The Virtual Earth API is quite good already but the guys have added some more features (check out the announcement or the Interactive SDK)
BTW - right now I'm stuck in LAX for a few hours before I can get to Vegas - check out my twitter.
There is lots of goodness added to the WSS 3.0 Online SDK - check it out.
My favorite is the :
- Content Migration conceptual section;
- greatly expanded reference material for lots of the Microsoft.Sharepoint* namespaces.
I'm off to MIX07 in Las Vegas Saturday morning (arrive Saturday leave Wednesday) - be sure to come and track me down email or SMS me (+61 415 18 777 8) if you want to talk about Windows Live, MOSS 2007 or anything web!
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This will be awesome - Patrick Rocks!!!
From Readify:
" Readify’s latest Industrial Strength Series event will be U2U’s intensive Building Sharepoint 2007 Solutions Master Class, delivered by Patrick Tisseghem over 5 days in Sydney 18-22 June. This Master Class is designed for experienced .NET developers to get up to speed with building solutions with both WSS3.0 and MOSS 2007. Patrick Tisseghem has been working with and teaching SharePoint Services since version 1.0. He co-developed Microsoft’s pre-release Technical Adoption Program and Ascend courseware for Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server. Patrick is a Microsoft MVP for Belgium and Luxembourg, an active blogger, and managing partner of U2U. Patrick authored the recently published “Inside MOSS2007” published via Microsoft Press. Each Master Class participant will receive a copy of both Microsoft Press books: ‘Inside WSS 3.0’ by Ted Patisson and ‘Inside MOSS 2007’ by Patrick Tisseghem. The course has been designed for developers with experience in .NET programming and power user knowledge of WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007. www.readify.net "
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Readify’s latest Industrial Strength Series event will be U2U’s intensive Building Sharepoint 2007 Solutions Master Class, delivered by Patrick Tisseghem over 5 days in Sydney 18-22 June. This Master Class is designed for experienced .NET developers to get up to speed with building solutions with both WSS3.0 and MOSS 2007. Patrick Tisseghem has been working with and teaching SharePoint Services since version 1.0. He co-developed Microsoft’s pre-release Technical Adoption Program and Ascend courseware for Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server. Patrick is a Microsoft MVP for Belgium and Luxembourg, an active blogger, and managing partner of U2U. Patrick authored the recently published “Inside MOSS2007” published via Microsoft Press. Each Master Class participant will receive a copy of both Microsoft Press books: ‘Inside WSS 3.0’ by Ted Patisson and ‘Inside MOSS 2007’ by Patrick Tisseghem. The course has been designed for developers with experience in .NET programming and power user knowledge of WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007. www.readify.net
Head on over to www.microsoftsharepoint.com and register!!! - Don't have a registration code... leave me a msg i'll see what I can do. ;)
Here are a few of the presenters:
Over at Loke's blog there is some news about Microsoft Silverlight:
"At the National Association of Broadcasters event in Las Vegas today, Microsoft will the new vision for creating, managing and experiencing content on all platforms, be it the desktop, web or mobile. Microsoft Silverlight is the new name for Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere (WPF/E). It allows developers to create and users to consume Silverlight applications on Macintosh or Windows operating systems and on multiple browsers like Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari. Here are some features of Silverlight: Rich interactive experiences and applications on the Web Robust vector-based graphics and overlays Unmatched video and audio quality from HD to mobile Simple, in-place installer for Silverlight browser plug-in Device support
"At the National Association of Broadcasters event in Las Vegas today, Microsoft will the new vision for creating, managing and experiencing content on all platforms, be it the desktop, web or mobile. Microsoft Silverlight is the new name for Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere (WPF/E). It allows developers to create and users to consume Silverlight applications on Macintosh or Windows operating systems and on multiple browsers like Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari.
Here are some features of Silverlight:
Comparison between Silverlight, .NET 3.0 & Flash/Flex
Fact Sheets Microsoft Silverlight Fact Sheet (.doc, 75 KB)"
Fact Sheets
dnrTV is giving Sharepoint a lo of love with 4 episodes live now.
Check them out here:
About the Presenter
Sahil Malik is a .NET author, trainer and consultant who has worked in Microsoft Technologies since the DOS days. Currently he is heavily invested in Sharepoint 2007, and the .NET framework in general
The guys @ Artemis have been working very hard getting RAPID for SharePoint out the door.
check it out here:
- Documentation http://www.rapid-for-sharepoint.com/documentation/default.htmx
Looks like this has RTM'd.
(Visual Studio 2005 extensions for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, Version 1.0)
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.
Download them here.
from the SharePoint Team Blog:
“Microsoft Best Practices Analyzer for Microsoft® Windows® SharePoint® Services 3.0 and the 2007 Microsoft® Office System” has Shipped! The Microsoft Best Practices Analyzer for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and the 2007 Microsoft Office System Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) programmatically collects settings and values from data repositories such as MS SQL, registry, metabase and performance monitor. Once collected, a set of comprehensive ‘best practice’ rules are applied to the topology. Administrators running this tool will get a detailed report listing the recommendations that can be made to the environment to achieve greater performance, scalability and uptime. You can get a copy here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=cb944b27-9d6b-4a1f-b3e1-778efda07df8&displaylang=en Bill Baer from MS IT includes more detail on the release in this post. (The same team that brought you the WSS 3.0and MOSS 2007 MOM packs were responsible for this.)
“Microsoft Best Practices Analyzer for Microsoft® Windows® SharePoint® Services 3.0 and the 2007 Microsoft® Office System” has Shipped!
The Microsoft Best Practices Analyzer for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and the 2007 Microsoft Office System Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) programmatically collects settings and values from data repositories such as MS SQL, registry, metabase and performance monitor. Once collected, a set of comprehensive ‘best practice’ rules are applied to the topology. Administrators running this tool will get a detailed report listing the recommendations that can be made to the environment to achieve greater performance, scalability and uptime.
You can get a copy here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=cb944b27-9d6b-4a1f-b3e1-778efda07df8&displaylang=en
Bill Baer from MS IT includes more detail on the release in this post.
(The same team that brought you the WSS 3.0and MOSS 2007 MOM packs were responsible for this.)