Early Notes from the PDC 2008 KeyNote
Here are some random and early notes from the first half of the PDCs keynote this morning, mostly about Azure. Windows Azure Cloud service operating system Part of the new cloud computing services platform (Azure Services Platform) New blog for Cloud Computing ......
Telerik is Live from PDC
PDC is in full force at the LA Convention Center. The keynote was somewhat bland, but the big news of the day is Windows Azure. Microsoft's cloud services offering, Azure promises to allow developers to host and manage their applications in the cloud, scaling storage and computing resources on dema......
MS BI Conference: Monday Keynote
Here are my notes on the Monday morning keynote:
About 3000 attendees at the conference, over 60 countries represented.
There is BI in Halo3: whenever you look at competitor stats or weapon effectiveness, this is implemented using BI tech
Madison - MS has acquired DATAllegro, a company th......
Guidance on SharePoint
You all might be amazed by the number of emails, messages, and calls I get asking for any of the following: Guidance on SharePoint Requests to add SharePoint Guidance to WCSF Requests to add "Office applications" support to SCSF Well, I can finally help out folks looking for guidance on h......
New SQL Server User Group in Orange County - First Meeting on 8/14/2008
For all my Orange County readers you might be excited to know that you now have another great option for getting your SQL content. Reza Madani is starting a new Orange County SQL Server Users Group and their first meeting is this Thursday, August 14th. Plus, they are bringing in a heav......
Sql Injection "Cuidado"
Recientemente se ha propagado a través del Internet una serie de ataques de Sql Injection, muchos de esos ataques tradicionalmente se realizan a traves de la inclusión de codigo malicioso en los campos de un formulario. Sin embargo ahora mucho de estos ataques se estan dando por Url Sql Injection, ......
My Office Groove presentation (in stereo)
In a prior post I had mentioned that I was to present at the CTAUG group meeting (on March 10th @ Microsoft Farmington CT) - entitled: Microsoft Office Groove (In Stereo). It went very well - I was awaiting CTAUG's response and here it is -
Main Presentation: Microsoft's Peer-to-Peer Office c......
The What's New Web Part for SharePoint 2007
A long, long time ago, back in the SharePoint 2003 days, I created some pretty popular web parts which filled in some gaps the out-of-the-box functionality left open. In SharePoint 2007 most of those web parts are obsolete; for example the Breadcrumbs web part is not necessary anymore since SharePo......
Configuring Kerberos for SharePoint 2007:- Excel Services and SQL Analysis Services
I am trying to address one of the most common scenarios that actually requires Kerberos in order to work; that is using Excel Services to display data from a SQL Analysis Services Cube (or a normal SQL database) via SharePoint. Why does this scenario require Kerberos? Kerberos is required whenever ......
Microsoft Sql Server 2008 February 2008 CTP Released
Well even though the full release of SQL Server 2008 has been pushed to late second half of the year, the latest CTP was delivered on time. This is the first feature complete CTP released. It includes increased functionality around data compression, policy-based management enhancements,......
MOSS 2007: Index and Web-Front-End Server Topology
Microsoft
Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) has seen tremendous
take-up rates, not just here in Singapore, but all over the world. I came across
many kinds of architectural topology designs during field work with my customers.
One of the most common confusions I have come across arises f......
Dynamic LINQ (Part 1: Using the LINQ Dynamic Query Library)
LINQ (language integrated query) is one of the new features provided with VS 2008 and .NET 3.5. LINQ makes the concept of querying data a first class programming concept in .NET, and enables you to efficiently express queries in your programming language of choice. One of the benefits o......
Skelta SharePoint Accelerator 2007 selected as Best of Tech-ED 2007 Awards Finalist
Skeltas SharePoint Accelerator is selected as a finalist for the Best of TechEd 2007 Awards in the Office Systems category by Penton Medias Windows IT Pro, SQL Server Magazine and Office & SharePoint Pro.com...Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net A......
MS BI Conference 12: MOSS 2007
A rolling stone grows no MOSS. This guy was very MOSSy, because he didn't roll very much. I was nodding off in this session because the presenter wasn't very passionate, or funny, or showing me anything that hadn't already been shown in the keynotes, or at the MSDN tour in December. (Mi......
SharePoint Development Tip: Getting Context-sensitive F1 Help Directly from the MSDN Library
In case you missed this post, check it out: SharePoint Development Tip: Getting Context-sensitive F1 Help Directly from the MSDN Library Use the online SharePoint SDK's directly from your Visual studio. Makes your developer live so much easier!
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"What's your style?" or "Show me your kung fu."
Once again the timeless developer question: what's your methodology? The question came up tonight, here's my current answer: The shortest path between the current situation and the goal. And SharePoint projects are completely different from software development projects, except for the soft......
