SharePoint Daily for September 3, 2008

Top News Stories
Here Comes Web 2.0! (FranchiseUpdate)
Technologists busily reinventing the World Wide Web say franchises can look forward to an Internet where it will be much easier to collaborate, innovate, and to manipulate data and software on a wide variety of Net-friendly devices.

IT Vendors Quake as Google Unveils More Business Apps (SiliconRepublic)
In a move that may send shivers of fear down the spines of business software vendors, Google has released Google Video for Business, which analysts interpret as a sign that Google is planning to become a serious player in the enterprise apps market.

Microsoft’s WinMobile Team: Big on Futures, Slow on Deliverables (ZDNet)
With Google’s Chrome browser announcement and revelation of plans by Microsoft to roll out an iPhone app store competitor, all eyes should be on Windows Mobile.

Google Chrome & Cloud Computing - The First "Cloud Browser" (Sys-Con)
"It's Google’s first step to cloud computing," declared Raymond Frame, from Wellington NZ, on hearing about the release today of Google Chrome. Nick Carr agrees: "Chrome...marks an important moment in the ongoing shift of personal computing from the PC hard drive to the Internet 'cloud.'"

Google Shines Up Chrome Web Browser (WebProNews)
As America returns to work after the Labor Day holiday weekend, crusty eyes are abuzz about Google Chrome, the company’s own surprise open source Web browser in beta. Bloggers on the scene—European ones and those who apparently don’t take holidays—let the Chrome cat out of the bag a day early.

20 Things You Need to Know About Google Chrome (TechRadar)
Google took the unusual step of announcing its new browser via an online comic. We've had a read through and pulled out the things you need to know about Google's new browser.

Around the Blogosphere
Google Chrome and SharePoint (Ferrara Data Consulting)
You’ve no doubt downloaded or at least heard of Google Chrome already. If you haven’t click here to download it and click here to view Google’s creative comic about the browser. I recommend reading the comic as its very informative and will get you up to speed on why Google’s browser will make every web developer rethink their apps.

Google Chrome + SharePoint = Harmony (meetdux)
Today, Google released a new browser called Google Chrome. Essentially, it is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.

Hurricane Gustav, Emergency Response, SharePoint, Web 2.0 and Social Computing (Michael Gannotti on SharePoint +)
In past postings I have talked extensively about leveraging a combination of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 as well as various social computing services from Microsoft to deal with a range of situations from emergency response/disaster relief, to corporate plant inspection, right on down to personal use. Watching network coverage of Hurricane Gustav I have seen ample use of the news media of various physical devices as well as online service. With that in mind I thought I would tackle some of the situations that arise in a situation like this and point out devices, services, and SharePoint uses that could be brought to bare.

Google Chrome Works for SharePoint Users, Less So for Administrators (Eli Robillard's World of Blog)
Today I downloaded and installed the just-released Google Chrome browser, ran it through some preliminary tests with SharePoint 2007 and so far, acceptable but missing a few key things. Chrome supports NTLM authentication, uploads (though not multiple uploads), renders all the usual menus correctly, and generally does a good job of rendering SharePoint pages. And it's screaming fast.

The "Language" of Advanced Search (Part 1) (Woody Windischman - The Sanity Point)
If you have been using MOSS Search or Search Server, you have probably noticed that the Advanced Search page gives you lots of options to restrict results. From different word filters, to particular languages, to document types - even specific document properties. You may have wondered how (or even if) you could cut back the list of word filters. For example, you might only want your users to search for exact phrases. Or maybe you want the language list or document types to reflect the languages and documents actually in use by your enterprise, without reinventing the whole form.

