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Follow Developer Camps @DeveloperCamps on Twitter

2011-10-05T22:55:19Z

Interested in attending a Developer Camp? Follow us @ DeveloperCamps on Twitter....(read more)

Developer Camps: Learn from Experts, Free, Informal and Coming Soon!

2011-10-05T17:23:44Z

Back in June, I had the opportunity to attend a 2-day Web Camp here in Redmond. I was blown away. On Day 1, I learned a ton about HTML5/CSS/JavaScript. The instructors (maybe I should say “camp counselors”?), were true experts in each technology. The format was informal, which led to great discussions during the sessions and breaks. On Day 2, I was able to apply what I learned on Day 1 in hands on labs. Others that were more familiar with web development, did some app...(read more)

New SharePoint Online Workflow article on MSDN Magazine

2011-07-13T15:51:29Z

I’ve gotten a lot of questions about building workflows that run in the Sandbox with SharePoint Online . So many in fact, that I wanted to write an article on the subject for MSDN Magazine . Well, the article was just published in the July 2011 issue. The article includes details on building declarative workflows with SharePoint Designer 2010 and how to add custom workflow actions via the sandbox using Visual Studio 2010 . ...(read more)

Follow me on Twitter @chrisdmayo!

2011-06-30T19:48:34Z

I’m now on Twitter @chrisdmayo ....(read more)

Office 365 is Now Available!

2011-06-28T19:37:36Z

Office 365 was released to General Availability today with Steve Ballmer hosting the worldwide launch event in New York City . With this release, Office 365 (including SharePoint Online, Exchange Online, Lync Online and Office 2010 Professional Plus) can now be purchased directly from the Office 365 web site. To coincide with the launch, I’m happy to announce an updated Office 365 Developer Training Course to help you get started building solutions for the cloud with Office 365. The course...(read more)

Developing Powerful Workflows in the Cloud with Microsoft SharePoint Online from TechEd 2011 North America

2011-05-25T15:34:00Z

A common misconception about SharePoint Online is that you can’t develop workflows in the Sandbox. In my Developing Powerful Workflows in the Cloud with Microsoft SharePoint Online session, I show how you can create workflows that run in the sandbox using SharePoint Designer 2010 , how to develop custom workflow activities using Visual Studio 2010 and sandbox solutions and how to deploy those workflows to SharePoint Online. Video of the session and slides at the link above. -Mayo....(read more)

Developing Collaboration Solutions in the Cloud with Microsoft SharePoint Online from TechEd North America 2011

2011-05-24T13:31:00Z

In my Developing Collaboration Solutions in the Cloud with Microsoft SharePoint Online session at TechEd, my goal was to provide SharePoint 2010 developers some perspective on developing for SharePoint Online in Office 365 . What’s different? What do I need to learn? What’s the same? How much of what I know today applies to SPO? The session turned out great and lead to some really deep discussions afterwards. Watch the video and check out the slides at the link above. -Mayo...(read more)

Collaboration in the Cloud with SharePoint: A New World of Productivity from TechEd North America 2011

2011-05-23T21:23:14Z

Donovan Follette , Girish Raja , Augusto Valdez and I delivered the demos in Eron Kelly’s foundation session at TechEd, Collaboration in the Cloud with SharePoint: A New World of Productivity . The session turned out great and the feedback has been really positive. Check out the recording and the slides at the link above. -Mayo...(read more)

Professional Unified Communications Development with Microsoft Lync Server 2010

2011-05-23T18:23:50Z

George Durzi and Michael Greenlee just published Professional Unified Communications Development with Microsoft Lync Server 2010 on Wrox. George and I worked on the UC “14” early adopter program together since the early alpha bits leading up to the release of the Unified Communications “14” Training Course . I’m not exaggerating when I say few people outside of Microsoft have been developing with these bits longer than George. It’s sure to be a must have resource for Lync development...(read more)

New Technical Articles on Exchange Online Development

2011-05-19T13:17:00Z

The Exchange Online team has just published some really great Technical Articles on Exchange Online development . Check them out. -Mayo...(read more)

Eron Kelly discusses Office 365 on TechNet Edge

2011-05-19T02:02:00Z

I had the pleasure of doing a couple of demos in Eron Kelly’s Microsoft Office 365: The Future of Productivity session at TechEd. While I’m waiting to post the links to the session slides and recording, here is a great interview of Eron by Adam Carter . -Mayo...(read more)

Adam Carter and “Office 365 Doesn’t Mean You’re Fired”

2011-05-18T20:39:56Z

Adam Carter did a great session called “ Office 365 Doesn’t Mean You’re Fired” at Dev Connections Orlando. It was so great, it got written up in InfoWorld . If you’re looking to adopt Office 365, this is an interesting read. -Mayo...(read more)

Making a Wireless Connection Accessible to a Hyper-V Virtual Machine (VM)

