5/30/2008

Nintex Reporting 2008

Tow new consultant in this comagny Nintex Reporting 2008 - I'm Consulting with Nintex :
It's now official. I am now consulting with Nintex, my role is focused on technical evanglism and product management. I've been watching Nintex and talking with them for months. Lots of promise.

I'm really excited about the new Nintex Reporting 2008. You'll hear more about this tool here on my blog over the next few days and especially at TechEd.


You might have also heard Mike Fitzmaurice is now at Nintex. It's true, today was his first day and I was there as well. It was totally cool hanging with Fitz and the Nintex USA crew in Bellevue, WA headed up by Brett Campbell. Great team, solid company. Note you should update your blog roll for Fitz as he now has a blog at FitzBlog 2.0.

Don't worry if you were planning on seeing me this summer at various other sessions, training or community events... My new role should continue to integrate well into my existing plans. If you haven't follwed... I am very involved in a number of other things this summer. If you run into me, please ask for a demo of Nintex Reporting or if you check this out at TechEd Developer or IT Pro please let them know that I referred you, or that you heard about it from my blog.

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Presentations for Introductory SharePoint Dev

PPT and some Web Parts, DataLists, EventHandlers, Silverlight... This download contains PowerPoint Presentations and associated Demos for Introductory SharePoint Developer modules. Download details: Presentations for Introductory SharePoint Dev
Introductory SharePoint Presentations for .NET Developers
June 2008 Release 1 – http://MSSharePointDeveloper.com
Install Guide
To install the lab manuals and sample code click Next. The installer will automatically launch the self extracting ZIP file containing the demo code to unpack in onto your machine. You need to click the UNZIP button to do this. Alternatively you can just Close the ZIP file and the you can unpack the demo code later.

This release includes the following presentations
· PPT 01 Web Parts
· PPT 02 Data Lists
· PPT 03 Event Handlers
· PPT 05 Silverlight
We will update the download once the remaining Hands on Labs are available.
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5/29/2008

This download enables you evaluate Office SharePoint Server 2007 VHD

Just in case a rember : The Microsoft VHD Test Drive Program provides customers with an enhanced server-based software evaluation experience that’s faster, better supported and more flexible. You can now access the entire catalog of pre-configured Microsoft and partner products and solutions in the VHD format and start evaluating and testing today from www.microsoft.com/vhd. This download enables you evaluate Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is an integrated suite of server capabilities that can help improve organizational effectiveness by providing comprehensive content management and enterprise search, accelerating shared business processes, and facilitating information-sharing across boundaries for better business insight.

Office SharePoint Server 2007 supports all intranet, extranet, and Web applications across an enterprise within one integrated platform, instead of relying on separate fragmented systems. Additionally, this collaboration and content management server provides IT professionals and developers with the platform and tools they need for server administration, application extensibility, and interoperability.

This fully functional pre-configured VHD provides you a trial software will automatically expire after 30 days. This is a preconfigured virtual machine contained within the Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) format.

Virtual Server 2005 R2 is required to run this VHD. Please refer to the system requirements section for more details. Download details: Office SharePoint Server 2007 VHD
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5/28/2008

Download details: Volume Licensing Program Guides

Download details: Volume Licensing Program Guides

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Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Demo: Boost teamwork with a wiki

Download details: Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Demo: Boost teamwork with a wiki

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5/24/2008

Linking SharePoint to Outlook 2007

Linking SharePoint to Outlook 2007 As indicated by the title of this article, these features are only available with Outlook 2007 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007. Starting with Office 2007 Microsoft has provided direct integration between the Office client and server. This integration should help organizations to collaborate more effectively. In addition, these features should assist in the migration away from using Public Folders in Exchange for some of the areas covered below....
read more on : http://www.outlookexchange.com/articles/JasonSherry/sherry_c24p1.asp

Additional Information
My Tips & Issues (w/ resolutions) list: http://info.izzy.org/Technical/Lists/Issues%20%20Tips/ Integrating SharePoint Calendars with Outlook 2007 Integrating SharePoint Task into Outlook 2007 Microsoft PPT on Office 2007 Integration o Getting started guide to SharePoint and Office 2007 integration Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Document o This white paper describes how different versions of Office programs work together with the 2003 and 2007 versions of SharePoint technologies. Outlook and SharePoint Integration – Jose Barreto’s Blog

Conclusion
By linking SharePoint lists, which allow for easy updating by multiple users, users will be able to collaborate on projects and other items easier than before. The additional support provided by alerts and versioning also makes managing a project and the related items possible with Outlook alone. Welcome to Outlook Exchange

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SharePoint Training - SharePoint End User Trining Kit

View the end user training content. (SharePoint End User Trining Kit)

Click on the "End User Training" tab above to view how the training will look when installed on your server (you can change the theme if you don't like the lively yellow ;-)

You will need to log on as corp\demouser with a password of pass@word1

Installing the SharePoint and Designer Training Kits?

