Floating ToolPane for SharePoint 2007

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...
Following on from my previous post (which got a bit too long to mention this) the SharePoint controls include another useful addition...a floating toolpane for SharePoint. With two lines added to you site master page you can have all your tool panes appear in a floating window which is sizeable and can be minimized!
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P. Erol GIRAUDY MVP MOSS
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Downloadable books for Office SharePoint Server 2007

Downloadable books for Office SharePoint Server 2007 Updated: March 15, 2007

Some of the content in the Office SharePoint Server technical library is available in downloadable and printable form as Microsoft Office Word documents (.doc files).

The content in these 4 books is a copy of selected content in the Office SharePoint Server technical library (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=84739) as of the date listed for each book.

The 4 books for WSSv3 are here :
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/WSS/en/library/decec839-73d9-4e23-b167-11e05dfc2feb1033.mspx?mfr=true

For the most current content, see the technical library on the Web.

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P. Erol GIRAUDY MVP MOSS
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Microsoft Office Groove and SharePoint Integration

This document discusses the you can integrate Groove and SharePoint to enhance and facilitate collaboration in your enterprise.
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P. Erol GIRAUDY MVP MOSS
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Using the BDC feature of MOSS 2007 to interact with information stored in external data sources, for example SQL Server and Oracle data bases - Part 2

Many enterprises manage a lot of information stored in data bases that are distinct that the ones used by SharePoint (SQL Server), for example internal applications like CRM’s, ERP’s or any other application developed by themselves, we could say “in house”. Now, we know that all the documents we upload to SharePoint Sites are stored in SQL Server. So, we have SharePoint data from one hand, and external information stored in other data sources on the other hand.
Is there any chance to provide final users the possibility to have only one web site to work with SharePoint data and also to interact with information stored in external data sources, through the same SharePoint Site?

Guess What!!, we have now the power of the Business Data Catalog, that allow us to interact with information stored in distinct sources and not necessarily need to be in SharePoint data bases. What’s the beauty of this, we can provide to our users the possibility to have one site (site collection) working with SharePoint data, from document libraries, lists and everything you know from SharePoint, but also with other kind of data…external data.

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P. Erol GIRAUDY MVP MOSS
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Estimate performance and capacity requirements for search environments

Usage profile : The following tables show the usage profile for the Office SharePoint Server 2007 search test environment.

Type of document - Number of documents -
Content on SharePoint sites 10 million items, including the following:
• 420 site collections
• 4,000 sites
• 24,200 lists
• 47,780 document libraries

Content on file shares 15 million items
HTTP content 15 million items
People profiles 2.5 million
Stitch (in-memory test tool that generates documents in memory) 7.5 million
Properties (metadata) 1 million
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Read also : Recommendations
This section provides general performance and capacity recommendations. Use these recommendations to determine the capacity and performance characteristics of the starting topology that you created in Plan for availability (Office SharePoint Server) , and to determine whether you need to scale out or scale up the starting topology.
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P. Erol GIRAUDY MVP MOSS
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Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools: Visual Studio 2005 Extensions

Brief Description : (Visual Studio 2005 extensions for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, Version 1.0)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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P. Erol GIRAUDY MVP MOSS
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SharePoint Server 2007 Language Pack

Brief Description : Language packs enable creation of SharePoint sites and site collections in multiple languages without requiring separate installations of SharePoint Server 2007. Multiple language packs can be installed on the same server. Application of a Language Pack will not change the language of the installed Office server product SKU, or the language of the administrative features.
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P. Erol GIRAUDY MVP MOSS
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SharePoint Server 2007 Presentations: Enterprise Search Deep Dives

Brief Description : This download provides six detailed presentations on enterprise search in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. This download presents packaged presentations and videos of the following conference sessions:

Enterprise Search Strategy and Opportunities (SharePointServer2007SearchDeepDiveA.exe) 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 (SharePointServer2007SearchDeepDiveB.exe) This session addresses the core extensibility scenarios in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) 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 (SharePointServer2007SearchDeepDiveC.exe) Learn about the overall architecture of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) search. Protocol Handlers and iFilter interfaces are described in detail with code examples.

Customizing and Extending Search in Office SharePoint Server 2007 (SharePointServer2007SearchDeepDiveD.exe) Learn how to customize Microsoft Office

SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) 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 (SharePointServer2007SearchDeepDiveE.exe) The Business Data Catalog (BDC) 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 (SharePointServer2007SearchDeepDiveF.exe) 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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P. Erol GIRAUDY MVP MOSS
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www.shareclubs.org