Microsoft SharePoint Bloggers

Links for January 9th 2008: LINQ for Office Developers, Office and Open XML Poster Downloads

2009-01-09T19:01:00Z

Here is a list on links that I want to share with you. LINQ for Office Developers Some Office solutions require that you work with XML. Open XML documents, SharePoint, and InfoPath are great samples. LINQ to XML is an in-memory XML programming interface Read More......(read more)

Video: Michael On The Go – SharePoint Discussion Boards, Outlook, and Mobile Integration

2009-01-09T16:49:30Z

URL: Video: Michael On The Go – SharePoint Discussion Boards, Outlook, and Mobile Integration Body: In this episode of Michael On The Go I talk about a real world scenario for enabling discussions for mobile personnel using their mobile devices (in this Read More......(read more)

Suggest a Topic/Code Sample for Future Office Visual How-tos

2009-01-09T00:11:00Z

While reviewing traffic to some of our MSDN content, I noticed that the Office Visual How-tos we've published on the MSDN Library are getting lots of page views! Developers seem to like this content type since it provides a short article, code sample Read More......(read more)

Searching Dynamics CRM from SharePoint using the BDC

2009-01-08T22:20:00Z

Now you can easily search Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Office SharePoint Server. The Enterprise Search Accelerator includes: Documentation - Documents covering all aspects of the accelerator are included to help walk you through the process of getting started Read More......(read more)

How to create a SharePoint slipstream using the latest updates

2009-01-08T21:25:33Z

With the announcement of the December 2008 Cumulative Update and the changes in the software update model it brings, we felt it was a good time to revisit the topic of slipstreaming. This post provides the process for creating a slipstream installation Read More......(read more)

Final Reminder: Don’t Miss Today’s Webcast - NewsGator Social Computing Enhancements for SharePoint

2009-01-08T15:33:46Z

URL: Final Reminder: Don’t Miss Today’s Webcast - NewsGator Social Computing Enhancements for SharePoint Body: Just a final reminder. If you are looking to leverage the Social Computing aspects of SharePoint within your organization then you really need Read More......(read more)

Windows 7 Download And Install Instructions

2009-01-08T15:09:52Z

URL: Windows 7 Download And Install Instructions Body: Tomorrow, January 9th, Windows 7 beta will be available to all enthusiasts for download and install. To help everyone with finding and installing it Windows Communications Manager, Brandon LeBlanc Read More......(read more)

Common Problem with Content Deployment: mixing incremental and full deployment

2009-01-08T07:32:00Z

A common error I often see is that customers are mixing incremental and full deployment when deploying a site collection. E.g. use incremental deployment every day and full deployment once a week - just to be sure (maybe because they do not trust incremental Read More......(read more)

Dynamic MindManager Map Generated from SharePoint List Data

2009-01-06T23:04:00Z

Using the Data View web part and the concept of an XML Data Island, I was able to get the Mindjet HTML Viewer control to render data directly from a SharePoint list. See the demo here http://www.wssdemo.com/Pages/MindManager2.aspx (this will download Read More......(read more)

Mark Your Calendars - SharePoint Weekly Webcast Series: NewsGator Social Computing Enhancements for SharePoint

2009-01-06T03:48:48Z

Body: Published: 1/5/2009 7:45 PM Video: No 15 Minutes: No Read More......(read more)

Thankfully I’m not a SharePoint Project Manager

2009-01-05T00:09:40Z

But I often wish I had more influence on the way some projects are run. Most organizations know there is lots of room for improvement in the way they manage and execute projects. Lots of emphasis is placed on Enterprise Project Management (EPM implies Read More......(read more)

Reporting on the performance of your SharePoint SQL Server

2009-01-03T22:36:14Z

Or any other SQL server for that matter... Another task I managed to complete within a day was to get SSRS installed on WSSDemo.com's SQL server (still running 2005, upgrading to 2008 will wait for another day). There are a number of reports you can Read More......(read more)

Gimmal Group Seminar – ECM and RM in a SharePoint World

2009-01-03T21:31:47Z

I met with some great folks from the Gimmal Group last month and was pleased to learn that they are targeting some of their experience at helping enterprises understand how to leverage the SharePoint platform for their Enterprise Content Management and Read More......(read more)

Change Your Pricing

2009-01-03T04:54:56Z

Chris Brogran tweeted about a Seth Godin post about what happens to companies when they change their pricing . I thought it was great, so I figured that it would relate to SharePoint in some way or another. :-) "When a restaurant goes from a la carte Read More......(read more)

Conflicting Characteristics of Content Requirements in SharePoint

2009-01-02T08:36:00Z

Most products that store content are designed to meet the requirements of a particular discipline; collaboration, document management or record management. The challenge with designing a SharePoint solution is that you might need to meet the requirements Read More......(read more)