2011-05-18T20:15:09Z

If you do SharePoint or SharePoint Online development in a VM, at some point you’ll be in a situation where the only network available is wireless. I ran into that here at TechEd in my hotel while prepping for my sessions. Luckily Donovan Follette had a great post on Making a Wireless Connection Accessible to a Hyper-V Virtual Machine (VM) to help me get up and running quickly. -Mayo...(read more)

Join the Office 365 Beta and Start Developing for SharePoint Online on SharePoint Sideshow

2011-05-18T20:06:05Z

Donovan Follette and I recently recorded a new installment of the SharePoint Sideshow called Join the Office 365 Beta and Start Developing for SharePoint Online to talk about the public beta of Office 365 , SharePoint Online development and the new Office 365 Training Course . Check it out. -Mayo...(read more)

SharePoint and Silverlight Training Course on MSDN

2011-04-22T17:15:00Z

Paul Stubbs just sent me mail about the new SharePoint 2010 and Silverlight Training Course on MSDN. There are some really great topics with labs covered in this training course! -Mayo...(read more)

SharePoint Online for Office 365: Developer Guide

2011-04-21T18:23:22Z

The SharePoint Online team has release the SharePoint Online for Office 365: Developer Guide to provide a comprehensive overview of the SPO platform and how developing for SPO differs from SP2010. Give it a read, it’s a great reference. -Mayo...(read more)

Visual Studio 2010 SharePoint Power Tools for SharePoint Online

2011-04-21T15:30:59Z

Developing solutions for SharePoint Online requires they be built using Sandboxed Solutions . Sandboxed solutions are developed against a scoped version of the Microsoft.SharePoint API specific to the capabilities of the sandbox. While Visual Studio 2010 provides IntelliSense support for the sandbox, compilation support would be even better (so you can catch issues with code copy/pasted from other projects or online samples, etc.). Enter the Visual Studio 2010 SharePoint Power Tools . These...(read more)

Building a SharePoint Development Machine Using the Easy Setup Script on SharePoint Sideshow

2011-04-19T17:17:39Z

Now that the Office 365 Training Course is available for the Office 365 beta, I’m putting together a blog post on setting of a development environment for Office 365. A good place to start is either setting up a SharePoint VM , using the 2010 Information Worker VMs ( native boot is a great way to go for VMs), or using the new SharePoint 2010 Easy Setup Script . The Easy Setup Script installs all the SharePoint 2010 development components either locally of onto a native boot VHD without...(read more)

Couple of interesting Office 365 articles

2011-04-19T16:41:00Z

Interesting article on the economics of Office 365 on PC World and another on the marketplace in the LA Times. -Mayo...(read more)

New Office 365 Developer Training Course on MSDN

2011-04-19T02:54:00Z

Since we announced Office 365 around the same time as PDC last year, I’ve been talking to a lot of other developers about the platform opportunities for building solutions for Office 365. In those discussions, the most common question I get is “how is the SharePoint Online/Exchange Online/Lync Online platform different from the SharePoint 2010/Exchange 2010/Lync Server 2010 platform?”. In order to answer those questions and help you build solutions for the cloud with Office 365...(read more)

More Beta details on Microsoft Office 365 Blog

2011-04-19T00:16:45Z

More details on the beta can be found on the Microsoft Office 365 Blog . This is a great blog to mark if you’re working with Office 365 . -Mayo...(read more)

Office 365 Beta on PC World and PC Magazine

2011-04-18T23:33:07Z

Nice write ups on both PC World and PC Magazine . -Mayo...(read more)

Office 365 Public Beta Available Now!

2011-04-18T18:54:11Z

I’m really happy to announce that the Office 365 Beta is now publicly available! We’ve been getting great feedback from customers using the service and developers building solutions using the platform during the private beta, so I’m really excited now that the service is more widely available. You can make your request to join the public beta here . Once you’ve filled in the required information you’ll receive an email with details on how to access your tenancy and start using the service...(read more)

New SharePoint Online Article on MSDN Magazine

2011-03-11T23:25:52Z

Cloud-Based Collaboration with SharePoint Online just hit MSDN Magazine in print and the web. This is the first of a series of articles that I’ll be doing on cloud based development with Office 365. I’d love to get your feedback. Post a comment or contact me through this blog! Thanks to George Durzi, Steve Fox, AJ May and Christina Storm for reviewing the article. Much appreciated! -Mayo...(read more)

SharePoint FireStarter in Redmond, WA and Online on 1/27/2011

2011-01-11T16:21:00Z

I’m speaking at the SharePoint FireStarter event in Redmond, WA on 1/27/2011. We’re also going to be simulcasting the event if you can’t make it in person. From the registration site, here is what we’ll be covering: Overview Information workers of the world, let’s collaborate! Microsoft is kicking off this New Year with an uber collaboration event. On January 27 th , we are hosting the SharePoint 2010 FireStarter event in Redmond, WA. This event like all other FireStarter events will be both...(read more)