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We provide the best SharePoint website custom and responsive designs to meet your eacting needsThe level of branding is entirely up to you. We can simply convert your existing website design or host a full blown design requirements gathering meeting. We provide design previews of what the design will look like before development proceeds. This way, changes can be made before the actual development begins, saving cost and speeding the project.We work with your team to design a look and feel that is best for your needs. We can migrate your public website to the SharePoint platform for easy content management. We’ll work within your budget and take a phased iterative approach.Our branding services cover all user interface design for SharePoint including:Creating a new look and feel for your SharePoint siteCustom Master Pages with CSSCustom Page LayoutsDynamic page designCreative and effective navigation solutionsJQuery for the latest in site interactivityDesign for all browsers and devicesCustom XSLT for Web PartsTaxonomy and Navigation planning sessionsComplete Branding and UI requirements gathering sessionsCreation of custom SharePoint UI controls (using C#, Javascript, Flash)

We are expert in capacity planning and designing high performance enterprise class systemsLet our experts assess and analyze your enterprise needs for storing content in SharePoint. We conduct capacity planning for both current and future needs and provide specific recommendations to plan for growth, operability and performance. We project Microsoft SQL Server database sizing, develop server technical requirements and define SQL Server volume sizes for optimal placement of SQL Server data and log files. We implement SQL Server database monitoring and administration, including performance tuning of SQL Server configuration parameters and non-SharePoint database query tuning.PLANPlan for success by designing the SharePoint environment to be able to scale efficiently and seamlessly to handle growth in both storage and usageDESIGNDesign your environment the right way. Architect for the storage and network and server performance that’s needed to satisfy your most demanding customersSCALEDesign the farm servers to support your planned utilization, scaling vertically and horizontally as necessaryOPTIMIZEOptimize the performance of your environment to get the very best from the hardware that is already in place. Leverage the out of box capabilities for scalability including:Blob CachePublishing CacheApp Cache FabricDedicated service application farmsHigh performance SQL Server designCONSTRAINING FACTORSLet us guide to working within the constraints of SharePoint. We can help you avoid common errors that impede system growth, such as:Too large content databasesToo many unique permissions within a given library

We wrote the book on Disaster Recovery for SharePoint 2013If your SharePoint Disaster Recovery plan is simply a server image backup, you’re skirting with disaster. Disaster Recovery in SharePoint is much more. With the right planning and tools, you can rest in comfort that you can recover when disaster strikes. Let us get your Disaster Recovery environment ready.BACKUP AND RESTOREDetermine your recovery points, and target objectives and metrics for recoveryINVENTORYCategorize and track all the components needed for a full restoration, from servers, storage, database, to DNS and ActiveDirectoryREPLICATEReplicate your environment both for development and for fail-over. We have built the tools you need to automate replication.RECOVERPut in place the ability to restore and recover effectively and efficientlyFAILOVERMap out all steps needed to fail over to the Disaster Recovery environment. Be able and ready to be back on line quickly and enable users to continue work seamlessly.FAIL-BACKHave a tested plan in place to fail back from DR to your regular production environmentTESTINGPut your environment through a real-world test with both a failover, and failbackSCENARIO PLANNINGMap out the scenarios, from a minor outage, to a full loss of all servers, and test the ability to recoverReality-Tech Principal Joel Plaut co-authored the SharePoint 2013 Disaster Recovery book available on Amazon: Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Disaster Recovery Guide

Reality Tech can help you gain control of your SharePoint enviornment and its securityGovernance is the set of policies, roles, responsibilities, and processes that are established in the enterprise to guide, direct, and control how it uses technologies to accomplish business goals. SharePoint provides rich capabilities such as online collaboration, Document Management, Business Intelligence, and Web publishing. Our goal is to help you strike the right balance between the needs of the users of SharePoint and the team that manages it.Let us work with your team to put in place the policies and procedures that work within your organizational structure and culture.Define roles within your organizationPut Change Management in place, track changes and define approval responsibilityLock down the environment to control changesDefine user policies such as those for social features and their acceptable useControl who can access what within your enviromentGenerate reports of permissions by user, group, site and libraryCreate standards and conventions for testing, deployment and rollbackRaise in-house competency by training your staff

Automate existing business processes using workflows to visually map and automate manual tasks. Reality Tech creates forms that collect the right data, from the right people at appropriate parts of the business cycle.Easily route requests and documents to authorized users based on transaction data. Escalate approvals so requests never get “stuck”. Through streamlining and automation Reality Tech can streamline the business process to simplify and guide users through their steps of the overall workflow. Generate visible approval or feedback tasks that can take action if not processed within a time window.Collect the right information based on context, and notify the appropriate staff along the way, to minimize effort and improve overall manageability. Common areas for workflow automation include:Collecting document feedback or signaturesDocument approval and dispositionFinancial request processing such as Purchase Orders, Check Requests, Training requests, and travel requestsMulti-stage business process automation, particularly requests requiring action across departmentsOn-boarding or Off-boarding of staff, including equipment requests, benefits signup, and policy document signaturesWorkflow automation can reduce email overload, and automate request processing so the ongoing work becomes visible, measurable, and managers can focus on exception processing to optimize their time and resources.At Reality Tech we apply the appropriate workflow solution to meet the business objectives. While we apply business analysts third party tools and and programming when necessary, we strive to deliver solutions that are simple, easy to use and cost effective and right-sized for your business.

