How to easily and quickly install the WSS Applications templates

How to easily and quickly install the WSS Applications templates: "Run create_sites.bat and go get a coffee or two :-)
When you're back, you should be all set!
Enjoy..." Fun no ? EROL

Mark Bower : Just how important is SharePoint to Microsoft?

Mark Bower : Just how important is SharePoint to Microsoft?: "In this morning's keynote session Steven Sinofsky told how BillG has personally taken the role of Lead PM on the Windows SharePoint Services v3 User Experience team. If you are in any doubt about how strategically important this product is to Microsoft, that should give you some clue. And if you don't like what you see when you get to PDC, you'll know who to blame ;)"

SharePoint Style Designer

SharePoint Style Designer SharePoint uses Cascading Style Sheets to control the "look and feel" of the Portal and Team Sites. Sure you can spend a few hours modifying the CSS files by hand (or more quickly with FrontPage 2003), but wouldn't it be nice if there was a GUI that allowed you to see the changes you were making? This is where SPSkin can be used to quickly and easily generate the style sheets for your Portal and Team Sites. This product is currently in Beta. See and try the Beta on-line. EROL

Mart Muller's Sharepoint Weblog - Organice: the user friendly SharePoint experience

Mart Muller's Sharepoint Weblog - Organice: the user friendly SharePoint experience: "I attended a demo today from Cadac group showing Organice, a user friendly windows application for working with WSS sites. I think this is a good example of how to create a rich user experience using only standard SharePoint functionality."

Download details: Windows SharePoint Services Applications Template: Absence Request and Vacation Schedule Management

Download details: Windows SharePoint Services Applications Template: Absence Request and Vacation Schedule Management

Quick Description :
The Employee Absence Request and Vacation Schedule Management application for Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services provides a central place for managers and employees scheduling. You have tow differente view of the WSS befort and after, that a nice idee.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=8c580176-09b4-4001-9c2b-2ad5b7ec2a12&displaylang=en

And more Template


Just go on Microsoft Downloads:

Windows SharePoint Services Applications Template: Room And Equipment
Windows SharePoint Services Applications Template: Expense Report Portal
Windows SharePoint Services Applications Template: Event Planning
Windows SharePoint Services Applications Template: RFP Management
Windows SharePoint Services Applications Template: HR InfoPath Forms
Windows SharePoint Services Applications Template: Professional Services Contractual Setup
Windows SharePoint Services Applications Template: Loan Initiation Management
Windows SharePoint Services Applications Template: Change Management
Windows SharePoint Services Applications Template: Meeting Management
Windows SharePoint Services Applications Template: Classroom Management
Windows SharePoint Services Applications Template: Legal Document Review
Windows SharePoint Services Applications Template: Employee Scheduling
Windows SharePoint Services Applications Template: Marketing Communications Campaign Site
Windows SharePoint Services Applications Template: Employee Training
Windows SharePoint Services Applications Template: IT Developer
Windows SharePoint Services Applications Template: HelpDesk Dashboard
Windows SharePoint Services Applications Template: Board of Directors
Windows SharePoint Services Applications Template: Project Team Management

ManagementWindows SharePoint Services Applications Template: Competitive Intelligence

Have a good Time to tests... all EROL (see detail at IT - MICROSOFT).

SharePoint On-Demand WebCasts on SharePoint Hosting, Capacitiy Planning, Performance etc.

SharePoint On-Demand WebCasts on SharePoint Hosting, Capacitiy Planning, Performance etc.: "2 good On-Demand Webcasts at Microsoft Webcasts that detail how Microsoft hosts its SharePoint insfrastructure, how the manage capacity planning, performance, and detail out best practices for your SharePoint Portal Server infrastructure.
TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft IT Does SharePoint Portal Server Hosting (Level 300)
TechNet WebCast: SharePoint Performance and Capacity Planning Best practices and Lessons Learnt (Level 300). Here is another one worth looking at for your SharePoint Portal Server infrastructure for
Rich Taylor on TechNet WebCast: SharePoint Portal Server 2003: Best Practicies for an Implementation (Level 300)".

Eeeek!!! a Ghost!!!

Eeeek!!! a Ghost!!! Our friend Todd asserts that unghosting should be avoid at nearly all costs. He uses a Ghost Hunter tool from BlueDogLimited that allows you track down your unghosted pages and, in certain cases, reghost them.

Updated my list of links: 3rd Party Webparts & Tools

Updated my list of links: 3rd Party Webparts & Tools: "For those who aggregate my feed and do not often visit the blog iteself... I've updated my links and their groupings on the blog (can only seen the updates by visiting). The notable groupings are the FREE 3rd Party Webparts, SharePoint Tools, and SharePoint Resource Information.
http://www.sharepointblogs.com/mkruger".

Download details: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Upgrade Advisor

Download details: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Upgrade Advisor: "This tool helps Database developers and administrators analyze SQL Server 7.0 and SQL Server 2000 database servers in preparation for upgrading to SQL Server 2005."