There are a couple of common problems that people have experienced when installing the portal version of the training kits so I thought I would cover off a few of the expectations and known problems with SharePoint environments.

The training kits are based on the SharePoint Learning Kit which is an application in its own right that exposes management, configuration and user interaction through SharePoint pages. Although you don't have to install the SLK as it is included with the training kit, if you want to understand more about how the e-learning platform works you should look at http://www.codeplex.com/slk

Download locations for the training kits are:
SharePoint End User http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=673dc932-626a-4e59-9dca-16d685600a51&displaylang=en
SharePoint Designer http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6a429664-a911-4ad3-9856-f1b0ae7a136e&displaylang=en

read more on : Home - SharePoint Training on WSSDemo (thanks Ian).
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See also :
Office SharePoint Server 2007 Training : The Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Training, built on the Microsoft SharePoint Learning Kit, is designed for server administrators to install on an Office SharePoint Server site to help end-users learn about Office SharePoint Server.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=673dc932-626a-4e59-9dca-16d685600a51&displaylang=en

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 offers a rich set of features that allow you to build and maintain powerful intranets and Internets for your company. You can manage workflow, maintain version control, connect to business intelligence applications, track key performance indicators for your business, add blogs and wikis to improve knowledge transfer and enhance collaboration, and more.

The Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Training Portal Edition, built on the Microsoft SharePoint Learning Kit, is designed for server administrators who want to help their end-users learn how to use the features of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

The Training topics lead the learner step-by-step through beginning to advanced features, including Collaboration, Business Processes and Forms, Portals and Personalization, Search, Business Intelligence and Enterprise Content Management.

The Training includes videos, interactive tutorials, and articles. In addition, the material is SCORM compliant. You can easily add or remove training topics to fit your business needs. The Training also includes a reporting function that allows an administrator/trainer to track learners’ completed training topics. You can customize the Training to fit the look and feel of your own Office SharePoint Server site.

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Office SharePoint Server 2007 Training (Standalone Edition) : The Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Training Standalone Edition is designed to help you learn how to use the features of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=7BB3A2A3-6A9F-49F4-84E8-FF3FB71046DF&displaylang=en

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5/23/2008

5 Rules to Live By When Interviewing for a SharePoint Job

In France, we have the same PB, a lot of compagny goes on MOSS, and after need training and knowledge : "There are a ton of blogs out there that tell you "questions to ask when interviewing a SharePoint person" which will help give you a baseline for what you should know technically. However, technical interview questions are somewhat easy to answer if you have done enough of them. I am not talking about the technical part of the interview, i'm more talking about how you are selling yourself as a SharePoint person to a client, which is important for you, but mostly important for the client in which you are interviewing." say Rob Foster

Rule 1: Know your specialty
The SharePoint platform is huge. I mean HUGE. You can specialize in most anything and just because you are a specialist in one area, you can't be grandfathered in as being a specialist in another area. For example, I specialize in SharePoint as it pertains to Social Networking and My Sites.
Does this make me an expert in Web Content Management (WCM) or the Business Data Catalog (BDC)? OF COURSE NOT!

Being honest, I haven't done much with the BDC, don't claim to be an expert, don't want to be (I'll leave that to Nick Swan). :-)
Know your specialty, be an expert in that specialty and then expand out. This can win you a lot of points and can give you a way to provide your client or potential employeer real value.

Rule 2: Try to understand what the client is trying to do with SharePoint
Ask questions during the interview, but don't give advice unless asked. Giving advice without fully understanding the environment that you are in can easily cause you to tank the interview. Even if you have answered everything perfectly, you can easily leave an impression that you are careless and don't think through situations if you "shoot from the hip".

Rule 3: Do not BS your answers
You would think that this is obvious, but folks I'm here to say that this happens more than not. If this is applicable to you, one of two things are going to happen.

Scenario 1: There is somewhat of a lack of understanding of the SharePoint platform in the management levels (e.g. the people that you will likely talk to at some point in your interview) that you can likely use some snazzy buzzwords and make it through. However, when the rubber meets the road and you actually have to deliver a solution, you can quickly get in over your head and will either not deliver or deliver something that doesn't scale, doesn't work, or is just screwed up.

