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Real-Time Presence and Communication3
20080103 May be useful for a small team ... no push durning 2008 look at in 2009
1I’d like to see how this works. I don’t see it as being useful for Rooms per se, though. Where does the information come from? Outlook?3This could be helpful depending on the number of users and the range of adoption. Some staff might find it undesirable to be “locate-able” at all times.5Seems like a “nice to have” that some folks might really like, but I don’t think people expect that level of presence-awareness.IIII
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I see the Presence graphic in the Assigned To column of a Task list. It says "presence is enabled for this column". However, it doesn't seem to show the presence. I gave tasks to me, Martha, and Harold, and I don't see any indication of our status presence.
 
I think this goes somewhere else. There's a section in columns like Assigned To, something called People Picker. You type in a name and type Check Names. it finds it in the directory and underlines it. When you mouse over the name it shows up as "AFSC\username". You also seem to be able to choose groups like "AFSC\haitian_group", which I found using Browse.
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Social Networking Webpart3
20080103 FaceBook or MySpace ... maybe we just use them and not in Star Cafe or maybe we use it for only the 400 people in Active Directory ... Don't worry about this in 2008 ... relook in 2009
9This could be very useful if we want to use the Rooms infrastructure to help people find each other.5Expanding our use of social networking software would be great, but we may want to focus on tools that are already widely used9I think this functionality is very important, but not necessarily via SharePoint. But it is not yet clear to me exactly how this relates to #13 (My Site), #23 (Colleagues/Memberships), #34 (People Search), and the Knowledge Network add-on (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/ha101687241033.aspx)FFNN
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I don't see this in any of the web part libraries.
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Standard Site Templates9
20080103  1. We will use a CSS for our own look and feel like we did in WSS 2.0 except MS has solved the "navigation problem" the Harold and Andy had to work around in 2.0.  Yea ... big behind the scenes ...  We will get a designer like Andy to help us with the standand CSS (style sheet)  We do want master Star Cafe site Templates and we want them to be as standard MS out of the box, but with a non MS feel.  Harold and I have talked to Omicron and they have done this with 3.0 with one of there big clients   they most likely can help us.  Point person is HP&RVG  Need early attention in 2008
1We’re not using any of these standard templates as far as I know. I think we should stick with homebrew versions of our own templates.6Again, these tools (blog, wiki, project site) are incredibly useful – we are already using many non-Microsoft tools for these purposes.7Depending upon how useful these are out of the box, they may be very helpful in pushing design capability out to others.IIII
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Some of the site templates, like the meeting workspaces, have some custom web parts like Agenda and Decision List. I haven't gone through all the templates, but so far I haven't seen anything that has a custom backend to it. They're just lists with custom named fields for a particular purpose. We may want to look at them if we decide to create some templates of our own.
 
Document workspaces seem to behave differently than the others. There isn't the same breadcrumbs
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Wikis9I hope a Windows wiki actually works. This could be a very cool addition to our toolkit, especially if we can make a Star Café-themed wiki and offer it as a standard sub-Room feature. I’d like to see the WYSIWYG in action.9Yes, yes, yes. It’s easy to learn, facilitates collaboration – even among the technologically challenged. Plus, it’s already being used both in IT and in other parts of the organization, so getting buy-in will be easier.9Functionality is essential, though not necessarily using SharePoint’s version.  Advantages of SP’s version, however, include:NNNN
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The wiki is a separate site beneath a site.
 
So far the wiki seems to work very well to do basic things. You can't compare two versions. You can easily see the change between versions, though, that's very nice. There's a check in and out option, but I'd need a few different accounts to see how that works fully. I can't seem to create new pages.
