel supports the services offered by SharePoint Server 2019 and hence can assist you in deployments smoothly and efficiently. Customers all over the world trust MachPanel with their SharePoint solutions and turnkey solution deployment services. Automation module for SharePoint Server supports other versions like SharePoint 2019, 2016 and 2013. It provides entire automation for on-premises SharePoint Server. It also offers selling of sell fully segregated multi-tenant hosted SharePoint environment.

It’s a great opportunity for CSPs to get their hands on MachPanel and deploy SharePoint Server 2019 in the most hassle-free manner.

Lets TalkRequest a Demo

The post Microsoft launches SharePoint Server 2019 and it is just as cool as expected appeared first on MachSol Blog.

Tips to Fine-Tune performance of SharePoint Online

1. Image Optimization

Images make the overall design appealing but their size can greatly affect page loading speed that can have a huge impact on site performance. The ideal way to use images on a SharePoint Site is to use sprites approach (an image Sprite is a technique of showing multiple images on your site that are actually a portion of one larger image, as it reduces HTTP traffic since you are downloading more images in one request). Further, it is necessary to use image compression and image optimization techniques before using them on your site.

1. Minification and Bundling

Customization a web-page results in a lot of extra files being added to the server for support. The process of minification minimizes the size of these fields by removing extra white spaces and unnecessary characters. This reduces overall size of files and hence improves performance of site by giving low overhead on the server. Images can be bundled in an image sprite, as mentioned earlier.

1. Navigation Options

Choosing configuration options for SharePoint site makes significant impacts of performances. Options like, Managed (Metadata) navigation is recommended whereas Structural navigation is not recommended for better performance. Navigation providers work seamlessly with responsive page designs. Plus, they are scalable and are able to render without a resource cost. Cloud Service Providers need to focus on navigation options for better site results.

1. Delay Loading Images and JavaScript

Modern browser pre-fetch the images to be loaded within the HTML page. Another technique to make SharePoint Online site load efficiently is to delay loading images using JavaScript. Images will be loaded as the user scrolls towards it.

1. Use the Page Diagnostics Tool

Publishing pages using classic publishing can be a overhead on the SharePoint site. It is best to use page diagnostic tools for that purpose. Install it to your site to make publishing efficient.

1. Using Content Delivery Networks

Content Delivery networks or CDNs can increase SharePoint Online Performance. CDN is a worldwide network of different servers that host the same file simultaneously. In this way, the server that is closest to the user requesting that file, can serve the file in less time as compared to the main server located far away. Cloud Service Providers must take this into account.

ALSO READ
Benefits of collaboration with Microsoft SharePoint and Teams

MachPanel Automation Module for Microsoft SharePoint

MachPanel Automation Solution for Microsoft SharePoint offers a complete end-to-end management & Automation layer for Microsoft SharePoint on-premises and Microsoft SharePoint Online. With MachPanel Automation module for Microsoft SharePoint Provisioning and management is simplified and made easy for Service Providers. MachSol also provides turn-key services related to Microsoft SharePoint on-premises design, deployment, migration, planning, reliability and scalability.

Take this opportunity and go for MachPanel to grow and make your business more successful.

Lets TalkRequest a Demo

The post How to Optimize SharePoint Online performance appeared first on MachSol Blog.