Owen Allen - The MOSS Garden

If it’s July, then you know two things.  First, Your friends at Microsoft are getting ready for another mind-blowing partner conference.  Second, there is going to be a world-wide presence at the SharePint event.  Even though the first...

After a great day of speaking with partners, and learning about how Microsoft is going to lead with partners into the next twelve months or few years, and attending conference keynotes and sessions, and, of course, perusing the grand exhibition hall(...

The SharePoint 2010 virtual machine image is now available for customers and partners to download here: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9728417 This virtual machine image also include some demo content! There are also handy bundled Akamai links for speedy...

The last time that we got a bunch of SharePoint MVPs on the same phone call was a lot of fun.  That happened last month, in March.  This month (April), there are Two (2) sessions scheduled. Click here to register and to get the details. April...

SharePoint by Day, SharePint by Night! In the grand tradition of SharePint events around the world, the AIIM Expo 2010 edition will be held at the following time and place. National Mechanics Bar and Restaurant 22 South 3rd Street Philadelphia...

A couple of months ago, I mentioned that SharePoint 2010 would be representing with strength at the AIIM Expo , April 20-22, in Philadelphia. The ECM team blog has now listed the speakers that will be making their way to the conference for this event...

The next meeting of the Puget Sound SPUG is this Thursday, April 15th.  Two solid partners are presenting.  Pizza and networking begins at 6:00PM. The meeting will be held at the Microsoft office (CIVICA Office Commons) at 205 - 108th Ave NE...

Many SharePoint Partners have been working with SharePoint 2010 for over a year and many of those have started to announce which solutions they will have ready at the time of launch or soon after the launch of SharePoint 2010.   Announcing ...

Update: (15 Apr 2010) - I just learned that the Redmond class on Apr 26-27 is now SOLD OUT. Good Luck, you SharePoint Solution Designers! If you are active in the SharePoint community, then you know that training content for SharePoint is often targeted...

The deadline for submitting your partner solution has been extended to April 9th, 2010.  Please visit http://www.digitalwpc.com/Awards for more details about how to submit your partner solution. There’s a new Country Partner of the Year award that...

Get Ready for SharePoint 2010 with Ignite Online: now available on the Partner Learning Center! Upgrade your skills to SharePoint 2010 through a series of self-paced modules of SharePoint 2010 technical training –including demos, presentations and hosted...

If you are a SharePoint Developer, a SharePoint Administrator, or a SharePoint Fan of any type or sort, you should join the Worldwide Chat with SharePoint MVPs that is scheduled for MONDAY, MARCH 15th, at 9:00AM PDT (5:00PM GMT). This is a chance for...

Hi Everyone.  SharePoint 2010 will be making a big splash at the AIIM Expo in Philadelphia on April 20-22.  Take advantage of the discount below to purchase a Conference pass for your employees.  3 days of keynotes and breakout sessions...

Here is some SharePoint and Christmas-Season-oriented humor for you to enjoy during the holiday. Corasworks issued the following press release. Santa Claus Uses CorasWorks Software on SharePoint to Improve Operations at North Pole Santa, Elves Building...

The SharePoint Deployment Planning Services (SDPS) program has been a big hit over the past couple of years.  There are now over 1,000 certified partners who can deliver the planning services workshops with customers.  These are provided free...

I’ve been watching the SharePoint Saturday phenomenon for a while now, and I think it’s amazing.  SharePoint has an amazing community of customers and partners and from time to time they come together to do something amazing. The Puget Sound SharePoint...

What an amazing SharePoint Conference we had last week.  I wanted to take a minute to say, “THANK YOU,” to all of you.  The SharePoint Partner ecosystem is ROCKING, and notice was served last week in a big way.  The energy that was in and...

The Puget Sound SharePoint Users Group is holding their second SharePoint Sprint event this weekend, September 26, 2009. The first event was a great success, as the working groups determined their scenarios and goals for the day and worked together to...

KMWorld publishes a list of Trend-Setting Products each year, and I’d like to mention the award winners that are integrated to some degree with SharePoint.  The full list is here: I started listed the companies that had integrations with SharePoint...

If you’ve tried to contact me over the past month or so, then you know that I am living and breathing preparations for the SharePoint Conference 2009 .  That’s the big October event this year.  So, you might ask – what’s the big November event...

Check out the update about SharePoint Conference 2009 today on the SharePoint team blog .  There is a list of some new sessions, and the scuttlebutt is that the conference will be selling out in the next few weeks.  It’s going to be a packed...

We are approaching the last month and weeks before SharePoint Conference 2009 .  This is going to be one of those “once-in-a-lifetime” events, and I’m looking forward to seeing all of the great partner solutions that have been in development on the...

You may already be going to Las Vegas this october for the SharePoint Conference 2009 , but are you traveling IN STYLE?   KnowledgeLake , a Gold Certified Microsoft partner, and one of the Platinum Sponsors of the SharePoint Conference 2009...

For those of you who are not aware of Gabor Fari, I’d like to introduce him.  Gabor is a Microsoft Solution Specialist for Enterprise Content Management in the Life Sciences industry.  Gabor has a rich background in content management and focuses...

I ran into (and around) Dolphin Software this morning.  Dolphin software provides a seemingly very complete Contract Management solution on top of the SharePoint Server 2007 application platform.  Capabilities include leveraging SharePoint’s...