SharePoint Workflow presentation on Wednesday, February 20
This month Bill Brockbank is our guest speaker at the Toronto SharePoint User Group (TSPUG) meeting on Wednesday, February 20 at 6:00pm. Meetings are held on the third Wednesday of each month at Nexient Learning, 2 Bloor West, 8th Floor. For meeting details and to RSVP please visit our websit......
MOSS Workflows are versioned
I was asked today about MOSS's behavior when workflows are changed midstream. Say I have a document library with a Workflow attached to it, start a few long-running (non-immediate) workflows, then change the workflow before they're completed - will they keep running? Will they use the new workflow ......
Word 2007 and Sharepoint Workflows
I've got a couple of questions about Word 2007 integration with Sharepoint 2007, and several problems that occur because of it: The Mysterious Checked-Out Error Let's say I have a workflow attached to a document library which creates a data collection task, and when that task is completed updates t......
SQL Server 2005 SP2 RTM
Service Pack 2 for SQL Server 2005 has RTM-ed! Why do you read SQL related stuff on my blog? Well this service pack includes the long awaited Reporting Services web parts for SharePoint 2007 (WSS v3 and MOSS 2007). From the what's new page: You can integrate a report server instance with Windows Sh......
Screencasts vs. Whitepapers
A few weeks ago, Lawrence Liu (a senior technical PM and community lead for Sharepoint at Microsoft) linked to a few screencasts for learning how to use various features in MOSS2007. In that entry, he mentioned how screecasts are more effective and efficient in training and learning to use a new pi......
Brendon Schwartz at the Atlanta Cutting Edge .NET User Group
The Atlanta Cutting Edge .NET User Group's monthly meeting is on Monday, February 5th, at 6:00 PM: This month, Brendon Schwartz will introduce the new release of Sharepoint
(now known as MOSS). We will cover the high level advancements that make up MOSS
2007 and take a look a few demos of t......
20 Free SharePoint Site Templates
Half of the "Fab 40" have arrived! After clicking through, on the left-hand navigation you will find links to demo sites for each of the templates. Now AvailableBoard of DirectorsBusiness Performance ReportingCase Management for Government AgenciesClassroom ManagementClinical Trial Initia......
Forms Based Authentication in SharePoint: Web Administration Tool
One of the big new things (among tons of others of course) in SharePoint 2007 (both WSS v3 and MOSS 2007) is the fact that SharePoint now uses the authentication provider model of ASP.NET 2.0. This means that you have store the user accounts and passwords in another data source than Active Director......
Shane Perran is a wiener!
Congrats to Shane Perran with his splash screen entry for SharePoint Builder as it was the fav (both mine and people who emailed me about the entries). Shane will recieve a special package from me at this years MVP Summit, including the fabulous home version of SharePoint Builder along with R......
SharePoint 2007 Books: What's in that's new that's good.
This week I ordered Todd Bleeker's new SharePoint book: Developer's Guide to the Windows SharePoint Services v3 Platform. Feedback for it is so far great, and I can't wait to give it a read. Todd receives an Attaboy for being the first to get a SharePoint dev book on the shelves, j......
Stuck between a Ribbon and a hard place
I'm stuck. While some people will disagree with me, I like the Ribbon. It's a cool idea and looks sharp. As a side note, I convinced a customer we would incorporate it into their business app as the corporatation was moving to Office 2007 this year anyways, and they would be stuck with it. We'll be......
SharePoint Builder Splash Screen Entries
Here's the first round of splash screen entries for SharePoint Builder. I won't tag who did what yet. The last one is my fav so far as it shows innovation and is different (that's a hard hat in case you didn't get it). Note that you don't have to include the "Version 1.0" stuff in your entries ......
Nifty InfoPath 2007/SharePoint 2007 Feature
Every once in a while you bump into a new feature in the 2007 Microsoft Office System and you think "hey! this is really cool!". This happened to me last week when I was playing around with InfoPath 2007. To be able to share with you my little aha erlibnis (credit for this term goes to my form......
Web Based Workflow Designer for SharePoint by Nintex
[Via Angus Logan] Nintex, famous for their workflow solutions for SharePoint 2003, announced Nintex Workflow 2007. If the screenshots are for real: very impressive! Technorati tags: workflow, sharepoint, nintex
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Where did my SDK go?
If you've downloaded the recent release of the MOSS and WSS SDKs, you may be scratching your head wondering where they installed to? After all, they're just some compiled help files and samples right? Seems that in their infinite wisdom, some young and bright engineer at Microsoft broke Phil H......
Being a responsible open source developer
First off, let's start this post by saying I think there are a few key points in computer history where things turned. The introduction of the GUI (even though both Apple and Microsoft just build on what Xerox did); the Internet; Object Oriented Languages; Microsoft Bob. Well, maybe not the last on......
VSTS Links and Resources
Last week we did a four days workshop on Visual Studio Team Systems. We have collected a number of resources with some pointers to things that we either found useful, provide more formal answers to the questions that we have been asked or that give some pointers in solving so......
