MatchPoint 3.0 - New Workspace Concept

The New Workspace Concept of MatchPoint Offers Numerous Simplifications and Improvements at Administering SharePoint Workspaces.

Provisioning Template and Workspace Template Definition

MatchPoint provisioning templates allow simple and quick configuring of structure and layout. Existing sites can be exported directly and used as a template.

The workspace template definition allows even simpler and consistent administration of MatchPoint workspaces. In this definition all configuration parameters for a MatchPoint workspace are centrally defined. Among other things form pages can be configured: These allow displaying and editing workspaces, so new applications. For this reason workspaces can be directed and managed even better. Even rights for Create/Edit/View of workspace forms are centrally configured.

Workspace List and Workspace Data Provider

For each workspace template one SharePoint list is generated in which the redirect items for the different workspaces are collectively deposited. This also allows workspaces in larger environments to be aggregated and displayed with high-performance and without SharePoint index related delay. Further, the access with the new workspace data provider is simplified which makes direct access to all metadata fields of the workspace template possible.

Workspace Editor Web Part

The two Web Parts, Site Creator and Site Property Editor were consolidated to a new Workspace Editor Web Part. They use the configuration parameters of the workspace template so that workspace metadata fields can also be centrally administered.

In the workspace template workspaces are defined in a new way. Besides the list as save location for the workspace marker documents, fields for the Workspace Editor Web Part, paths to creation, Edit and View forms or permissions to create, edit and delete workspaces can be declared.

Even in environments with many site collections, the new workspace data provider allows the delay-free displaying of workspaces and their metadata.

Workspace metadata can directly be displayed and edited in a dialog. In the workspace template paths to creation, Editor and View forms can be declared. For this reason complex workspace scenarios are able to be displayed very flexibly.

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