This was put together by our very own MCS. Good looking and multi-media enabled.
http://www.deewr.gov.au
By our MOSS partner, OBS
http://www.wattyl.com.au/Designer
Awesome stuff
Steve
As MOSS is incresingly used for Internet facing sites, there are a few taking on an e-commerce flavour. Some are using Commerce Server 2007 to drive the e-comm parts of the site. These are the ones I recently found by doing a quick poll of our field people around the world.
https://www.dolce-gusto.co.uk/UK/onlineshop/Pages/default.aspx
http://www.point-s.de/Pages/Default.aspx (I don’t know how much German you know J but you can click on Zum Reifen on the main page and it takes you directly to a basket process inside MOSS)
http://www.cegos.fr/Pages/default.aspx (it looks like a ecomm site but your French may be better than mine, so please confirm!)
http://www.swissarmy.com/Pages/Home.aspx, this site shows integration with a third party called etailer (click on an item like a Chefs Knife and then click on Buy Now).
http://recipes.kroger.com/ Site is MOSS, recipes are coming from the Commerce Server catalog.
Siatro
A couple of tools to help make the transition to Office 2007 easier. You will definately enjoy the first one!
1) Allows you to ‘search’ the toolbar http://www.officelabs.com/projects/searchcommands/Pages/default.aspx
2) This allows one to map Word 2003 to Word 2007 commands http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/thankyou.aspx?familyId=9044790b-4e24-4277-b714-66d7b18d0aa1&displayLang=en
Siatro
Another good MOSS site in the wild from our partner Vivid Group.
http://www.centraltafe.wa.edu.au/Pages/default.aspx
Steve
A bunch of very passionate Office fans, namely from the MOSSIG User Group, in conjunction with Latrobe Uni have put together this very interesting day for Office 2007 at the Bundoora Campus.
http://www.sharepointusers.org.au/MOSSIG/OOSF2008/default.aspx
The agenda includes Redmond based Mike Fitzmaurice who is visiting as part of a world tour.
Places are limited to 70 attendees so its on a first come first served basis.
Siatro
Have you ever had to deal with this with your customers?
Check this out:
http://www.cadnection.com/
The high level features of CADnection are as follows:
· Check-in/out to SharePoint libraries from AutoCAD, including Xrefs/blocks.
· Launch AutoCAD and check-out a file directly from a SharePoint library.
· Search for file names and contained meta-data.
· Associate workflow/events based on file changes.
Siatro
I've been getting several requests from Partners and customers around the new records management certification for MOSS 2007 (DOD 5015.2) and I wanted to collate some of the information I have gathered.
First of all:
What is DoD 5015.2 Standard and why is it important?
The Department of Defense (DoD) 5015.2 Standard (STD) was born out of several process improvement initiatives and business process reengineering efforts during the early 1990’s conducted by the Department of Defense. These efforts were primarily directed at improving the preservation of official records in accordance with applicable Federal law. They were also responding to the potential loss of critical official records as a result of the growing reliance on PCs and laptop computers.
Why is DoD 5015.2 Standard certification important to Microsoft?
As Microsoft expands enterprise content management (ECM) capabilities within the Office System we are committed to the industry standards for ECM. DoD 5015.2 STD is a well know and widely adopted industry standard for records management applications in the ECM industry.
When was Microsoft certified?
Microsoft was certified on May 27th, 2007 and is listed on the JITC product register at: http://jitc.fhu.disa.mil/recmgt/register.htm.
What additional functionality is delivered by the code that was built for the certification?
· File Plan Builder – This feature implements the records manager’s experience for creating locations to store records.
· Supplemental Markings – This feature implements advanced access control logic.
· Vital Review – This feature covers the review of vital records on a periodic basis.
· Multiple Locations – This feature covers uploading the same record to multiple locations.
· Folder Holds – When a SharePoint folder is placed on hold, all records in that folder must also be placed on hold.
