On the SharePoint Team Blog you can now find direct links to the Windows SharePoint Services "v3" beta2 download since it is not available on the Office 2007 Preview Site
Get Windows SharePoint Services "v3" beta2
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Thursday, May 25, 2006
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Office 2007, SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services V3 beta2 and Link Galore (beta)v4
Ah finally, it is here ... get your Office 2007 beta2 ... So, to get things going - check out the links listed below, lots of info to lead the way in Beta2 land.
SharePoint 2007 - General information
SharePoint Server 2007 - Hidden gems
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 ROI
How to: Install Sharepoint 2007 Beta1TR on a single machine
WSS v3 Notes Thursday September 15, 2005
Performance, performance, performance - caching in SharePoint 2007
SharePoint 2007 Product Guide
[SharePoint 2007] What are Content Types?
Microsoft 2007 Office System preview site - Lots of info and also the place to register for the Office 2007 beta2
What are Content Types?
SharePoint 2007-- Get Ready
Naming guides for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
2007 Office system - and the new Office Services
Rolling up information in SharePoint Sites
Upgrade/Migration to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
The Beauty of SharePoint 2007 - Improved Calendar Views
Gates' memo -Beyond business intelligence
New Microsoft Enterprise search products in the pipeline
SharePoint, Microsoft's sleeper hit
MOSS: cross-browser support, WCM XHTML compliance, and ASP.NET 2.0 vs. WSS v3 Web Parts
UK information worker blog
Office 2007 - Everything you know is Different?
Office 2007 Beta 2 - It isn't all about the server SKUs...
Developer documentation
MSDN SDK Documentation SharePoint Server 2007
Windows SharePoint Services "v3" SDK (download)
SharePoint Server 2007 SD
Microsoft Product team blogs
Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Team Blog
Microsoft Records Management Team Blog
Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Team Blog
Knowledge Network blog
Office 2007 Clients
Microsoft Office Access 2007: Rich Client Solutions (MSDN TV)
Top 10 benefits of SharePoint Designer 2007
Outlook 2007
Tudor's blogLots of InfoPath 2007 resources
Using Office SharePoint Designer 2007 with SharePoint 2003
SharePoint - functional enhancements
The Beauty of SharePoint 2007 - Scan for Broken Links
The Beauty of SharePoint 2007 - Sign In As Different User
What is new with Columns?
The Published Links Web service in SharePoint 2007
SharePoint 2007: Mobility Shortcut URL
SharePoint 2007: Multi-valued lookup columns
The Beauty of SharePoint 2007 - Publishing / Copying Documents
Security highlights in SharePoint 2007
SharePoint 2007: Enterprise Search
SharePoint 2007: Enforce Check Out
SharePoint on your Phone!
The Beauty of SharePoint 2007 - Improved Content Editor Web Part
SharePoint 2007: Slide Library
Recycle Bin functionality in SharePoint 2007
[SharePoint 2007 Tip] Versioning in document libraries
SharePoint 2007: RSSViewer Web Part
SharePoint 2007: Folders in a list
SharePoint 2007: My Site
Save as from Microsoft Office improved
YASR: SharePoint 2007 Site Columns
Y.A.S.R.: Forcing Check Out in SharePoint Document Libraries
The Beauty of SharePoint 2007 - Disable Folders in a Document Library
YASR: Navigation in SharePoint 2007, Part One
The Beauty of SharePoint 2007 - Opening Browser Enabled Documents
SharePoint community
Microsoft SharePoint Community site
The IW Center - Community Portal for Information Workers
Webcasts & Videos
MSDN TV: Introduction to Upcoming SharePoint Products and Technologies
The Evolution of Web Content Management in the 2007 Version of Microsoft Office (Webcast -April 18, 2006)
MSDN WebCasts: InfoPath 2007
SharePoint 2007 Recycle Bin administration (wmv)
SharePoint 2007 Backup & restore (wmv)
Developing InfoPath 2007 Forms
Building custom solutions with Excel Services (MSDN TV)
Build your next generation Internet Site using SharePoint Technologies2007 (MIX06 recording)
Office 2007 Partner Technical Readiness Training presentations
Bill Gates at SharePoint Conference 2006
Building ASP.NET Web Parts for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
Creating and Using Site Columns in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
Creating and Using Content Types in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
Getting Up and Running with Excel Services
Creating and Testing Features with Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
Creating and Customizing Site Pages with SharePoint Designer 2007
Creating Custom Workflows with SharePoint Designer 2007
Creating and Customizing Document Information Panels with InfoPath 2007
Extending The Office 2007 User Interface with a Custom Ribbon
Extending The Office 2007 User Interface with a Custom Task Pane
Creating and Using Event Handlers in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
Generating Documents using the Office Open XML File Formats
Search
Knowledge Network for SharePoint Server 2007
More on Knowledge Network
Business Intelligence
Excel services
Excel Team blog
Partial Real-Time Data (RTD) support in Excel Services – Part 1
Partial Real-Time Data (RTD) support in Excel Services – Part 2
Bridging the gap for the enterprise BI needs
SharePoint 2007 - developer stuff
Atlas Pages in SharePoint 2007
On the final approach to beta2 - WSS V3 and ASP.Net 2.0
Free Tool: Register Event Handlers Programmatically (WSS 2007)
ATLAS in SharePoint
Einen Webpart für SharePoint 2007 entwickeln
SharePoint 2007 -- Built on ASP.NET 2.0
Create a SharePoint 2007 webpart step by step
Using an ASP.NET 2.0 WebPart in SharePoint 2007 - Beta 1 tech refresh
Using ASP.NET 2.0 Web Resources in WebParts
Web Parts in ASP.NET 2.0
What's new in the WSS v3 Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.WebPart class?
