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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Download package includes all 20 site admininstration for WSSv3

on this web site Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Application Templates: All Site Admin Templates Brief Description This download package includes all twenty site admininstration Application Templates for Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.
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And more template to download... and more on this web site :
http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2007/01/30/20-of-the-fantastic-fabulous-40-application-templates-and-shared-hosting-solutions-whitepaper-for-wss-3-0-now-available.aspx
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http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=b5206277-550c-44da-a2d5-d7e32e3b6b8f&displaylang=en&tm
The Employee Training Scheduling and Materials application template for Microsoft Office SharePoint Services 3.0 helps instructors and employees manage courses and related materials.
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A Quick Guide : This quick reference guide provides helpful tips and tricks for using Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services while highlighting new features in Version 3.0.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=80fd0d64-4bd0-476b-bfd9-39da34c22efb&displaylang=en&tm

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CSS Reference Chart for SharePoint 2007 (Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services v3)

The following CSS reference guide highlights the major styles used in MOSS and WSS v3 sites. The guide is organized by area of the page and include the style name, function, CSS file name and approximate line number and a sample screenshot of the style location on the screen. Use these guides to identify styles that can be overridden for your custom branding and installation or to quickly reference style name and CSS information for customization.
See the Table of Content a great work

Table of Contents
Global Links (Sign In/Welcome, My Links, etc.)
Search
Top Horizontal Navigation Bar
Site Actions Menu
Left Vertical Navigation Bar
Quick Launch Picker (Date Picker)
Title Area
Content Area
General
Breadcrumbs
Web Parts
Menu Toolbar
Toolbar
Calendar
Search Center
Site Directory
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Plan for administrative and service accounts (Office SharePoint Server)

Use this article to plan for the account requirements and recommendations for accounts that are required to install, configure, and use Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.You must provide credentials for these accounts when you run Setup and during configuration. This article does not discuss accounts for which you do not need to configure or provide credentials.The accounts are grouped according to scope. If an account has a limited scope, you might need to plan multiple accounts for this category. For example, if you are implementing multiple Shared Services Providers (SSPs), you must designate multiple SSP accounts.After you complete installation and configuration of accounts, ensure that you do not use the local system account to perform administration tasks or to browse sites. For example, do not use the same account that is used to run setup to perform administration tasks.And also see all the part on Server farm-level accounts...
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Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Team Blog : Taxonomy/Tagging Starter Kit for SharePoint Server

Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Team Blog : Taxonomy/Tagging Starter Kit for SharePoint Server: "Taxonomy/Tagging Starter Kit for SharePoint Server
[Cross-posted from the ECM Team Blog]
Hi, I’m Adri Verlaan, a developer on the ECM team. I would like to introduce you to a starter kit that I’ve developed for SharePoint Server 2007 that helps with the implementation of a taxonomy/tagging system. The kit contains a lightweight working prototype, which you can extend to create a solution that will meet your needs. "

Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Team Blog : Announcing Role-Based Templates for SharePoint My Sites

Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Team Blog : Announcing Role-Based Templates for SharePoint My Sites
Announcing Role-Based Templates for SharePoint My Sites
Building on the successful concept of Application Templates for Windows SharePoint Services, we are announcing a set of Role-Based Templates for SharePoint My Sites. The first two templates, planned to be available in the end of this month (January), will showcase dashboard examples for Sales Account Managers and Controllers / Financial Analysts.
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Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies

Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies
A great web site
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3 x SharePoint audio interviews with Tom Rizzo, Jerome Thiebaud & Manish Sharma

And... More for MOSS
Free to download eBooks - Planning, Architecture & deployment (MOSS and Search) - 916 pages!
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SharePoint Server 2007 Administrator's Companion Now Available

I'm pleased to announce that my book with Microsoft Press, the SharePoint Server 2007 Administrator's Companion is now available for purchase. 1200+ pages, 13 authors from 3 continents wrote this tomb over an 8 month period against Beta 2 and B2TR. You can purchase the book at the following locations: Amazon - BestBookBuys - You can also visit the book's web site at admincompanion.mindsharp.com. Bill English Mindsharp.
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Author Bill English with the Microsoft SharePoint Community Experts
Pages 1200 - Disk 1 Companion CD(s) - Level Int/Adv - Published 01/10/2007
ISBN 9780735622821 - ISBN-10 0-7356-2282-5
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MOSS 2007 - Planning and Architecture

A great document! - 957 pages.

