New Tool released to CodePlex called The SharePoint Cross-site Configurator!

The SharePoint Cross-site Configurator is really a tool which helps optimize the management of governance across a SharePoint farm. It automates changing governance variables such as expiration policies, auditing policies, content type management settings and many other governance related items.

As governance becomes more and more important to Microsoft we receive more and more documentation on its implications, uses and best practices. Here are some documents that I found extremely useful on a recent IA project.

SPConfigurator

• http://www.codeplex.com/SPConfigurator

Governance Documents

• Sample governance plan

• Governance checklist guideßAwesome!

• Keeping control of your SharePoint sites with IT governance

• Compliance and records management

• Information architecture in SharePoint Server 2007

• SharePoint Products and Technologies customization policy

• Windows SharePoint Services manageability controls

• White paper: Compliance features in the 2007 Microsoft Office system

• White paper: Steps for building governance into SharePoint Server 2007

• Robert Bogue's SharePoint Governance, Part 1

• Robert Bogue's SharePoint Governance, Part