Scnerio 2: During the interview, someone that is interviewing you understands the platform and knows you're blowing smoke. End result: you won't get the gig and could hurt your chances for future gigs in that segment of the market. Let's face it, being a SharePoint person is a small community of people (compared to larger technologies like ASP.NET, C#, etc.) and they do talk (we're collaboration people, remember!).

Bottom line, just be honest. If you don't know, just say so...Being in an interview (of any type) is not like an evening at the improv.

Rule 4: You can't save the world with SharePoint, don't sell it that way
Yes, the SharePoint platform can do a lot and offers a lot to the enterprise. Don't try to go in and cure cancer with SharePoint. SharePoint implementations require a lot of planning and design to ensure success.

That's right folks...

Despite the myths, SharePoint IS a platform that is constantly evolving and companies must plan for this. This rule is more for companies than for people that are interviewing. Bottom line is that if someone tries to come in and solve all of your business problems with SharePoint in something crazy like 2 weeks, you might want to think very hard before making the decision to hire.

Rule 5: Constantly hone your craft
As with any product or platform, you are going to experience some ups and downs with SharePoint. Use this experience and learn from your successes and mistakes.

It will help you in the future.

Also, highlight these experiences in your interview.

How did you solve a problem when your SharePoint application took a nose dive?
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Hopefully that it will give you something to think about as well as help you out when you go for that next SharePoint job.


5 Rules to Live By When Interviewing for a SharePoint Job by Rob Foster's House of Southern-Fried SharePoint

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5/20/2008

The TOOLS of David Mann - SharePoint and the Office System » Blog Archive » Philly Code Camp: Using Tools to make SharePoint Development Easier

David Mann say: here are the tools demonstrated at Code Camp session
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STSDev - www.codeplex.com/stsdev
SharePoint Inspector: http://www.codeplex.com/spi
U2U CAML Builder: http://www.u2u.info/SharePoint/U2U%20Community%20Tools/U2U%20Caml%20Query%20Builder%202007%20v3.0.2.0.zip
SharePoint Tips Utility Pack: http://www.codeplex.com/spstipsUtilityPack
App Pool Manager: http://www.harbar.net/articles/APM.aspx
Reflector: http://www.aisto.com/roeder/dotnet/
“Attach to Process” script: http://www.andrewconnell.com/blog/archive/2006/05/10/3110.aspx
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One other thing I forgot to mention in all of the projector-problem mayhem: if you are interested in learning more about SharePoint and Office development, including FREE SharePoint developer training, please consider joining the Office Geeks User Group.
More information is available here: http://www.officegeeks.org/philly
or by email: geeks_at_kcdholdings-dot-com.
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David Mann - SharePoint and the Office System » Blog Archive » Philly Code Camp: Using Tools to make SharePoint Development Easier
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SharePoint Resources - Register for the SharePoint Introduction...

In this 10-part series, you will receive practical technical information from Robert Bogue and Andrew Connell, Microsoft SharePoint Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs), covering 10 fundamental developer topics on SharePoint Products and Technologies via Live Meeting Webcast.

About the series:
· Every Tuesday and Wednesday from May 20 to June 18
· Starts at 9:00 AM Pacific Standard Time (12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time)
· 60 minutes long

Click on the Register Today! links to learn more about the specifics covered in each webcast

Date :
Webcast Title and Topics
21-May-08
Introduction to SharePoint for .NET Developers: Data Lists Register Today!
20-May-08
Introduction to SharePoint for .NET Developers: Web Parts Register Today!
27-May-08
Introduction to SharePoint for .NET Developers: Silverlight and SharePoint Register Today!
28-May-08
Introduction to SharePoint for .NET Developers: Using Event Handlers Register Today!
3-Jun-08
Introduction to SharePoint for .NET Developers: Page Branding Register Today!
4-Jun-08
Introduction to SharePoint for .NET Developers: Workflows Register Today!
10-Jun-08
Introduction to SharePoint for .NET Developers: Web Services Register Today!
11-Jun-08
Introduction to SharePoint for .NET Developers: Page Navigation Register Today!
17-Jun-08
Introduction to SharePoint for .NET Developers: User Management Register Today!
18-Jun-08
Introduction to SharePoint for .NET Developers: Custom Content Types Register Today!
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SharePoint Resources - Register for the SharePoint Introduction...
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5/12/2008

NEW : Microsoft TechNet Forums

We are moving TechNet into a more open and community/social based world. I hear a lot of debate as to whether IT Professionals will see value in features such as social bookmarking, tagging, and other community types of features that seem to be popular for example with developers. As someone that spent 10 years as an IT professional prior to Microsoft, I have my opinion... Dan Truax on Microsoft TechNet Forums
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5/10/2008

