Thursday, March 29, 2007

Office Communications Server 2007 / Office Communicator 2007 Beta download


Office Communications Server 2007, the next evolution of Live Communications Server, delivers streamlined communications for your users so they can find and communicate with the right person, right now, from the applications they use most - like Microsoft Outlook. And when you download the beta software, you're automatically registered to access valuable beta resources assembled in one convenient Beta Central location.

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Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Microsoft Unveils Xbox 360 Elite


Microsoft have announced the upcoming availability of Xbox 360 Elite, a new model of the video game and entertainment system that will include a 120GB hard drive, a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) port, a high-definition cable, and a premium black finish for the console, wireless controller and Xbox LIVE headset.

Press Release

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Tuesday, March 27, 2007

MOSS 2007 - Site Map Web Part


From Stephen Huen ...

For use in a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Publishing web site, this web part displays the site structure in a hierarchical tree that is expandable and collapsible.

Site Map Web Part for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server

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Whitepaper - MCMS 2002 migration to MOSS 2007


From Angus ...

Vivid Group White Paper: MCMS to MOSS upgrade.

This White Paper provides details of the process involved in migrating a Microsoft Content Management Server 2002 Website to a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Publishing Internet Site

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Friday, March 23, 2007

Groove portal on MSDN goes live


A new Groove portal on MSDN has gone live.

This is a home for developers who want to learn more about Groove and how to develop solutions on the Groove platform. The site also links to relevant content on TechNet and Office Online, providing easy access to those materials.

This enables developers new to Groove to build a solid foundation of knowledge before taking Groove deployments to the next level by building a custom solution.

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Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Floating ToolPane for SharePoint


From Vince Rothwell ...

Ever been frustrated that the tool pane in SharePoint takes up your screen real estate, or that you have to scroll to see the buttons when editing a WebPart? ... If so, this is for you...

Floating ToolPane for SharePoint

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Monday, March 19, 2007

Moss 2007 - BDC Metadata Manager


The Professional version of BDC Meta Man is now available.

BDC Meta Man is the first application that provides the ability to create Application Definitions for the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Business Data Catalog without writing a line of code. No programming experience is required to take full advantage of the BDC Meta Man. As long as you know how to use a mouse and a keyboard, you can easily generate Application Definitions with BDC Meta Man!

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SharePoint Designer - custom Windows Workflow Activity


From Todd Baginski ...

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Sunday, March 18, 2007

MOSS 2007 - Workflow (Visual Studio / InfoPath) walkthrough


From Nick Swan - walkthrough on creating a SharePoint 2007 workflow with Visual Studio 2005 and InfoPath 2007

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MOSS 2007 - Forms Based Authentication walkthrough


Great information from Dan Attis on the steps needed to setup FBA using the built in Asp.Net Membership and how to enable MySites / Personalization features.



Also userful - SharePoint Custom Forms Authentication Feature

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Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 download


Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 delivers on the Microsoft Trustworthy Computing initiative and illustrates Microsoft's commitment to continually create software products with enhanced security, increased reliability, and simplified administration.

The SP2 update can be applied to all Windows Server 2003 products and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition.

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Microsoft Expression Design Beta 2 download


A beta 2 release of Microsoft Expression Design is now available - Expression Design is a professional illustration and graphic design tool that lets you build compelling assets for both Web and desktop application user interfaces.

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Microsoft Expression Blend Release Candidate download


A release candidate of Microsoft Expression Blend is now available - Expression Blend is a professional design tool used to create engaging Web-connected experiences for Windows.

Download ... with key for 180-day license.

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Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools - Visual Studio 2005 Extensions download


Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools: Visual Studio 2005 Extensions - version 1.0 is now available ... these are tools for developing custom SharePoint applications: Visual Studio project templates for Web Parts, site definitions, and list definitions; and a stand-alone utility program, the SharePoint Solution Generator.

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MOSS 2007 - Enterprise Search deep dives


Six detailed presentations on enterprise search in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

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  • Enterprise Search Strategy and Opportunities ... This session starts with an overview of Microsoft's enterprise search strategy, reviews the various products that it affects, and outlines what is new in SharePoint Search for the 2007 Microsoft Office system. Lastly, it discusses opportunities for partners building on the platform.
  • SharePoint Search Extensibility ... This session addresses the core extensibility scenarios in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 search, such as customizing the user interface, custom search using client applications, and crawling new repositories, including line-of-business data. It also covers the administration object model.
  • Protocol Handlers and IFilters ... Learn about the overall architecture of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 search. Protocol Handlers and iFilter interfaces are described in detail with code examples.
  • Customizing and Extending Search in Office SharePoint Server 2007 ... Learn how to customize Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 search user interface and build search based applications in this session. Branding, Web parts and extending search using the object model and Web services are discussed.
  • Business Data Search ... The Business Data Catalog enables search to reach into line-of-business repositories and provide integrated search results. Learn about the Business Data Catalog including the design motivations, scenarios, and the APIs.
  • SharePoint Search Deployment Scenarios ... This session reviews both Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Office SharePoint Server 2007 search topologies, and various deployment scenarios such as a collaboration environment, enterprise portals, and internet facing portals.

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Friday, March 16, 2007

SharePoint Solution Installer download


From Lars Fastrup / Ontolica ...

Here ya go - a free tool for eased installation and deployment of SharePoint 2007 solution files to a SharePoint server farm.

Version 1.0.2 Download: SharePointSolutionInstaller_V1_0_2.zip

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Thursday, March 08, 2007

MOSS 2007 - Web CM - Common Page and Site Customization Tasks


MSDN contains detailed, step-by-step procedures for common page and site customization tasks.


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Knowledge Network release candidate available


From Microsoft Knowledge Network Team Blog ...

We have released our first candidate (RC0) for our final build of KN. To access the new build login to the Microsoft Connect site (https://connect.microsoft.com/knbeta) and follow the Downloads link on the left hand side to access the software package and documentation.

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What is Knowledge Network ?

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Wednesday, March 07, 2007

SharePoint Designer 2007 - Demos


This six-part training demo series provides information on how power users can get the most from Office SharePoint Designer 2007.
  • Powerful user interface and design tools
  • Customize SharePoint sites
  • Create and modify layout pages
  • Create and modify rules-based workflow applications
  • Build composite no-code SharePoint applications
  • Visual Studio integration

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MOSS 2007 - Minimal Publishing site


This Codeplex project will create a minimal publishing site for SharePoint 2007. The concept behind this project is to create a site definition and associated master pages for use with the publishing feature of SharePoint 2007.

MOSS 2007 - Minimal Publishing site

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Performance Capacity for MOSS 2007


From Mart Muller

Estimate performance and capacity requirements ...

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Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Commerce Server 2007 & SharePoint 2007 Co-Deployment Whitepaper


Whitepaper that provides setup and configuration information for solutions that are based on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Microsoft Commerce Server 2007. It includes step-by-step configuration tasks and sample code.

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Thursday, March 01, 2007

Content Deployment - Step By Step Tutorial


From Jackie Bodine - step-by-step instructions and screenshots for Content Deployment

Content Deployment - Step By Step Tutorial

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