It’s hard to get a grasp of just how far reaching and impactful SharePoint is these days, but an event like SharePoint Conference helps those of us who use and work with the product every day to visualize how absolutely HUGE SharePoint really is...

I thought with the recent availability of Windows Phone 7 on Verizon and with all four major carriers in the US offering a Windows Phone 7 device I’m sure to get more than a few family, friends, and colleagues that want to know the best way to setup and...

I was in a customer meeting yesterday and a common question came up: “what other companies are using SharePoint in my industry?” Given that it was an auto customer it reminded  me of an article in the Automotive News a few months ago and I thought...

Technorati Tags: I’ve had several customers ask me recently for SharePoint 2010 governance information. I consider this a very good sign. The message is finally getting out that a governance plan is absolutely essential to any SharePoint deployment. Especially...

One of the common questions I heard as a consultant when SharePoint 2007 launched was “how can we train our users?” Companies want a simple, inexpensive way to provide basic training, feedback, and build momentum with their launch of SharePoint...

As I’ve been demo’ing SharePoint 2010, Outlook 2010, and Exchange 2010 a few recurring questions have come up related to pictures and the new social aspects of Outlook and SharePoint. The first is how do the pictures in SharePoint and Outlooktie together...

I received an interesting question this week from a customer, and something that seems like a fairly common scenario. My customer just finished an upgrade/consolidation from WSS 2.0 to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. They aren’t anticipating...

A quick post on an issue I hit today with the SharePoint 2010 beta – updates to user profile data were not showing up when doing a people search. There were missing users, missing info, etc. After a few hours or so of digging the root cause was found...

One question that I’m hearing more and more often from customers and partners is “how can I get ramped up on SharePoint 2010?” And they want to go a little deeper now, more than just a teaser site. So to that end - the post below is dedicated to resources...

While I just built a snowman (actually snow' “woman”) last Saturday with my kids, I’m fully in Spring mode. Maybe it’s that I just spent a week in Seattle, where trees and plants are in bloom, and I can walk around without a jacket. Or that it’s expected...

I’ve done several SharePoint 2010 demos and presentations and it seems that almost every time I demo the new media web part that uses Silverlight to display video, I always get a lot of questions. How does it work? How much bandwidth? Can you throttle...

It’s been FAR too long since my last blog post. November came and went as I did SharePoint 2010 overview after overview. December has been fun with an all-day SharePoint 2010 “Best of SharePoint Conference” event that I put on in the Detroit area. We...

I’m just now recovering from the SharePoint Conference and catching up on customer requests. I wanted to quickly share my impressions on what new features garnered the most interest at the SharePoint Conference last week.   1. Business Connectivity...

I ran into a few odd issues accessing MySPC and I helped a few different folks with some connectivity issues this morning while checking my email on break so I thought I’d post a few quick tips and then tweet about it in case others are hitting the same...

It’s finally here! The biggest day for SharePoint enthusiasts in 3 years. There were A LOT of big announcements today but before I get to that here are some fast facts about the conference. 7400+ attendees (the last SP conference was 3,800, a 95...

I’m sure most of you are aware of how flexible SharePoint is in terms of securing content. There are several permission levels that can be created. Users can be assigned to a group, or directly to a particular permission level. And you can grant people...

As many of you know PerformancePoint Server is now licensed as part of the SharePoint Enterprise version . As a result of this change, those of us who focus on SharePoint have a much more significant role in presenting Microsoft’s approach to business...

I recently was asked by a customer how they would go about setting up a workflow process where the approver doesn’t have access to make changes to the document itself. In their words: “The individual would complete a form with activities and time spent...

I’ve had several customers ask me how they can develop a process within their organization to determine whether a solution or application is a good fit for SharePoint. It takes a lot of experience and technical understanding to determine this. And unfortunately...

I spent a little time last week reviewing some of the new InfoPath 2010 features and content. One recent addition to the content is a video out on YouTube, posted by the InfoPath Product team. This eight minute video covers the basics of creating and...

A colleague just pointed me to a great new video produced by Common Craft called SharePoint in Plain English . This 3 minute video can be found here:  www.microsoft.com/video/en/us/details/76e8d3af-c2bd-42a6-bb12-befcbd041bf1   It’s also out...

My last night in Seattle/Redmond. I have one day left of SharePoint 2010 Developer Ignite training and I am wiped out. What better time to crank out a blog post. I received an interesting email from a customer not too long ago regarding Discussion Boards...

One day left at TechReady 9 and I’ve already had a great week. The record-setting heat in Seattle hasn’t gotten in the way one bit. I’ve been inside most of the day in air-conditioning learning about great technologies, both current and future. There...

Twice a year Microsoft puts on a Microsoft-only technical conference called TechReady. I’m fortunate enough to be able to attend this week. TechReady 9, as it’s called, is in Seattle and it looks like it’ll be a scorcher. The weather forecast is calling...

A few months ago I looked high and low for a simple table/list covering SharePoint survey capabilities for a customer. I wasn’t able to find one so I put together the following list of SharePoint survey capabilities: Default survey template comes out...