Top News Stories
Microsoft Cloud Initiative Announcement Looming (Network World)
With the new fiscal year beginning, I think we'll see Microsoft's cloud announcement sometime in the next three months, no later than the end of the year. Last week Microsoft Chief Software Architect, Ray Ozzie, stood in front of the 08 Financial Analysts Meeting hinting at Microsoft cloud initiatives as "progressively move to embrace the cloud", "significant announcements, significant efforts" and "broader in scope and different than our competitors".
Microsoft Site Leak Hints at 2009 Release for Office 14 (Computerworld)
A leak on a Microsoft Corp. Web site referring to a product in the Office suite hints at a 2009 release for the next version of the productivity suite, currently code-named Office 14.
Team System (MSDN Magazine)
Microsoft has a long history of introducing new features to already shipped products as a way to add value to what you have purchased. Many teams have released such enhancements under the banner of Power Toys.
Insurer Uses SharePoint to Show Customer Risks (Network World)
When Microsoft SharePoint 2007 began pervading the enterprise more than a year ago, many IT shops looked at how they could use the platform internally to help their employees collaborate on key projects and store documents in central repositories.
Insurance firm 'Sees Success' With Microsoft Sharepoint (OneStopClick)
One insurance firm has adopted Microsoft Sharepoint software in order to provide its customers with more information on the business. According to NetworkWorld.com, many firms use Microsoft Sharepoint solely for internal facing reasons, rather than on external facing sites.
Around the Blogosphere
Infrastructure Update Issues Informal Interview with Troy (SharePoint Joel's SharePoint Land)
I ran into Troy Star my favorite SharePoint tester yesterday in Friday Harbor, Washington. You have to appreciate the size of the SharePoint world and the randomness. So with my 5 minutes with Troy, what did I do? I drilled him on the Infrastructure update and O14.
U2U Caml Query Builder Feature: new version released... (Karine Bosch)
This version contains following enhancements: Code snippet generation, DateTime enhancements, Query options for SPQuery, Enhancements for Calendar lists.
IT and the Corporate Immune Mechanism - the "Mother Hen" Reflex (Clever Workarounds)
Recently, I came across the blog of Dux Raymond, a Project Manager, forthcoming author and trainer who looks at SharePoint from a project management perspective. Being rather interested in that area myself, I read his "Empowered by SharePoint" post.
Press Seems to Focus on Two Pages of Forrester's Reports (Kit Kai's Tech Blog)
Do a google on "Now Is The Time To Determine SharePoint’s Place In Your Application Development Strategy", you will find two links on top of the search results to buy the papers, and followed by many reports that says BEWARE, WARNING, followed by the word CHAOS...
Rumor: SQL Server 2008 to arrive July 31, 2008 (Ars Technica)
Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database management system that uses Transact-SQL as its primary query language. The latest version of the Microsoft database platform is Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP2, but Microsoft has been working on Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (overview), previously codenamed Katmai, for a while now.
Press Releases
CDC Software Launches Newly-Designed CRM Platform Based on Microsoft.NET Technology (Business Wire)
CDC Software, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CDC Corporation and a provider of industry-specific enterprise software and services, today announced the general availability of Pivotal CRM 6.0, a newly-designed customer relationship management (CRM) platform based on Microsoft.NET technology that provides task-based navigation, embedded Microsoft SharePoint and Office applications, easy customization, a smart client user interface, high user adoption and a low total cost of ownership.
SharePoint Events
July 28, Christchurch, New Zealand, Christchurch SharePoint User Group
July 28, Atlanta, Georgia, Atlanta .NET User Group Meeting
August 5, Chicago, Illinois, The Chicago Microsoft SharePoint Business Strategies Group August Meetup
August 7, Kansas City, Kansas, Kansas City Office Geeks
August 13, Jordan, Jordan SharePoint User Group
August 14, Bellevue, WA, Puget Sound SharePoint Users Group
August 19, Dallas - Fort Worth, Texas, DFW SharePoint community
August 20, Iselin, New Jersey, NJ SharePoint User Group
August 21, Columbus, Ohio, COSPUG Meeting
August 21, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, Bay of Plenty User Group
August 25-29, Sydney, Australia, SharePoint August Training Summit
August 26, Tampa, Florida, Tampa Office Geeks Association
August 27, Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland SharePoint User Group
August 27, Melbourne, Australia, MOSSIG
September 15-17, Washington, DC (McLean, Virginia), Best Practices SharePoint Conference
September 20/21, Waltham, Massachusetts, New England Code Camp 10
October 27-30, Los Angeles, California, Microsoft Professional Developers Conference
November 3-7 and 10-14, Barcelona, Spain, Microsoft TechEd
November 10-13, Las Vegas, Nevada, SharePoint Connections Conference
* Please contact Chris Dooley (chris.dooley@bamboosolutions.com) to include your event in our listing.
Microsoft Knowledge Base
You receive alerts for every file that is uploaded to a document library in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 or in SharePoint Server 2007, although you set up alerts by using a filter for the custom view (KBAlertz)
Although you set up alerts by using a filter for the custom view on a SharePoint document library in Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 or in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, you receive alerts for every file that is uploaded to the document library. You expect to receive alerts for only the files that match the filter criteria.
You cannot change the master page that is associated with a specific page layout in SharePoint Designer 2007 (KBAlertz)
In Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007, you try to change the master page that is associated with a specific page layout. To do this, you try to click Master Page on the Format menu. However, the commands on the Format menu are unavailable. Therefore, you cannot change the master page that is associated with a specific page layout.
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Posted
Jul 28 2008, 08:16 AM
by
Chris Dooley
Filed under: Network World, Computerworld, Clever Workarounds, Kit Kai, SharePoint Joel, MSDN Magazine, U2U Caml Query Builder, CDC Software, Microsoftft Office, Microsoft Cloud, Karine Bosch
Chris Dooley is the Community Manager at Bamboo Solutions. Before joining Bamboo he spent 4 years in the Social Media group at AOL working on pets, photography, gay & lesbian and comic books. In his new position he works on Forums, Groups and all things community related. While he is not sure what all that will be, it is fun coming to work each day to find out.