SharePoint: New content management utility

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  • By SrA Jamie Perry
  • 911 AW/PA
PITTSBURGH IAP ARS --  By September 30, 2010 the base Metric page and Shares will be replaced with SharePoint, a content management utility.
The goal of implementing SharePoint for all base operations will help centralize information making it easier to update, maintain and manage. The software will be more secure and also web-based, giving members the ability to log on via CAC reader at home to access information. This will help make telecommuting easier for members.
"SharePoint will give us more functionality and not just a big storage area as we are used too," said Tech Sgt. James Abel, 911th SharePoint Project Lead.
Training classes for twenty preselected members from Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Niagara Falls ARS, and Pittsburgh ARS will be held May 10-14, here for users to learn the capabilities and operation of SharePoint.
"Our goal for holding training classes on SharePoint is to teach key personnel how to use the program and fully utilize all of the benefits it has to offer. After the class, the personnel now have the ability to teach other members on the program," said Sergeant Abel who has been preparing the training since April 2010.
SharePoint will be replacing and enhancing the functionality of the Shares that we have been utilizing. It will help aid in organization of data and keep users current with the most up-to-date information.
"Our goal is to make our SharePoint one that Air Force Reserve Command wants to benchmark off of," said Col. Gordon H. Elwell, Jr.., 911th Airlift Wing commander.