Steve Caravajal's Ramblings

2007 Microsoft Office suites comparison white paper With the 2007 Microsoft Office system, you and your organization can use the new set of powerful tools for creating, managing, analyzing, and sharing information to work more efficiently and effectively...

MOSS: Compliance Features in the 2007 Microsoft Office System This white paper showcases compliance-related features and extensibility opportunities with the 2007 Microsoft® Office system, and demonstrates how the Office system can help you meet the...

Yep, more are popping up all the time. Part 2 and Part 1 also show other sites, which definitely were created using pre-RTM bits. Since MOSS has been released, I expect to see many more. Cmon, jump on the train. Culminis Satama SpeakTech...

Returning by popular demand but with more new capability, 40 new application templates will be released soon. You can find the list here , but I have captured the list below for convenience. Also, note the highlighted areas describing the upgrade process...

Telerik is providing MOSS Web authoring capability using non-IE browsers. From their Web site…… r.a.d. editor for MOSS extends the web content authoring environment of Office SharePoint Server 2007 by providing cross-browser compatibility and support...

This download allows you to export and save to the PDF and XPS formats in eight 2007 Microsoft Office programs. It also allows you to send as e-mail attachment in the PDF and XPS formats in a subset of these programs. </steve>

For those 1 or 2 people that haven't yet seen a demo of WSS v3, you can go check it out here . </steve>

Differences between the 2007 Office system and Office 2003 </steve>

Make sure to check out the Reporting Services features in SP2 from the 2nd link below specific to MOSS and WSS v3. A lot of cool stuff coming...... SQL Server Community Technology Preview Program What's new in SQL Server 2005 SP2 </steve>

Using ASP.NET for AJAX in SharePoint Sites Build web parts with AJAX </steve>

Installing Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 on a Server Running Windows Small Business Server 2003 This document shows you how to install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 side-by-side with Windows SharePoint Services 2.0, so you can use the exciting...

Two very popular questions: 1. What are the feature / functional differences between MOSS and WSS v3? Go check out a good summary here . 2. What are the differences between WSS v2 and WSS v3? Here is a good summary. </steve>

I have been asked for a number of references that would be valuable for someone just getting started with SharePoint workflow. So, as I have been developing demos and discussions I put together a series of references that I thought I'd share more broadly...

Becuase of the new capability of MOSS, policies and IRM-protected documents, more folks are asking about how to configure the two together. So if you're interested, here you go: Deploying Windows Rights Management Services with Microsoft Office SharePoint...

If you hadn’t heard, Microsoft purchased SysInternals earlier this year and now the fantastic tools such as Process Explorer, Regmon, Filemon, plus others are now available here on microsoft.com. Something new is Process Monitor, a new tool that supersedes...

For your awareness to know this kind of functionality is coming. [Updated June 26, 07: here is a link to the final release version.] </steve> Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services Add-in for Microsoft SharePoint Technologies - Community...

Are you customizing MOSS or have plans? If so you can read about a new tool below…….if it sounds good then go check it out. Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools: Visual Studio 2005 Extensions Tools for developing custom SharePoint applications...

I did a WCM demo and deep dive discussion for a few customers in the last few weeks and they were really impressed with the ease at which content can be created and published. One of the topics was how to make the SharePoint site not look like a SharePoint...

Recently, I did a deep dive on InfoPath 2007 and Forms Services for a couple of customers. They asked for a number of references that would get them up to speed, so here is what I shared with them. For the most part they are 2007-related but I also included...

A number of folks have asked me for any information regarding authoring and deploying workflows using SPD. If you're interested then check this out: Office SharePoint Designer 2007 Overview Not sure, here is a snippet: When you develop workflows...