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I’m Lazy - Got preconfigured VHDs? – YES! (Win2003 R2 / Exch 2007 / MOSS 2007)

Posted Thursday, November 30, 2006 10:58 PM by alogan
So many people ask me to send them a pre-configured VPC of MOSS 2007… what is my response? Run up a Windows Server 2003 R2 box Install MOSS 2007 / WSS 3.0 yourself Customer Response: But Angus – I don't want to spend the time running up a Windows Server.. Read More...
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DOWNLOAD: Groove 2007 Software Development Kit

Posted Thursday, November 30, 2006 10:52 PM by alogan
I don't blog a lot about Groove but it is very cool (and sweet name too!) - if you try to build a native .NET smart client application which is online/offline/autosync/auto encrypted that is pretty hard (and time consuming) – NOT WITH GROOVE – check out Read More...
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Compliance and how 2007 Office System can help (New Whitepaper)

Posted Wednesday, November 29, 2006 5:06 PM by alogan
A new whitepaper has been released which talks about regulatory compliance and how the 2007 Office System can help. Get it from here . Overview This white paper showcases compliance-related features and extensibility opportunities with the 2007 Microsoft® Read More...
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MOSS 2007 Sexy external website - Alphamosaik

Posted Wednesday, November 29, 2006 4:19 PM by alogan
William Heurdier from Alphamosaik emailed me responding to my WCM Sexy-ness request. He has a public website - www.alphamosaik.com – which was built on MOSS 2007 using Master Pages & Custom Lists. Rock on! Read More...
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TRAINING: Inside Look at building and developing solutions with MOSS 2007

Posted Saturday, November 25, 2006 7:14 PM by alogan
Mark pointed out this great new training – it is so good and FREE I thought I'd reblog it. Check it out Clinic 5046: Inside Look at Building and Developing Solutions with Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007 Read More...
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MOSS 2007 is out there in the real world – speakTECH’s external website.

Posted Tuesday, November 21, 2006 8:39 PM by alogan
OMG! A friend of mine, Mike Jarvis (business development extraordinare… we worked together at a .com dev shop) wanted to get back in touch with me so found my email address. I wanted to check out his new company – www.speaktech.com – and I saw the site Read More...
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Interactive Reference guide for UI changes between Office 2003 and Office 2007

Posted Sunday, November 19, 2006 3:30 PM by alogan
At the Ready Summit I promised to blog a few links. This is one of them – it allows you to select a function in Office 2003 and then it shows you how to find that feature in Office 2007. Check it out Word Interactive Reference / PowerPoint Interactive Read More...
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DOWNLOAD - Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools: Visual Studio 2005 Extensions (CTP)

Posted Saturday, November 18, 2006 4:25 PM by alogan
Tools for developing custom SharePoint applications: Visual Studio project templates for Web Parts, site definitions, and list definitions; and a stand-alone utility program, the SharePoint Solution Generator. These help you build & debug web parts Read More...
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IT Pro? Want TechNet Documentation on MOSS 2007/WSS 3.0/MOSS for Search/Form Server

Posted Saturday, November 18, 2006 9:38 AM by alogan
There is SO MUCH DOCO out right now for Office SharePoint Server 2007 , Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 , Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Search and Office Forms Server 200 7 in the Microsoft TechNet site – check it out here (expand out the tree on Read More...
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Download: RTM Visual Studio 2005 extensions for .NET Framework 3.0 (Windows Workflow Foundation)

Posted Saturday, November 18, 2006 8:56 AM by alogan
This is great – all the stuff is RTM'ing now ;) In fact the Visual Studio 2005 extensions for .NET Framework 3.0 (Windows Workflow Foundation) has been out for ages – the reason I am blogging it is so it appears on my downloads page – which basically Read More...
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WSS 3.0 guided tour recording – Niiiice.

Posted Friday, November 17, 2006 10:07 PM by alogan
A great demo/tour of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 – check it out here . Read More...
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2007 Office System ‘Save as PDF or XPS’ download available…

Posted Thursday, November 16, 2006 9:17 PM by alogan
Back in the early beta releases of the 2007 Office System client applications the Save As PDF or XPS were baked in. In the RTM version it is no longer baked into the core installer but you can download it from this location . Read More...
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MOSS 2007 & WSS 3.0 Fully Baked and Trial Bits downloadable… NOW!!!

Posted Thursday, November 16, 2006 9:00 PM by alogan
It looks like this is the RTM bits of WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 – YAY! MOSS– 180 day trial http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2e6e5a9c-ebf6-4f7f-8467-f4de6bd6b831&DisplayLang=en WSS 3.0 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d51730b5-48fc-4ca2-b454-8dc2caf93951&DisplayLang=en Read More...
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Tool to export and import Search Configurations from an SSP in MOSS

Posted Thursday, November 16, 2006 6:32 PM by alogan
When I was in Perth last week at our Ready Summit (read: Launch event) I spent the day with my buddies at Tourism Western Australia ( Sezai is one of the coders there – and one of the best MOSS 2007 heads in Perth… which is important because it is the Read More...
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Read/Write Office 2007 Office Open XML File Format in “legacy” Office 2000, XP, 2003

Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 11:24 AM by alogan
It is so easy… While you are planning your upgrade to Office 2007 you can still read/write the files that Office 2007 clients are sending you. Download it here . Read More...
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Chargeback for all sites created using Feature Stapling… very feasible.

Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 2:12 PM by alogan
By combining a few blog entries I just read – Arpan's ROI post which talks about ROI/Chargeback and Chris Johnson's entry about Feature stapling (the process of attaching a Feature to a Site Definition or ALL site definitions) it seems that charge back Read More...
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Demo Kit – nc8430 is still top of the pops – demo system tips

Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 1:40 PM by alogan
I'm on the road the entire month doing a few events: the ReadySummit which is our Launch of Office Vista & Exchange (LOVE!) and a few other things like New Horizons seminars . 90% of my time when I'm not doing email (which is 90% of my time) is spent Read More...
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SharePoint Learning Kit (SLK) Beta Available for Download.

Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 12:27 PM by alogan
The SharePoint Learning Kit is very cool – check it out – the Beta has been released here . Read More...
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Commentary on Arpan’s ROI blog post and Australia’s Rapid Deployment Program BUSINESS VALUE

Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 10:42 AM by alogan
Arpan Shah (Group Product Manager) wrote a great blog entry on ROI – I thought I'd add some comments. -- Firstly – Arpan's article rocks. Arpan talks about lots of different things which contribute to ROI -Acceleration, Automation, New Revenue Streams, Read More...
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