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SharePoint for Developers Tour Part II

benko — Mon, 11 May 2009 16:03:30 GMT

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 3.0.This time we’ll be taking a look at Web Parts and how they fit into SharePoint. Specifically using them for the Silverlight and SharePoint Story, and then we talk about SharePoint Designer and the Data View Web Part.

SharePoint Designer and the Data Form Web Part

Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 is a powerful tool for customizing the look and feel of your SharePoint sites. However, did you know that SharePoint Designer can also help you to build interactive dashboards? During this session we look at the magical Data Form Web Part and how you can use it to display SharePoint data in all new ways. We also look at how to display data from external data sources and how to create custom new and edit forms without writing any code.

SharePoint Designer and Silverlight

Rich User Experience is getting easier to create with the release of Silverlight. In this session we show how Silverlight takes advantage of XAML and provides an easy way to build compelling user interfaces. We will demonstrate using Silverlight to allow the developer and designer to collaborate to build exciting new applications and how these new tools can be leveraged within the SharePoint environment. We will cover the basics of Silverlight as well as what configuration steps need to be taken to deploy it.

I know it’s short notice and seating is limited, but if you're interested here are the links to register:

Some links of interest for this session:

DemoFest Build Notes...

benko — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:53:51 GMT

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 to Amazon to Silverlight to Web Part to SharePoint)

You’ll need VS 2008 sp1 installed along with the Silverlight Tools on the workstation you’re developing the Silverlight web part on…can be your workstation. Get all of these tools from http://silverlight.net/getstarted
To do the flip animation (can’t remember if we did that version or not) it’s much easier to build in Expression Blend…also available on the get started link
Register for an Amazon Web service key at http://aws.amazon.com
On your MOSS Server you’ll need a few things installed as well including

Same Silverlight tools as on workstation…(VS2008 sp1, Silverlight Tools)…note that I used the express version of Visual Studio on the server…get it from http://msdn.microsoft.com/express
WSS 3.0 sp1 (although sp1 is only because I was running Server 2008)
A site you want to deploy onto …

From Central Admin site create new site on arbitrary port…for example port 88…This creates a site in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\wss\virtualdirectories\88

Upgrade the wss site to .net 3.5 by opening the web site with VWD from the directory (not the web server because VS can’t edit SharePoint sites from IIS)…it should prompt you to upgrade the site to the new framework…say yes
Edit the web.config in the target site to add Silverlight configuration settings (from Patrick Tissighem's post)
Add your web part assembly to the “SafeControls” section of the web.config
Create a directory for holding the Silverlight applications:

c:\inetpub\wwwroot\wss\virtualdirectories\88\clientBin

Add “User” to security rights to read this directory…otherwise Silverlight app won’t work
Copy your webpart.dll to the bin directory

C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wss\virtualdirectories\88\bin

Advertise the web part in the web part gallery by going to site settings of the target site and if you’ve got the web config correct you should see it in the list of web parts you can add…check the box and click add
Create a demo page and add your part to it

On the Misc settings for the web part change the source to include a leading \

Source: /clientBin/BookFinder.xap

Refresh the page

That should do it...

Ramp Up! with SharePoint for Developers

benko — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:38:21 GMT

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 Provider Model, and more. Well, I just found another resource to share with potential developers on SharePoint.

We now offer a series of content for developers available online in a program called Ramp Up! It contains white papers, slide decks, code screen casts and virtual labs that really take you thru the steps to take advantage of the given topic. Currently there are 5 topics including: Web Parts, Data Lists, Event Handlers, Work Flow and Silverlight Web Parts. Check it out - worth your time!

New SharePoint for Developers Track is Live on Ramp up!

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SharePoint Developer Links

benko — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:20:05 GMT

Here are some links from the talk I'm doing for the SharePoint Developer Session.

