September 2008 - Posts

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30 September 08 01:40 PM

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Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0
30 September 08 12:28 PM

Reveals extensive enhancements for simplified application life-cycle management, provides sneak peek at all key focus areas for Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0. REDMOND, Wash. — Sept. 29, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. today provided the first look Read More...

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Filed under: Visual Studio

How to create Site Collection in a specific content dateabase part 2
29 September 08 12:07 PM

Following up on Thomas' post on how to create a site collection in a specific content database : You can also use the STSADM command CreateSiteInNewDB However this does not quite cut it. You would like to decide on which content database each time. To Read More...

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Filed under: developer, MOSS, Content Database

Next step, a roadmap to BI
29 September 08 08:16 AM

A little follow up on Stian’s post about “ Where did the good stuff go? ”. Over at Office online it has been published a great Roadmap to business intelligence features of SharePoint Server 2007 . The roadmap has put together a lot of pointers to resources Read More...

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Filed under: MOSS, Business Intelligence, Planning

Where did the good stuff go?
25 September 08 01:27 PM

Is this a typical SharePoint Project/scenario in a nutshell? 1. Analysis phase: "SharePoint will fit our requirements! Lots of functionality we can use! Finally a product addressing a lot of problems we have. Workflows, forms, dashboards... Let's get Read More...

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Filed under: Sharepoint, MOSS

Bamboo Solutions
25 September 08 12:43 PM

For those of you who wondered if the Bamboo Solutions team solution team are any good, check out this post from Joel Oleson: http://community.bamboosolutions.com/blogs/bambooteamblog/archive/2008/09/24/the-bamboo-mantra-and-why-you-should-care.aspx One Read More...

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Sharepoint Access Checker Web Part V1.3.0
25 September 08 12:38 PM

There are a lot of great tools at CodePlex. We have not blogged about them all and have no intentions of doing so, but once and again, we use a tool which we would like to give a little more attention. Have you checked this tool? It is great! Doing this Read More...

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Software Upgrade Assessment Add-In for Visio 2007 Pro
25 September 08 10:35 AM

Visio Add-in for Software Upgrades will help IT/Datacenter administrators and managers assess the hardware and software installations on servers and user computers/laptops. Use this valuable add-in to assess your client and server infrastructure easily Read More...

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Filed under: Upgrade

Sample code acceptance checklist for IT organizations
24 September 08 11:41 AM

"Web sites that are based on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 often include custom solutions. The ability to customize sites by adding custom solutions gives Office SharePoint Server 2007 power and flexibility. However, a poorly designed or implemented Read More...

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Filed under: developer, Sharepoint, SharePoint development, Learning

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 VHD
24 September 08 11:38 AM

Brief Description This download comes as a pre-configured VHD. This download enables you evaluate Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Overview The Microsoft VHD Test Drive Program provides customers with an enhanced server-based software evaluation Read More...

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Filed under: Sharepoint, SharePoint development, virtual pc

List scalability and capacity planning
23 September 08 02:38 PM

Joel Oleson recently published a collection of recommended resources for MOSS list scalability and capacity planning in a blog post called Revisiting List Scalability . It contains articles, whitepapers and case studies, and there is some really useful Read More...

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Filed under: developer, Sharepoint, Scalability, Capacity planning

SharePoint Performance Optimization: How Microsoft IT Increases Availability and Decreases Rendering Time of SharePoint Sites
22 September 08 08:35 PM

After deploying Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 in the corporate production environment, Microsoft IT noticed opportunities to enhance performance, especially long page render times, and spikes in disk I/O and CPU utilization. By working to discover Read More...

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What kind of Site should I create?
17 September 08 08:33 AM

When you create a new Site there several site templates to choose among: Ever wondered what the differences between the different Site Templates in SharePoint are? Get the Point has created a preview of each of the site templates with a description. You Read More...

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Filed under: Sharepoint, Site Collection, Learning, End user

SharePoint Development and Programming FAQ
10 September 08 02:37 PM

MSDN forums opened SharePoint Development and Programming FAQ recently - add it to your favorites right away! :) Read More...

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Filed under: developer, Sharepoint, MOSS, SharePoint development

Performance and Capacity Planning Resource Center for SharePoint Server 2007
10 September 08 08:43 AM

...to help you with performance and capacity planning for your SharePoint Server deployment—map your solution design to a farm size and set of hardware that supports your business goals. Performance and Capacity Planning Resource Center for SharePoint Read More...

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Best Practices Resource Center for SharePoint Server 2007
10 September 08 08:42 AM

To avoid common pitfalls and keep your Office SharePoint Server 2007 environment available and performing well, follow these best practices based on real-world experience from Microsoft Consulting Services and the product team. Best Practices Resource Read More...

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Filed under: Sharepoint, MOSS, SharePoint development

SharePoint 2007 Features project on CodePlex
10 September 08 08:38 AM

A project on CodePlex adding a lot of value for SharePoint projects is the "SharePoint 2007 features" project. It has grown considerable during it lifetime and it is absolutly worthwhile checking back from time to time. Content Type Hierarchy Feature Read More...

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Filed under: developer, Sharepoint, SharePoint development, Codeplex

SharePoint Administration Toolkit 2.0
01 September 08 11:50 AM

Zach Rosenfield is announcing SharePoint Administration Toolkit 2.0: I’m excited to announce that the second version of the Microsoft SharePoint Administration Toolkit is available for download! As I said back in April , we would be offering regular updates Read More...

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Announcing the SharePoint Best Practices Series
01 September 08 11:48 AM

Arpan Shah is announcing SharePoint Best Practices Resource Center on TechNet : Over the last few months, the SharePoint product team has released a number of resources, updates and made supportability announcements to help our customers and partners Read More...

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Updated SharePoint SDK 1.4
01 September 08 11:46 AM

See Randall Isenhours blog entry about the updated SharePoint SDK documentation.... Read More...

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