ASP.NET 2.0 WebPart Communication: The Preface to Sharepoint 2007 WebPart communication
Writing Custom Webparts for Sharepoint 2007
Sharepoint 2007 WebParts Communication
Writing custom editors for Sharepoint 2007 and ASP.NET 2.0 WebParts
Sharepoint 2007 WebPart Connections - The Theory before the Code
Records Management
Why is Microsoft finally investing in Records Management? (Part 3)
The Dilemma of Records Management in the Information Age - To Keep or Not To Keep?
Records Management in the Information Age -- but how do you do that (Part I)?
Records Management in the Information Age - but how do you do that? (Part II)
Records Management in the Information Age -- but how do you do that? (Part 1.5)
Workflow
SharePoint 2007 and workflow
The Beauty of SharePoint 2007 - Custom Workflow Designer
Migration/upgrade to MOSS 2007
Understanding PRESCAN.EXE in MOSS 2007
SharePoint Server 2007 Migration Center
Mapping MCMS 2002 APIs to SharePoint Server 2007: Understand the changes, differences, and benefits of the MCMS APIs as implemented in SharePoint Server.
Planning MCMS 2002 Application Migration to SharePoint Server 2007: Use this guide in planning your migration to SharePoint 2007.
SharePoint Server 2007 for MCMS 2002 Developers: See how SharePoint Server 2007 merges the functionality of MCMS 2002 and SharePoint Portal Server 2003 with new functionality to create one integrated set of technologies built on Windows SharePoint Services.
Web Content Management
WebCast: Preparing for Web Content Management with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Page anatomy in Office SharePoint Server 2007
SharePoint 2007: Page Life Cycle
Content deployment in Office SharePoint Server 2007
MCMS 2002 assessment toolAssess and analyze your Microsoft Content Management Server (MCMS) 2002 site to determine the level of work needed to migrate it to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.
Business Data Catalog
Business Data Catalog
SharePoint 2007: Business Data Catalog
[DevCon 2006] Business Data Catalog
SharePoint 2007 Business Data Catalog (BDC)
Database Metadata Generator for the Business Data Catalog
Business data catalog samples - GotDotNet project dedicated to using the BDC within MOSS, it will provide Application Definitions samples for many common LOB systems.
SharePoint conference material
Office Developer conference 2006 keynote continued
Office Developer conference 2006 continued
Office DevCon 2006: Day 3
[DevCon 2006] Visual Studio Extensions for SharePoint Services
[DevCon 2006] Bill's keynote: "It's more then you think"
SharePoint Conference 2006
Office2007sharepoint2007Office12moss+2007
SharePoint 2007 - General information
Developer documentation
Microsoft Product team blogs
Office 2007 Clients
SharePoint - functional enhancements
SharePoint community
Webcasts & Videos
Search
Business Intelligence
SharePoint 2007 - developer stuff
Records Management
Workflow
Migration/upgrade to MOSS 2007
Web Content Management
Business Data Catalog
SharePoint conference material
Office2007sharepoint2007Office12moss+2007
Change your RSS feed for jopx.blogspot.com
For those of you who are using this feed url http://jopx.blogspot.com/atom.xml - please change it to http://feeds.feedburner.com/Jopx - this way I can track how people are actually reading this blog ....
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Share your OPML
Definitely worth a look http://share.opml.org. OPML (Outline Processor Markup Language) is an XML format which is used to create portable lists of RSS feeds. Share your OPML offers the possibility to upload your own OPML file and to look for people which read similar blogs or you can also check who's reading your blog.
Sunday, May 21, 2006
Architecture and architects - what about it?
Arno Nel posted a couple of statements about architecture a couple of weeks ago:
Architecture is 50% business, 50% Tech.
The Architect doesn't decide wether or not to use DataGrids.
The Architect doesn't care about coding standards
The Architect doesn't care about reading UML
The Architect doesn't care about Agile/RUP/MSF etc
The Architect translates IT to Business
"Microsoft believes that traveling the “arc of possibility” is the foundation of everything done by creative developers, IT professionals, and business people with a mission. Architecture transcends the individual and creates a community of ideas with a shared language of design. Architecture crosses the boundaries of systems to unite the components of business."
What do YOU think Architecture is, cause I certainly don't know.
