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Monday, February 26, 2007 8:25 AM

Community Kit for SharePoint: User Group Edition 1.0 now available

[Update 02/27: Wow, almost 300 downloads of the CKS:UGE 1.0 site template! "The site logo is broken. How do I fix it?" has become an FAQ. The answer is documented in the post-site-creation configuration steps provided in the [site URL]/Lists/Getting%20Started%20with%20the%20CKS/AllItems.aspx
Posted by sptblog | 21 Comments
Saturday, February 24, 2007 1:06 AM

Updated Installation Guide for the 20 server admin Application Templates for WSS 3.0

In order to meet our localization deadlines, we were a bit too hasty in documenting the installation instructions for the 20 server admin Application Templates , which were released only 2 days ago. Our bad for that, and we appreciate how quickly some
Posted by sptblog | 79 Comments
Wednesday, February 21, 2007 11:59 PM

Completing the "Fantastic 40" – 20 remaining application templates now available, plus more!

As I had alluded to about 3 weeks ago, the 20 remaining Application Templates of the “Fantastic 40” are now available for download ! These server admin templates for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 provide more enhanced functionality than the first 20
Posted by LLiu | 90 Comments
Wednesday, February 21, 2007 10:10 PM

Two extremely useful (and free!) SharePoint addons...

Two "must-have" SharePoint addon products were released earlier today. The first is a cross browser compatible replacement for the rich text editor in MOSS 2007 that was mentioned on this blog about 6 weeks ago. The second is an offline reader for WSS
Posted by sptblog | 12 Comments
Monday, February 19, 2007 2:02 PM

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP2 Reporting Services integration with WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007

SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 (SP2), which will be released any minute now :-), enables deep integration between Reporting Services and SharePoint technologies (Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Office SharePoint Server 2007). This integration enables
Posted by sptblog | 100 Comments
Monday, February 19, 2007 12:02 PM

Presentation files from the European SharePoint Conference

A few more presentation files (and sample code!) have been posted to the European SharePoint Conference document library ( http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/sharepoint/SPCEU2007 ) on the SharePoint Community Portal. Many more files will be posted within
Posted by sptblog | 2 Comments
Friday, February 16, 2007 4:55 PM

SharePoint and "The King"

Yes, that's right -- SharePoint and Elvis on the same stage together. :-) Based on the success of the European SharePoint Conference (more info here ), many of us in the SharePoint product group surely feel like kings right now. But kings don't survive
Posted by sptblog | 2 Comments
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Thursday, February 15, 2007 10:12 PM

How to use ADFS to turn MOSS 2007 into a claims aware application

No, I'm not talking about insurance claims. :-) Rather, I'm referring to identity claims that are federated between different authentication systems. As a follow-up to Steve Peschka's widely read and referenced Configuring Multiple Authentication Providers
Posted by sptblog | 23 Comments
Thursday, February 15, 2007 9:26 PM

SharePoint Exams and Certifications Released!

Announcing the... Windows SharePoint Server 3.0, Configuring and Office SharePoint Server 2007, Configuring exams! Congratulations and special thanks to those of you who helping us and Microsoft Learning with building the objective domain and exam questions
Posted by joelo | 18 Comments
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Thursday, February 15, 2007 9:05 PM

SharePoint users wanted for usability research beginning in late February

Microsoft's User Research Group is actively conducting usability research for SharePoint products and technologies. If your functional role within the SharePoint world is that of a contributor, administrator, or developer, working with Microsoft Office
Posted by LLiu | 3 Comments
Monday, February 12, 2007 12:25 PM

European SharePoint Conference kicked off this morning

The European SharePoint Conference was kicked off this morning at the Estrel Convention Center in Berlin, Germany, by Derek Burney, GM of SharePoint Platform and Tools, with a keynote presentation that provided an overview of the 2007 version of SharePoint
Posted by sptblog | 7 Comments
Wednesday, February 07, 2007 5:41 AM

Recommended Reading for February 2007

Recommended Reading for February (click here for previous recommendations): · Customizing MOSS Search – written by Ian Morrish, SharePoint Insider; provides a walkthrough of how to add 1) Microsoft Live Search results to the SharePoint Search page and
Posted by LLiu | 5 Comments
Sunday, February 04, 2007 2:34 AM

TechNet Newly Published Content and Tech Writing Team Update

Many of you reading this post may have been out to TechNet either by clicking on links from this blog, navigating via TechNet, or any number of methods. My fear is that this early in the product people may make up their minds about what is or isn’t listed
Posted by joelo | 3 Comments
Sunday, February 04, 2007 1:40 AM

Running SharePoint Server 2007 Beta 2 and Encountered Expiration?

We love our beta testers and hope you listened to our advice about not running this in production environments. From an ease of use standpoint, if your environment is not very large you may just want to wipe and reload with RTM after you backup your server.
Posted by joelo | 17 Comments
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Thursday, February 01, 2007 7:19 PM

Estimated release timeframes for SharePoint 2007 Language Packs

One of the most frequently asked questions about SharePoint that we've received since RTM is, "Where is the [this] or [that] Language Pack?" While we still cannot provide exact dates due to variables in our localization and release management processes
Posted by LLiu | 22 Comments
Thursday, February 01, 2007 10:53 AM

TechNet to kick off Enterprise Search webcast series: Plan, Deploy, and Manage Microsoft Search Solutions for the Enterprise on February 14th

Beginning Wednesday, February 14th, TechNet will launch the Plan, Deploy and Manage Microsoft Search Solutions for the Enterprise webcast series. One webcast per week for 8 consecutive weeks will provide Level 300 technical information on Microsoft’s
Posted by LLiu | 1 Comments
 
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