For those doing Visual Studio development for SharePoint, you really have to check out the STSDEV tool on CodePlex. Ted Pattison and friends have done a really good job here. This tool generates class library project files while automating may of the...

An excellent article in MSDN Mag for those interested in the new WCF features in .NET 3.5. </steve>

Version 2.0 of Faceted Search for MOSS and Microsoft Search Server 2008 has just been released on CodePlex. In its current form, Faceted Search is a set of web parts that provide an intuitive, user friendly way to refine search results using predefined...

I was recently troubleshooting some IE issues with a customer when I discovered they were using 64-bit IE clients, ..., yes I was surprised too. So for those that may not know, only 32-bit IE 6 and IE7 are supported by SharePoint, as you can see from...

If you need a solution like this that works great and is very inexpensive.....duh it's free (at least at this time).....then check this out. </steve> Colligo Reader enables you to easily download content from SharePoint sites to your laptop - so...

Interesting article worth reading if this kind of stuff lights your fire... </steve> Mining a Large-Scale Term-Concept Network from Wikipedia Social tagging and information retrieval are challenged by the fact that the same item or idea can be expressed...

For those just venturing into the SharePoint world and those with a modest level of knowledge but a desire for more, you might want to check out these Web casts. TechNet Webcast: SharePoint Server 2007 (Part 1 of 6): Planning and Deploying SharePoint...

MOSS Intranet one of Top 10 ...One of the projects that we designed and delivered has been just announced as one of the best ten Intranets on the Nielsen Norman Group's "Intranet Design Annual 2008: Year's Ten Best Intranets"... A good read... </steve>

There is a lot of buzz since the announcement: Microsoft Announces Offer to Acquire Fast Search & Transfer Plenty of blog traffic on this one but I thought these two posts are worth your time: Microsoft Buys FAST; Last Year It Was BI, This Year It...

A good series of articles for those interested in using FBA. If you've deployed FBA and are seeing operational differences between FBA and Windows Integrated Security then jump to part 3. Forms Authentication in SharePoint Products and Technologies (Part...

A new white paper was just published, Evaluating Microsoft and SAP Portal Interoperability using WSRP , that describes the use of WSRP (Web Service for Remote Portlets) to facilitate the reusability of portlets across portal platforms. This technology...

The Extranet Collaboration Toolkit for SharePoint is a new Solution Accelerator being developed by Microsoft. Currently in beta, this toolkit provides you with best practices and tools to securely collaborate with your customers, suppliers, and partners...

A new set of IFilters has been released. One thing to note is that the pack includes IFilters for OneNote and ZIP. </steve> 2007 Office System Converter: Microsoft Filter Pack Contents : The filter pack includes the following IFilters: · Word, Excel...

An interesting article worth reading. Gartner's top 10 strategic technologies for 2008 The one's that especially caught my eye were the following, mainly because I have been or are currently involved. Go check it out. Unified Communications (UC) Business...

A number of folks have asked about this capability since it was first announced. Here is some additional information. A good discussion of the overall capability; make sure to read the operational limits section. External Storing of Binary Large Objects...

If you are interested in this type of integration, then checking out the new white paper is a must. Don't walk, run... Interoperability between SAP NetWeaver Portal and Microsoft SharePoint Technologies This white paper covers indepth all currently...

For those that want to manage their Hotmail account (now known as Windows Live Hotmail) from Outlook 2003 or 2007, you can download the Microsoft Office Outlook Connector free of charge. You can also view your Windows Live Hotmail contacts in Outlook...

If so, then you need to check out this new blog . The only danger is that you'll go so deep you won't come back.......hum, maybe I'll send some folks I know there.... <updated when="Jan042008">Here is some other stuff that may also be very valuable...

Hey, let's make this part of your new year's resolution,......, one that you definitely complete. There is some good learning material on the learning portal , including some free stuff... common, be the first on your block... </steve>

A number of customers have been asking about using WCF so I"ve been doing some tutorials. If you're new to WCF and want to jump in, there are some great Web casts done by Michele that can be found here . Each is an hour in length and will definitely get...