I definitely think he has a point here - nobody seems to be able to clearly define what an architect really does... You could say that an architect has to translate business needs into a solution or that he has to look ahead and fill in the bigger picture for a customer but this does create a lot of overlap with we call functional analysts or business consultants. The only thing which seems to distinguish an architect from a business consultant or functional analyst seems to be his thorough understanding of technological building blocks. Robert Bogue responed with some interesting comments - What is Architecture?:
However, my thoughts on your statements are ...
1) On Architecture is 50% business, 50% tech -- I'd say that architecture is one part art (elegance, simplicity), one part facilitated visioning (getting a common idea of what is going on), and one part conversion (converting requirements into design). While it's true that business and technology are both required, I'd say that the important aspects are not well respected with this point of view. Knowing how to facilitate people coming together, knowing how to convert requirements into design, and knowing how to maintain simplicity in the face of complexity are a much more important perspective.
2) On The Architected doesn't decide w[h]ether or not to use DataGrids I don't know that I can agree to this statement in every case. It depends upon what the solution is and what is necessary. She may decide that DataGrids are critical to some reusability that is desired and could specify them. However, in most cases, you're right. In most cases shouldn't be any reason why an architect would specify the use of DataGrids or not. Think of it this way, a traditional building architect doesn't generally specify the supplier for a bolt only how strong it must be.
3) On The architect doesn[']t care about coding standards I heartily disagree here. He doesn't care WHAT is in the coding standards but he does that they exist. In the same way that a building architect doesn't care what kind of light fixtures are used in the building but does care that they all match (consistency) or coordinate (complimentary).
4) On The architect doesn[']t care about reading UML Here to I heartily disagree. I don't disagree that the architect won't read all the UML, however, I believe the architect should do "drive bys" of what is being constructed. That includes reviews of the UML and any other supporting documentation being used to construct the actual solution. If the point is that they don't care whether it's UML or something else I disagree again. The architect's time is overcommitted. If the architect understands UML then UML should be used to facilitate communication (reduce the cost) and to make communications more effective.
5) On The architect doesn[']t care about Agile/RUP/MSF etc. Again, I disagree. The architect needs to understand the process being used to know how to insert themselves into the process in a way that is both timely and respectful of the process. Choosing an approach that they are familiar with is important. Also, they may decide that to achieve the objectives one may work better than another. For instance, an agile approach will work better with poorly understood requirements. RUP will work better with risky components to the project, etc.
6) On The Architect translates IT to Business While I agree that the statement is true I believe it misses the fundamental truth that an architect guides a conversion process from raw data into a solution. Also, I'd argue that the statement even in it's form here should be reversed. They help to translate the business problems into IT solutions (not IT into business.)
In a recent discussion, I heard the statement - "An architect is technology agnostic" - he does not care if the solution will be build with Microsoft or Java - he has to have experience with multiple patforms. Mmm, seems like a rather challenging requirement - I only know of a handfull of people who actually have worked with both Java and Microsoft. I also guess it is not really realistic to keep an indepth understanding of both technologies. I don't know about what you think but I'm having a hard time keeping up with all the new stuff Microsoft releases. Maybe Michael Platt posts about architecture type definitions provides some extra insight - he's talking about 3 different types of architects: enterprise architects, solutions architects and infrastructure architects. Simon Says has a similar posting about Architect personas. The last one is definitly worthwhile to read especially for the interesting comments - here's my favorite one :This could run and run, but its a sign of the growing maturity of the IT profession that there's a discussion at all [about architecture].
So yes, architecture is not something to dismiss as a fad or as yet another buzzword - I think that Craig Andera in The definition of architecture - clarifies things a lot - "What should a software architect do?" It now seems fairly obvious to me that the answer is "Design software". and As is having an intimate knowledge of the technologies involved - good software architects should be reasonably good coders the same way good physical architects should know the properties of drywall and steel! . So maybe architects don't care about datagrids but they should at least know when to use a datagrid and when a repeater.
So suppose you want to hire an architect - what type of questions shoud you ask him - I found these questions from Java Interview attended by Banta Singh - as well as the answers quite amusing. But maybe, these are the kind of answers somebody gets when he starts to get a little deeper in a interview with a so called "architect". Microsoft recently published an interview to promote their new architects certification - Roundtable Q&A: What Makes a Good IT Architect? Three IT experts who helped craft the new Microsoft Certified Architect credential explain how the IT pro’s skill set has evolved from pure technologist into strategic business manager. - also worth a look as well as these comments about the new Architect certification.
What do YOU think Architecture is, cause I certainly don't know.
I definitely think he has a point here - nobody seems to be able to clearly define what an architect really does... You could say that an architect has to translate business needs into a solution or that he has to look ahead and fill in the bigger picture for a customer but this does create a lot of overlap with we call functional analysts or business consultants. The only thing which seems to distinguish an architect from a business consultant or functional analyst seems to be his thorough understanding of technological building blocks. Robert Bogue responed with some interesting comments - What is Architecture?:
However, my thoughts on your statements are ...
