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Zune is not syncing with Windows 7 Beta 1
More precisely – it’s charging but not syncing (the little Zune icon doesn’t display in the Zune app). Starting the Zune app as an Admin solved the problem. Phew … :)  I hope that it helps. Read More...
UC&C Conference, SharePoint – the Implementation Journey, Links and Resources
Thank you very much for those who came to see our session on the UC&C conference. These are the resources that I’ve promised to share: GEAR Up for end user adoption: http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/gearup SharePoint team’s blog – Governance resource Read More...
SharePoint Designer Workflows are Not Working
I’m in the process of preparing for my SharePoint conference presentation and came across an odd behavior which is caused by an introduction of a security consideration into SP1. The symptom is that SharePoint designer workflows are not starting automatically Read More...
I’m the Second Microsoft BVPS Certified in Ireland! :)
I'm happy to announce that I've finally passed my BVPS exam. To date, I'm the second BVPS certified person in Ireland, the first one is Paddy Baxter , who have finished the exam 2 minutes earlier (and 23 points higher) than I did. Well done Paddy and Read More...
What is required for a successful SharePoint Deployment?
I’ve been through many SharePoint projects in the last 2 years and learned many lessons and seen good/bad practices. When I’m talking to Customers I always mention the four pillars (or four quadrants) of successful SharePoint deployments – it helps to Read More...
Windows 7 Rocks!
I’ve installed the M3 build of Windows 7 a week ago. I’ve installed it on my production laptop – all or nothing! :)  I had no problems with it at all, in fact, it’s a little bit faster than Vista was on the same hardware – will see how it changes Read More...
eircom New World of Work Case Study
A Microsoft case study has been published about the New World of Work project at eircom in Ireland. This is a project that I'm very proud of. The Microsoft project team was Paul Mason, Paul Flavin, Phillip Fitzpatrick, David Nagle, Mark McCrory, Jussi Read More...
Podcast: Speech Server 2007 and Office Communications Server
Martha Rotter interviewed me on Speech Server and Office Communications Server and released the audio here . Enjoy it! Read More...
SharePoint Governance Part I
In this series, I would like to outline what's SharePoint governance, what happens if you don't think of it, what are the benefits of having a governance guide for your environment and I'll also give you a hint on how to start thinking about it. Microsoft Read More...
My New Speech Blog
Tadadaaaam! I've got a new blog where I'll blog only Speech Server and OCS topics - it's on Marshall Harrison's site at http://gotspeech.net site, the blog's URL is http://gotspeech.net/blogs/dszabospeaks . Enjoy it! Read More...
A Thought on Tools
A friend of mine (a Senior Developer in the Visual Studio/Nav product group) said this to me a year ago: You can do what your tools allow you to do. In other words, your tools are your best friends. I remember, Kalman told this to me in a better form, Read More...
Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Speech Server Development - Introduction
Office Communications Server 2007 is Microsoft's IP communication solution and it allows companies to leverage their network infrastructure for voice, video communication, instant messaging, audio/video calls and for much more. You may ask what's the Read More...
TOC Web Part is Not Working
I did a search on the Internet about the problem and couldn't really find anything useful. Symptoms You navigate to the Team Sites page and click on the "Site Map" link, you get the following message: Unable to display this Web Part. The Table of Contents Read More...
Some More MOSS Gotchas
Happy New Year! I hope that you had fun during the holidays and you didn't eat too much - or at least you can balance it with some gym exercise in the upcoming days. :) A few weeks ago, I installed MOSS at a Customer here in Ireland and I had more difficulties Read More...
Microsoft NX-6000 webcam incompatibility with Office Communicator 2007
By working together with one of our favorite Customers, we realized that the Microsoft NX-6000 webcam doesn't work with Office Communicator 2007. I'll address this to the product groups and ask them to publish it officially if they haven't yet. By the Read More...
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