Install SharePoint the right way. Reality Tech has the know-how to install and configure SharePoint for a range of enterprises.Correct installation of SharePoint with best practices is absolutely cruciail and essential to its success within the organization. There are configuration settings that simply cannot be changed without a full re-installation.SERVICESCorrect configuration of the right set of services that are required by your organizationSOFTWARE AND VERSIONSAssessment of the appropriate SharePoint version and underlying software and OS and path levelsSCRIPTED AUTOMATIONBy taking a script-based approach, the installation can be planned, automated and repeated, if necessary. A scripted installation allows for all servers to be configured the same, and all environments to be simiarly configured. Lastly, script automation can be a core component of the Disaster Recovery Plan.PERFORMANCE TUNINGExceptional performance doesn’t just happen. Performance needs to be planned and designed into an enterprise system. We provide performance tuning at every level, from SharePoint, server, vertualization, SQL Server, storage, IIS, through a myriad of configuration options.DOCUMENTATIONAs part of our installation, we provide precise documentation of the installation, its configuration, and how we performed itFEDERATIONMulti-site federation of services, allowing farms around the world to optimally connect and share information, resulting in a unified and optimal user experienceACCOUNTSAs part of our installation service, we work with your team to plan the service accounts used within the SharePoint environment. This planning is critical, as some configuration aspects are difficult or impossible to change laterWARMUPThe first users of the day can find SharePoint to be sluggish. Avoid that by having Reality Tech configure a warmup script, ensuring early workers have as great an experience as the rest of the organization

Reality Tech are experts in customizing SharePoint to serve your unique business needs. Our services cover the full range of integration, automation, branding and user experience to enable your legacy systems to work seamlessly with SharePointBefore any customization, out of the box SharePoint features are leveraged to deliver maximum capabilities. Reality Tech can brand and refine the user experience to serve your unique business needs. Frequent customizations include:Integration with Legacy SystemsExtended search capabilities to deliver a business oriented and relevant experienceCustom metadata and automated tagging for documents based on context and contentForms and workflows designed to optimize busines processesHybrid on-premises and cloud based integrated SharePoint experience optimized to work with your staff and partnersIntegrated line of business solution based security with SharePointSharePoint security integrated with the line of business solutionWeb Parts, Event Receivers, Workflows and moreProject and team site and template automation to streamline business useIntegrated and dynamic business intelligence and dashboards that consolidate data from across the enterprise for a seamless, visual analytic experienceSharePoint leveraged as a platform for delivering enterprise content and services

We provide the SharePoint training programs for your staff which help make them more effectiveWe create custom training programs to get your staff on-line and up-to-speed to effectively manage and get maximum value out of SharePoint. Our training programs include end-user training, administrative training and programs to get IT staff up to speed and comfortable managing and developing within the SharePoint and .NET framework.Common topics include:Securing documents and sitesManaging accessAdministering SharePointConfiguring SharePoint capabilitiesRefining the search experienceLeveraging collaboration capabilities such as tasks, notifications and calendarsSoftware development within the SharePoint framework

Reality Tech are SharePoint Migration experts with experience in tackling the most challenging large-scale SharePoint migration projectsMigrating successfully requires planing with an understanding of the enterprise, the capabilities of SharePoint, and designing for growth. Let our experts rapidly put in place a plan for phased migration, including infrastructure, training and governance.STRATEGYJust dumping from source to destination adds little value. The magic is in fixing or adusting the minimum amount to bring some coherence and manageability to the resulting document corpus. Reality Tech bring vast experience to guiding your organization to the right decisions.WHAT TO MIGRATEdeciding what to retire is the flip side of deciding what to migrate. Any significant document volumes that can be retired are a “win” for IT to manage the ever growing volume of documents.PHASED AND ITERATIVE MIGRATIONMigrations of any significance take time. To manage the process, documents can be migrated in waves, iterations, phases or time slices. Whatever method is chosen needs to be linked to user communication and planning.TOOLSIf a migration tool is needed, we can provide Migration tool evaluation, selection, as well as custom built tools.STRUCTUREDetermining the target structure is key to creating an environment that can scale and perform correctly.METADATACentralizing the new SharePoint metadata is crucial. We leverage all of SharePoint capabilities including Taxonomies and Content Type Syndication. Mapping and adjusting or correcting metadata can be done as part of migration as well.SECURITYPreserving adequate security while simplifying where possible makes the environment easier to manage and more useful.MAPPING REPOSITORIESCrucial question include how to map the source system, and onto what SharePoint component; be it site, web, library or folder.

Our focus is getting SharePoint upgraded, so your team can reap all the benefits of the latest versionLet the experts guide you to quickly and efficiently upgrade. We can put an optimal plan in place to avoid the delays and disruption that can impact users.OPTIONSOutline the options and recommend an approach for upgrading SharePoint, taking into account diverse user and department needs.PLANNINGLet us work with your team to create a detailed plan that optimizes existing staff capability and availability, while providing great insights into the cost, effort and duration of the upgrade. We can help launch the project, put in place a plan for the testing, migration and launch of an upgraded and enhanced SharePoint environment.DESIGNDetermine the best software components and design to optimize usability, availability and performance.ASSESSMENTA deep review of the relative merits of migration to SharePoint 2013 and/or SharePoint Online within Office 365. Assess existing customizations, and migration/replacement approach for for your needs.EXECUTIONWe can fast-track your migration, and get your content and users smoothly onto the latest version of SharePoint.INSTALLLet our experts install and configure the upgraded environment using best practices. We use an automated approach to get the install done quickly, in a repeatable fashion, and well documented.OPTIMIZEUpgrade can be the perfect time to right-size your environment, adding benefits such as redundancy, higher performance, and disaster recovery.