Arpan Shah's Blog : SharePoint End User Security

Security covers a number of topics when it comes to software. Everything from locking down a system to end user security. There is absolutely no doubt that security is extremely important and should be taken seriously. And it's no surprise that security is one of the most frequently asked questions when I present to executives and IT professionals. So here's my attempt at providing the SharePoint End User Security 101 covering different aspects of what enterprises need to think about. By no means is this article comprehensive, but touches upon aspects of SharePoint end user security that I get asked about frequently. read more on : Arpan Shah's Blog : SharePoint End User Security Thanks Arpan for this article in 7 points
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5/06/2008

Club Starter Kit - CODEPLEX

Club Starter Kit - Home ClubStarterKit Version 3 BETA 1 Released
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5/04/2008

SharePoint For Developers many Webcast...

SharePoint for Developers What's the deal with Windows SharePoint Server (WSS 3.0) and Microsoft Office SharePoint Services?
"Lynn Langit and I are doing a webcast series on Windows SharePoint 3.0 as a platform for developers and looking at the tools and technologies available for customizing portals and sites."
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Here is our schedule so far: New Stuff!
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3/6/2008 - Part 13 - Customizing SharePoint: Ever wondered how you can use SharePoint but have your own custom look and feel? In this webcast we will look at the site customization techniques of creating custom MasterPages, Themes and Layouts to give your web site your own look and feel.
3/13/2008 - Part 14 - SharePoint and Authentication: In this session we cover the basics and how to use the Authentication and Membership Providers. We look at creating a custom provider and CardSpace can be used to login to your SharePoint site. This session will look at the advanced tools available in IIS 7.0 for configuring and deploying SharePoint.
3/20/2008 - Part 15 - SharePoint and AJAX: Explore the world of modern web development techniques by looking at how Microsoft’s AJAX library and SharePoint can be used together to deliver compelling user experience. In this webcast we show the various approaches to integrating AJAX in WSS 3.0 and then cover what’s improved in sp1.
3/27/2008 - Part 16 - SharePoint and SilverLight: Rich User Experience is getting easier to create with the release of Silverlight. In this session we show how Silverlight takes advantage of XAML and provides an easy way to build compelling user interfaces. We will demonstrate using the 1.0 version of Silverlight as well as what’s new in 2.0 that allows the developer and designer to collaborate to build exciting new applications.
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Links to the original 12 webcasts:
Part 1 – SharePoint for Developers 4/13/2007 1 pm PST: Join the first webcast of this four-part series to find out what you need to know about Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 as a developer. We cover the basics of SharePoint Server 2007, and we show how you can use this new product to simplify collaboration, development, and management of your software projects. Learn what it takes to set up SharePoint Server 2007, customize the master pages, and how you can use other tools to develop custom applications. Attend this session to discover compelling reasons for choosing the new 2007 Microsoft Office system and SharePoint Server 2007 for your solution development needs.
Part 2 – SharePoint Designer 2007 4/16/2006 1 pm PST: There are many tools to choose from for developing Web sites; in this second installment of our series, we look at Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007, a new product for creating standards-based Web sites. See how you can build powerful applications on the Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies platform to enhance your productivity and deliver rich-looking sites. Join this session to learn how you can use SharePoint Designer 2007 to take advantage of Microsoft ASP.NET version 2.0, Web Parts, and integration with SharePoint Products and Technologies.
Part 3 – Migrating to SharePoint 4/23/2006 1 pm PST: Do you have a portal site that you would like to host in Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services? In this third installment of our series on Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies for developers, see what is involved in the process of moving a portal site to Windows SharePoint Services. Topics we cover include: using Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 to customize the master page, creating new content types, and working with workflow.
Part 4 – SharePoint and Access 2007 4/30/2007 1 pm PST: So far in this webcast series, we covered how Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies serve as powerful collaboration tools. In this final session, we take a look at how Microsoft Office Access 2007 integrates with Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services. Join this session to learn how Access 2007, the popular data management application, and Windows SharePoint Services enable you to centralize and simplify data management, and share data across your organization.
Part 5 – SharePoint and Workflow 5/11/2007 1 pm PST: In this webcast, we discuss the ability to use, update, and create custom workflows that you can employ in your Windows SharePoint Services site. We show the built-in workflow capabilities in Windows SharePoint Services, and we also demonstrate what customizations are available. In addition, we describe how to use Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 to open, view, and modify included workflows. We conclude the presentation with a detailed demonstration of the capabilities of the Workflow Designer in SharePoint Designer 2007.
Part 6 – SharePoint and Content Types 5/18/2007 1 pm PST: Join this webcast as we review the concept of content types as they relate to Windows SharePoint Services sites. We explain the default (included) content types first. We then discuss why you may want to update the built-in content types or create your own. We also demonstrate how to create custom content types and provide several business examples of why and where you might wish to do this. We conclude this session by showing some of the newly created content types in action on a Windows SharePoint Services site.
Part 7 – SharePoint and Forms Services 5/25/2007 1 pm PST: In this webcast, we explore Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 as a form tool and describe how you can host forms centrally via the InfoPath Forms Services feature of Windows SharePoint Services version 3.0. We provide an overview of InfoPath 2007, demonstrating both how to customize an included template form and how to create a custom form that connects to Microsoft SQL Server. Next, we illustrate how to configure the Windows SharePoint Services administrative Web site, which is required to set up appropriate permissions (and other settings) to use InfoPath Forms Services.
Part 8 – SharePoint and the Business Data Catalog 6/1/2007 10 am PST: Join this webcast as we explain the concepts surrounding the Business Data Catalog (BDC), a new business integration feature in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. We demonstrate the use of an application definition file (ADF) to create the connection between your Windows SharePoint Services site and a custom data source, and we show you how to use an ADF creation tool. Learn to use BDC-derived data with included Web parts, such as the filtering Web part. We conclude this webcast with a discussion of the various ways we have worked with the BDC in production.
Part 9 – Web Parts and Work Flows 6/8/2007 10 am PST: In this webcast, we discuss and demonstrate the creation of Web parts and workflows for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. We use Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for Windows SharePoint Services and the Microsoft .NET Framework version 3.0 workflow extensions to customize and create both Web parts and workflows. Join us to learn about the concept of features as they relate to SharePoint Server 2007 Web Parts.
Part 10 – Sites and Templates 6/15/2007 10 am PST: In this webcast, we dive into how the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for Windows SharePoint Services can enable you to take Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 even further. We start with an overview of project types and show how you can add event handlers, site definitions, and more into your tool belt. We look at creating site templates and master pages for SharePoint Server 2007, and we provide an example of how to customize and replace templates
Part 11 – SharePoint and Business Intelligence 6/22/2007 10 am PST: In this webcast, we discuss business intelligence (BI) (advanced reporting) integration with your Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Web site. We demonstrate configuration of Excel Services in SharePoint Server 2007, key performance indicators (KPIs), and more. We use the Report Center template and show you how you can easily integrate line-of-business (LOB) data into your site
Part 12 – Developing SharePoint Workflows 7/6/2007 10 am PST: Windows SharePoint Services provides excellent facilities for working with business processes. In this "webcast by request," we review the workflow development processes associated with Windows SharePoint Services. We look at the included workflows, modifying workflows in Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007, and creating and modifying workflows in the Microsoft Visual Studio development system.

