Templates (40) for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 plus the Application Template Core solution

This download package includes all forty of the Application Templates for Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 plus the Application Template Core solution, which is required to deploy server administration templates.
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P. Erol GIRAUDY MVP MOSS
http://clubsmoss2007.org
www.shareclubs.org

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services Add-in for Microsoft SharePoint Technologies

The Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services Add-in for Microsoft SharePoint Technologies is a Web download that provides features for running a report server within a larger deployment of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 or Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. (see : http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2007/02/19/microsoft-sql-server-2005-sp2-reporting-services-integration-with-wss-3-0-and-moss-2007.aspx and

5.0 Features in This Release (in english - french and...) :

1. This section summarizes the available features when you run a report server in SharePoint integrated mode.
2. Use the revised Reporting Services Configuration tool to create a report server database in SharePoint integrated mode.
3. Use the new report server configuration pages in Central Administration to grant the service accounts access to the SharePoint configuration and content databases.
4. Use SharePoint security to control access to report server content and operations.
5. Add reports and models that you created in SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services design tools to a SharePoint library. You can publish reports from Report Designer, or use the Upload action on a SharePoint library to upload any report server item. If you publish the files, be sure to specify fully qualified URLs.

An example URL for a file uploaded to Shared Documents on the top-level site of a SharePoint Web application might be :

http://example-server-name/Shared Documents/CompanySales.rdl.

The URL must include a file name extension.

If the library is on a site, you must also include any sites and subsites before the library.
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For more information,
see "Deploying Reports, Models, and Shared Data Sources to a SharePoint Site" in SQL Server Books Online.
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Create new shared data source (.rsds) files from a SharePoint site to use with the reports and models that you add to the library. A new file name extension named .rsds is introduced in this release; it is used for shared data source files that you create and store in a library.
Use the new Report Viewer Web Part to view reports.

Use Report Builder from a SharePoint site. You can open or modify an existing Report Builder report definition file from a library. You can load a model in Report Builder to create new reports from report model (.smdl) files that have been uploaded or published to a SharePoint library.

Use new Web pages and configuration options to set permissions and properties on reports (.rdl), models (.smdl), resources, and shared data sources (.rsds) that you add or create on a SharePoint site. You can also use Web application pages to define schedules and subscriptions.
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Note:
Earlier versions of Reporting Services include two Web Parts that provide minimal integration between a report server and a SharePoint site.
Those Web Parts are not part of the Reporting Services Add-in and have different requirements and functionality.
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For more information
about how those Web Parts compare with the Web Part that is included in the Reporting Services Add-in, see "Comparing Levels of Integration Across Versions of Reporting Services and SharePoint Technologies" in SQL Server Books Online.
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/default.mspx
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SP2 SQL : Download Service Pack 2 for Microsoft SQL Server 2005.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=d07219b2-1e23-49c8-8f0c-63fa18f26d3a
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P. Erol GIRAUDY - MVP MOSS
www.clubmoss2007.org
www.shareclubs.org

MOSS 2007 and Related Technologies pricing

Check out the licence pricing model for MOSS 2007 (finally). These are the US prices, but it gives a good impression.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/FX102176831033.aspx

Servers Estimated Price
Office SharePoint Server 2007 $4424
Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Search Standard $8213
Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Search Enterprise $57,670
Office Forms Server 2007 $4424

Client Access Licenses Estimated Price
Office SharePoint Server 2007 Standard CAL $94
Office SharePoint Server 2007 Enterprise CAL1 $75
Office Forms Server 2007 CAL $54
Office SharePoint Designer 2007 $187

Internet Facing Sites Estimated Price
Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Internet sites $40,943
Office Forms Server 2007 for Internet sites $22,118
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To be licensed for the Enterprise Edition functionality of Office SharePoint Server 2007, both the Standard and Enterprise client access licenses are required.

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P. Erol GIRAUDY MVP MOSS
www.clubmoss2007.org
www.shareclubs.org

2007 Office System Tool: Microsoft Best Practices Analyzer for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and the 2007 Microsoft Office System

Brief Description : The Microsoft Best Practices Analyzer for Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and the 2007 Microsoft Office System creates detailed reports to help administrators achieve greater performance, scalability, and uptime. This tools for 2007 Office System : Microsoft Best Practices Analyzer for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and the 2007 Microsoft Office System. After the analysis is complete, open sharepointbpa.report.htm in a web browser. See also my web site on the tools for MOSS and WSSv3 : http://outilsmoss.blogspot.com/
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P. Erol GIRAUDY MVP MOSS
www.clubsps.org
www.shareclubs.org

Changing the theme when a new SharePoint 2007 site is created.

Posted by Scot Hillier under ApressNo Comments

A common need is to change the theme (and the alternate style sheet) of a site when it is created. In order to do this in SharePoint 2007, you must create a feature that makes the changes and then either “staple” the feature to a site or reference the feature within the site definition.

I have created a feature that you can use to make these changes.

It can be found at http://codegallery.gotdotnet.com/features.

ThemeChanger v1.0 (ThemeChanger.zip, 3k, 3 downloads)

PlaceHolder Master v1.0 (PlaceholderMaster.zip, 9k, 26 downloads)

Presence Contact List v1.0 (PresenceContactList.ZIP, 13k, 40 downloads)

http://blogs.msdn.com/modonovan/archive/2005/05/11/416376.aspx.

Content Type Hierarchy Viewer v1.0 (ContentTypeHierarchy.zip, 3k, 56 downloads)

Log Viewer v1.0 (Log Viewer.zip, 4k, 78 downloads)

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P. Erol GIRAUDY MVP MOSS
www.clubsps.org
www.shareclubs.org

PDF Icon Update

Aimless Ramblings from a Blithering Lunatic . . . : PDF Icon Update: "Ever since I blogged about my batch file to simplify the task of getting a PDF icon to display in SharePoint 2.0 document libraries back in October of 2004, it has been the single-most popular post on my blog (with almost 60,000 hits to date). Well, ever since Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 was released, I knew that I needed to update my batch file, it just wasn't quite at the top of the to-do list. But now the wait is over - I have posted an updated package here. "
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P. Erol GIRAUDY
www.shareclubs.org
http://clubmoss2007.org

25 Tips to Lockdown Your SharePoint Environment

I was preparing for a TechReady (internal Technical Readiness conference) Presentation and for my advanced deployment presentation I really needed to beef it up. Here's a list I put together for a few lockdown slides. This is not meant to be fully comprehensive, but get you started down the right track. All of these may not apply.
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P. Erol GIRAUDY MVP MOSS
www.clubmoss2007.org
www.shareclubs.org

Using Wikis as Project Documentation Tools

A nice idea, I was talking to Charles Arnold after the last STC-Suncoast chapter meeting about using wikis as project documentation tools. Neil Perlin just presented on Web 2.0, and referenced James Surowiecki’s The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations. Surowiecki’s main idea is that collective wisdom almost always outstrips individual wisdom....
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I was playing around with the SharePoint 2007 wiki features and also those of Socialtext. Here are the barriers I’m up against:

• Wiki wysiwig’s are primitive (technical documentation can have some complicated styles, with several levels of lists).
• Once all the info is in the wiki, how do I generate a manual or online help? I don’t want to maintain two separate files.

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P. Erol GIRAUDY MVP MOSS
www.clubmoss2007.org
www.shareclubs.org