Developing for SharePoint

benko — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:29:40 GMT

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

b. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb530301.aspx

2. Check out Mike's webcast series for SharePoint Developers

a. SharePoint for Developers: http://www.benkotips.com/Default.aspx?tabid=1158

3. I’m sure that creating solutions for deployment have gotten more automated than the last time I had to mess with the manifest and .wsp., but here is the MSDN info on Solutions and Web Part Packages.

a. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms413687.aspx

4. SharePoint Development Guidance from Patterns and Practices

a. http://www.codeplex.com/spg

5. SharePoint Customization Best Practices:

a. http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=92311&clcid=0x409

b. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb861954.aspx

6. Technical Articles on dev.

a. Accessing Data from Workflow Association and Initiation Forms in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

b. Best Practices: Common Coding Issues When Using the SharePoint Object Model

c. Best Practices: Using Disposable Windows SharePoint Services Objects

d. Checklist for Creating SharePoint Web Parts

e. Creating Custom Timer Jobs in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

f. Creating a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Web Part Using Visual Studio 2005 Extensions

g. Creating a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Custom Field by Using the EntityPicker

h. Development Tools and Techniques for Working with Code in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (Part 1 of 2)

i. Development Tools and Techniques for Working with Code in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (Part 2 of 2)

j. Selective Content Migration in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

k. Understanding and Creating Customized and Uncustomized Files in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

l. Understanding the Administrative Object Model of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

m. Usage Event Logging in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

n. Working with ASP.NET 2.0 Web Parts and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

Silverprint a webcast on the SharePoint Silverlight Blueprint

benko — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:31:04 GMT

Here's some links from today's webcast...

Notes from what it takes to get the Blueprint working on a typical SharePoint installation

Install the Silverlight 2 add-in
On a server only installation add the Silverlight 2 SDK...
- or - For a developer environment with Visual Studio 2008 install the Silverlight 2 tools
Run GacUtil to install the 'system.web.silverlight.dll' assembly into the global assembly cache

c:\> cd \prog*\*sdk*\sil*\v*\li*\ser*
c:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Silverlight\v2.0\Libraries\Server> gacutil /i system.web.silverlight.dll
Start the Windows SharePoint Administration Service (used by the installers for the BluePrint)
In WSS Central Admin create a site/application and site collection to test the web parts in
Download the package from the Blueprint you're interested in...in our webcast we looked at the code from HelloSilverlight1 and HelloSilverlight2
- To run HelloSilverlight1 simply run the setup in the download
- To run SilverLight2 demos we need to make some changes to the web.config of the target site

Configuration changes to build & run HelloSilverlight2

Open code solution
Edit Install.bat to fix gacutil locations & set correct target site
Modify site web.config to include settings from sample web.config on Patrick Tisseghems post

I'm still working out some of the bugs, but that's where I'm at.

Good luck & hope this helped!

Mike

SharePoint and AJAX Style Web Parts

benko — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:56:17 GMT

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 steps required to create AJAX web parts in SharePoint. We looked at the basics of how to build web parts, as well as deployment steps to make sure it works. This included:

Compile the code into an assembly
Make sure the assembly is signed (using sn.exe as needed to create keys)
Mark the assembly as Safe in the web config of the app
Make sure it's Trusted
Deploy the assembly to the site

There were some great questions around how to work with Code Access Security with these and Todd suggests looking at a white paper by Brett Lonsdale.

I just posted the code Todd created on www.BenkoTIPS.com/code, so go ahead and check it out.

Enjoy!

SharePoint for Developers Webcast Series

benko — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:57:36 GMT

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 tools and technologies available for customizing portals and sites.

In April we are on Mondays, but it looks like May we will be switching to a Friday format. As always I will post the links and code as they become available. Here is our schedule so far:

New Stuff!

3/6/2008 - Part 13 - Customizing SharePoint: Ever wondered how you can use SharePoint but have your own custom look and feel? In this webcast we will look at the site customization techniques of creating custom MasterPages, Themes and Layouts to give your web site your own look and feel.
3/13/2008 - Part 14 - SharePoint and Authentication: In this session we cover the basics and how to use the Authentication and Membership Providers. We look at creating a custom provider and CardSpace can be used to login to your SharePoint site. This session will look at the advanced tools available in IIS 7.0 for configuring and deploying SharePoint.
3/20/2008 - Part 15 - SharePoint and AJAX: Explore the world of modern web development techniques by looking at how Microsoft’s AJAX library and SharePoint can be used together to deliver compelling user experience. In this webcast we show the various approaches to integrating AJAX in WSS 3.0 and then cover what’s improved in sp1.
3/27/2008 - Part 16 - SharePoint and SilverLight: Rich User Experience is getting easier to create with the release of Silverlight. In this session we show how Silverlight takes advantage of XAML and provides an easy way to build compelling user interfaces. We will demonstrate using the 1.0 version of Silverlight as well as what’s new in 2.0 that allows the developer and designer to collaborate to build exciting new applications.