1) On Architecture is 50% business, 50% tech -- I'd say that architecture is one part art (elegance, simplicity), one part facilitated visioning (getting a common idea of what is going on), and one part conversion (converting requirements into design). While it's true that business and technology are both required, I'd say that the important aspects are not well respected with this point of view. Knowing how to facilitate people coming together, knowing how to convert requirements into design, and knowing how to maintain simplicity in the face of complexity are a much more important perspective.
2) On The Architected doesn't decide w[h]ether or not to use DataGrids I don't know that I can agree to this statement in every case. It depends upon what the solution is and what is necessary. She may decide that DataGrids are critical to some reusability that is desired and could specify them. However, in most cases, you're right. In most cases shouldn't be any reason why an architect would specify the use of DataGrids or not. Think of it this way, a traditional building architect doesn't generally specify the supplier for a bolt only how strong it must be.
3) On The architect doesn[']t care about coding standards I heartily disagree here. He doesn't care WHAT is in the coding standards but he does that they exist. In the same way that a building architect doesn't care what kind of light fixtures are used in the building but does care that they all match (consistency) or coordinate (complimentary).
4) On The architect doesn[']t care about reading UML Here to I heartily disagree. I don't disagree that the architect won't read all the UML, however, I believe the architect should do "drive bys" of what is being constructed. That includes reviews of the UML and any other supporting documentation being used to construct the actual solution. If the point is that they don't care whether it's UML or something else I disagree again. The architect's time is overcommitted. If the architect understands UML then UML should be used to facilitate communication (reduce the cost) and to make communications more effective.
5) On The architect doesn[']t care about Agile/RUP/MSF etc. Again, I disagree. The architect needs to understand the process being used to know how to insert themselves into the process in a way that is both timely and respectful of the process. Choosing an approach that they are familiar with is important. Also, they may decide that to achieve the objectives one may work better than another. For instance, an agile approach will work better with poorly understood requirements. RUP will work better with risky components to the project, etc.
6) On The Architect translates IT to Business While I agree that the statement is true I believe it misses the fundamental truth that an architect guides a conversion process from raw data into a solution. Also, I'd argue that the statement even in it's form here should be reversed. They help to translate the business problems into IT solutions (not IT into business.)
In a recent discussion, I heard the statement - "An architect is technology agnostic" - he does not care if the solution will be build with Microsoft or Java - he has to have experience with multiple patforms. Mmm, seems like a rather challenging requirement - I only know of a handfull of people who actually have worked with both Java and Microsoft. I also guess it is not really realistic to keep an indepth understanding of both technologies. I don't know about what you think but I'm having a hard time keeping up with all the new stuff Microsoft releases. Maybe Michael Platt posts about architecture type definitions provides some extra insight - he's talking about 3 different types of architects: enterprise architects, solutions architects and infrastructure architects. Simon Says has a similar posting about Architect personas. The last one is definitly worthwhile to read especially for the interesting comments - here's my favorite one :
So yes, architecture is not something to dismiss as a fad or as yet another buzzword - I think that Craig Andera in The definition of architecture - clarifies things a lot - "What should a software architect do?" It now seems fairly obvious to me that the answer is "Design software". and As is having an intimate knowledge of the technologies involved - good software architects should be reasonably good coders the same way good physical architects should know the properties of drywall and steel! . So maybe architects don't care about datagrids but they should at least know when to use a datagrid and when a repeater.
So suppose you want to hire an architect - what type of questions shoud you ask him - I found these questions from Java Interview attended by Banta Singh - as well as the answers quite amusing. But maybe, these are the kind of answers somebody gets when he starts to get a little deeper in a interview with a so called "architect". Microsoft recently published an interview to promote their new architects certification - Roundtable Q&A: What Makes a Good IT Architect? Three IT experts who helped craft the new Microsoft Certified Architect credential explain how the IT pro’s skill set has evolved from pure technologist into strategic business manager. - also worth a look as well as these comments about the new Architect certification.
Friday, May 19, 2006
Office 2007, SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services V3 Link Galore V3
As IWkid wrote - "If the word on the street can be trusted, we should see Beta 2 builds of both Windows Vista and Office 2007 in the next week. That means its time to back up files, re-build virtual machines, and get plans in order for testing the next builds." But it is simply amazing about how much information about Office 2007, SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services V3 has been published the previous week - I created a second summary a week ago 2007 Office System- not it is time for another update. Probably a nice reference when you start testing out the beta2 build.
Update Version v4 of this list with lots of updates is available
SharePoint 2007 - General information
SharePoint Server 2007 - Hidden gems
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 ROI
How to: Install Sharepoint 2007 Beta1TR on a single machine
WSS v3 Notes Thursday September 15, 2005
Performance, performance, performance - caching in SharePoint 2007
SharePoint 2007 Product Guide
[SharePoint 2007] What are Content Types?
Microsoft 2007 Office System preview site - Lots of info and also the place to register for the Office 2007 beta2
What are Content Types?