TechED 2005 SharePoint Sessions

TechED 2005 SharePoint Sessions: "Microsoft Producer presentations of all SharePoint Related sessions, best with broadband connection TechED 2005 SharePoint Sessions". Patrick pointed out this nice list of sharepoint sessions in TechEd05 for the guys like me who didn't get the chance to attend it, Great Effort Ian, and Thank you patrick for the hint

IdeSeg.com

IdeSeg.com: "Carlos Segura Sanz (old code segment blog) " Carlos Segura Sanz have a new blog on SPS

Ryan Rogers's SharePoint Blog : SPSReport: A Utility to Gather Information for Use in Troubleshooting

Ryan Rogers's SharePoint Blog : SPSReport: A Utility to Gather Information for Use in Troubleshooting: "SPSReport can be used on SharePoint Portal Server 2001, SharePoint Portal Server 2003, and Windows SharePoint Services, and will gather a slightly different set of information depending on the version."

Internet Explorer 7: Now in beta testing for developers

Internet Explorer 7: Now in beta testing for developers: "The Beta 1 release signals that Internet Explorer 7 has reached an important milestone, with a number of key new features and improvements, and is ready for website and application compatibility testing. This release is specifically intended for developers to confirm that existing applications and websites will work well with Internet Explorer 7, and provides an opportunity for developers to give feedback directly to the development team. There will be further refinement between Beta 1 and the final version." Internet Explorer 7 Beta 1 Technical Overview and First Impression 1 - 2 EROL.

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 Support Tools

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 Support Tools: The Windows Support Tools are not automatically installed when you install Windows Server 2003 SP1. To install the Windows Support Tools on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003, run the Suptools.msi program that is in the Support\Tools folder on the Windows Server 2003 SP1 CD. Go and see Windows Server System Reference Architecture empowers systems integrators and IT professionals with validated architectural guidance that establishes the Microsoft platform as the most trustworthy platform for business computing. Security Architecture Blueprint References EROL.

Browsers Supported By Sharepoint Portal Server

By Sharepoint Portal Server
IE, Netscape Navigator 6.2 for UNIX

• Internet Explorer 5.2 for Mac OS X, plus the latest
service pack
• Netscape Navigator 6.2 for Mac
Safari and Firefox work on a Mac too, but in most cases Safari does not render the page properly. Firefox works well in most of the time. Datasheet view is not available in any Mac based browser.

KnowledgeLake, Inc. - Document Imaging and Workflow Solutions for Microsoft SharePoint

Tools, for SPS "KnowledgeLake Connect is a configurable desktop application that enables users to easily index, store and retrieve any document, within any desktop application to SharePoint. KnowledgeLake Connect eliminates the conventional multi-step, manual process that standard SharePoint constructs require, replacing it with a fully integrated and automated solution. "

Update: What's new in Office 12?

Update: What's new in Office 12?: "Both Todd and I are under some pretty strict NDA rules, so what we know we really can�t talk about. But there is some public information on the next version of SharePoint, which is wrapped up into Office 12. This email will outline the public information out there on the next release of SharePoint and more broadly, Office 12." NDA or not NDA that the question ;+) EROL

Un point c'est Net - Integrate SharePoint Search into a CMS site using WebService

Un point c'est Net - Integrate SharePoint Search into a CMS site using WebService: "First of all, you need to configure your SharePoint site to index the CMS Site. This is done using SPS Settings."... and...
1- Useful downloads
2- Configure your SharePoint indexer to index your CMS Site
3- Build the search pages
and Integrate SharePoint Search into a CMS site using WebService
4- Improve your search efficiency
5- Conclusion

paraesthesia: SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Search Web Service Tester

paraesthesia: SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Search Web Service Tester Nice tool EROL

Download details: Using Excel 2003 to Manage Project Sites with Windows SharePoint Services 2003

Download details: Using Excel 2003 to Manage Project Sites with Windows SharePoint Services 2003: "Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office Beta 2 Sample: Using Excel 2003 to Manage Project Sites with Windows SharePoint Services 2003"

Visual Basic Developer Center: Visual Basic 2005 Downloads and Samples

Visual Basic Developer Center: Visual Basic 2005 Downloads and Samples: "Web Log Analyzer Starter Kit
The Visual Basic Web Log Analyzer Starter Kit is a Windows Forms application designed to demonstrate the power and flexibility of the ReportViewer control. This application analyzes log files created by Web servers to generate a report that displays information such as the most popular page on a Web site, when the Web server is busiest, and who is referring visitors to the Web site. "

Omnisys LTD.

Omnisys LTD.: "SharePoint Web Parts & Tools
Omnisys Web Parts extend SharePoint functionality in the following business areas:
Document & knowledge management
Business intelligence
EPM (Enterprize Project Management)
BPM (Business Process Management)

Our web parts are ready-to-work individual products.
You can purchase them individually or as part of a package or a solution."