Links to the original 12 webcasts:

Part 1 – SharePoint for Developers 4/13/2007 1 pm PST: Join the first webcast of this four-part series to find out what you need to know about Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 as a developer. We cover the basics of SharePoint Server 2007, and we show how you can use this new product to simplify collaboration, development, and management of your software projects. Learn what it takes to set up SharePoint Server 2007, customize the master pages, and how you can use other tools to develop custom applications. Attend this session to discover compelling reasons for choosing the new 2007 Microsoft Office system and SharePoint Server 2007 for your solution development needs.
Part 2 – SharePoint Designer 2007 4/16/2006 1 pm PST: There are many tools to choose from for developing Web sites; in this second installment of our series, we look at Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007, a new product for creating standards-based Web sites. See how you can build powerful applications on the Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies platform to enhance your productivity and deliver rich-looking sites. Join this session to learn how you can use SharePoint Designer 2007 to take advantage of Microsoft ASP.NET version 2.0, Web Parts, and integration with SharePoint Products and Technologies.
Part 3 – Migrating to SharePoint 4/23/2006 1 pm PST: Do you have a portal site that you would like to host in Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services? In this third installment of our series on Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies for developers, see what is involved in the process of moving a portal site to Windows SharePoint Services. Topics we cover include: using Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 to customize the master page, creating new content types, and working with workflow.
Part 4 – SharePoint and Access 2007 4/30/2007 1 pm PST: So far in this webcast series, we covered how Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies serve as powerful collaboration tools. In this final session, we take a look at how Microsoft Office Access 2007 integrates with Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services. Join this session to learn how Access 2007, the popular data management application, and Windows SharePoint Services enable you to centralize and simplify data management, and share data across your organization.
Part 5 – SharePoint and Workflow 5/11/2007 1 pm PST: In this webcast, we discuss the ability to use, update, and create custom workflows that you can employ in your Windows SharePoint Services site. We show the built-in workflow capabilities in Windows SharePoint Services, and we also demonstrate what customizations are available. In addition, we describe how to use Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 to open, view, and modify included workflows. We conclude the presentation with a detailed demonstration of the capabilities of the Workflow Designer in SharePoint Designer 2007.
Part 6 – SharePoint and Content Types 5/18/2007 1 pm PST: Join this webcast as we review the concept of content types as they relate to Windows SharePoint Services sites. We explain the default (included) content types first. We then discuss why you may want to update the built-in content types or create your own. We also demonstrate how to create custom content types and provide several business examples of why and where you might wish to do this. We conclude this session by showing some of the newly created content types in action on a Windows SharePoint Services site.
Part 7 – SharePoint and Forms Services 5/25/2007 1 pm PST: In this webcast, we explore Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 as a form tool and describe how you can host forms centrally via the InfoPath Forms Services feature of Windows SharePoint Services version 3.0. We provide an overview of InfoPath 2007, demonstrating both how to customize an included template form and how to create a custom form that connects to Microsoft SQL Server. Next, we illustrate how to configure the Windows SharePoint Services administrative Web site, which is required to set up appropriate permissions (and other settings) to use InfoPath Forms Services.
Part 8 – SharePoint and the Business Data Catalog 6/1/2007 10 am PST: Join this webcast as we explain the concepts surrounding the Business Data Catalog (BDC), a new business integration feature in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. We demonstrate the use of an application definition file (ADF) to create the connection between your Windows SharePoint Services site and a custom data source, and we show you how to use an ADF creation tool. Learn to use BDC-derived data with included Web parts, such as the filtering Web part. We conclude this webcast with a discussion of the various ways we have worked with the BDC in production.
Part 9 – Web Parts and Work Flows 6/8/2007 10 am PST: In this webcast, we discuss and demonstrate the creation of Web parts and workflows for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. We use Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for Windows SharePoint Services and the Microsoft .NET Framework version 3.0 workflow extensions to customize and create both Web parts and workflows. Join us to learn about the concept of features as they relate to SharePoint Server 2007 Web Parts.
Part 10 – Sites and Templates 6/15/2007 10 am PST: In this webcast, we dive into how the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for Windows SharePoint Services can enable you to take Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 even further. We start with an overview of project types and show how you can add event handlers, site definitions, and more into your tool belt. We look at creating site templates and master pages for SharePoint Server 2007, and we provide an example of how to customize and replace templates
Part 11 – SharePoint and Business Intelligence 6/22/2007 10 am PST: In this webcast, we discuss business intelligence (BI) (advanced reporting) integration with your Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Web site. We demonstrate configuration of Excel Services in SharePoint Server 2007, key performance indicators (KPIs), and more. We use the Report Center template and show you how you can easily integrate line-of-business (LOB) data into your site
Part 12 – Developing SharePoint Workflows 7/6/2007 10 am PST: Windows SharePoint Services provides excellent facilities for working with business processes. In this "webcast by request," we review the workflow development processes associated with Windows SharePoint Services. We look at the included workflows, modifying workflows in Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007, and creating and modifying workflows in the Microsoft Visual Studio development system