SharePoint 2007-- Get Ready
Naming guides for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
2007 Office system - and the new Office Services
Rolling up information in SharePoint Sites
Upgrade/Migration to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
The Beauty of SharePoint 2007 - Improved Calendar Views
Microsoft Product team blogs
Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Team Blog
Microsoft Records Management Team Blog
Office 2007 Clients
Microsoft Office Access 2007: Rich Client Solutions (MSDN TV)
Top 10 benefits of SharePoint Designer 2007
Outlook 2007
Tudor's blogLots of InfoPath 2007 resources
Using Office SharePoint Designer 2007 with SharePoint 2003
SharePoint - functional enhancements
The Beauty of SharePoint 2007 - Scan for Broken Links
The Beauty of SharePoint 2007 - Sign In As Different User
What is new with Columns?
The Published Links Web service in SharePoint 2007
SharePoint 2007: Mobility Shortcut URL
SharePoint 2007: Multi-valued lookup columns
The Beauty of SharePoint 2007 - Publishing / Copying Documents
Security highlights in SharePoint 2007
SharePoint 2007: Enterprise Search
SharePoint 2007: Enforce Check Out
SharePoint on your Phone!
The Beauty of SharePoint 2007 - Improved Content Editor Web Part
SharePoint 2007: Slide Library
Recycle Bin functionality in SharePoint 2007
[SharePoint 2007 Tip] Versioning in document libraries
SharePoint 2007: RSSViewer Web Part
SharePoint 2007: Folders in a list
SharePoint 2007: My Site
Save as from Microsoft Office improved
YASR: SharePoint 2007 Site Columns
Y.A.S.R.: Forcing Check Out in SharePoint Document Libraries
The Beauty of SharePoint 2007 - Disable Folders in a Document Library
YASR: Navigation in SharePoint 2007, Part One
The Beauty of SharePoint 2007 - Opening Browser Enabled Documents
SharePoint community
Microsoft SharePoint Community site
Webcasts & Videos
MSDN TV: Introduction to Upcoming SharePoint Products and Technologies
The Evolution of Web Content Management in the 2007 Version of Microsoft Office (Webcast -April 18, 2006)
MSDN WebCasts: InfoPath 2007
SharePoint 2007 Recycle Bin administration (wmv)
SharePoint 2007 Backup & restore (wmv)
Developing InfoPath 2007 Forms
Building custom solutions with Excel Services (MSDN TV)
Build your next generation Internet Site using SharePoint Technologies2007 (MIX06 recording)
Office 2007 Partner Technical Readiness Training presentations
Business Intelligence
Excel services
Excel Team blog
SharePoint 2007 - developer stuff
Atlas Pages in SharePoint 2007
On the final approach to beta2 - WSS V3 and ASP.Net 2.0
Free Tool: Register Event Handlers Programmatically (WSS 2007)
ATLAS in SharePoint
Einen Webpart für SharePoint 2007 entwickeln
SharePoint 2007 -- Built on ASP.NET 2.0
Create a SharePoint 2007 webpart step by step
Using an ASP.NET 2.0 WebPart in SharePoint 2007 - Beta 1 tech refresh
Using ASP.NET 2.0 Web Resources in WebParts
Records Management
Why is Microsoft finally investing in Records Management? (Part 3)
The Dilemma of Records Management in the Information Age - To Keep or Not To Keep?
Records Management in the Information Age -- but how do you do that (Part I)?
Records Management in the Information Age - but how do you do that? (Part II)
Records Management in the Information Age -- but how do you do that? (Part 1.5)
Workflow
SharePoint 2007 and workflow
The Beauty of SharePoint 2007 - Custom Workflow Designer
Migration/upgrade to MOSS 2007
Understanding PRESCAN.EXE in MOSS 2007
Web Content Management
WebCast: Preparing for Web Content Management with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Page anatomy in Office SharePoint Server 2007
SharePoint 2007: Page Life Cycle
Content deployment in Office SharePoint Server 2007
Business Data Catalog
>Business Data Catalog
SharePoint 2007: Business Data Catalog
[DevCon 2006] Business Data Catalog
SharePoint 2007 Business Data Catalog (BDC)
SharePoint conference material
Office Developer conference 2006 keynote continued
Office Developer conference 2006 continued
Office DevCon 2006: Day 3
[DevCon 2006] Visual Studio Extensions for SharePoint Services
[DevCon 2006] Bill's keynote: "It's more then you think"
Office2007sharepoint2007Office12
Update Version v4 of this list with lots of updates is available
SharePoint 2007 - General information
Microsoft Product team blogs
Office 2007 Clients
SharePoint - functional enhancements
SharePoint community
Webcasts & Videos
Business Intelligence
SharePoint 2007 - developer stuff
Records Management
Workflow
Migration/upgrade to MOSS 2007
Web Content Management
Business Data Catalog
SharePoint conference material
Office2007sharepoint2007Office12
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Knowledge Network in SharePoint Server 2007 ...
