MetaVis Architect for SharePoint
MetaVis ARCHITECT makes it easy to create, deploy, organize and manage SharePoint 2010, 2007 or 2003 sites. With its intuitive, graphical interface, ARCHITECT lets you create SharePoint taxonomies in record time. Right from the beginning, your sites will be easily understood and well documented. Connect, synchronize, and deploy your new model quickly, thanks to ARCHITECT’s full integration with SharePoint.
MetaVis ARCHITECT is designed to make your SharePoint environment:- More Usable
Through its visual and intuitive design process, ARCHTECT lets IT professionals construct and deliver taxonomy structures that strike the right balance between the user experience and content “find-ability”. - Compliant
By providing users system-wide awareness during design and maintenance; and an ability to create best-of-breed site templates that leverage your existing designs - organizations ensure that consistent standards are followed. Maintain your entire SharePoint taxonomy in a centralized location, providing a “Single Source of the Truth” and a means to manage SharePoint growth. - Accelerated ROI
Architect lets users design, document and compare SharePoint environment offline, reducing the need for dedicated hardware and software. When you’re ready, deploy your entire design (or specific objects) directly to your SharePoint site(s).
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Supported SharePoint Environments
SharePoint Server 2010: Intranet
SharePoint Server 2010: Internet/Extranet
SharePoint Foundation 2010
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007
Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) v3
Microsoft Online (BPOS) and other SharePoint Hosting Providers
SharePoint Portal Server (SPS) 2003 (read only)
Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) v2 (read only)
- Visual Designer
Uses a graphical design environment to create, manage and document SharePoint objects; including sites, list/libraries, content types (and their relationships), column groups and columns. - SharePoint Connectivity
Connect, load and deploy to any site/site collection including hosted environments. (Application respects all SharePoint permissions.) - Site Compare
With its compare feature, Architect becomes a powerful compliance and control tool for your SharePoint taxonomy. Pinpoint differences between sites; copy specific objects between sites or synchronize the entire environment from development to QA to production. - Document your SharePoint
Architect allows you to attach notes and comments to content types, lists and columns in the diagram. Save the information for later use; collaborate with others; or print out a diagram for reference. - Work Remotely
Do all your designing from the convenience of your own computer. - No Server-side Installation Required
All operations are done using SharePoint web services. There is no need to install services, add-ons or agents on the SharePoint server.
Connect to SharePoint
Demonstrates how to connect and load a SharePoint site into MetaVis Architect. The loaded content is then shown in navigator and diagram.
Design and maintain metadata with confidence
MetaVis ARCHITECT’s intuitive capabilities let you focus on the work, not the mechanics. It loads SharePoint metadata into user-friendly tree structures to make design, comparison and modifications quick and easy. Drag-and-drop, cut-and-paste and navigate sites and lists with ease.
See the "big picture" visually
MetaVis ARCHITECT presents metadata in diagram form to get you up to speed on SharePoint sites fast. During analysis, display multiple diagrams at one time (even from different servers!) to see overlaps and gaps. During collaboration and maintenance, selectively hide and display objects to simplify the view.
Set-up new sites in seconds
MetaVis ARCHITECT lets you synchronize and deploy new sites from existing ones to meet client requests quickly. Use a current metadata model to form the foundation of a new one. Never re-invent the wheel again.
Create, modify and remove Lists and Libraries without the hassle
MetaVis ARCHITECT lets you add, change or delete lists and libraries, in existing applications without lengthy re-builds. Define a custom column and its attributes, place it within a list and load back into SharePoint. The update runs as a background job so you’re free to move to your next task.
Meet compliance requirements
MetaVis ARCHITECT makes adding information for ever-changing compliance and governance requirements a non-event. Download the site from SharePoint, copy a content type and inherit its contents, define and add to the content type the custom fields now required, load it back into SharePoint and you’re done.
Document and annotate diagrams for future reference
MetaVis ARCHITECT lets you add place comments anywhere on a map so important information is not forgotten. Inset text boxes for titles and labels, attached notes to objects to explain unique features, highlight recently modified fields, or add brightly-colored sticky notes for alerts, instructions or rules that must be followed.
Designing and Provisioning SharePoint Content Types, Lists and Columns
Demonstrates how to design column, content types and lists in MetaVis Architect and then provision them to SharePoint
Copy/Replicate SharePoint Objects
Demonstrates Drag-n-Drop and Compare methods of copying content types, lists columns between two or more sites.
Compare and Synchronize Sites
MetaVis COMPARE lets you compare and synchronize sites across your enterprise quickly and automatically to ensure that all sites are capturing the attributes mandated by your organizations. COMPARE shows you every discrepancy. Never worry again that your sites have holes or duplicate metadata.
Export and share diagrams to speed workflow
MetaVis ARCHITECT helps you avoid misunderstandings and obtain approvals faster. Creates browser-based HTML diagrams or print-outs that can be emailed and shared with colleagues.