SmartPart Featured on CMS Wire
Brice Dunwoodie has written a nice article on CMS Wire about the latest release of the SmartPart (aka the Return of the SmartPart). Easy Web User Controls for SharePoint (MOSS) 2007 SmartPart v3, also known as the “SmartPart for SharePoint 2007” has been released. This is a container Web......
SharePoint Workflow
Eilene Hao, Program Manager, SharePoint has been writing series of posts about SharePoint Services Workflow. You can check out the entire series in the SharePoint team weblog.
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TFS Permission Manager Tool
Leon just posted a new tool he developed called "TFS Permission Manager" for managing Team Foundation Server permissions in an easier fashion. Way to go! Here are some benefits in the tool: "Using this tool you can: Add or remove TFS group membership, Reporting Services role membership and Share......
Still alive and kicking... in Edmonton
Just wanted to let you know I haven't dropped off the face of the planet, it's just been a crazy couple of weeks after returning from DevConnections in Vegas. I'm on and offline so posts are spotty. I'm also up here in Edmonton, Alberta for the first Vista/Office 2007 launch event. This is the firs......
SharePoint, RTW
Joel Oleson, a senior product manager on Office SharePoint Server, announced on the SharePoint Team blog the RTW (Release to Web) version of WSS and Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Standard and Enteprise editions). These are available for download so you can start using WSS immediately in a producti......
SharePoint 2007 workflow tracking service
Complementing my previous post the workflow host in SharePoint 2007 does not implement a tracking service. The tracking of SharePoint workflows is reduced to actions against SharePoint list items (ex: Workflow tasks). Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live ......
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Ready to Download!
Thursday, November 16, 2006. Remember this day as the day that SharePoint 2007 was released! You can download Windows SharePoint Service 3.0 (WSSv3) from the Microsoft Download site (for free of course).[Update] Required reading: the official announcement on the SharePoint Team blog. Joel posts the......
21 flavors and nothing on
Confused over Office 2007 capabilities and SharePoint? Some of us are, but hopefully we can make some things a little clearer with this. Okay, brace yourselves. Now that Office 2007 has RTM (released to manufacturing) and will be available for download for business customers on November 16th (some ......
Office 2007, VS 2005 Tools for Office, and VS 2005 Extensions for SharePoint
Last week Microsoft released Office 2007. For those of you who haven't tried it yet, this is probably the biggest release of Officesince Office 95and is a really awesome upgrade. Among its biggest innovations is the introduction of the new "Ribbon UI" paradigm- which provides a significantly new an......
SharePoint 2007 Workflow Persistent Service
Yesterday a friend asked me about the Windows Workflow (WF) Persistence Service in SharePoint 2007. As you might know SharePoint persists the state of workflows when it hits a persistent point. However the SharePoint WF host does not use the default Persistence Service provided by WF. In other word......
SharePoint Solution Generator - part 2: the internals of the created site definition project
In the first part of this serie on SharePoint Solution Generator I just went through the creation of a site definition project, compiling it, deploying it, and create a new site based on our new site definition. Now that we know that that part works, it is time to look into what we exactly are gett......
Excel Services
I've been working with Excel Services in SharePoint 2007 lately and I must say there is some massive power here. Microsoft has done a good job at laying out the usage scenarios with this powerpack of services and I'm even impressed with the performance so far. Essentially, Excel Services are ......
SharePoint 2007: Accessing information on the SharePoint Web Server Extensions folder
Information on SharePoint and the path where it manages its information can be found in the registry. For example the registry entry SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions\12.0\Location contains the path to the Web Server Extensions folder for SharePoint 2007, and SOFTWARE\Microsoft\......
SharePoint Solution Generator - part 1: create a site definition from an existing site
This is part 1 in a series of blog post on the SharePoint Solution Generator. The SharePoint Solution Generator is a stand-alone application that can convert Wss3 web (SPWeb) into a Visual Studio 2005 site definition project that can be compiled into a SharePoint solution for deployment into your S......
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools: Visual Studio 2005 Extensions available for download, it's cool!
Creating complex SharePoint solutions and deploying those solutions has always been sub optimal in the old versions of SharePoint. In SharePoint 2007 (Wss3, MOSS 2007) our trouble is over. We now have powerful deployment capabilities in the form of features and SharePoint solutions. But creati......
DevConnections - Day 3 - Sessions, sessions, sessions
Just a quick note as I'm trying to catch up on the blogging this week. My sessions are done as of yesterday and I'll have links to various resources as I get the blog entries done over the next few days. I just wanted to mention that the Community Technology Preview release for Visual Studio 2......
SharePoint 2007 - /_layouts and how to create pages that run in site context
Ages ago, in the time that SharePoint 2007 was still beta, I dived into how to create "in site context" pages that should be hosted in the /_layouts directory of SharePoint. My adventures from back then can be found in this blog post. I don't want to take the default Microsoft approach where all se......