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Joel Oleson Aussie Tour and SharePoint Morning with the Experts Event Details – July 7-10

By now many of you have heard Joel have put together some dates to hit up various events in Australia. 

He is planning on doing a session on “10 Steps to Successful Deployment” and “Preparing to Upgrade to SharePoint 2010 Today” including a presentation by Adam Cogan, Microsoft Regional Director and .NET MVP and Kathy Hughes SharePoint MVP in Sydney While being joined by an Expert Panel made up of Microsoft rep, SharePoint MVPs, experts.

Sydney, Australia                 Tuesday, July 7th (8AM-1PM)

Melbourne, Australia           Thursday, July 9th (8AM-1PM)

These two events will be special half day events.  Speakers sessions, and panels are still being put together.

As well special user groups meetings are being held in Brisbane and Perth.  More details to follow.

BSPUG - SharePoint User Group - Brisbane, Australia Tuesday July 7th

PSPUG - SharePoint User Group - Perth, Australia Friday July 10th

You can REGISTER NOW for the events in Sydney and Melbourne or get more details.

http://www.sharepointjoel.com/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=232

Announcing SharePoint Server 2010 Preliminary System Requirements

Hope you guys have seen this in SharePoint product group blog!!!

We’ve heard loud and clear that you want system requirements information as early as possible to assist in your budgeting and planning, so today we’re happy to announce (and confirm) some preliminary system requirements for SharePoint Server 2010:

1. SharePoint Server 2010 will be 64-bit only.
2. SharePoint Server 2010 will require 64-bit Windows Server 2008 or 64-bit Windows Server 2008 R2.
3. SharePoint Server 2010 will require 64-bit SQL Server 2008 or 64-bit SQL Server 2005.

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Guidance for potential Office System track speakers at Tech.Ed Australia

It’s time to get ready for TechEd Australia... I am getting many emails from SharePoint and Office experts how to become a speaker at Australian TechEd this year. Please have a look at Alistair Speirs blog below explaining how to submit a nomination.

http://blogs.msdn.com/alspeirs/archive/2009/05/07/guidance-for-potential-office-system-track-speakers-at-tech-ed-australia.aspx

Announcing Service Pack 2 for Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

We are happy to announce that Service Pack 2 for Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 has been released to the Microsoft Download Center.  It includes all the fixes prior to SP2, and also several enhancements to improve server farm performance, availability and stability. Plus, a new stsadm operation has been added to help customers prepare for the upgrade to the next version of SharePoint. We recommend installing this new service pack and to help, I’ve assembled links to the KB articles, downloads, install steps and benefits. 

Quick Q&A

Q: Why is the new STSADM upgrade checker operation important for my customers?

A: The upgrade checker is a stsadm operation that scans server farm to establish whether it is ready for upgrade to SharePoint 2010. It does so by identifying issues that could present obstacles to the upgrade process. It provides feedback and best practice recommendations on your current environment, together with information on how to resolve any issues that the tool discovers. It also check operating system requirement for Windows Server 2008 and 64bit.  

Q: Which browser will be added into support for SP2 for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0?

A: Internet Explorer 8 will be added into level 1 browser support, and Firefox 2.0/3.0 will be added into level 2 browser support.

Q: Which operating system will be added into support?

A: Windows Server 2008 SP2 and Windows Server 2008 R2 will be supported on their release.

Q: Can customer skip other updates and directly apply SP2 in their server farm?

A: Yes. SP2 includes SP1 and Infrastructure updates.

A: No. The information you can give to the customer now is Windows Server 2008 and 64 bit.

http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/04/28/announcing-service-pack-2-for-office-sharepoint-server-2007-and-windows-sharepoint-services-3-0.aspx

Microsoft SharePoint “14” is now Microsoft SharePoint 2010

You have probably seen the news announcement today where we announced the public beta for the new Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. As part of that announcement, we also talked about some of the names for the “14” wave of products including Microsoft Office 2010 and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010. I wanted to answer some questions that I think will inevitably pop to the top of your mind:

Full Article

http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/04/14/microsoft-sharepoint-14-is-now-microsoft-sharepoint-2010.aspx

SharePoint Designer available as a free download

Just in case you missed the news, we’ve made SharePoint Designer free to all SharePoint users.  We want to expand the usage of SharePoint as a rich platform so making SPD free allows customers and partners to exploit some of the rich capabilities of SharePoint without having to worry about buying extra tools.  For professional developers, our tool of choice is still Visual Studio.

http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/04/02/sharepoint-designer-available-as-a-free-download.aspx

Web Content Management Training Modules

These training modules provide architects with information about Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Web Content Management (WCM). The modules and accompanying videos explain the role of WCM architecture, building content management for your Web site, and server infrastructure and deployment. The modules also cover WCM design, security, and optimization.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8b2c7980-b604-493f-b5ee-52c562458e34&displaylang=en

Building a news workbench on MOSS 2007 - How Microsoft did it

This series describing the news management and delivery service we built on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Microsoft internal employee communication portal, Microsoft Web (MSW).

http://blogs.msdn.com/ecm/archive/2008/03/03/building-a-news-workbench-on-moss-2007-part-1.aspx

Following is a technical white paper explaining solution

Knowledge portals are more important to organizations today than ever before. The more than 120,000 employees, contractors, and vendors at Microsoft create an increasing amount of digital information that pertains to their job responsibilities. Employees access much of this information through the Microsoft primary knowledge portal, MSWeb (MSW for short).

The Microsoft intranet contains a number of information sources, of which MSW is one of the primary access points to the hundreds of intranet sites at Microsoft. MSW helps employees find information, stay informed, and make productive use of the company intranet. Employees can find everything from the latest editorially selected news to accessing the campus map for their region. Users gain access to information on MSW through browsing, through navigation, and through the enterprise search capabilities in Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007.

