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SharePoint for Developers Tour Part II

I’m back in the field for another installment of the SharePoint for Developers Roadshow. Last time we talked about configuring a development workstation, workflow, customizing the master pages and the collaborative features of Windows SharePoint Server Read More...

Posted Monday, May 11, 2009 2:03 PM by benko | 1 Comments

DemoFest Build Notes...

I got some questions about last week's BenkoTIPS webcast - DemoFest , and what you need to do to replicate it. Based on what I did for my version It thought I would share some notes. A couple points to successfully complete the full DemoFest application…(LINQ Read More...

Posted Tuesday, November 25, 2008 8:53 PM by benko | 1 Comments

Ramp Up! with SharePoint for Developers

Over the last month or so I've taken the SharePoint for Developers Webcast series on the road and we covered a few topics including how to set up a developer environment for SharePoint, Customizing the Chrome (master pages, style sheets, etc), Authentication Read More...

Posted Monday, November 17, 2008 10:38 PM by benko | 1 Comments

SharePoint Developer Links

Here are some links from the talk I'm doing for the SharePoint Developer Session. Kirk Evans Blog The SharePoint Developer CodePlex Project - SharePoint Features CodePlex Project - Silverlight Blueprint for SharePoint SharePoint Team Blog MSDN - How to Read More...

Posted Friday, November 14, 2008 12:20 PM by benko | 1 Comments

Developing for SharePoint

I was trading emails with a colleague (Cris Deeter) on resources for getting started in SharePoint development. He had a great list that is worth sharing. Here's his list: 1. Get started developing with SharePoint: a. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb530302.aspx Read More...

Posted Tuesday, November 11, 2008 4:29 PM by benko | 1 Comments

Silverprint a webcast on the SharePoint Silverlight Blueprint

Here's some links from today's webcast... Silverlight Blueprint for SharePoint Silverlight 2 beta 1 - download Silverlight 2 SDK Silverlight 2 Tools for Visual Studio 2008 Ian Morrish's blog post on Blueprint configuration Patrick Tisseghems blog post Read More...

Posted Thursday, March 27, 2008 4:31 PM by benko | 1 Comments

SharePoint and AJAX Style Web Parts

In yesterday's webcast I had the pleasure of having an expert on SharePoint and AJAX talk about bringing these two compelling technologies together. Todd Bleeker (from MindSharp , a SharePoint consulting firm based in Minneapolis) when thru the various Read More...

Posted Friday, March 21, 2008 2:56 PM by benko | 0 Comments

SharePoint for Developers Webcast Series

Because building it just got easier! What's the deal with Windows SharePoint Server (WSS 3.0) and Microsoft Office SharePoint Services?Lynn Langit and I are doing a webcast series on Windows SharePoint 3.0 as a platform for developers and looking at the Read More...

Posted Thursday, March 20, 2008 4:57 PM by benko | 1 Comments

SharePoint and AJAX Style Web Parts - A Webcast

For tomorrow's webcast as part of the series SharePoint for Developers ( http://www.BenkoTIPS.com/wss ) I will have a special guest joining me. Todd Bleeker is a SharePoint MVP who does a good amount of training around SharePoint and will be sharing what Read More...

Posted Wednesday, March 19, 2008 9:33 PM by benko | 0 Comments

SharePoint and Membership ... a Webcast

Today's webcast will deal with membership and SharePoint, how users are able to connect and use your SharePoint site. I'm adding a post that will provide links and additional information about this, but it's not quite ready yet. I'll update this post Read More...

Posted Thursday, March 13, 2008 4:51 PM by benko | 0 Comments

Customizing SharePoint - a webcast

Today in the latest addition to the SharePoint for Developers webcast series I'm going to be covering what's involved in customizing a portal to fit our needs. Our project will be to build out portions of the new www.BenkoTIPS.com to provide the ability Read More...

Posted Thursday, March 06, 2008 3:47 PM by benko | 1 Comments

Building a WSS 3.0 Server

I'm rebuilding a development server that I'll be using for the conversion of www.benkoTIPs.com to document the various processes. So what are the steps in doing this? We start with a base instance of Windows Server 2003 R2 with the latest updates installed. Read More...

Posted Friday, July 06, 2007 8:54 PM by benko | 0 Comments

SharePoint and Content Types

Organizing information and process is one of the most fundamental goals of Systems design, architecture and investment. The amount of money and time put into building new systems is returned by the gain in efficiency of doing business. In today's increasingly Read More...

Posted Friday, May 18, 2007 4:05 PM by benko | 1 Comments

SharePoint for Developers

I've gotten a good amount of feedback that people are not finding links to the 12 scheduled webcast in our SharePoint series, so here are links to the first 8. I'll add the remaining 4 links when they get scheduled and you can register for them. SharePoint Read More...

Posted Sunday, May 13, 2007 10:03 AM by benko | 1 Comments

SharePoint Webcast Series

So you're wondering what's going on with this blog, and what's new? Starting April 13, I'm doing a webcast series on Windows SharePoint 3.0 as a platform for developers and looking at the tools and technologies available for customizing portals and sites. Read More...

Posted Friday, April 13, 2007 4:27 PM by benko | 1 Comments