Windows Vista (Longhorn) ? La d�mo et les b�n�fices...

Windows Vista (Longhorn) ...
Bringing clarity to your world.

Today we live in a world of more information, more ways to communicate, more things to do. There is more you can do and even more you can discover. Every day, millions of people around the globe rely on their Windows PC to manage their increasingly digital lives. While familiar tools for managing digital information are powerful, today's world requires more.
In today's digital world, you want the PC to adapt to you, so you can cut through the clutter and focus on what's important to you. Introducing Windows Vista™

Branding Sharepoint Portal Server for your own company

Branding Sharepoint Portal Server for your own company

Xander's Blog - Display div's on top off flash content

Xander's Blog - Display div's on top off flash content: "The solution to display a div on top off flash for the newer browser is the wmode option opaque or transparent.
Read what Macromedia writes about this subject: Flash content displays on top of all DHTML layers -> http://www.macromedia.com/go/tn_15523"

IPattern.com (Maxim V. Karpov)

IPattern.com (Maxim V. Karpov): "FREE Portal Development mini-Code Camp covering SharePoint, DotNetNuke and Portal Framework ASP.NET 2.0 "

Sig Weber's Playground

Sig Weber's Playground

GotDotNet User Sample: SharePoint Migration Utility

GotDotNet User Sample: SharePoint Migration Utility: "This is a quick & dirty Windows app that lets you list libraries and lists in a SharePoint site and export them to files. You can then reverse the process on another site (on the same or a different server) that has the same containers and import the content. This version is a slight update to the original with a few bug fixes and some console tweaks."

Neverfail for SharePoint High Availability Solution and Disaster Recovery

Neverfail for SharePoint High Availability Solution and Disaster Recovery: "Neverfail for SharePoint protects and proactively monitors your entire SharePoint environment, including all connected systems and applications
With new collaborative content being generated, changed, deleted, and more, SharePoint environments never stand still - they're subject to constant change. Microsoft clustering cannot protect your SharePoint Portal Server; Neverfail for SharePoint is the only high availability solution that ensures end-to-end protection for your entire SharePoint environment, including all information sharing applications and collaborative servers. With Neverfail, your users stay connected to working applications at all times. "

Downloads - Tools and Applications

Downloads - Tools and Applications: "The Web Part Toolkit offers five of the most powerful SharePoint tools that free can buy. These tools are designed to give you a powerful insight to the inner workings of your web part pages, web parts, and the SharePoint server itself."

Mart Muller's Sharepoint Weblog - Checklist for interviews with System Administrators when implementing SharePoint

Mart Muller's Sharepoint Weblog - Checklist for interviews with System Administrators when implementing SharePoint

Mart Muller's Sharepoint Weblog - SMove: new version

Mart Muller's Sharepoint Weblog - SMove: new version: "Ian mentioned MART MULLER´S about a new (minor) version of SMove. Major new feature is drag and drop Copy of Lists and Document Libraries, across sites, including properties and versions.
'SMove is a SharePoint Utility that takes the pain out of common SharePoint administration and development tasks.'"

cavedigital.com

cavedigital.com: "CaveDigital XML Form WebPreviewer Web Part: [in Beta testing stage]
For Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 form libraries (Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003 forms)." This SharePoint web part increases the value of your enterprise investments on SharePoint and InfoPath technology by allowing users without InfoPath to view the contents of forms on their web browser.

SharePoint Component Details

SharePoint Component Details: "Component Name
SharePoint Utility Suite v2" Nice Tools EROL

FitzBlog : Will Windows SharePoint Services Work With SQL Server 2005?

FitzBlog : Will Windows SharePoint Services Work With SQL Server 2005?: "The next releases of SPS and WSS will both work with either SQL Server 2005 or SQL Server 2000. We're not going to make you upgrade everything in your server room. That'd be mean. We're not mean. Well, maybe a little: there may be a few features in SPS, I believe, that will only activate if you have access to a copy of SQL Server 2005. But that'd be about it. SQL Server 2005 is great, and you should upgrade to it, but we won't force you to do it against your will." Say Mike Fitzmaurice [MSFT] shares as much as he can get away with about what Microsoft is doing with SharePoint Products and Technologies development on his BLOG

MSDN Events and Webcasts:

MSDN Events and Webcasts:: "The Microsoft Office System gives developers the means to create solutions for communicating, collaborating, analyzing, authoring, and making decisions that leverage XML, Web services, and the .NET Framework. This track highlights the new investments in client programs, Windows SharePoint Services as the foundation for Office server products and client collaboration features, Visual Studio Tools for Office, and the wide array of server and client technologies that make up the next generation of the Microsoft Office System.
What's New in 'Office 12' and Windows SharePoint Services 'v3'
Enterprise Content Lifecycle Technology and Extensibility
Assembling, Repurposing, and Manipulating Document Content Using the New Office File Format
Developing an End-to-End Document Workflow Solution Using Office Client and Server Technologies
Outlook Integration: Building Messaging and Collaboration Solutions with New 'Outlook 12' Extensibility
Advancements in Document, Content, and Data Storage in Windows SharePoint Services 'v3' Platform
Creating Office Application Customizations with Visual Studio Tools for Office 'v3'
Surfacing Your Application's Line-of-Business Data in Office Clients
Surfacing Your Application's Line-Of-Business Data and Actions Within Enterprise Portals
Programming Against Microsoft Office System Search Technology "