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Blogs5Wasn’t there already a Blog that we tested about a year ago? I think that was a Collutions product. I’d be more in favor of a blog that integrated into a Room.77In KM circles wikis and blogs are usually coupled.  I see less immediate need for blogs, but expect that our desire for them will grow over time.  Again, it doesn’t necessarily have to be SharePoint’s blog, though there are a few integrational advantages.NNNN
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People and Groups Lists9Thank goodness. I bet the Person field type could save us a lot of hassle.9This speaks to the need we’ve heard from our customers for a way to access more information about colleagues.8IIII
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Calendars9Good.9Good. Can’t argue against the usefulness of a calendar.6People may reasonably prefer using Outlook.IIII
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Email Integration737signals is incorporating this into their tools as well. This could be very cool, since people might look at listserv archives in a Room but not bother to log into a separate system. Email could be a part of the Room instead of separate from it.8Sounds great – I’ll be interested to see how this integrates with Outlook’s existing features.7Could be cool.  Note that you would also be able to email content into SharePoint blogs and wikis.NNNN
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Task Coordination7I’m holding my breath but I’m hopeful. I’d like to see how it represents task relationships, that’s a hard one for me to think about.5Sharepoint 3.0 may allow for more complex task management. If not, we should consider relying on other project management tools (Basecamp is one, but others, like Central Desktop, also work well.)9Again, this functionality is essential, but we have to evaluate if SharePoint’s version meets our needs as well as other task managers (e.g., Basecamp)NNNN
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Surveys7Good to hear.2Let’s stick with Survey Monkey. I tend to think that surveys aren’t the most effective way to get staff feedback anyway.3If it hasn’t improved significantly (or has other big integrational advantages, I’d stick with using SurveyMonkeyIIII
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Document Collaboration5Not something I’ve had to deal with but I imagine it would be useful if people are using Rooms to share and edit documents instead of email or a wiki.5Yes! Hopefully this will be a leap towards eliminating the “versioning” problem.9IIII
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Issue Tracking5Haven’t used Issues much but I like how they save versions of themselves.I’m not sure I understand what this is.4Not familiar enough with the function to really judge desirability.IIII
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My Site Personal Site9The Rooms have really been lacking something like this. It’s not a new feature? Maybe we just didn’t implement it. People like personal dashboards. I’m assuming this is different from a Personal View, which we have decided not to use.5This is an idea that Seth and I have been discussing for some time in the project. If it’s easily accessible and editable, it should be great.9I think this functionality is very important, but not necessarily via SharePoint.  And it is not yet clear to me exactly how this relates to #2 (Social Networking Webpart), #23 (Colleagues/Memberships), #34 (People Search), and the Knowledge Network add-on (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/ha101687241033.aspx)II
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Content Syndication5Great, but I don’t know how many people in AFSC use RSS. At least it’s a pretty horizontal learning curve.6Sounds useful.9Functionality essential, but can’t judge if using SharePoint’s is the best.  (One apparent advantage is the ease with which an RSS feed can be applied to saved search criteria if/when using MOSS search.)II
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Privacy & Security9Same as item 13.Seems like a good idea. I’d be curious to know what the security options are and what usage is like at other orgs/companies.9Relevant only IF we use MySiteII
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Site Directory9This is basically what I was recommending that Hosts create manually.9Fantastic. This is the best thing I’ve heard yet. Let’s get it into the lobby so that the StarCafe architecture is easier for users to navigate.7II
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User Profiles and the Profile Store5I don’t really know what this means.7See answer to #8.9Functionality for both User Profiles (and Audience Targeting) is pretty important, but would be best accomplished by whatever “Master User Database” we end up with (inside or outside of SharePoint).  Description of User Profiles can be found here:   http://blah.winsmarts.com/2007-1-User_Profiles_and_Audience_Targeting.aspxII
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Audience Targeting5Ditto.3What would this be used for?9Functionality for both Audience Targeting (and User Profiles) is pretty important, but would be best accomplished by whatever “Master User Database” we end up with (inside or outside of SharePoint).  Description of User Profiles and Audience targeting can be found here:   http://blah.winsmarts.com/2007-1-User_Profiles_and_Audience_Targeting.aspxII
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Site Manager9Anything that makes being a Host easier sounds good to me.7I don’t have any experience managing Sharepoint sites, but this sounds like it could be useful to someone who does.7Could make life a little easier for Site Moderators.NN
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Mobile Device Support1Fancy and useful to some I’m sure, but I really don’t think this should be a consideration for us.5Cool.2Don’t think our clients would demand this heavily.NNN
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Portal Site Templates1We got our templates for now. Nyaah!7See answer to #193I’m inclined to think we’d be better creating such templates from scratch.NN
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SharePoint Sites and Documents Roll-up Web Parts9Hot.9Great ideea. Anything that makes using the Rooms easier to manage and see gets a “9” from me.4Sounds cool, but I’m not sure I see the need.NN
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Colleagues and Memberships Web Parts5Maybe? It depends on how it works.9Same as above.9I think this functionality is very important, but not necessarily via SharePoint. And it is not yet clear to me exactly how this relates to #2 (Social Networking Webpart), #13 (My Site), #34 (People Search), and the Knowledge Network add-on (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/ha101687241033.aspx)NN