· Close Folders – When a folder is closed, no new records can be added to that folder.
· Referencing and Linking – This feature covers linking records together according to administrator defined relationships (e.g. cross-reference).
· Metadata propagation – This feature implements the automatic propagation of metadata changes between categories, folders, and records.
· Cutoff – This feature implements cutting off a folder such that disposition processing can begin on the folder.
· Unique ID – This feature implements transforming our internal GUID into a human readable form.
· Disposition – This feature implements the complete set of actions that can happen when a record is disposed.
· Email – This feature implements submitting email records to the repository.
· Expunge –– A whitepaper that discusses how to configure Microsoft SQL Server 2005 such that, when a record is removed from the database, it cannot be recovered
Where can I find more information?
Further information can be found at:
http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/capabilities/ecm/dod5015.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/may07/05-29SharePointDoDPR.mspx
https://connect.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx?SiteID=551
http://blogs.msdn.com/ecm/archive/2008/02/09/announcing-the-dod-5015-2-resource-kit-for-sharepoint-server-2007.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2007/05/30/dod-5015-2-certification-for-moss-2007-we-ve-passed-the-test.aspx
Hope this helps.
Fabio
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Hi All – The Information Worker Business Group of Microsoft Australia has made the decision to run a more focussed SharePoint Forum in the Microsoft Offices in North Ryde in May 2008 for 80-100 attendees from key Partners and Customers, this takes the place of the planned SharePoint Conference in May 2008. For Partners and Customers who require a deeper level of Sharepoint Training the US SharePoint Conference will be run in early March this year; please go to http://www.mssharepointconference.com/Pages/default.aspx for more information. We are committed to providing our Customers and Partners with the most up-to-date information about SharePoint and ensuring we deliver the highest quality of experience.
Thanks and ask any questions if you have any.
Robin Young – robiny@microsoft.com
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Siatro
This came across my inbox today from my colleague Ian Palangio - fantastic resource for introducing MOSS into green field sites.
The final and complete end-user Office SharePoint Server 2007 Training is now available for FREE in the MS Download Center!
The training comes with rich set of videos, tutorials and articles that help end users learn the basics of SharePoint’s workloads (ie each piece of the SharePoint pie). The kit can be installed directly to individual desktop machines (stand alone edition), or directly onto a SharePoint site. IT Departments, or even groups such as HR, Corporate Learning, and others will be able to use and customize the kit to train end users on to use and get value from SharePoint.
- Portal Edition: built on the Microsoft SharePoint Learning Kit (‘SLK’), the Portal Edition must be deployed onto a SharePoint Server site by a server administrator. It includes a reporting function that allows an administrator/trainer to track learners’ completed training topics. The content is compliant to the e-learning standard SCORM 2004.
- Standalone Edition: can be installed by an individual and easily accessed from a desktop icon. It does not allow customization or reporting, but give customers the ability to view the training before they deploy the Portal Edition on a SharePoint Server site.
Siatro
Another Blog many of the Aus partners may be interested in tracking is the one Mike Heald runs to announce campaigns and other marketing activities. Remember, there is funding behind these campaigns so contact your Partner Account Manager to get some of the action.
http://blogs.msdn.com/marketingforpartners/
Siatro
Many of you may already know about Bruce Rassmussen who is the managing director of Carpe Diem, a consultancy specialising in Sales and Marketing training and who we use alot fortraining courses for the MS channel in Australia.
Recently Bruce mentioned to me that he has entered the Blogosphere with his blog at:
http://carpe-diem.typepad.com/ms_partners/
He tells me the aim of this blog is to raise awareness amongst the Microsoft community of partners on the value of Solution Selling and marketing among other business related aspects. These are often areas overlooked or not prioritsed in many partners in our channel and are critical for building sustainable businesses.
Bruce tells me he will aim to post weekly.
I hope you find his blog useful.
Siatro