by: http://www.benkotips.com/Default.aspx?tabid=1158
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5/03/2008

Automate Web App Deployment with the SharePoint API


Read an excellent article on MOSS / MSDN - Learn how to automate custom SharePoint application deployments, use the SharePoint API, and avoid the hassle of custom site definitions. by Ethan Wilansky - Paul Olszewski - Rick Sneddon is a Senior Infrastructure Specialist for EDS in its Integration Engineering practice and an MCSE.

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In this article, we will show you how to automate custom SharePoint application deployments by taking advantage of the SharePoint API. Following this approach allows you to avoid having to create and maintain a custom site definition. You benefit from a more modular set of components to deploy and manage in your source control system, which is an essential part of a continuous integration effort. Finally, you are following a model that Microsoft will continue to improve in the coming years.
We will explain how you can leverage the SharePoint object model to automate deployment from Web application creation to Feature activation. The Visual Studio® code project included with this article provides a number of code samples that demonstrate how to automate some essential tasks in a custom deployment.
Along the way, we will explore tools and techniques provided by Microsoft and members of the SharePoint developer community that we have found to be especially valuable in your quest toward a fully automated deployment. Read all in MOSS 2007: Automate Web App Deployment with the SharePoint API - Code download available... by E. Wilansky, P. Olszewski, and R. Sneddon
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See also in the mag of May 2008
Office Apps: Integrate VSTO with SharePoint Content Types
See how to build a document-level Visual Studio Tools for Office customization and integrate it with a content type in SharePoint. Steve Fox
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Vice-Président Club UGO2007
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