SharePoint and AJAX Style Web Parts - A Webcast

benko — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:33:54 GMT

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 he's learned around web parts and working with AJAX in SharePoint. This session will be packed with lots of demos and concepts, so join us by clicking the link below:

3/20/2008 - Part 15 - SharePoint and AJAX: Explore the world of modern web development techniques by looking at how Microsoft’s AJAX library and SharePoint can be used together to deliver compelling user experience. In this webcast we show the various approaches to integrating AJAX in WSS 3.0 and then cover what’s improved in sp1.

Look to see you there!

SharePoint and Membership ... a Webcast

benko — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:51:56 GMT

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 when I'm done.

MSDN: Implementing a Membership Provider

Customizing SharePoint - a webcast

benko — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:47:58 GMT

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 to search for webcasts by series and by presenter. This will take advantage of the Data View Web Part that we will access in SharePoint Designer, and I'll show how to link together multiple lists. We'll also cover master pages briefly and show how we can use either the built in master pages or create our own.

Some terminology that is useful in understanding customization in SharePoint is having a grounding on the differences between sites, pages, lists and document libaries. The following is the definitions we'll work from in today's webcast (courtesy of my good friend Phillip Wheat)

List – the basis of all things SharePoint. Consider this a database table that you can dynamically add tables to, and you won’t be far off conceptually. Benefits to using SharePoint Lists – CRUD UI is already created for you (but you can customize what’s been created), mobile and RSS enablement (in 2007), audit, item level permissions, content types, and workflow are all available out of the box.
Document Library – A customized type of List that is focused on storing single files with metadata. This is using the same storage as regular lists, but the UI is tweaked to focus more on the file system type experience. One key factor – general list types can have more than one file associated with each item, Document Libraries are limited to a single file per list item. Templates can be associated with each content type in a Document Library to enable starting documents from a known state.
Page – Basically an ASPX page contained inside of SharePoint. This is a UI element and can contain static or dynamic content. The most common type of page found on most SharePoint implementations are Web Part Pages which allow the user to manage shared or personalized content on the page and expose data that is stored in that site or site collection. Most pages consist of a standard Master page assigned by the SharePoint infrastructure, and a content area in which the users can interact with their data.
Site – This is the container that everything resides in. It’s a logical storage location – which sits under another storage called a Site Collection. Users often confuse sites with pages, but a site can contain multiple pages and have the ability to store additional data and functionality which may not be visible to the end user (things like reusable content galleries, web part galleries, the master page and style sheet galleries, etc.) Sites are generally of interest to end users only for two reasons – scope for content (it’s more difficult to pass information between site collections than between just sites) and that the base URL for the pages comes from the site.
Page Layout – This is new to SharePoint 2007, it came in with the web content management functionality. Think of this as a way to custom format information stored in a special type of list. This list can contain text content, images, reusable content, in general anything you can put in a standard list template. But instead of having to customize how that information is formatted for one usage, you can select (or create) different Page Layout templates which identify where each of your columns should appear on that rendered page. This provides the ability to put dynamic content in a fairly static rendering model so that formatting can change with very little effort, and where multiple templates can be used for different periods or usages of that data. The same thing can be done with customized AllItems.aspx pages, but this is much easier and maintainable.

Some links that may be useful to todays webcast include:

Next week we look at Membership & Authentication and how to set up Forms Based Authentication for our SharePoint site. We'll also see how to create a custom membership provider and have some fun with that.

Hope you can join us!

Building a WSS 3.0 Server

benko — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 22:54:06 GMT

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. This version of Windows Server I added WSS 2.0 as one of the roles enabled for the server, this turned on ASP.NET 2.0 and configured IIS to host the site.

