On a recent project I had a requirement to develop a search application for a specific subset of content within SharePoint. By creating managed properties for the site columns of my content type and then consuming them as properties in the advanced search...

With the recent release of VSeWSS 1.2 I have had a number of customers inquire as to why Microsoft does not provide support for 64-bit platforms. I wondered this myself as our prescribed guidance to users is to run MOSS and WSS 3.0 on 64-bit platforms...

I received confirmation today that the rumors and suspected April Fools’ hoax regarding SharePoint Designer becoming available via free download are in fact true. Below is the customer ready announcement directly from Microsoft: “One...

The Patterns & Practices group has released a Codeplex project on SharePoint development best practices and guidance . This is a very comprehensive guide and will eventually be released to MSDN. The team is asking for feedback and has released it...

Today I noticed a billboard for a local hospital advertising the use of Twitter to alert followers about current ER wait times. I thought this was a very clever and practical use of Twitter and it left me pondering other ways brick and mortar businesses...

Previously I had posted the SharePoint product group's explanation as to why VSeWSS 1.2 did not provide 64-bit support. I am happy to report that the product group announced this morning that VSeWSS 1.3 CTP includes 64-bit support. This incremental release...

The St. Louis SharePoint user group is having their bi-monthly May meeting Tuesday, May 13 at 8:30 am in the Microsoft office. Visit the STLSUG site and register to attend if you are interested and have not already. The group will be presenting best practices...

Typemock is offering their new product for unit testing SharePoint called Isolator For SharePoint, for a special introduction price. it is the only tool that allows you to unit test SharePoint without a SharePoint server. To learn more click here . ...

I'll be presenting at St. Louis Day of .NET tomorrow on Live Services and Mesh at the Center for the Application of Information Technology (CAIT) at Washington University in St. Louis. Looks like quite a few people will be there. Stop and say hi if you...

I will be presenting at the St. Louis SharePoint User Group meeting January 13, 2008 . The talk will cover how to aggregate content across site collections without writing custom code or purchasing a third party solution. In this session you will learn...

Going to give my talk on aggregating content across site collections using search without writing code. Should be a great event . Any suggestions for fun things to do in KC with a family in February are appreciated. http://www.sharepointsaturday...

WorldWide Telescope was launched today from Microsoft Research. The app basically allows your computer to act as a virtual telescope. The pictures look amazing. Enjoy!

This is great news for anyone wanting to use VS 2008 for SharePoint/WSS development. Here is the official announcement . Happy coding.

Anyone doing MOSS/WSS development has most likely at one time or another encountered the gotchas with knowing when to explicitly dispose of an object. While I will try to limit posting links to other blogs, this resource was so good I wanted to share...

Anyone that has considered or has actually deployed MOSS or WSS 3.0 is most likely familiar with the " Plan for Software Boundaries " article on TechNet. Recently when researching an architecture for a customer I noticed some significant updates to this...

The St. Louis Day(s) of .NET was a great success. This year the event expanded to two full days of content. Over 500 people attended over 65 sessions presented by subject matter experts and Microsoft MVPs throughout the region. This is by far the largest...

The big announcement at PDC 2008 this morning was the CTP launch of Windows Azure. Microsoft bills this as an OS for the cloud. This will revolutionize the way applications are architected but I wonder if enterprises will be willing to cede control of...

In my session at SharePoint Saturday Ozarks I promised a blog with links to additional resources and the code snippets used in my demo. I will also hopefully eventually have a screencast of my demo completed and hosted at http://endusersharepoint.com...

I will once again be speaking at the St. Louis Day of .NET conference. This year the event has grown and the conference will offer two full days of sessions on Friday, August 28, 2009 and Saturday, August 29. 2009 at the Ameristar Casino Conference Center...