Share Points : SPUM2003 X1.1 - (V1.0 will be SPUser.EXE)

Share Points : SPUM2003 X1.1 - (V1.0 will be SPUser.EXE): "Made some progress on SPUM2003 and I have now decided to release version X1.1 for you guys to look at.
Please be aware of the following:"....

Updated my list of links: 3rd Party Webparts & Tools

Updated my list of links: 3rd Party Webparts & Tools: "For those who aggregate my feed and do not often visit the blog iteself... I've updated my links and their groupings on the blog (can only seen the updates by visiting). The notable groupings are the FREE 3rd Party Webparts, SharePoint Tools, and SharePoint Resource Information.
http://www.sharepointblogs.com/mkruger"

Home - cBlog Hosting Service

Home - cBlog Hosting Service: "We are now hosting free blog sites based on the cBlog custom Site Definition created by Collutions, Inc. and hosted by Voicegateway.com Web Services, div SPIV Technologies Group."

BetaNews | Microsoft Demos InfoPath Server

BetaNews | Microsoft Demos InfoPath Server: "The InfoPath server confirms previous reports that Office 12 will ship with an array of new server products including Excel and Visio servers.
Another tidbit of information Microsoft has announced about Office 12 is its adoption of a new document format it calls Microsoft Office Open XML."

Microsoftbookstore.com - Details for Essential SharePoint

Microsoftbookstore.com - Details for Essential SharePoint Title: Essential SharePoint
Author(s): Jeff Webb
ISBN: 0596008805
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Pages: 304
Publish Date: 05/2005
Short Description: For both IT staff and anyone in an organization who wants to explore Microsoft SharePoint, this book covers all the key topics for getting up and running with this powerful and popular set of collaboration tools.
EROL

Download details: Office 2003 Add-in: Outlook Calendar Views

Download details: Office 2003 Add-in: Outlook Calendar Views: "With the Calendar Views Add-in, you can easily create and manage filters to display subsets of appointments in Outlook Calendar. Filtered views are based on labels and categories that you apply to appointments." One step more and we can manage a project with Outlook ;+) EROL

Download details: Live Meeting 2005 Intranet Portal SP1 Administrator�s and Programmer�s Guide

Download details: Live Meeting 2005 Intranet Portal SP1 Administrator's and Programmer's Guide: "The Live Meeting 2005 Intranet Portal SP1 Administrator's and Programmer's Guide provides information to help administrators and developers to deploy, use, and customize the Live Meeting Intranet Portal." The same doc. in French ;+) EROL

CLUB SPS FRANCE

Dans quelques jours...

In a few day the news-lettre (here)

EROL

Home - Sydney

Home - Sydney: "Welcome to the Sydney SharePoint User Group site. This site has been created to provide you with information about upcoming events for the user group, and also as a location for information related to SharePoint. " EROL

Download details: Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer v2.0 (for IT Professionals)

Download details: Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer v2.0 (for IT Professionals): "In response to direct customer need for a streamlined method of identifying common security misconfigurations, Microsoft has developed the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA). Version 2.0 of MBSA includes a graphical and command line interface that can perform local or remote scans of Windows systems. MBSA runs on Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, and Windows XP systems and will scan for common security misconfigurations in the following products: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Internet Information Server (IIS) 5.0, and 6.0, SQL Server 7.0 and 2000, Internet Explorer (IE) 5.01 and later, and Office 2000, 2002 and 2003. MBSA also scans for missing security updates, update rollups and service packs published to Microsoft Update."

Download details: Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2005 Web Parts

Download details: Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2005 Web Parts: "The Live Meeting 2005 Web Parts integrate Live Meeting with SharePoint (both Windows SharePoint Services and SharePoint Portal Server) to aggregate information together within a single portal so that teams can interact more effectively." EROL

Download details: SQL Server 2000 Report Pack for SharePoint Portal Server

Download details: SQL Server 2000 Report Pack for SharePoint Portal Server: "The Microsoft SQL Server Report Pack for Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 is a set of 8 Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services reports that work with a sample database of information extracted from a SharePoint Portal Server environment. This database can be populated from your own SharePoint Portal Server environment using the downloadable Data Extraction Program (DEP). The DEP will read the SharePoint Portal Server data via the object model. You also can use the sample reports as templates for designing new reports. "

PortalBuilder

PortalBuilder: "PORTALBUILDER is a community site managed by Daniel Larson. Daniel Larson is an independent Software Engineer in Greenwood Village, Colorado. He specializes in architecting and developing portal applications and frameworks using Microsoft technologies."

