IT Planning @ Major College CMGConsulting 3/29/2007 3:22:01 PM I'm in the IT Planning group at a major DC college and we are looking for a solution to keeping track of the many docs/drawings/etc. that go along with our projects. We currently use a program called "Project Office" but it really doesn't provide the functionality and ease of use that OneNote seem's to provide. My question's are this: 1.) Is their anyone in the planning field who uses OneNote and finds it does a good job of tracking multiple project docs/pics/drawings/etc. effectively in a REAL WORLD setting? 2.) Do you need SharePoint to run OneNote effectively? We have a NAS device currently, can we utilize this or is SharePoint required from a usability standpoint? 3.) What kind of support have others needed as far as Server(s), Updating the software and such? We need to justify the cost and I am trying to figure out what the costs would actually be in man hours and equipment. (We have 5-6 group members currently but anticipate adding 3-4 more people possibly.) I know this is a lot to ask but I want to make sure that OneNote would be a good solution for us and I'm relatively new so I don't want to recommend something that could make me look bad.

Re: IT Planning @ Major College "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" <pdschmid[ at ]nospam.mvps.org> 3/29/2007 4:01:22 PM [Quoted Text] > 2.) Do you need SharePoint to run OneNote effectively? We have a NAS device > currently, can we utilize this or is SharePoint required from a usability > standpoint? OneNote synchronization works best with Windows file shares. So your NAS device is probably the best option for you. Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP] -------------- http://pschmid.net *** Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 *** Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize RibbonCustomizer Add-In: http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribboncustomizer OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote *** Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed

Re: IT Planning @ Major College "Ben M. Schorr, MVP" <bens[ at ]bogusaddress.mvp> 3/29/2007 5:29:51 PM Patrick is exactly right - the NAS device is the better solution. -- -Ben- Ben M. Schorr, MVP Roland Schorr & Tower http://www.rolandschorr.com "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" <pdschmid[ at ]nospam.mvps.org> wrote in message news:%23UA8DuhcHHA.4984[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] >> 2.) Do you need SharePoint to run OneNote effectively? We have a NAS > device >> currently, can we utilize this or is SharePoint required from a usability >> standpoint? > OneNote synchronization works best with Windows file shares. So your NAS > device is probably the best option for you. > > Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP] > -------------- > http://pschmid.net > *** > Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 > *** > Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize > RibbonCustomizer Add-In: http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribboncustomizer > OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote > *** > Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed >

Re: IT Planning @ Major College CMGConsulting 3/30/2007 1:22:02 AM Something that we are now thinking of and I wanted to see if it would still hold true is this: We install sharepoint on a new server and use the NAS device, a DELL NAS 725, to store the data or should we just use the sharepoint server to store our data? Is their any kind of benefit to using the NAS for certain functions or should we just drop it altogether for the sharepoint server?