This book is designed to lead a team through the steps of planning a new solution based on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. The audiences for this guide are business application specialists, line-of-business specialists, IT generalists, program managers, and infrastructure specialists who are planning a solution based on Office SharePoint Server 2007.
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Microsoft Corporation Published: December 2006
Editor and Author: Office IT and Servers User Assistance
The TechNet Planning and Architecture information is now available to download, posted by Mark.
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New Downloads of Office SharePoint Server on MSDN (13 New!)

13 new languages, 16 total languages are now available for MSDN subscribers! For Office SharePoint Server If you are looking for the x86 or x64 versions they are both included in the ISO download package. For more on how to extract the files from the ISO see the FAQ info below.

This list is what I got from a simple search on MSDN 1/11/07.
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SharePoint Server 2007 Code Sample: Item-Level Auditing

Brief Description : This code sample shows you how to create an item-level auditing view programmatically in three different ways: using a custom SharePoint list, through the Excel client, and by manipulating the open XML file format to display auditing history using Excel Services on an application page.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 provides auditing by default but it does not give the ability for a non-administrator to view the auditing history of a specific document or item in a list.

This code sample shows a developer how to extend this auditing functionality to create an item-level auditing view in three different ways:

1. using a custom SharePoint list,
2. through the Excel client,
3. by manipulating the open XML file format to display auditing history using Excel Services on an application page.

It is accompanied by a thorough white paper describing the code as well as a setup document.
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Windows Presentation Foundation Hands-On-Labs - RTM

Brief Description : Set of tutorials that introduce key features of Windows Presentation Foundation (.NET 3.0 RTM).
Each of the following labs is an independent project. Therefore, it is not necessary to follow any particular order. Rather, complete the labs based on your interest in a particular feature area, or your level of familiarity with Windows Presentation Foundation.

1. Building WPF Applications
2. Creating Rich 2D and 3D Content in WPF
3. Using Data Binding in WPF
4. Building WPF XAML Browser Applications
5. ReadingExperienceLab

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JOPX on SharePoint 2007 (MOSS and WSS V3 ), Office and SOA

JOPX on SharePoint 2007 (MOSS and WSS V3 ), Office and SOA
First of the Fabulous 40 - GroupBoard Workspace 2007
Soon you can expect a series of new application templates for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 - commonly referred to as the Fabulous 40. It seems that you can already one of them, so download GroupBoard Workspace 2007.
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Happy new year 2007

A lot of MOSS and WSSv3 ;+)
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How to Create a MOSS 2007 VPC Image: Part 5

Welcome to part 5 in a series of posts which describe how to create a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS 2007) Virtual PC image for demos and development work. Last time, we looked at how to install and configure the .NET framework inside our VPC image. This time, we’ll look at how to install SQL Server 2005 inside the virtual machine.
You just have to read the 4th other part...
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JOPX on SharePoint 2007 (MOSS and WSS V3 ), Office and SOA: InfoPath 2007 resources

JOPX on SharePoint 2007 (MOSS and WSS V3 ), Office and SOA: InfoPath 2007 resources: "InfoPath 2007 resources" and Forms
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A great site on the security and MOSS

Microsoft Office Server System (SharePoint 2007), like any other web based application, is subject to attackers for both internal as well as external threats.
Using security policies and security software, it is possible to mitigate these risks.
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JOPX on SharePoint 2007 (MOSS and WSS V3 ), Office and SOA