SharePoint Questionnaire

SharePoint Questionnaire: "The following is a list of questions we ask prospective SharePoint site owners in order to start requirements gathering and determining which product implementation will best suit their needs. The questions help determine if the user needs a portal, a WSS site, or a combination of the two. The questionnaire is preluded by a brief description of SPS and WSS describing key differences in purpose. For the most part these questions are general, but some have undertones to our unique SharePoint environment. We have two versions of our questionnaire, one is a protected formatted form in Word that is sent to the prospective site owner, the other is an answer guide to assist evaluating the questionnaire responses. The blue text below with each question represents the answer guide response to that question. "

JOPX on SharePoint, MSCMS, Office 2003 and SOA: SharePoint Tools Galore V3

JOPX on SharePoint, MSCMS, Office 2003 and SOA: SharePoint Tools Galore V3: "SharePoint Tools Galore V3
This is already the 3d version of the SharePoint tools Galore list - lots of interesting stuff have been released lately - go check them out,..." Nice job, thanks EROL

Visual Basic 6.0 Resource Center: Free Book - Upgrading Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 to Microsoft Visual Basic .NET

Visual Basic 6.0 Resource Center: Free Book - Upgrading Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 to Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Upgrading Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 to Microsoft Visual Basic .NET is is the complete technical guide to upgrading Visual Basic 6 applications to Visual Basic .NET, covering all upgrade topics from APIs to ZOrders. It shows how to fix upgrade issues with forms, language, data access, and COM+ Services, and how to upgrade applications with XML Web services, ADO.NET, and .NET remoting. It also provides big-picture architectural advice, a reference of function and object model changes, hundreds of before-and-after code samples, and a CD packed with useful examples. 21 chapters free EROL

Products - The Dot Net Factory

Products - The Dot Net Factory Active Directory WebManager’s interface is easy to use and optimized for speed. Native Active Directory tools require navigating through multiple nested screens to perform common account management tasks. AD WebManager features a grid-based design that allows grouping, sorting, and searching on user and group attributes. AD WebManager even allows you to view and modify useful business information in Active Directory’s user attribute fields that are not displayed through Microsoft’s administration tools.

Download details: Windows SharePoint Services Administrator's Guide

Download details: Windows SharePoint Services Administrator's Guide: "Guide for installing, configuring, managing, and maintaining Windows SharePoint Services." Date Published: 6/23/2005 Version 1.6
The following topics have been updated:
Internet Explorer Enhanced Security and Windows SharePoint Services + Backing Up and Restoring Web Sites EROL

The XML Bible, 2nd Edition

The XML Bible, 2nd Edition: "The XML Bible, 2nd Edition"

Download details: Microsoft Office Information Bridge Framework 1.5 Resource Kit

Download details: Microsoft Office Information Bridge Framework 1.5 Resource Kit The Microsoft Office Information Bridge Framework 1.5 Resource Kit includes tools, documentation, and sample solutions. The Resource Kit is a useful aid for new or experienced Information Bridge Framework solution developers.

Products - The Dot Net Factory

Products - The Dot Net Factory: "The Dot Net Factory's SharePoint Explorer is an Internet Explorer add-on that provides users with an easy to use way to navigate any SharePoint Portal or Windows SharePoint Services site. SharePoint sites suffer from a lack of a unified hierarchical view of what sites you have access to, how to get there, and where you are in the hierarchy. SharePoint Explorer is the first client-based product to address this navigation issue for browsing any SharePoint site. SharePoint Explorer displays an explorer-like navigation tree of the Areas, Sites and Sub-Sites for the servers you select. SharePoint Explorer also provides powerful features for administrators, including links to common administrative tasks. For an administrative user, these task links are presented in the Admin Tasks node. "

IT's Showtime

IT's Showtime L'IT-Showtime

Download details: Exchange 2003: Outlook Web Access Web Administration

Download details: Exchange 2003: Outlook Web Access Web Administration: "The Outlook Web Access (OWA) administration tool provides web-based UI for all administrator tunable OWA settings. It provides a list of all servers in the domain and allows administration of OWA settings on all Front-end and Back-end servers. The tool ensures that settings are correctly written to the server's registry and provides inline documentation for all configurable features." Best way to work with SPS when you need OWA (and also Microsoft Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer Tool + Customizing Microsoft Outlook Web Access + Increase Outlook Web Access Performance
)
EROL MVP SPS

Tech�Ed 2005 Webcast Series: Learn, Solve, Grow

Tech�Ed 2005 Webcast Series: Learn, Solve, Grow: "Portals
On-Demand Webcasts
TechNet Webcast: Getting Back to Normal: SharePoint Backup and Disaster Recovery (Level 300)
TechNet Webcast: SharePoint Performance and Capacity Planning Best Practices and Lessons Learned (Level 300)
TechNet Webcast: SharePoint Portal Server 2003: Best Practices for an Implementation (Level 300)
Enjoy this EROL

Branding Sharepoint Portal Server for your own company

Branding Sharepoint Portal Server for your own company: "One of Matt's ideas I *really* liked was using a transparent .gif as the logo, but then having the logo embedded in the background. So imagine this header..."