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Integration with for Access 2007, Excel 2007, PowerPoint 2007, and Word 20079I think people will really like this. I know I do, even though I don’t use it all that much. I wonder what can be done with Access.9Great. The more integration between software, the better, especially from the support perspective (the easier it is for tech-challenged staff to use these things, the less energy the HelpDesk will have to devote to the tedium of synchronizing them).8As long as we’re in bed with Microsoft...NNNN
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Integration with Outlook 20079I do some limited integration already with my copy of Outlook 2007, but this looks a lot more comprehensive. This could mean that Outlook is a good end tool for personal task management and make a strong case for Rooms being a good task management system for inside AFSC.9Same as above.8same as with the other Office productsNNNN
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Integration with SharePoint Designer9This sounds cool as long as we can use it, which I’m not sure we can based on our current customizations.Don’t know much about this.5I’m not in a position to judge what is the best design platform.IIII
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User Interface5Search is good.9YES! Searchability is so important…and many of the project customers have highlighted the need for better search methods in the StarCafe realm.9assuming we’re not using GoogleIIII
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Search Results5Search is still good.7Again, if this is clean (and doesn’t provide users with too much extraneous information), it could greatly enhance search capabilities.9assuming we’re not using GoogleIIII
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Enterprise Content Sources5Search continues to be good.5Am I right that the Google Appliance would also perform some of these same tasks? Not sure how this is different.9assuming we’re not using GoogleIII
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Relevance5Yep.6Don’t see a problem with this – depends on how it works.9assuming we’re not using GoogleIII
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Administration and Management5I believe you.7Good.9assuming we’re not using GoogleIII
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Indexing Controls5Really, I do.6See answer to #’s 25 and 26.9assuming we’re not using GoogleIII
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Security5You don’t believe me, do you?4Okay, also depends on how this works. As long as there’s no privacy issue, should be fine.9assuming we’re not using GoogleIII
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People Search9This is something different and worth looking at. It could mean a really functional database of users. I’m excited about this.9Fantastic, as I mentioned before (#6).9I think this functionality is very important, but not necessarily via SharePoint. But it is not yet clear to me exactly how this relates to #2 (Social Networking Webpart), #13 (My Site), #23 (Colleagues/Memberships), and the Knowledge Network add-on (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/ha101687241033.aspx)NN
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Business Data Search1Doesn’t look like it applies to us.4I’m not sure how much people would use this, as long as they had the “People Search”.9Akin to Google “Onebox”.  Retrieve content stored in databases.  Could be very helpful.N
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Business Document Workflow Support3Potentially useful. I wonder if this is more regimented than AFSC itself is.3Bob and I came across this idea a the last PA Distance Learning Association meeting. I’m not convinced that it’s not an added burden to the work process.6Interesting, but a) does this fit AFSC’s processes, and b) how burdensome would the corresponding changes to current business processes be?
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Document Management Site Templates3Not really sure what this is.9This could be incredible – I’m very excited to look at this template. It’s another element Seth and I have been discussing in the context of our project. Does translation library actually mean multiple language translations? Could be cool. I ‘m not sure how performance indicators work in here.9IF one of these is a good fit, we could use it for the Desk Reference (and other content-heavy sites).
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Integration with Microsoft Information Rights Management (IRM)5Some people would probably want to see this included.8This speaks to the privacy/security concerns raised by many of our customers. Good.3beyond our needs?NN
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Document Information Panel3Again, not sure.2See answer to #36. I think this would be burdensome and therefore unused.3beyond our needs?NNN
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Document Action Bar5This could be good for things like HR.2Same as above.3beyond our needs?NN
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Retention and Auditing Policies3Don’t know what this means.5Potentially useful – there’s a clear need for articulating clear information management procedures. I’m not sure if this could help us do that.3beyond our needs?NN
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Records Repository3What’s the repository?Would the repository be the document management sites? Unclear.3beyond our needs?NN
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E-Mail Content as Records7Sounds good.8This looks very interesting. Many staff already use email to file/record information…perhaps we should embrace that, rather than rail against it.3beyond our needs?NN
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Legal Holds3Not my area of expertise.5Guess this could come in handy…let’s hope we don’t have to use it.3beyond our needs?NN
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High Fidelity Websites with Consistent Branding7Maybe this is a better way of doing our custom templates than FrontPage. It could also devolve some control to the Hosts.6Sounds good.3beyond our needs?FNN
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Navigation Controls8Vague but interesting.5Also sounds cool. Seth mentioned faceted navigation for the Desk Reference – I’m curious to see if/how this relates to that.3beyond our needs?NN
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Content Authoring7Holding my breath but maybe useful.4I want to know more.6If easy enough to use, could be useful to many AFSC staff.  (How does this differ from, or relate to, #52 (WYSIWYG Web Content Editor)?