JOPX on SharePoint 2007 (MOSS and WSS V3 ), Office and SOA
Automatic My Site creation with SharePoint 2007
Last week I got the question if it would be possible to automatically create the My Site for a specific user in SharePoint Server 2007. Normally the My Site gets created when the user accesses it for the first time. I got a some advice from a fellow MVP - Pierre but when I looked at it a little more closely I noticed that some of the classes used in SharePoint Portal Server 2003 are now obsolete.
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Global & Multi Farm Deployments by Joel Oleson

There have been a bunch of questions lately around Global Deployments.

Here are some essential resources and some links :
Multi Lingual Whitepaper for MOSS - Just released! Thanks Luca
Global Deployment Whitepaper for WSS 2.0 & SPS 2003 - Still very relevant, but I'll mention differences below
Import/Export Search Configurations from one farm to another - Angus Logan Blog Post
Network Considerations to Deployment Planning - previous posts (Highly recommended)
Troubleshooting Performance Issues - previous post
What are SSPs? - previous blog post
Global Deployment - short post on how MS IT deals with SSPs
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SharePoint tutorials from LearnVu

SharePointHosting.com provides on-demand access to SharePoint tutorials from LearnVu to all our SharePoint hosting customers. This is a significant value-add service to our SharePoint hosting offerings.
Sample LearnVu Tutorial Tips: (1) use with highspeed internet access (2) after a tutorial loads you may need to press the "stop" button on the video control to que the video (3) verify that your browser has the Flash plugin.
And after you can play all this demos :
Adding Documents to a SharePoint Site
Create a new SharePoint Site Collection Administrator
Add Links to a SharePoint List
Add SharePoint Site to your Trusted Sites in Internet Explorer
Add Users to a SharePoint Security Group
Approve another user's SharePoint Blog Post
Change SharePoint Navigation to a Site Tree View
Change the SharePoint Site Image
Change the SharePoint Site Title and Description
Change a SharePoint User's e-mail address
Change a SharePoint User's password
Create a SharePoint Calendar Appointment
Create a Document-specific SharePoint Alert
Create a New SharePoint User
Create a SharePoint Annoucements List
Create a SharePoint Blog Posting
Create a SharePoint Calendar
Create a SharePoint Contacts List
Create a SharePoint Discussion Board
Create a SharePoint Document Library
Create a SharePoint Document Work Space
Create a SharePoint Gantt Project Management Chart
Create a SharePoint InfoPath form Library
Create a SharePoint Links List
Create a SharePoint Meeting Site
Create a SharePoint Picture Library
Create a new SharePoint Security Group
Create a new SharePoint Sub-site
Create a new Task in a SharePoint Tasks list and assign it to a user
Create a SharePoint Wiki Document
Create a SharePoint Wiki Library
Customize a SharePoint Meeting Site
Delete a SharePoint Meeting Site when you are finished with it
Edit SharePoint Blog Categories
E-mail a SharePoint Document Library
E-mail Enable a SharePoint Discussion Forum
Enable Multiple SharePoint Blog Categorizations
Edit the SharePoint Quick Launch Menu to Customize with your own navigation options
Enable SharePoint Document Versioning
Change SharePoint Top Link bar navigation options
Manage Access Requests to your Site
Move Documents between SharePoint Document Libraries
Remove Persmission Inheritance from SharePoint Sub-sites
Remove the SharePoint Quick Launch Menu
Remove Top Link Bar Inhertitance from a SharePoint Site
Restore Deleted Items As the Site Collection Administrator
Restore SharePoint Site Permission Inheritance (sub-sites)
Work with the SharePoint Recycle Bin
Create a SharePoint Sales CRM Application
Work with your SharePoint Themes
Add Tabbed SharePoint Navigation Options to your Site
Add SharePoint Web Parts
Sign in as a different SharePoint User
Work with a SharePoint Gantt Project Chart
Create a Custom Site Column
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Microsoft WSSv3.0 Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005

