Office Business Applications (OBA) Team Blog : SharePoint

New OBA book now available!

khawara — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:13:00 GMT

Several folks from the extended OBA team and MVPs have been diligently working on an OBA book and I'm pleased to let you know it has now been published! Written by Rob Barker, Joanna Bichsel, Adam Buenz, Steve Fox, John Holliday, Bhushan Nene, and Karthik Ravindran, it's a practical guide to using the Office system as a development platform.

Check it out at: 6 Microsoft Office Business Applications for Office SharePoint Server 2007

Available online via www.amazon.com and other online bookstores.

Incidentally, many of the authors are presenting at the upcoming ODC 2008 so a great opportunity to meet them in person, network with fellow techies, and do a deep dive on the technical aspects covered in the book.

- Khawar

Update: 2008 Office Developer Conference is only 18 work days away!

khawara — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:35:00 GMT

First, we're now only 18 work days away from ODC 2008!!

There's some excellent OBA related content and world class speakers in each and every track so if you haven't checked out the details yet, I encourage you to do so now. You can find details of the various tracks and sessions via the links below:

By the way,Hugh MacLeod of "Blue Monster" fame just confirmed he'll be at the conference. More here.

- Khawar

New OBA eLearning Content on OBA Central

khawara — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 05:28:00 GMT

We recently went live with some new content on OBA Central to make learning about OBAs easier.

You can check out the new Silverlight based OBA elearning modules on www.obacentral.com via the following link:

https://www.obacentral.com/eLearning/default.aspx

As well, OBA Central has licensed various chapters from Apress books that will be made available free to of charge via the elearning portal. Some are posted already and more to come every few weeks, so check back often.

BTW, if you are really interested in in-depth learning about OBAs and SharePoint, register now for the Office Developer Conference 2008! Only 5 weeks before the conference starts...

- Khawar

Office Developer "Sleepless" Contest - $100K in prizes!

khawara — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:48:00 GMT

Several Microsoft groups have teamed up to bring a series of Sleepless events to you! The finals will take place in San Jose and winners will be announced at ODC 2008!

If you are wondering why Sleepless and what the event is like, check out this video to get an idea:

http://www.infusion.com/media/sleeplessmedia/SleeplessInNY.wmv

This time Sleepless is bringing the best of SharePoint, Office Development and Silverlight training to you AND a chance at $100,000 in prizes, including all-expense-paid trip to ODC 2008 in San Jose!

Events will take place in Atlanta, Dallas, LA, Silicon Valley, Chicago and Washington DC and SharePoint’s elite including Microsoft Product Team members and SharePoint MVPs will be there.

The weekend features:

· Training from Office and SharePoint development elites including Microsoft Product Team members and SharePoint MVPs

· A Mystery Game-show

· Overnight Developer competition

Think you’ve got what it takes??

Apply Now at www.infusion.com/sleepless and find out.

Good luck!

- Khawar

OBA Case studies

khawara — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:30:00 GMT

We now have 45 OBA related case studies avaiable on www.microsoft.com . If you are starting an OBA project or just looking to see how others are leveraging OBAs and the kind of benefits they are seeing, a great place to start is by looking through the case studies posted at the following link:

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/search.aspx?ProTaxID=3132

- Khawar

A brief chat with Ted Pattison

khawara — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 04:30:00 GMT

If you are into OBA/SharePoint development, Ted Pattison needs no intros. I had the pleasure of meeting him at last week's TechEd Developer Conference in Barcelona and he was kind enough to share his insights on what he's hearing and seeing as it related to Office development.

Check out the video for more on what Ted had to say! For more about Ted and his team, visit http://www.tedpattison.net/.

- Khawar

PS: Apologies in advance about the background noise. Fortunately, Ted's answers come through loud and clear.

Video: TedPattison Discussion