Axceler has introduced a wizard-like tool for centralsing global SharePoint governance policies with version 4.6 of its ControlPoint governance and administration solution. 

The wizard reduces the complexity of defining and implementing governance policies such as storage limit values, versioning settings for lists, permissions analysis and audit settings. 

ControlPoint 4.6 also increases administrative mobility by enabling users to access ControlPoint on an iPad through Safari. In addition, the new version of ControlPoint includes the ability to manage Microsoft Project sites with the rest of a SharePoint environment, giving users the ability for real-time monitoring of permission changes, and allowing duplication of custom permission levels and permissions comparison.

“The initial results of our SharePoint governance research indicate that even with the best-laid plans, most organisations have limited implementations of governance across their SharePoint environments,” said Michael Alden, president and CEO of Axceler. 

“We are continuing our strategy to reduce the complexity and increase the usability of SharePoint governance and administration.”

The Governance Policy Manager streamlines the creation of broad governance policies and the application of instances of those policies across appropriate objects in a SharePoint environment.  For example, quota limit policies can be created, applied and enforced against different sets of sites, since the sites for one team may have a different quota than the sites for another.

It expands management of dynamic and ongoing change requirements, with real-time monitoring of permission changes; enables rollout configurations to multiple objects giving administrators the ability to define once and use everywhere; and the addition of Duplicate Site and List properties to assist in SharePoint configuration.