Download details: Managing SharePoint Products and Technologies Performance at Microsoft

Download details: Managing SharePoint Products and Technologies Performance at Microsoft: "Detailed discussion of how Microsoft deployed Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 to create an integrated enterprise-wide portal and team collaboration solution."This Note on IT describes Microsoft IT's post-deployment experience managing the performance of this large SharePoint Products and Technologies environment, their lessons learned and the best practices.

HowTO Quickly Access Web Part Management Page

HowTO Quickly Access Web Part Management Page: "If you're ever having an issue with the view of your page and your need to get to the web part maintenance page to quickly reset a personal view back to the default shared view, simply amend the url with "?contents=1"
I.E. http://myserver/mysite/default.aspx?contents=1
I recently had an issue with personalized views and used this page as an alternative to going into SQL and blowing out the views there. It's a much safer route to go." Nice solution useful thanks Mark Kruger.

Downloads

Downloads: "Collutions Beta Workspace Downloads" cyou can tests : MY Sites + cPage Viewer + cPasseword, great EROL

Download details: Server Performance Advisor 2.0

Download details: Server Performance Advisor 2.0: "Performance diagnostic tool for Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 SP1" Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 Performance Advisor provides several specialized reports, including a System Overview (focusing on CPU usage, Memory usage, busy files, busy TCP clients, top CPU consumers) and reports for server roles such as Active Directory, Internet Information System (IIS), DNS, Terminal Services, SQL, print spooler, and others. Better to see also Windows Server 2003 TechCenter and also Performance monitoring How To...

Mart Muller's Sharepoint Weblog

Mart Muller's Sharepoint Weblog Article in SharePoint Advisor, found via Michael about SharePoint user adaption. A must read for everyone that has to deal with SharePoint and Users!

"SharePoint Products and Technologies 2003 are a powerful enabler for information worker productivity; they enable collaboration, knowledge management, information sharing, version control, and application integration. However, nothing's changed when it comes to the importance of wooing users to SharePoint. Here's why:

Making SharePoint Web Parts Interact

Making SharePoint Web Parts Interact Most Web sites, and portals in particular, make a point of showing large amounts of content. This can be a feast for users, but in the long run it can also be a source of confusion.

InfoPath Dev

InfoPath Dev

Mart Muller's Sharepoint Weblog

Mart Muller's Sharepoint Weblog: "Via Bill English:
'I'm starting to get this question nearly everytime I go to a customer site: what can I tell them about the next version?" What's New in Office 12 and the Next Version of SharePoint?

ASP.NET Home: Introduction to the Club Web Site Starter Kit

ASP.NET Home: Introduction to the Club Web Site Starter Kit

SharePoint Solutions - SharePoint 2003 Training

SharePoint Solutions - SharePoint 2003 TrainingDownload Sample Course Materials
(Note: All sample course materials are property of SharePoint Solutions and subject to copyright laws. The sample course materials are provided for evaluation purposes only. They may not be copied and/or distributed to any person other than the individual registering on this page.) EROL

Download details: April 12, 2005 Enterprise Update Scan Tool (standalone version)

Download details: April 12, 2005 Enterprise Update Scan Tool (standalone version): "Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000 Service Pack 3, Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, Windows Small Business Server 2003 , Windows XP Service Pack 1, Windows XP Service Pack 2
Other software: Internet Explorer 6.0 or later; MSXML 3.0; Windows Script Host; Windows Installer 2.0 or later."

Potential Search in SharePoint

Google Search Web Part

Google Search Web Part: "Google Search Web Part
Mark Wagner
http://blogs.crsw.com/mark
June 10, 2005
Article: http://blogs.crsw.com/mark/articles/1009.aspx
Downloads
I have provided two downloads.
Google Search Web Part Package
Google Search Web Part Source Code "

OpenCanal - Microsoft .NET Free Source Solutions created by the Internet's Best .Net Developers

OpenCanal - Microsoft .NET Free Source Solutions created by the Internet's Best .Net Developers: "OpenCanal is a subsidiary of Parallelspace Corporation, a leading provider of business collaboration solutions for Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies, Live Communications Server and Groove Virtual Office.
OpenCanal offers free source developers and SharePoint customers and partners 3 key offerings:
OpenCanal Distribution of SharePoint free source tools.
OpenCanal Services for support, training and consulting
OpenCanal Community for community-based discussions and self-service support "

OpenCanal Community

OpenCanal Community

IPattern.com (Maxim V. Karpov)

IPattern.com (Maxim V. Karpov): "TechEd05 is over! I didn't go, but I am hopeful to make it to PDC05 later this year. SharePoint V3 is in the works and I would love to get my hands on some of its demos and even begin playing around a bit. We'll see if I can pull that one off ;-)"