Maintaining the previous version of the portal involved extensive manual work, including creating daily home pages and copying news stories to category specific pages and archive pages. Publishing some of the content was also a manual process, often managed via e-mail requests. This manual process made following MSW styles and guidelines difficult, which resulted in an inconsistent site design. Microsoft wanted to improve portal administration and site design, simplify navigation and publishing workflows, and enhance search capabilities to deliver an even more valuable resource to employees.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc184928.aspx

SharePoint Development with Unit Testing

Jeremy Thake will be presenting the current movements towards integrating Unit Testing with SharePoint Development. He will show how Unit Testing Frameworks and Mocking Tools can be used to reduce dependencies within Unit Tests when writing SharePoint dependent code. Note that this will not be a 101 Unit Testing presentation and assumptions are made that you a familiar with the Unit Testing approach.

Wednesday 25th March at 17:30 – 18:30 – Microsoft Level 14, QV1, St Georges Terrace, Perth

http://www.sharepointusers.org.au/Perth/default.aspx

What is Microsoft Office SharePoint Online?

First of all, you need to understand what Business Productivity Online Standard Suite is.

Microsoft Business Productivity Online Standard Suite is a set of messaging and collaboration solutions hosted by Microsoft and consists of Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Office Live Meeting and Office Communications Online (coming soon).

http://www.microsoft.com/online/en-au/business-productivity.mspx

Ok, then what about Microsoft SharePoint Online?

Service Description for Office SharePoint Online Standard

Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Online is a collection of Web-based tools and technologies built on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 that help you store, share, and manage digital information within your company.This white paper describes the services and features that are included with the Standard offering of SharePoint Online.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1bef6a35-9785-4a0b-b227-387c0ee85a36&DisplayLang=en

http://www.microsoft.com/online/en-au/sharepoint-online.mspx

What can I developed in MOSS online standard offering?

Microsoft SharePoint Online Standard Developer Guide

Why use SharePoint as a Development Platform?

This is a common question I get asked all the time when I visit a customer. Why should we look at developing on MOSS and use MOSS as platform. What about ASP.NET development if my organization has MOSS?

Jeremy Thake has written a fantastic article (a series of articles)  why use SharePoint as a developer platform that contains lots of good information.

http://sharepointmagazine.net/technical/development/leveraging-the-sharepoint-platform-part-5-why-use-sharepoint-as-a-development-platform

well-done Jeremy!!!

MOSS 2007 - Intensive Technical Training in Melbourne [April 7-10, 2009]

This four day, intense workshop is designed for IT Professionals and Developers needing effective skills transfer for the new products and technologies delivered with Microsoft Office 2007.
You will have the opportunity for 'hands-on' experience to Develop, Customise and Integrate solutions on the Office 2007 Platform as well as gain experience from the field.

This course is ideal for IT Professional, Technical Consultants, Architects and Developers.

After completing this course, students will be able to:

1. Customising and Exploring the integration between Office Client Tools and SharePoint V3 solutions.
2. Delivering Workflow based solutions right to the Office 2007 Client and how you can benefit from using Windows Workflow Foundation in SharePoint V3.
3. Customising and Developing SharePoint V3 based solutions, including creating site/portal wide event handlers, custom page layouts and creating CMS based SharePoint sites.

Skills Gained:

·         Upgrade their SharePoint v2 sites/portals to SharePoint V3.

·         Implement and extend Microsoft Office client side solutions.

·         Implement custom workflows developed in Visual Studio .Net 2005

·         Setup and configure SharePoint 2007 Infrastructure.

·         Architect the ‘Portal’ and sub-sites layouts and best strategies.

·         Know what the best practices are within the SharePoint Space.

·         Create custom Web Parts and SharePoint customizations with ease.

·         Create Site wide features and event handlers.

·         Create implement InfoPath Forms based solutions using the new InfoPath Forms Server.

·         Explore Excel Services and Business Intelligence Offerings.

REGISTER NOW !!!!

What is new in DPM 2007 SP1—for protecting SharePoint

Watch the second part of the TechNet Edge Video series (TechNet Edge video series) on the new features for System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007 Service Pack 1. This installment looks at the new SP1 features for enhancing protection of SharePoint 2003/2007 and WSS 2.0/3.0. Watch the video to learn more

http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/edge/5/3/1/2/DPM2007SP1SharePoint_edge.wmv

More DPM information for SharePoint,

http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/dataprotectionmanager/en/us/protect-sharepoint.aspx

Banking with MOSS!!!

Rabo Bank has gone live with their internet site in SharePoint.

http://www.rabobank.com

Their New Zealand site is also ruining on MOSS with content publishing between the both sites.

http://www.rabobank.co.nz

They are using SharePoint out of the box capabilities for web content management and search.

Congratulations for all the SharePoint IT staff at Rabo that have done a awesome job of getting thses sites up and running.

SharePoint with Scinaptic OnePlaceMail

It is a common question in any SharePoint deployment how to manage emails in your SharePoint environment. We support two way synchronisation with MOSS 2007 and Outlook 2007, but what about with Outlook 2003? Or dragging and dropping any emails to SharePoint through outlook client?  or how to send document or image in desktop or file share to your SharePoint site?

OnPlaceMail is a great Australian partner product that can answer all above questions.

Key Features

• Truly seamless integration (Outlook Add-in)
• Capture email metadata automatically
• Drag & drop Outlook emails/attachments directly to SharePoint
• Drag & drop pictures directly to Picture Libraries
• Dynamic prompt/completion of destination library metadata (columns)
• Right-click Send To (from Windows Explorer) directly to SharePoint
• Adheres to all SharePoint permissions and settings

You can download OnPlaceMail PDF overview document here