I found this interesting piece of information in an article about Microsoft's CEO summit -
Microsoft also showed a technology called "Knowledge Network," which will use techniques from social networking software to help people connect with others and find experts on particular subjects within their own companies.
For example, it looks at a person's contacts and reporting relationships to find commonalities among different people. It also scans e-mails for keywords that indicate connections between different people -- even to point out basic conversation starters such as common interests. It's expected to be part of the upcoming version of Microsoft's SharePoint Server program.
Kirk Koenigsbauer, general manager in Microsoft's Information Worker group, said the system will address privacy concerns by letting people choose whether and how to participate, in addition to letting them control the information that's scanned and viewable to others.
Anybody care to comment?
Update: I just found a posting on Philip Weats blog, giving more details:
Microsoft just publicly released information on their enterprise social networking software – Knowledge Network.
This is an Outlook plug-in that scans for expertise and social connections in email and a server component that displays the information in a discoverable and searchable manner.
The Microsoft team has done a lot of work making sure that users are in control of what information is gathered (items marked personal or confidential are not shared, and the user reviews all information before it’s uploaded to the server) and to make it seamless with the SharePoint server that collects the information (it’s tied into both search and the public MySite view.) Look for a lot more information as we start kicking the tires on it in Beta 2!
sharepoint2007Office2007
Microsoft also showed a technology called "Knowledge Network," which will use techniques from social networking software to help people connect with others and find experts on particular subjects within their own companies.
For example, it looks at a person's contacts and reporting relationships to find commonalities among different people. It also scans e-mails for keywords that indicate connections between different people -- even to point out basic conversation starters such as common interests. It's expected to be part of the upcoming version of Microsoft's SharePoint Server program.
Kirk Koenigsbauer, general manager in Microsoft's Information Worker group, said the system will address privacy concerns by letting people choose whether and how to participate, in addition to letting them control the information that's scanned and viewable to others.
Anybody care to comment?
Update: I just found a posting on Philip Weats blog, giving more details:
Microsoft just publicly released information on their enterprise social networking software – Knowledge Network.
This is an Outlook plug-in that scans for expertise and social connections in email and a server component that displays the information in a discoverable and searchable manner.
The Microsoft team has done a lot of work making sure that users are in control of what information is gathered (items marked personal or confidential are not shared, and the user reviews all information before it’s uploaded to the server) and to make it seamless with the SharePoint server that collects the information (it’s tied into both search and the public MySite view.) Look for a lot more information as we start kicking the tires on it in Beta 2!
sharepoint2007Office2007
I know what I will do this summer - Workflow Foundation ....
I definitely think Workflow Foundation is one of the most interesting things that will RTM this year - except 2007 Office System off course ;-) .... This is what I'm going to take a look at in the next couple of months:
Create And Host Custom Designers With The .NET Framework 2.0
Windows Workflow Foundation Runtime Hosting and Services (MSDN webcast)
Manage application processes with Windows Workflow Foundation
Using Workflow Foundation to run a page flow
Leveraging Windows Workflow Foundation for Scientific Workflows in Wind Tunnel Applications
Architect Journal - Explore human workflow architectures
Cutting Edge: Windows Workflow Foundation part 2
Six Microsoft Products Building on Windows Workflow Foundation
Test out Windows Workflow Foundation - Beta 2 using Virutal Labs
workflow
workflow
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Bullshit Bingo - How to stay awake in meetings
From Guy Bursteins blog
Do you keep falling asleep in meetings and seminars? What about those long and boring conference calls? Here's a way to change all of that.
1. Before (or during) your next meeting, seminar, or conference call, prepare yourself by drawing a square. I find that 5" x 5" is a good size. Divide the card into columns - five across and five down. That will give you 25 one-inch blocks.
2. Write one of the following words/phrases in each block:
synergy
strategic fit
core competences
best practice
bottom line
revisit
expeditious
to tell you the truth (or "the truth is")
24/7
out of the loop
benchmark
value-added
proactive
win-win
think outside the box
fast track
result-driven
empower (or empowerment)
knowledge base
at the end of the day
touch base
mindset
client focus(ed)
paradigm
game plan
leverage
3. Check off the appropriate block when you hear one of those words/phrases.
4. When you get five blocks horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, stand up and shout "BULLSHIT!"
Testimonials from satisfied "Bullshit Bingo" players: "I had been in the meeting for only five minutes when I won." - Adam, Atlanta "My attention span at meetings has improved dramatically." - David, Florida "What a gas! Meetings will never be the same for me after my first win." - Dan, New York City "The atmosphere was tense in the last process meeting as 14 of us waited for the fifth box." - Ben, Denver "The speaker was stunned as eight of us screamed 'BULLSHIT!' for the third time in two hours." - Paul, Cleveland
Enjoy your meetings!
Do you keep falling asleep in meetings and seminars? What about those long and boring conference calls? Here's a way to change all of that.
1. Before (or during) your next meeting, seminar, or conference call, prepare yourself by drawing a square. I find that 5" x 5" is a good size. Divide the card into columns - five across and five down. That will give you 25 one-inch blocks.
