Top News Stories
Can Someone Please Clone Me (SOAWorld)
I keep finding myself standing in front of the mirror and no matter how hard I concentrate I cannot seem to split my atoms and create a clone of myself. While this is an extreme thought, it seems to be a fairly common thread when I am out in the field meeting with SharePoint administrators. The unprepared SharePoint team can easily become overwhelmed by the system. I wanted to take some of the time I normally dedicate to writing articles and dig into what is happening out there and what you and your organization can do to avoid this situation.
Microsoft Reveals Oslo Tools (Redmond Developer News)
As Microsoft readies pre-release bits for its Professional Developers Conference later this month, the company's Connected Services division today announced key components of its "Oslo" modeling platform.
Microsoft Aims to Deliver Low-Cost Analytic Mashups (ComputerWorld)
SQL Server may be one of the most popular databases today, but Microsoft nevertheless remains a laggard in the business intelligence market. It ranked just fifth among BI vendors last year, according to research firm IDC.
Microsoft Needs a Coalition of the Willing (eWeek Channel Insider)
Microsoft is running the risk of losing the battle for the cloud by not engaging its traditional channel allies to fight against the constant Google aggression.
SharePoint: What Are the Risks, Rewards? (ZDNet)
What does it say about SharePoint when a presentation focused on whether you can survive it packs the house? Mark Gilbert’s presentation–”Can the CIO survive Microsoft SharePoint?”–at the Gartner Symposium ITxpo filled up an auditorium. There are two ways to read this:
Agile Stories (Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine)
After three years of agile project management, I really enjoyed the flexibility and effectiveness of the agile approach but needed to find a better way of tracking requirements. The ideal approach would take into account the problems that are inherent with comprehensive upfront documentation, but still capture enough detail so that I didn't have to know everything about the product we were building.
U.S. Election-Year Reform Agenda Fuels Interest in CA Information Governance (Cloud Journal Computing)
Reform of Federal Agencies May Require eDiscovery and Records Retention; CA is First to Market with DoD 5015.2 v3 and Microsoft(R) SharePoint(R) Certified Solution.
Microsoft Readies Next Two Versions of Office Communications Server (ZDNet)
Microsoft is on tap to show off Office Communications Server Release 2 (R2) at the VoiceCon show in Amsterdam on October 14. And the company already is working on the follow-on release, which will likely be timed with Office 14.
Microsoft Ready for Silverlight's Second Act (CNET)
Microsoft on Monday announced, as expected, that it is ready with a final version of its Silverlight 2 media player.
Around the Blogosphere
Webpart and Widget No Assembly Required Simplicity (SharePoint Joel's SharePoint Land)
I live by a mantra of "No Assembly required" when it comes to managing my own SharePoint site. I don't want to have to bug my hoster, and go through the "customization" and "development" supportability battle and I know the ease of upgrade for a no assembly required web part or gadget.
SharePoint Video Star (Andy Dale officetalk)
The Buggles song might go ‘video killed the radio star’, but radio stations are still going strong twenty years on and it is video that has been rapidly changing. The pioneering video recorders of the late 70’s were replaced by DVD recorders and even the DVD recorders are now being superseded by systems like Sky Plus. I no longer have a machine capable of playing my cherished VHS Video of the Villa winning the 1982 European Cup. We now have a remarkable system called YouTube that has revolutionised the storage of video. Now, I can just type into Google ‘Villa European champions 1982 YouTube’ and the classic Peter Withe goal is available on my PC to watch over and over again. So what has YouTube got to do with SharePoint?
Webcast: SharePoint Back To Basics – Windows SharePoint Services Platform (Michael Gannotti on SharePoint +)
I am awaiting permissions on posting a centralized calendar for the upcoming webcasts to our new district web site but until then I wanted to at least get the information for the initial session posted here.
Microsoft Search – SharePoint 2007 and Search Server 2008 Now Available (The SharePoint Farmer's Almanac)
While those guys wrote really deep, geeky chapters I went the other direction and wrote administrator style chapters. One chapter is on planning and designing Search at the enterprise scale. The other chapter covers search administration and the new interface provided by the SharePoint infrastructure update.
Is SharePoint Secure? What Can We Do? (Liam Cleary)
The golden question I get asked on almost a daily basis is the following: "How secure is SharePoint, it is a Microsoft product after all, and of course Microsoft and Security don't go hand in hand."
It’s All Joel’s Fault… (Clever Workarounds)
Here we go - another cleverworkarounds waffle! Now we all know that Joel Oleson is the Russell Crowe of the SharePoint world! I mean, he’s multi-skilled, loads of talent, has the respect of his peers and has built a well deserved reputation of being one of the best at what he does. (Although unlike Russell I am fairly sure that he has not thrown a telephone at an annoying IT manager in a fit of rage just yet).
Brand Your Site by Using: Features, Site Definitions, and Custom Master Pages (SharePoint Branding & Design)
I will walk you though a few steps to implement your branding by using custom Site Definitions, Master Pages, and Features.
