Steve Fox's OBA Ramblings

I was recently asked what are the best ways to prepare for the 70-573 SharePoint Developer exam. I pinged a couple of folks who had gone through the process, and below are the responses I received from them. From Kirk: “I used the MeasureUp practice tests...

While the summer here in Seattle has been short, we managed to ship an updated version of the SharePoint and Windows Azure Developer Training Kit for all of you wanting to explore how these two technologies come together. Below, you can find the updated...

It seems there are quite a few folks heading out to the SP Saturday “The Conference” in the DC area next week. If you’re planning on going, it’s never too late to register. You can go here to get more information about the event and to register. The details...

In the C2C final tour stop in Chicago, we spent a lot of time in the demos and not too much time with the deck. So, I’ve posted the deck for your review post-tour. Also, a few follow-up notes from questions: 1. You can download the latest IW VM from this...

You’ve probably seen a few posts on my blog involving Windows Azure; more recently, I’ve been talking quite a bit about the integration between SharePoint and Windows Azure. However, of critical importance for the developer is to ensure you have access...

This is pretty cool. You can use Windows Azure to build Windows Phone 7, Android and iOS applications! Given some of the conversations around extending LOB into the cloud (e.g. across multiple devices and Office 365), this is pretty appealing and cross...

This week I traveled to the final leg of the Coast to Coast tour and also attended the SharePoint Saturday Conference in Washington, DC. In Chicago, I had the chance to spend some time with many developers who are learning SharePoint and we ran a boot...