DoIT Annual Report 2017

myUAEU Portal was launched since 2012 using SharePoint 2010. It is the right time to upgrade it to the latest release for SharePoint 2016. There are many

enhancements and benefits that come with this upgrade.

Investments in infrastructure and lab equipment has been an endeavor that various Universities and research institutions in the UAE have taken. With

the continued advancements, the Emirates Scientist’s Council with the support from Provost Office requested to develop a new system that provides

researchers with information on the availability of laboratory equipment across different institutions in the country. One of the Council’s pillars is fostering

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SharePoint 2016 is a lot more stable and faster.

Implement OfficeWeb to have the feature of editing Microsoft Office document online.

Durable Links. Finally. Previously, moving files to a new location or changing a file name broke your link. Now move files wherever you like and your link

remains valid. It may seem like a small thing but to end users this is a big deal. And yet another reason to move off of file shares.

New look and feel.

Adding more feature for end users such as favorite apps, favorite links, and favorite eServices.

Including more social feeds.

Support for more browsers

Better rendering on mobile devices

SharePoint Upgrade to 2016

ShareLab

a collaborative environment conducive of scientific research. Equipment play a vital part in research, we have put together a list of equipment’s that are available in different

institutions for use by researchers.

The ShareLab V1.0 is an online National Research Equipment Sharing system for UAE higher education institutes and other companies working in the research field to reduce the

costly duplication and double purchasing of equipment within UAE higher education institutions and promote the reuse of equipment across the country. Furthermore, the system is

providing a portal search to the public, allowing companies and other third parties to search, request and share out equipment that might otherwise be lying idle.

The system is built using Java 1.6, JSP, JavaScript, CSS3, JQuery and Bootstrap technologies. Backend database Oracle 12c, and the system is integrated with Banner and Active Directory.