Brief Description : The Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Management Pack monitors the health and state of Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
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Dark Blue Duck

The Scanning EnablerTM Product enhances SharePoint adding support for Desktop Scanning.Scan documents in one go directly into SharePoint as easily as you would add files from your My Documents folder.
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MSDN Webcast: SharePoint Server 2007 Web Content Management for Developers and Designers (Level 200)

The Web content management technology in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 represents the first major Microsoft release of Web site content management tools since 2002. Join this webcast to see how these new content management tools make it easier for developers and designers to perform tasks such as creating field controls, creating and customizing master pages, and creating page layouts. Learn how you can customize the HTML Editor and Page Edit Toolbar, and standardize authoring rules, such as specifying styles within field controls. We also provide guidelines for determining which tools are appropriate for developing your Web content management sites, in particular Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and Office SharePoint Designer 2007.
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SharePoint Server 2007 Sample: Web Part That Calls Excel Web Services

Brief Description : This download contains a sample solution that demonstrates how to create a Web Part that calls Excel Web Services to perform custom calculations. It includes a deployment package sample that can be deployed to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.
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From Lawrence Liu's Report from the Inside

4 new screencast-based demos for MOSS; more hints about SharePointPedia
Coincidentally, here are 4 recently posted screencasts of MOSS features, which were developed by the SharePoint User Assistance group, and there may very well be more forthcoming:
· Configure a SharePoint Server 2007 site to receive e-mail
· Deploy an administrator-approved form template
· Add a library to a Records Center site
· Enable Excel Services and data connections for a SharePoint team site
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OK, at the risk of looking stupid… has anyone managed to actually locate the MOSS 2007 download on MSDN?

Download MOSS 2007 : If you mean the MSDN Subscription, it’s not there yet. It, along with Professional Plus Suite will be there by NOV-30.

http://office.microsoft.com/fr-fr/downloads/default.aspx

Before, have a nice tests...
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Coming Soon: New Application Templates for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

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Microsoft Tech·Ed: IT Forum has now concluded

Thank you to everyone and MICROSOFT who made this year's event such a huge success with over 4,700 IT pro's benefiting from a week packed with previews of the latest tools, demos and hands-on training.

Keep up to date with the latest event news in 2007! Will be in Barcelona again... For me that was a great even, a lot of contacts, and answers as an ATE. I realy like this TechEd, a meeting point interactif, in fact a SharePoint ;+)
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Capacity and Performance Planning for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS)

Luca Bandinelli

This session covers techniques to determine your capacity and performance needs, and how to plan your MOSS 2007 architecture to meet those needs. This session also cover learnings from TAP and talk to test data.

Luca Bandinelli is member of the Office 2007 Rapid Deployment Team in MCS and he is in Microsoft Consulting Services since 2000. Luca is specialized on the Microsoft Information Worker platform and in collaborative applications on the .NET platform.
As a Senior Consultant , he's usually to work with customers and partners helping them to design and build solutions. Luca also works closely with internal Microsoft Product and Marketing groups.

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Architecting SharePoint Solutions

Bill English, Luca Bandinelli, Richard Riley
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This session discuss how to architect scalable and manageable SharePoint solutions An author and educator specializing in SharePoint Products and Technologies.

Bill English (MCSE, MCSA, MVP) is an industry leader on this exciting product set from Microsoft. Since 2000. Bill has authored 10 books on Exchange and SharePoint products and is currently working on two books, both with Microsoft Press on SharePoint Products and Technologies.

Luca Bandinelli is member of the Office 2007 Rapid Deployment Team in MCS and he is in Microsoft Consulting Services since 2000. Luca is specialized on the Microsoft Information Worker platform and in collaborative applications on the .NET platform. . As a Senior Consultant , he's usually to work with customers and partners helping them to design and build solutions. Luca also works closely with internal Microsoft Product and Marketing groups.