The Goldfish Bowl : SharePoint Storage Overview � MSDE vs WMSDE vs SQL Server 2000

The Goldfish Bowl : SharePoint Storage Overview - MSDE vs WMSDE vs SQL Server 2000 Nice to have some info, between MSDE and WMSDE

Microsoft Tech Ed 2005 @ SYS-CON.TV

Microsoft Tech Ed 2005 @ SYS-CON.TV SYS-CON.TV: Studio Interviews
Microsoft Tech Ed 2005 By SYS-CON TV - Studio Interviews - June 7, 2005 09:00 AM- EROL

TechEd Podcast From The Microsoft Podcast Team

TechEd Podcast From The Microsoft Podcast Team:

Download details: Planning and Deploying Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003

Download details: Planning and Deploying Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003: "Detailed discussion of how Microsoft IT partnered with the Office, Exchange, Windows, and SharePoint product development teams to develop a testing and deployment strategy that delivered Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003 to nearly 70,000 computers within the corporation. The testing strategy, which utilized a large, carefully configured control group of several thousand users, has led to a robust product that has been rigorously tested in a real world environment. The deployment validated key productivity and functionality enhancements in Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003 products, dependent Line of Business applications, and related products such as Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003, and Microsoft Windows Server 2003. Best practices from the deployment are detailed." Nice doc. and PPT on this subject EROL

Unique World Software�

Unique World Software: TIPS SharePoint provides users with a single view and access to all their corporate information (including TRIM records & documents, file server, email, collaboration site and intranet) within the rich, easy to use SharePoint interface.

destinationKM.com: Enterprise Portal Program Management

destinationKM.com: Enterprise Portal Program Management: "The enterprise portal program is a collection of projects that need a well-established sequence with a recognized beginning and ending. It is important to deliver frequently and celebrate successes. The focus of the enterprise portal is found in the individual project plans, where each one is established to achieve an identified objective in a specified time frame. Several established parameters such as time, cost, available resources and quality standards need to be adhered to as the identified tasks of the enterprise portal projects are completed." see also Portal Mag. a Nice mag on this subject - Microsoft Collaboration Overview
It's not just an extension of Office's brand strength, says report; legitimate offering partakes in contextual collaboration paradigm

SharePointPodcast # 15 - 8.6.2005

SharePointPodcast # 15 - 8.6.2005: "Direkter Download: SPPD-2005-06-08 9,1 MB"

Tech Ed - Day 2 - Tuesday

Tech Ed - Day 2 - Tuesday: "My next session was a SharePoint Workflow Lab with one a MetaLogix partner, Captaris ". A late night cabana session on Best Practice for SharePoint Development got of to a bad start when the scheduled expert didn't show.

Mart Muller's Sharepoint Weblog - More details on Office & SharePoint track at PDC

Mart Muller's Sharepoint Weblog - More details on Office & SharePoint track at PDC: "What's New in 'Office 12' and Windows SharePoint Services 'v3'
Enterprise Content Lifecycle Technology and Extensibility
Assembling, Repurposing, and Manipulating Document Content Using the New Office File Format
Developing an End-to-End Document Workflow Solution Using Office Client and Server Technologies
Outlook Integration: Building Messaging and Collaboration Solutions with New 'Outlook 12' Extensibility
Advancements in Document, Content, and Data Storage in Windows SharePoint Services 'v3' Platform
Creating Office Application Customizations with Visual Studio Tools for Office 'v3'
Surfacing Your Application's Line-of-Business Data in Office Clients
Surfacing Your Application's Line-Of-Business Data and Actions Within Enterprise Portals
Programming Against Microsoft Office System Search Technology "

SharePoint Thoughts - A blog centered on Windows� SharePoint� Services

SharePoint Thoughts - A blog centered on Windows SharePoint Services: "On June 9th from 12-1:30pm US PST, I'll be speaking at the Bay Area SPS Users Group monthly session about SPUserUtil.
The Live Meeting details are as follows: Meeting Details
Subject: SPS User Group Meeting - SPSUtil w/User Migration
Meeting URL: https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/microsoft/join
Meeting ID: JRR97T
Attendee Key: SPSATTEND
Role: Attendee
Audio Conferencing (Toll): +1 (866) 500-6738
Participant Code: 641076
For additional information regarding the Bay Area Sharepoint User Group, please visit their website:
http://nbaysps.sharepointsite.com/default.aspx . If you can't make it into the live meeting at this time, I'll provide the link to the recorded session once it's available. I'll also post the PPT I'm working on for this to this site. - Keith Richie"

TechEd Day 1

TechEd Day 1: "ARGH! I was hoping for a bit of enthusiasm in the morning and possibly another Developers! Developers! Developers! rant from SteveB. Oh well, guess I'll watch the webcast." say TIM in his BLOG this morning, I'm waiting for this Webcast... EROL

Robert McLaws: FunWithCoding.NET - Longhorn Edition : FINALLY! We can blog about IIS7

Robert McLaws: FunWithCoding.NET - Longhorn Edition : FINALLY! We can blog about IIS7

Download details: Project Server 2003 Administrator's Guide

Download details: Project Server 2003 Administrator's Guide: "Updated Chapter 6, Managing Windows SharePoint Services to include information on the Project Server custom site groups and saving a site to a site template. " EROL

FitzBlog : There's an Office/SharePoint Development Track at This Year's PDC...

