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Graham Tyler's blog capturing thoughts on SharePoint, Live Communications and more

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Windows Folder Web Part - new download location
Just a quick note: the sample Windows Folder Web Part for WSS 2.0 and SPS 2003 that I posted some time ago is now available for download again from the GotDotNet 'User Samples' area. I re-posted it here after I received several emails pointing out that Read More...
Today's "Wow" moment - Microsoft Surface
Ready for something completely different? Ever seen the movie 'Minority Report'? One step closer. Microsoft just announced a new product, "Microsoft Surface". You have to watch the videos to appreciate this. First check out the video that Major Nelson Read More...
PDC "rescheduled"
... sounds like 'cancelled' to me for 2007! Shame - especially as I was planning to go! http://msdn.microsoft.com/events/pdc/ Still, it's for technology reasons - the dates fall inconveniently between technology release waves. Maybe we should keep the Read More...
MOSS receives DoD 5015.2 certification
For those who have been building or evaluating records management solutions using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 ( MOSS ), you may be aware that MOSS was recently submitted to take the DoD 5015.2 certification test. Adam Harmetz explained why Read More...
Communicator Mobile client released
An entirely new version of the Communicator client application for Live Communications Server has just been released, this time specifically for mobile devices. Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile is for Windows Mobile-based devices, and extends the Read More...
SharePoint dev team start blogging
The SharePoint product development team at Microsoft have recently launched the SharePoint Team Blog , where they will be talking about the upcoming releases of the product set. Already published are posts from the Corporate VP of the Office Servers product Read More...
'Windows Folder web part' published to GotDotNet
I have just posted a sample SharePoint web part to GotDotNet (note: since moved to MSDN Code Gallery ) , which I've called the " Windows Folder web part ". This is the result of a project I worked on some time ago which I'm now able to share. What does Read More...
PDC05 Session recordings available now
All the sessions from PDC05 were video recorded - and the recordings have now been posted on a public website here: http://microsoft.sitestream.com/PDC05/ There was some extremely valuable stuff discussed at PDC that hasn't been well captured elsewhere Read More...
Group Alerts and Role-based Messaging samples for LCS 2005
Some great new LCS 2005 sample code has been released recently to cover some commonly-requested messaging scenarios: Role Agent for Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 Role Agent is a sample Microsoft Windows service application that implements Read More...
Presence Controls for Office Communicator released
Recently I enthused about the planned RTC Presence Toolkit, which would provide an easy way for developers to add integrated communications and presence to their own applications. The toolkit has now been published as the " Presence Controls for Office Read More...
Behold the Gumdrop! (RTC Presence Toolkit announced)
Microsoft has now formally announced the " RTC Presence Toolkit " at the Worldwide Partner Conference 2005. If you were at my presentation at the Office Developer Conference UK last month, you saw a demo of the beta version - which is variously referred Read More...
Office Developer Conference UK - were you there?
If you attended the Office Developer Conference in the UK last week, in the beautiful surroundings of Heathrow airport :-), you may have seen me presenting on the second day. I gave two presentations on the Server Track about developing applications using Read More...
SPS Administrator's Guide blocked by HTML Help security update
You may find that the downloaded compiled help file (.chm) version of the SharePoint Portal Server Administrator’s Guide (found here on microsoft.com) will no longer open correctly after applying the latest batch of Windows XP security updates released Read More...
Office Communicator 2005 - next generation of communications!
You may have seen Bill Gates announce the new Office Communicator 2005 product recently (if not, you can watch a recording ). This is the future of comms - and you could try it now by signing up for the beta programme! ( instructions here ) Mayur has Read More...
Windows Messenger - File Transfer Security
The File Transfer feature of Windows Messenger allows users to transfer files between desktops. Wait, bear with me, there's more... To help ensure that the file being transferred is safe for use, Windows Messenger 5.1 performs a check each time a file Read More...
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