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SharePoint: Taming the Elusive "Calculated Column"

Bob Mixon — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:04:00 GMT

Another great article on End User SharePoint site; written by Dessie Lunsford. In this article Dessie provides some great information on the calculated column in SharePoint; definately a good read... http://www.endusersharepoint.com/?p=955 Read More....(read more)

SharePoint Libraries, Folders and Content Types, Oh My!

Bob Mixon — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:20:00 GMT

There was a long discussion on End User SharePoint that I started replying to nd the reply just because too long. So I wrote an article about the differences of using SharePoint Content Types and Metadata versus Folders in Document Libraries. Mark Miller...(read more)

SharePoint Designer - notes from the field

Jeff's Blog: Posts — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:31:34 GMT

Body: I just got back from a week training some good folks on using SharePoint Designer (SPD) to customize their sites. It was an interesting experience, and here are a few quick observations: Create in browser -> customize in SPD is the correct model...(read more)

NJSPUG November meeting with David Mann

Bob Fox's SharePoint Blog: Posts — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:13:29 GMT

Body: On November 19th at the NJ Microsoft Offices we will be holding our monthly user group meeting. I am pleased to announce that my buddy Dave Mann will be presenting on, what else? Workflows. Dave as many of you will remember many years back (ok maybe...(read more)

How I Use Social Networking Tools

SharePoint Joel's SharePoint Land: Posts — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:32:44 GMT

Body: Had a quick conversation with Owen Allen yesterday after the SharePoint Connection festivities. We got off on how do I use twitter vs. facebook, friendfeed, etc... We decided there is no one right way... There are many right ways (and a few wrong...(read more)

Select Training opportunities to fit in before the end of the year

SharePoint Joel's SharePoint Land: Posts — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:00:47 GMT

Some of you may be looking to bone up on some skills for more than one reason... whether it's budget that will be surrendered at the end of the year, holiday slow downs that provide opportunity (I know some companies that actually suspend any change...(read more)

Office SharePoint Server 2007 Technical Library Released

Bob Fox's SharePoint Blog: Posts — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:06:16 GMT

Body: Microsoft today released a new tech library for us ITPros you can download it here See i bet all you guys and gals were thinking they only cared about those pesky developers.... They like us... They really really like us :) Enjoy.. and yes this...(read more)

SharePoint's CCIE - The SharePoint Master Certification Announced

SharePoint Joel's SharePoint Land: Posts — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:12:59 GMT

Today in a post under the fold, the SharePoint team announced that the SharePoint certification was going to the next level. A new Master Certification program which helps prove your *real* skills and depth. (You may have heard about this for SQL, Exchange...(read more)

Taking Things to the Next Level with Quest Software

SharePoint Joel's SharePoint Land: Posts — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:35:34 GMT

Body: It's with mixed emotions that I announce the end of my purely independent consulting, training, and evangelism and move to an Architects, Design and Product Management sponsored evangelism model with Quest Software. (This doesn't keep me...(read more)

Developers: Watch Out for Stray .NET 3.5 References

Jeff's Blog: Posts — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:02:24 GMT

Body: I'm pretty sure this does not reflect well on me, but I'll share it in case someone else can benefit from my own shortcomings: I developed a workflow that tested fine in development, deployed to staging fine and worked there, then completed...(read more)

Sessions and Speaking Topics for Joel Oleson for 2009

SharePoint Joel's SharePoint Land: Posts — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:26:11 GMT

I heard that one of Steve's best practices was to come up with four or so new sessions at the new year, and fully develop them out, so when anyone asked for him to submit sessions he would send them his four. He'd also essentially make sure those...(read more)

Dispelling Myths of Email Archiving and Email Management with SharePoint

SharePoint Joel's SharePoint Land: Posts — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:24:07 GMT

Body: In the past couple of years since SharePoint has really solidified its position in the enterprise, and more and more assets look like they could be consolidated to the platform... E-mail archiving to SharePoint sounds attractive as a solid business...(read more)

Recession Proofing your IT Skills

SharePoint Joel's SharePoint Land: Posts — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:25:24 GMT

What are the most desirable skills in a recession or depression, or essentially any economic downturn? Remember the Jack of All Trades, the guy who I say can be dangerous? Don't worry I'm not telling all developers to abandon their cutting edge...(read more)

Upcoming NYC SharePoint User Group Meeting

Bob Fox's SharePoint Blog: Posts — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 15:00:31 GMT

Body: On Wednesday November 5th we will be holding our monthly User Group meeting at the Microsoft Office in NYC. Below is a summary of this months meeting. This is a session format that I introduced at the NJ SPUG earlier this year and since has been...(read more)

Best Practices for Enterprise User Scalability in SharePoint

SharePoint Joel's SharePoint Land: Posts — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:27:04 GMT

Best Practices for Overcoming the 64K ACL, Security Principal Limits, and Future of Identity Management One of the oldest, but more hidden and illusive capacity boundaries is the 64K ACL limit. It's gotten some attention lately, and is bound to scare...(read more)