Just a quick note: the sample Windows Folder Web Part for WSS 2.0 and SPS 2003 that I posted some time ago is now available for download again from the GotDotNet 'User Samples' area. I re-posted it here after I received several emails pointing out that...

Ready for something completely different? Ever seen the movie 'Minority Report'? One step closer. Microsoft just announced a new product, "Microsoft Surface". You have to watch the videos to appreciate this. First check out the video that Major...

... sounds like 'cancelled' to me for 2007! Shame - especially as I was planning to go! http://msdn.microsoft.com/events/pdc/ Still, it's for technology reasons - the dates fall inconveniently between technology release waves. Maybe we should keep...

For those who have been building or evaluating records management solutions using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 ( MOSS ), you may be aware that MOSS was recently submitted to take the DoD 5015.2 certification test. Adam Harmetz explained why...

An entirely new version of the Communicator client application for Live Communications Server has just been released, this time specifically for mobile devices. Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile is for Windows Mobile-based devices, and extends the...

The SharePoint product development team at Microsoft have recently launched the SharePoint Team Blog , where they will be talking about the upcoming releases of the product set. Already published are posts from the Corporate VP of the Office Servers product...

I have just posted a sample SharePoint web part to GotDotNet (note: since moved to MSDN Code Gallery ) , which I've called the " Windows Folder web part ". This is the result of a project I worked on some time ago which I'm now able to share. What...

All the sessions from PDC05 were video recorded - and the recordings have now been posted on a public website here: http://microsoft.sitestream.com/PDC05/ There was some extremely valuable stuff discussed at PDC that hasn't been well captured elsewhere...

Some great new LCS 2005 sample code has been released recently to cover some commonly-requested messaging scenarios: Role Agent for Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 Role Agent is a sample Microsoft Windows service application that implements...

Recently I enthused about the planned RTC Presence Toolkit, which would provide an easy way for developers to add integrated communications and presence to their own applications. The toolkit has now been published as the " Presence Controls for Office...

Microsoft has now formally announced the " RTC Presence Toolkit " at the Worldwide Partner Conference 2005. If you were at my presentation at the Office Developer Conference UK last month, you saw a demo of the beta version - which is variously referred...

If you attended the Office Developer Conference in the UK last week, in the beautiful surroundings of Heathrow airport :-), you may have seen me presenting on the second day. I gave two presentations on the Server Track about developing applications using...

You may find that the downloaded compiled help file (.chm) version of the SharePoint Portal Server Administrator’s Guide (found here on microsoft.com) will no longer open correctly after applying the latest batch of Windows XP security updates released...

You may have seen Bill Gates announce the new Office Communicator 2005 product recently (if not, you can watch a recording ). This is the future of comms - and you could try it now by signing up for the beta programme! ( instructions here ) Mayur has...

The File Transfer feature of Windows Messenger allows users to transfer files between desktops. Wait, bear with me, there's more... To help ensure that the file being transferred is safe for use, Windows Messenger 5.1 performs a check each time a file...

If you're considering deploying Live Communications Server 2005, you may need to migrate users from an existing Instant Messaging system. A migration will ensure that users do not lose their existing lists of contacts when moving to the new system. Here...

Download the LCS 2005 Resource Kit here . It contains a useful set of deployment and troubleshooting tools, as well as technical reference documentation . You may also be interested in the LCS 2005 Capacity Planning Toolkit .

Windows Messenger 5.1 , the Instant Messaging client application used with Live Communications Server 2005 , is now available to download. The accompanying Real-Time Communications Client API SDK 1.3 has also been posted for download. What's more, the...

SharePoint Portal Server 2003 (SPS 2003) offers the choice of using either Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE) or Microsoft SQL Server 2000 to store the databases. MSDE is limited in a number of ways, including a maximum size limit of 2GB...

You can read about the updates in the Press Release or download them directly using these links: Windows SharePoint Services Service Pack 1 | [ fix list ] SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Service Pack 1 | [ fix list ] You will need to install WSS SP1 before...

The Topic Assistant in Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 can be used to automatically associate content on the portal site with areas on the portal site. The Topic Assistant uses areas associated with a training set of documents to suggest...

There are a number of ways that Windows Messenger 5.0 can be 'branded', something typically done by administrators to provide corporate links or content within the Windows Messenger client: Conversation Window Image - a clickable 'banner ad' that appears...

Microsoft, America Online, MSN and Yahoo! Announce Industry-First Connectivity to Enterprise Instant Messaging Users Interesting announcement made yesterday: when LCS 2005 ships it will allow organisations to securely federate, and now (with the Connectivity...

An important part of any large SharePoint deployment project is the migration of content across from other data stores. Recently I've seen a few customers experience problems or poor performance when migrating large numbers of documents into SharePoint...

Hi there. I've been thinking about what to use as the title for this, my first blog post, and after much internal debate I've gone with the first thing that came to mind. Welcome to the Goldfish Bowl :-) I am a developer consultant at Microsoft Consulting...