2. Write one of the following words/phrases in each block:
3. Check off the appropriate block when you hear one of those words/phrases.
4. When you get five blocks horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, stand up and shout "BULLSHIT!"
Testimonials from satisfied "Bullshit Bingo" players: "I had been in the meeting for only five minutes when I won." - Adam, Atlanta "My attention span at meetings has improved dramatically." - David, Florida "What a gas! Meetings will never be the same for me after my first win." - Dan, New York City "The atmosphere was tense in the last process meeting as 14 of us waited for the fifth box." - Ben, Denver "The speaker was stunned as eight of us screamed 'BULLSHIT!' for the third time in two hours." - Paul, Cleveland
Enjoy your meetings!
Microsoft Office Communicator Web Access and Office Communicator Mobile
Live Communication Server (LCS) 2005 is definitely an interesting product - it allows you to provide online presence support and a corporate messaging platform - currently I'm working with LCS through Office Communicator but it seems that there also exists a web enabled version and one for mobile devices - for more info, check out the links below:
Microsoft Office Communicator Web Access
Office Communicator Web Access: Microsoft Office Communicator Web Access Getting Started Guide
Office Communicator Web Access: Microsoft Office Communicator Web Access Planning and Deployment Guide
Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile
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Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Who is linking to your site
Found this on Steve Rubels blog and immediately added it to mine as well:
WhoLinked is a nifty little javascript widget for a blog or a Web site that shows you who's linking to you. It queries the search engines for your links, then sends the results to your WhoLinked box for your visitors to see. The information comes from Google, Yahoo! and MSN. I have added it to my blog sidebar.
WhoLinked is a nifty little javascript widget for a blog or a Web site that shows you who's linking to you. It queries the search engines for your links, then sends the results to your WhoLinked box for your visitors to see. The information comes from Google, Yahoo! and MSN. I have added it to my blog sidebar.
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
Office 2007, SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services V3 Link Galore V2
I posted a first couple of links about 2007 Office System a while ago - since then a lot of new info has appeared - so time for an update. I categorized the stuff a little bit to keep a little bit of structure, ...
SharePoint 2007 - General information
SharePoint Server 2007 - Hidden gems
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 ROI
How to: Install Sharepoint 2007 Beta1TR on a single machine
WSS v3 Notes Thursday September 15, 2005
Performance, performance, performance - caching in SharePoint 2007
SharePoint 2007 Product Guide
[SharePoint 2007] What are Content Types?
Microsoft 2007 Office System preview site - Lots of info and also the place to register for the Office 2007 beta2
What are Content Types?
SharePoint 2007-- Get Ready
Naming guides for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
2007 Office system - and the new Office Services
Rolling up information in SharePoint Sites
Upgrade/Migration to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Microsoft Product team blogs
Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Team Blog
Microsoft Records Management Team Blog
Office 2007 Clients
Microsoft Office Access 2007: Rich Client Solutions (MSDN TV)
Top 10 benefits of SharePoint Designer 2007
Outlook 2007
Tudor's blogLots of InfoPath 2007 resources
Using Office SharePoint Designer 2007 with SharePoint 2003
SharePoint - functional enhancements
The Beauty of SharePoint 2007 - Scan for Broken Links
The Beauty of SharePoint 2007 - Sign In As Different User
What is new with Columns?
The Published Links Web service in SharePoint 2007
SharePoint 2007: Mobility Shortcut URL
SharePoint 2007: Multi-valued lookup columns
The Beauty of SharePoint 2007 - Publishing / Copying Documents
Security highlights in SharePoint 2007
SharePoint 2007: Enterprise Search
SharePoint 2007: Enforce Check Out
SharePoint on your Phone!
The Beauty of SharePoint 2007 - Improved Content Editor Web Part
SharePoint 2007: Slide Library
Recycle Bin functionality in SharePoint 2007
[SharePoint 2007 Tip] Versioning in document libraries
SharePoint 2007: RSSViewer Web Part
SharePoint 2007: Folders in a list
SharePoint 2007: My Site
Save as from Microsoft Office improved
Webcasts & Videos
MSDN TV: Introduction to Upcoming SharePoint Products and Technologies
The Evolution of Web Content Management in the 2007 Version of Microsoft Office (Webcast -April 18, 2006)
MSDN WebCasts: InfoPath 2007
SharePoint 2007 Recycle Bin administration (wmv)
SharePoint 2007 Backup & restore (wmv)
Developing InfoPath 2007 Forms
Building custom solutions with Excel Services (MSDN TV)
Business Intelligence
Excel services
Excel Team blog
SharePoint 2007 - developer stuff
Atlas Pages in SharePoint 2007
On the final approach to beta2 - WSS V3 and ASP.Net 2.0
Free Tool: Register Event Handlers Programmatically (WSS 2007)
Einen Webpart für SharePoint 2007 entwickeln
SharePoint 2007 -- Built on ASP.NET 2.0
Create a SharePoint 2007 webpart step by step
Using an ASP.NET 2.0 WebPart in SharePoint 2007 - Beta 1 tech refresh
Records Management
Why is Microsoft finally investing in Records Management? (Part 3)
The Dilemma of Records Management in the Information Age - To Keep or Not To Keep?