How Can I Deal With that #$%^ NEW! Icon? (EndUserSharePoint)
This question came in on Stump the Panel and the answer is something a lot of people are looking for: When new items are added in Sharepoint a “New!” indicator appears. By default how long does Sharepoint consider this recently added item “New!” and can the timeframe by adjusted. In addition is this a control that can be removed? — Jennifer
Around Bamboo Nation
Surviving Microsoft SharePoint - Addressing Risks (The Bamboo Team Blog)
I recently saw the slides from Mark Gilbert's presentation –”Can the CIO survive Microsoft SharePoint?” which was a filled house. I can identify this loud sucking sound for knowledge about SharePoint risk and deployment concern. At the SharePoint Conference 08 in Bellevue, WA and at Tech Ed IT Forum in Orlando, FL we reached capacity in our "Governance Steps to Success" talks.
This Week in Bamboo (October 5th - October 12th) (The Bamboo Team Blog)
While we are working on improving our products by providing enhancements and bug fixes, we also work hard on releasing new products. For this week, we released List Print (See Nate Sullivan's blog for more information regarding List Print's benefits.) as well as doing patch udpates for other products. See the list below.
The Content Query Tool Part (SharePoint Blank)
I provided an overview of the Content Query Web Part yesterday and, as promised, today I'm going to dive into the various options associated with the Web Part in its properties tool pane, a.k.a., the Content Query Tool Part. My focus is going to be on the option named Query, which I've already expanded in this first image:
User Management Solutions and Suites for SharePoint Extranets (Part 3/3) (The Bamboo Team Blog)
In this three part series by me, Joel Oleson, on extranet challenges and solutions with emphasis on user management, we walked through the nuts and bolts in the following...
SharePoint Project Management Webinars (The Bamboo Team Blog)
Previously on As the SharePoint Turns, we learned all about the Bamboo SharePoint Administration Webinars. As we tune in this week we learn that our dashing hero, Jeremy Minich, also leads a webinar on SharePoint Project Management and Business Intelligence. Um, wait, when did I become a soap opera announcer??? Sorry, I'll now return you to your regularly scheduled post...
SharePoint Events
October 14, Southfield, Michigan, Southeastern Michigan SharePoint User's Group
October 14, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philly Office Geeks
October 15, Iselin, New Jersey, NJ SharePoint User Group
October 15, San Diego, California, Southern California SharePoint User Group
October 16, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, Bay of Plenty User Group
October 16, Columbus, Ohio, Central Ohio SharePoint User Group
October 16, London, England, SharePoint User Group UK
October 16, Louisville, Kentucky, Kentucky SharePoint Users Group
October 16, Virginia Beach, Virginia, Hampton Roads SQL Server and SharePoint User Group
October 21, Adelaide, Australia, Adelaide SharePoint Usergroup
October 21, Irving, Texas, DFW SharePoint Server Community
October 21, Perth, Australia, Perth SharePoint Users Group
October 21, Tampa, Florida, Tampa Office Geeks Association
October 22, Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland SharePoint User Group
October 22, Melbourne, Australia, Microsoft Office System Special Interest Group
October 22, Roanoke, Virginia, Roanoke Valley SharePoint Users Group
October 23, Phoenix, Arizona, Arizona SharePoint Professionals Group
October 23, Richmond, Virginia, Richmond SharePoint User Group
October 25, Puget Sound, Washington, Puget Sound SharePoint Users Group: SharePoint Sprint
October 25-26, Los Angeles, California, SoCal Code Camp
October 25, Orlando, Florida, MOSSmosis Orlando
October 25, Puget Sound, Washington, Puget Sound SharePoint Users Group
October 27-30, Los Angeles, California, Microsoft Professional Developers Conference
November 3-7 and 10-14, Barcelona, Spain, Microsoft TechEd
November 4, Chicago, Illinois, The Chicago Microsoft SharePoint Business Strategies Group November Meetup
November 4, Grand Rapids, Michigan, West Michigan SharePoint User Group
November 6, Kansas City, Kansas, Office Developer User Group of Kansas City
November 10-13, Las Vegas, Nevada, SharePoint Connections Conference
November 12, Bloomington, Minnesota, Minnesota SharePoint User Group
November 12, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Colorado Springs SharePoint User Group
November 13, Atlanta, Georgia, MOSSmosis Atlanta
November 13, San Francisco, California, San Fransico SharePoint Users Group
November 20, Jacksonville, Florida, Jacksonville Office Geeks
January 27-29, San Francisco, California, SPTechCon
* Please contact Chris Dooley (chris.dooley@bamboosolutions.com) to include your event in our listing.
Microsoft Updates
A Preview of Office SharePoint Server Site Templates (Get the Point)
My name is Tom, and I write for Office Online. I'm a new guest blogger on Get the Point, and today I'd like to discuss the default site templates included in Office SharePoint Server 2007. When you create a new Office SharePoint Server site, you can start by using a site template, which you can later customize. There are four categories of site templates from which you can choose: Collaboration, Meetings, Enterprise, and Publishing. In each category, there are several site templates provided.
Use a “Flat” View to Avoid Fishing for Files in Folders (Get the Point)
Are your files submerged in a deep folder structure in your libraries? Are you always fishing for files in folders? Are you over your frustration limit? By using a flat view, you can surface files from folders into a single view. Whenever you need to see all the files together, you can switch to the newly created custom view.
Create a Custom Site Theme and Make it Available to Others (Get the Point)
A theme in Office SharePoint Server is a set of fonts, colors, graphics, and other decorative elements that provide a consistent appearance to your site. A site comes with a set of themes that enable you to quickly change the appearance, based on your organization's needs. (For more information, see the article Change the site colors or theme on Office Online.)
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Oct 14 2008, 08:23 AM
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Chris Dooley
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.