The Goldfish Bowl
Graham Tyler's blog capturing thoughts on SharePoint, Live Communications and more
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...
Author: grahamtyler Date: 09/03/2007
Today's "Wow" moment - Microsoft Surface
Ready for something completely different? Ever seen the movie 'Minority Report'? One step closer....
Author: grahamtyler Date: 05/30/2007
PDC "rescheduled"
... sounds like 'cancelled' to me for 2007! Shame - especially as I was planning to go!...
Author: grahamtyler Date: 05/29/2007
MOSS receives DoD 5015.2 certification
For those who have been building or evaluating records management solutions using Microsoft Office...
Author: grahamtyler Date: 05/29/2007
Communicator Mobile client released
An entirely new version of the Communicator client application for Live Communications Server has...
Author: grahamtyler Date: 04/25/2006
SharePoint dev team start blogging
The SharePoint product development team at Microsoft have recently launched the SharePoint Team...
Author: grahamtyler Date: 01/13/2006
'Windows Folder web part' published to GotDotNet
I have just posted a sample SharePoint web part to GotDotNet (note: since moved to MSDN Code...
Author: grahamtyler Date: 11/29/2005
PDC05 Session recordings available now
All the sessions from PDC05 were video recorded - and the recordings have now been posted on a...
Author: grahamtyler Date: 10/25/2005
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...
Author: grahamtyler Date: 09/22/2005
Presence Controls for Office Communicator released
Recently I enthused about the planned RTC Presence Toolkit, which would provide an easy way for...
Author: grahamtyler Date: 08/08/2005
Behold the Gumdrop! (RTC Presence Toolkit announced)
Microsoft has now formally announced the "RTC Presence Toolkit" at the Worldwide Partner Conference...
Author: grahamtyler Date: 07/12/2005
Office Developer Conference UK - were you there?
If you attended the Office Developer Conference in the UK last week, in the beautiful surroundings...
Author: grahamtyler Date: 07/04/2005
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...
Author: grahamtyler Date: 06/20/2005
Office Communicator 2005 - next generation of communications!
You may have seen Bill Gates announce the new Office Communicator 2005 product recently (if not, you...
Author: grahamtyler Date: 03/17/2005
Windows Messenger - File Transfer Security
The File Transfer feature of Windows Messenger allows users to transfer files between desktops....
Author: grahamtyler Date: 01/18/2005
LCS 2005 - migrating from existing IM systems
If you're considering deploying Live Communications Server 2005, you may need to migrate users from...
Author: grahamtyler Date: 01/11/2005
Live Communications Server 2005 Resource Kit now available
Download the LCS 2005 Resource Kit here. It contains a useful set of deployment and troubleshooting...
Author: grahamtyler Date: 01/11/2005
IM release frenzy
Windows Messenger 5.1, the Instant Messaging client application used with Live Communications Server...
Author: grahamtyler Date: 12/02/2004
SharePoint Storage Overview – MSDE vs WMSDE vs SQL Server 2000
SharePoint Portal Server 2003 (SPS 2003) offers the choice of using either Microsoft SQL Server 2000...
Author: grahamtyler Date: 10/19/2004
SPS 2003 Service Pack 1 and WSS Service Pack 1 released
You can read about the updates in the Press Release or download them directly using these links:...
Author: grahamtyler Date: 09/02/2004
New white paper: Using the Topic Assistant in SharePoint Portal Server 2003
The Topic Assistant in Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 can be used to automatically...
Author: grahamtyler Date: 08/18/2004
Using Tabs to convert Windows Messenger 5.0 into an email client (and other things)
There are a number of ways that Windows Messenger 5.0 can be 'branded', something typically done by...
Author: grahamtyler Date: 08/17/2004
Live Communications Server 2005 to link to AOL, MSN and Yahoo! IM
Microsoft, America Online, MSN and Yahoo! Announce Industry-First Connectivity to Enterprise Instant...
Author: grahamtyler Date: 07/16/2004
Migrating documents into SharePoint - tools and tips to improve performance
An important part of any large SharePoint deployment project is the migration of content across from...
Author: grahamtyler Date: 07/08/2004
Hello World!
Hi there. I've been thinking about what to use as the title for this, my first blog post, and after...
Author: grahamtyler Date: 07/07/2004