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To folder or not to folder ... that is the question
So, for the past 10 years I've been reading all the best practise guides and websites and telling users not to use folders in their SharePoint document libraries because they're evil! Structured con...
Yes and no. There's still a place for metadata, but it does almost appear as if the SharePoint team has given up.
The reality is no matter how well you architect your taxonomy within SharePoint - people still want folders. And unfortunately when you give them a folder-like experience with custom views, when that library is sync'd to the local machine it's all for naught.
So my guidance is to use metadata where you can, and use folders where metadata won't work.
The reality is no matter how well you architect your taxonomy within SharePoint - people still want folders. And unfortunately when you give them a folder-like experience with custom views, when that library is sync'd to the local machine it's all for naught.
So my guidance is to use metadata where you can, and use folders where metadata won't work.
Thanks Loryan Strant - I guess I'm glad I've picked up on this shift before going crazy with all the unstructured SharePoint sites I've inherited. I think I'll just have to stick with folders until at least the syncing issue is resolved as working offline is critical for my business.