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Content Publishing and Deployment3This could be good if we want to take the Rooms into the direction of being a sort of hosting site for groups to have their public pages. Kind of the vision we already have but more specific.I’m not sure how this process currently works, so I can’t say if this would be more or less useful.2beyond our needs?NN
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Site Templates5The Portal sites could be good for cross-office issue groups within AFSC and any networks that might develop within outside groups using the Rooms.9This piqued my interest. It sounds like it has the potential to create a more appealing, “user-friendly” visual aspect of various tools and applications, which would increase customer use tremendously.2Seems to me that the Star Café is unlikely to fit into any pre-defined “enterprise site template”FII
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Page Layouts3This sounds like it has limited use for us if we’re going with a couple standard templates.5This could be helpful for individuals (like myself) who are unfamiliar with designing page layout.3beyond our needs?NN
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Site Variations7I think I know what this might mean. Would this make it easier to access Web Parts from subordinate Rooms?5Bob sounded excited about looking into the prospect of (some of) StarCafe in Spanish, and maybe this would be a way to accomplish that.3beyond our needs?NN
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WYSIWYG Web Content Editor8Yay, I think.I’m unclear on this.6If easy enough to use, could be useful to many AFSC staff.  (How does this differ from, or relate to, #47 (Content Authoring)?NN
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Slide Libraries5Potentially cool.4As far as I know, ImagePortal is the only tool we have to do this sort of thing, and it may be limited to single images. I’m not sure how widely this would be used, though.5Might be nice.  Compare to SlideShare (www.slideshare.net) on the web.NN
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Policies, Auditing and Compliance5Sounds a little fancy for us. It would be good to easily see actions on sites, as part of a Host’s job. Rooms could really use something easy to look at “footprints” that people leave behind, so they know who’s looking at things.6Again, I don’t understand which repositories this refers to.2This is not something we’ve really taken responsibility for in the past.  But I believe Bob has spoken to AFSC counsel about some compliance issues, so maybe it is relevant.  Bob?NN
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Browser-based Forms1Does anyone in AFSC use InfoPath?Don’t know much about this.I’m assuming we’d use Word or PDF forms, which are more familiar to staff.
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Centralized Forms Management and Control7If HR and other form-heavy departments could use InfoPath combined with Rooms to help with their information management, I’m all for it.See answer to #55.2I’m assuming we’d use Word or PDF forms, which are more familiar to staff.
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“Design Once” Development Model5Only if we use InfoPath.See answer to #55.2I’m assuming we’d use Word or PDF forms, which are more familiar to staff.
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Form Import Wizard5Ditto.See answer to #55.2I’m assuming we’d use Word or PDF forms, which are more familiar to staff.N
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Integrated Deployment Model for “No-code” Forms5Ditto.See answer to #55.2I’m assuming we’d use Word or PDF forms, which are more familiar to staff.N
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Compatibility Checker5Ditto.See answer to #55.2I’m assuming we’d use Word or PDF forms, which are more familiar to staff.N
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Integrated, Flexible Spreadsheet Publishing5Ditto.This could be useful.beyond our needs?
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Share, Manage, and Control Spreadsheets4Not super-essential but it could be a good way of keeping and carefully distributing information. There are probably other ways though.This, too. If it allows various people to collaborate on document management and editing, I’m for it.2beyond our needs?
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Web-based Business Intelligence Using Excel Services1Business Intelligence, huh?1This doesn’t seem to apply in our context2beyond our needs?
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Data Connection Libraries5Hard to say. It depends if we find a need to have lots of links to external data, like Access databases.5I’m not sure I’m clear on the ODC concept, but I’d like to know more about the centralized document library feature.2beyond our needs?N
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Business Data Catalog1Doubt we need that.1Again, doesn’t seem relevant to our work.8If this is the only way to get the Search function to retrieve data from within external databases or sharepoint lists, then it seems like it could be important.  (see #35 Business Data Search)N
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Business Data Web Parts1Ditto.1See above.7Useful, if we use the Business Data Catalog (#65)N
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Business Data Actions1Ditto.1See above above.5Perhaps useful, if we use the Business Data Catalog (#65)N
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Integrated Business Intelligence Dashboards1Ditto.1See above above above.5Perhaps useful, if we use the Business Data Catalog (#65)N
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Report Center2Not sure what reports would be produced.5This sounds interesting. I’d like to see it.2beyond our needs?N
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Key Performance Indicators1Ditto.2We’ve talked some in the context of KM about integrating performance indicators into the workflow process…but I’m not sure this is the way to do it.2Beyond our needs?N
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Filter Web Parts1Ditto.Don’t know what this means.2beyond our needs?
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Configuration Management5What?Don’t know what this means, either.2beyond our needs?
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Administration User Interface5Good, I think. I didn’t think the administration pages were that terrible.5This seems like a useful function7IIII
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Delegation9I’m assuming this is a good thing.5Can’t imagine this would hurt.7IIII
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Re-Parenting9Yes. Yes. Yes.5I don’t have much experience or familiarity with building Sharepoint sites, but I’d guess this would be useful.8would be nice to be able to move rooms around more easily.NNNN
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Provisioning3Sounds fun but it doesn’t sound like something we make use of.Does this mean that users of rooms would be able to adjust the template? That could be good or it could wreak havoc for administrators.2beyond our needs?IIII
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Usage Analytics9Good?What is this?2beyond our needs?IIII
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Monitoring5Good?Not sure what this means.2beyond our n