FitzBlog : There's an Office/SharePoint Development Track at This Year's PDC...: "If you're trying to figure out what Office 12 and SharePoint Services v3 will mean to your users and your infrastructure, wait for a later event; we'll be releasing more infomation in a steady stream after the PDC watershed event. But if you're a developer, get thee to The City of Angels this September." The fact that there’s an Office/SharePoint Development track at this year’s Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles, CA from the 13th from the 16th of September is a big break for you, for us, for everyone.

Graphical Wonder: SharePoint Theme

Graphical Wonder: SharePoint Theme A great solution Amamde Murphy's XBOX Blog in first on this solution... (Shane has posted a link to a free theme he developed for WSS this week. It's available for download on our company's website. And I REALLY didn't hound him...I just like to share. :-) The instructions for applying this theme are listed on his blog.) EROL

Infotech Canada - Connecting People with Technology

Infotech Canada - Connecting People with Technology

CRN | Breaking News | CMS+SPS

CRN Breaking News Microsoft Readies Server Changes CMS +SPS: "The company is moving toward converging SharePoint Portal Server (SPS) and Content Management Server (CMS) functionality into a single 'server system,' due in 2006, CRN has learned. " EROL MVP SPS

SharePoint 2003 Sizing and Configuration Tool V2.0

SharePoint 2003 Sizing and Configuration Tool V2.0: "The SharePoint 2003 Sizing and Configuration Tool Version 2.0 has been updated to include the new HP BladeSystem configurations as well as other enhancements. The Sizer Tool was developed based on knowledge gained during extensive characterization of Microsoft SharePoint 2003 in the HP Solutions Engineering performance lab in Nashua, N.H. and builds on HP's collaboration with Microsoft and the HP SharePoint Performance Whitepaper. The tool follows the sizing and 'thought' process that HP support teams use when working with partners, customers and HP account teams to determine appropriate SharePoint configurations."

Microsoft Belgi� & Luxemburg - MSDN - Building Web Parts the Smart Way: Starting with the SharePoint SmartPart

Microsoft Belgique & Luxemburg - MSDN - Building Web Parts the Smart Way: Starting with the SharePoint SmartPart

The Lotus Notes Application Analyzer a nice tool, when you are considering a migration from Lotus to SharePoint

Application Analyzer for LOTUS by MS: "The Lotus Notes Application Analyzer helps in determining the size and scope of Lotus Notes application migration projects. The tool consists: the Data Collector and the Data Processor creating reports with application complexity and scale indicators, and migration recommendations." Quite a nice tool, when you are considering a migration from Lotus to SharePoint.

Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Help Partners Build Revenues

Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Help Partners Build Revenues: "Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies help partners build revenues.

There's a reason Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 is one of the fastest-growing Microsoft products of all time. Because the portal platform, which includes SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and Windows SharePoint Services, can deliver immense value to companies trying to compete in today's fast-paced environment, more and more organizations are turning to this platform for business solutions. As a result, partners who have mastered the design and implementation of solutions that utilize SharePoint Products and Technologies are finding new ways to build their bottom line. " Real-World Case Studies :
All of these benefits and features add up to a great opportunity for Microsoft partners. By utilizing SharePoint Products and Technologies, partners are able to build their revenue by responding to customers’ demands for portal solutions. Here are a few examples of real-world business solutions created by Microsoft partners that incorporate SharePoint Products and Technologies. Barclays Bank - Artemis Corp... EROL

Fitz is dropping more bits about SharePoint v3... and SharePad!

Fitz is dropping more bits about SharePoint v3... and SharePad!

MSDN Events and Webcasts:

MSDN Events and Webcasts:: "PDC05 offers six tracks:
Presentation: Latest innovations in user experience technology: drill into 'Avalon,' ASP.NET 2.0, Internet Explorer 7, and integrating with Windows 'Longhorn.'
Data & Systems: Advancements in data access, storage, and server technologies, including deep dives on SQL Server 2005, SharePoint Services, and 'WinFS.'
Communications: The infrastructure for connecting applications and systems. Go deep on new innovations including 'Indigo,' IIS 7, peer-to-peer, and real-time communications.
Office: Developer features and technologies in the next versions of Microsoft Office System clients and servers.
Tools & Languages: 'Longhorn'-wave tools, languages, and application extensibility, and the latest on Visual Studio Team System.
Fundamentals: Platform advancements in 'Longhorn' and .NET Framework that enable world-class applications, emphasizing security, compatibility, deployment, reliability, manageability, and performance. " Nice info, great news on SPS... EROL