Hello and welcome to my SharePoint Records Management blog. This is the first of what I hope to be many posts discussing Records Management using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server. I started this blog with the hope of clarifying some myths about SharePoint and Records Management, as well as providing a forum for people to ask questions and discuss their own real-world experiences.

Let me introduce myself. My name is Don Lueders and I am a Certified Records Manager (CRM) with a long history in Information Technology. I am also a Certified Document and Imaging Architect (CDIA).  I have worked with virtually all the major Records Management applications during my career and they are all fine solutions, but I am convinced that SharePoint is poised to become the predominate application in not just Records Management, but Enterprise Content Management in general and I want to make sure I’m along for the ride.

My current position with a small ECM consulting firm allows me to experience a great deal of hands-on SharePoint Records Management work and I have come to realize that there simply aren’t enough resources available for Records Management professionals that provide the type of SharePoint information we need.  I hope this blog can become one of those resources.

So thank you for coming and please check back in soon.

Oh, and you’re probably wondering about the beach theme.  I guess I just like the beach.  Don’t worry, it will probably wear off soon enough…