Around Bamboo Nation
Spotlight on Bob Fox (Spotlighting the Rock Stars of SharePoint)
Bob Fox is a three-time SharePoint MVP, a consultant, a published author, a regular SharePoint blogger, and a valued member of Bamboo's Technical Advisory Board.  Bob is also a pillar of the worldwide SharePoint community, evidenced most recently by his leadership in helping to form the recently launched International SharePoint Professionals Association (ISPA).  In these early, post-launch days of the ISPA, that seemed a natural subject with which to begin our latest SharePoint Rock Star spotlight...

SharePoint Best Practices: Document Metadata (SharePoint Blank)
It's September, which means it's the month of the first-ever Best Practices SharePoint Conference, taking place just up the road from Bamboo HQ in two weeks.  Due to a conflict with a long-scheduled family vacation, I will sadly be unable to attend, but I'm happy to report that you (and I) will be able to read all about it on The Bamboo Team Blog, as brought to you by my esteemed colleagues who shall be in attendance.

$500 Shopping Spree Winners (The Bamboo Team Blog)
It seems that all of my Team Blog posts over the last week or two have been about Bamboo Nation giving away things. A few weeks ago I posted to remind everyone that we were giving away prizes in our Use Case Giveaway. Last week I blogged about making Free Bamboo Nation stickers available to anyone that wanted them. FYI: I still have plenty of stickers available so PLEASE send me mail to claim yours.

This Week in Bamboo (Aug 24th - Aug 30th) (The Bamboo Team Blog)
This past week we released a patch update for List Search Simple Web Part.

SharePoint Events
September 1-3, Auckland City, New Zealand, TechEd New Zealand
September 3, New York, New York, NYC SharePoint User Group
September 3-5, San Francisco, California, Office2.0 Conference
September 4, Washington, DC, Federal & Military SharePoint Users Group of Washington D.C.
September 4, Kansas City, Office Developer User Group of Kansas City
September 8-9, Stockholm, Sweden, SharePoint & Exchange Forum
September 9, Chicago Illinois, The Chicago Microsoft SharePoint Business Strategies Group September Meetup
September 9, Wayne, Pennsylvania, Philly Office Geeks
September 10, Bloomington, Minnesota, Minnesota SharePoint User Group
September 11, San Francisco, California, San Francisco SharePoint Users Group
September 11, Bellevue, WA, Puget Sound SharePoint Users Group
September 11, Reston, Virginia, SharePoint User Group of Washington, DC
September 11, Brookfield, Wisconsin, SharePoint: What Can I Do With It?
September 12, Brisbane, Australia, Brisbane SharePoint Usergroup
September 15-17, Washington, DC (McLean, Virginia), Best Practices SharePoint Conference
September 16, Sydney, Australia, Sydney SharePoint User Group
September 17, Iselin, New Jersey, NJ SharePoint User Group
September 18, Columbus, Ohio, Central Ohio SharePoint User Group
September 18, Jacksonville, Florida, Jacksonville Office Geeks
September 18, Louisville, Kentucky, Kentucky Sharepoint Users Group
September 20, Baltimore Maryland, Baltimore SharePoint Usersgroup
September 20/21, Waltham, Massachusetts, New England Code Camp 10
September 23, Franklin, Tennessee, Nashville SharePoint Users Group
September 24, Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland SharePoint User Group
September 24, Melbourne, Australia, Microsoft Office System Special Interest Group
September 24, Roanoke, Virginia, Roanoke Valley SharePoint Users Group
September 25, Phoenix, Arizona, Arizona SharePoint Professionals Group

October 9-10, Tulsa Oklahoma, Tulsa TechFest
October 21, Tampa, Florida, Tampa Office Geeks Association
October 25-26, Los Angeles, California, SoCal Code Camp
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

January 26-28, San Francisco, California, SPTechCon

* Please contact Chris Dooley (chris.dooley@bamboosolutions.com) to include your event in our listing.

Microsoft Updates
Error message when you edit an .aspx Web page in SharePoint Server 2007: "Value does not fall within the expected range" (KBAlertz)
When you edit an .aspx Web page in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, you receive the following error message: Value does not fall within the expected range.

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