Records Management in the Information Age -- but how do you do that (Part I)?
Records Management in the Information Age – but how do you do that? (Part II)
Records Management in the Information Age -- but how do you do that? (Part 1.5)
Workflow
SharePoint 2007 and workflow
The Beauty of SharePoint 2007 - Custom Workflow Designer
Web Content Management
WebCast: Preparing for Web Content Management with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Page anatomy in Office SharePoint Server 2007
SharePoint 2007: Page Life Cycle
Content deployment in Office SharePoint Server 2007
Business Data Catalog
>Business Data Catalog
SharePoint 2007: Business Data Catalog
[DevCon 2006] Business Data Catalog
SharePoint conference material
Office Developer conference 2006 keynote continued
Office Developer conference 2006 continued
Office DevCon 2006: Day 3
[DevCon 2006] Visual Studio Extensions for SharePoint Services
[DevCon 2006] Bill's keynote: "It's more then you think"
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SharePoint 2007 - General information
Microsoft Product team blogs
Office 2007 Clients
SharePoint - functional enhancements
Webcasts & Videos
Business Intelligence
SharePoint 2007 - developer stuff
Records Management
Workflow
Web Content Management
Business Data Catalog
SharePoint conference material
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Wednesday, May 03, 2006
ASP.Net 2.0, Web Application Project and some other cool stuff
I just started with a conversion from webproject written with ASP.Net 1.1 to ASP.Net 2.0 and I have to say things are running smoother then I expected - if you want to know more you should definitely read Visual Studio 2005 - Introduction to Web Application Projects - you can also start immediately with the download of Visual Studio Web Application Projects RC1. The introduction whitepaper describes the different steps you should follow while performing an upgrade:
Step 1: Install the Visual Studio 2005 Web Application Project Preview
Step 2: Back Up Your Visual Studio .NET 2003 Projects
Step 3: Open and Verify your Visual Studio .NET 2003 Web Project
Step 4: Migrate the Solution to Visual Studio 2005 - a migration wizard automatically opens when you open the solution file with the Visual Studio 2005
Step 5: Verify in Visual Studio 2005 - I only had to remove some naming conflicts as well as some problems with code behind files of Crystal Reports
Step 6: Covert Code-Behind Classes to Partial Classes
Step 7: Examine and Resolve XHTML Compliance Issues
Scott also announced that the final version of the Web Application Project will be available quite soon.
Now, I can finally all the great ASP.Net features such as master pages, the new gridview controls and the new provider model. For more info, check out the links listed below.
Some other usefull links:
Microsoft .NET Pet Shop 4: Migrating an ASP.NET 1.1 Application to 2.0
Visual Studio Web Application Project Site
ASP.Net 2.0 Membership, roles, forms authentication and security resources
Paging through lots of data efficiently (100,000 records + using Atlas for Ajax refresh updates)
Efficient data paging with the ASP.NET 2.0 DataList Control and ObjectDataSource
Custom Paging in ASP.NET 2.0 with SQL 2005
Sorting Custom Paged Results
Scott Guttries "ASP.Net Tips & tricks" presentation & samples from ASP.Net connections
Source Code for the Built-in ASP.NET 2.0 Providers Now Available for Download
ASP.NET 2.0 Master Pages Introduction
ASP.NET 2.0 Master Pages Tips, Tricks and Traps
Extending the Gridview control
Web Application Project Forums
A Crash Course on ASP.NET Control Development: Building Callback Capabilities in ASP.NET Rich Controls
Using Javascript along with ASP.Net 2.0
asp.netasp.net 2.0
Scott also announced that the final version of the Web Application Project will be available quite soon.
Now, I can finally all the great ASP.Net features such as master pages, the new gridview controls and the new provider model. For more info, check out the links listed below.
Some other usefull links:
asp.netasp.net 2.0
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
SharePoint stress testing and could not bind to windows management on a test client
I recently tried out James Edelen post about SharePoint stress testing with Application Center Test (ACT) but I stumbled quite rapidly on the next error "Could not bind to windows management on a test client" - fortunately this Microsoft support article brought a solution - PRB: Error Message: Could not bind to windows management on a test client
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SharePoint
OneNote, Wikis and Office SharePoint Server 2007
I'm quite a heavy user of OneNote so I thought that the article - OneNote as a wiki front end was quite interesting. I was wondering if anybody has a complete solution in place with a combination of SharePoint and OneNote as wiki editing tool. I already found the Wiki solution from Ian Morrish. There also is an interesting discussion on Channel 9 about the comparison of Wikis and SharePoint and Greg Hughes seems to have the same idea - More random OneNote, SharePoint, Wiki Thoughts. By the way, if you want to know which are the new features in OneNote 2007 you should definitely take a look at Chris Pratley's blog and also at new onenote 2007 beta features
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