Next I installed the pre-requisites for upgrading the server in place. This involved downloading and installing the .NET 3.0 framework and downloading WSS 3.0 setup package. The upgrade requires that I'm starting with WSS 2.0 SP2 as my base so I had to add that as well before the upgrade worked. Once I did that I reran the WSS 3.0 upgrade and answered the option to install the new version alongside the existing one. I chose this instead of the suggested option of replacing because I'm interested to see the differences between the two. The install took about 10 minutes and then provided a link to start the configuration wizard. This then started the next step. The wizard then when through a 10 step process to create a configuration database and prepare WSS for use.

When this is complete it opens up the site and we can begin customizing and working with the site.

SharePoint and Content Types

benko — Fri, 18 May 2007 18:05:19 GMT

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 complex society these challenges can seem daunting, especially when it seems like the technology for accomplishing this is advancing more rapidly that our ability to use it. Windows SharePoint Services (WSS), part of the Windows Server 2003, gives us a great way to simplify how we organize and use the information we have to sift through every day. In today's webcast we look at how SharePoint's content types provide an effective way to manage this data.

A "Content Type" is a term for describing and categorizing a type of information or document that we're working with. An example is a vacation request or a timesheet or a status report. It can also be an article or a page of content on our web site describing an upcoming webcast. Simply put it is information that has structure. This structure can be defined and described as meta data and process built around the information.

There are 2 main ways that Content Types are used in SharePoint. One is for collaboration and the second for content management. From the collaborative standpoint, when we create documents or fill out a form or publish something we do it to share information with others. SharePoint makes this process easy by allowing us to run a workflow that defines what needs to happen.

The second use (publishing) allows us to define structure of a piece of information that we share through a web site. The components or parts of the information, also called fields, are defined and then the content type is attached to a page layout. Using SharePoint Designer we can organize how the information is captured and displayed online.

Some resources for Content types include:

SharePoint for Developers

benko — Sun, 13 May 2007 12:03:34 GMT

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 for Developers
SharePoint Designer 2007
Migrating to SharePoint - Building Proof of Concepts
SharePoint and Access 2007
SharePoint and Workflow
Custom Content Types
SharePoint and Forms Services
Business Data Catalogs
Sites and Templates
Web Parts and Workflows
Mashups
SharePoint and BI

SharePoint Webcast Series

benko — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 18:27:40 GMT

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.

I'm excited to be partnering up with Lynn Langit to deliver it weekly with a pretty decent selection of topics. In April we are on Mondays, but it looks like May we will be switching to a Friday format. As always I will post the links and code as they become available. Here is our schedule so far:

Part 1 – SharePoint for Developers 4/13/2007 1 pm PST: Join the first webcast of this four-part series to find out what you need to know about Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 as a developer. We cover the basics of SharePoint Server 2007, and we show how you can use this new product to simplify collaboration, development, and management of your software projects. Learn what it takes to set up SharePoint Server 2007, customize the master pages, and how you can use other tools to develop custom applications. Attend this session to discover compelling reasons for choosing the new 2007 Microsoft Office system and SharePoint Server 2007 for your solution development needs.
Part 2 – SharePoint Designer 2007 4/16/2006 1 pm PST: There are many tools to choose from for developing Web sites; in this second installment of our series, we look at Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007, a new product for creating standards-based Web sites. See how you can build powerful applications on the Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies platform to enhance your productivity and deliver rich-looking sites. Join this session to learn how you can use SharePoint Designer 2007 to take advantage of Microsoft ASP.NET version 2.0, Web Parts, and integration with SharePoint Products and Technologies.
Part 3 – Migrating to SharePoint 4/23/2006 1 pm PST: Do you have a portal site that you would like to host in Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services? In this third installment of our series on Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies for developers, see what is involved in the process of moving a portal site to Windows SharePoint Services. Topics we cover include: using Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 to customize the master page, creating new content types, and working with workflow.
Part 4 – SharePoint and Access 2007 4/30/2007 1 pm PST: So far in this webcast series, we covered how Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies serve as powerful collaboration tools. In this final session, we take a look at how Microsoft Office Access 2007 integrates with Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services. Join this session to learn how Access 2007, the popular data management application, and Windows SharePoint Services enable you to centralize and simplify data management, and share data across your organization.