Richard is a Technical Product Manager for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server. He is responsible for driving Technical Readiness both within and outside of Microsoft and specializes in the Enterprise Content Management and Search features of the product. He has 6+ years experience at Microsoft working as consultant in Microsoft Consultancy Services and as a Technical Specialist in sales. Richard has 9+ years industry experience and is a frequent speaker at Microsoft Technical Events.

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Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) and Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server (SPS): Upgrade and Migration

Bill English make a great presentation of this session covers the upgrade process from WSS version 2 to version 3 and SPS 2003 to Office SharePoint Server 2007.

We learn the different upgrade options, as well as how to prepare your SharePoint deployment today for upgrade. An author and educator specializing in SharePoint Products and Technologie.
3 Methods are show, and a lots of good lessons. I do some screen shoot (photos). Avalable in a few days. I do a presentation for the Club SPS MOSS FRANCE www.clubsps.org

Bill English (MCSE, MCSA, MVP) is an industry leader on this exciting product set from Microsoft. Since 2000, Bill has authored 10 books on Exchange and SharePoint products and is currently working on two books, both with Microsoft Press on SharePoint Products and Technologies. Bill is the co-owner of Mindsharp (www.mindsharp.com), a company that offers top-notch educational opportunities on the SharePoint platform. He has presented at Comdex, The Microsoft Exchange Conference, TechMentor, TechEd, Advisor Live and Networld Interop. You can find his blog at www.mindsharpblogs.com. Bill lives in Minnesota with his wife and two children where he enjoys boating, photography and golf.

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Announcing the RTW of WSS and Office SharePoint Server 2007 Standard and Enterprise Evaluation!

It is my pleasure to announce the RTW of WSS 3.0 and Office SharePoint Server 2007. Please read the all information on the details page.

Note: Installing Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 over any beta or trial edition of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is not supported.

Links to download the RTW versions:

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 x86 English Evaluation

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 French evaluation...

SharePoint Designer will be on MSDN Subscriber Downloads by the 30th. We’re still working on making an eval version available on MSCOM Downloads – long story. Same for MOSS x64 eval.

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Here are the Product Keys you will need when installing SharePoint Server 2007 :

SharePoint Server Standard Trial: XJMKW-8T7PR-76XT6-RTC8G-VVWCQ

SharePoint Server Enterprise Trial: F2JB-W4PD-JCHK-XTJY-CKRP-T2J9D

Here's are the links:

"Upgrading from Office SharePoint Server 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh to Release Version": http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=78039

Step by Step Instructions (with Screenshots) Office SharePoint Services B2TR to Release by Shane Young (SharePoint MVP)

"Upgrading from Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Beta 2 Technical Refresh to Release Version": http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=78040

"Upgrading from Office Forms Server 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh to Release Version": http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=78041

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From the Tech-ED 2006 : Disaster Recovery for SharePoint Technologies

Bill English Learn best practices of data protection for your organization.

This session covers the pros and cons of Windows SharePoint Services (WSSv3) Backup/Restore, SQL 2005 - only backup/restore, SQL log-shipping, and the new Volume SnapShot (VSS) writer. Bill start on the fonction of the BIN.

Also, we learn how to take advantage of our new version 3 content recovery features, including the recycle bin, versioning, events, and fine-grained content migration. An author and educator specializing in SharePoint Products and Technologies, MOSS 2007.

Bill English (MCSE, MCSA, MVP) is an industry leader on this exciting product set from Microsoft.

Since 2000, Bill has authored 10 books on Exchange and SharePoint products and is currently working on two books, both with Microsoft Press on SharePoint Products and Technologies.

Bill is the co-owner of Mindsharp ( www.mindsharp.com ), a company that offers top-notch educational opportunities on the SharePoint platform.

He has presented at Comdex, The Microsoft Exchange Conference, TechMentor, TechEd, Advisor Live and Networld Interop. You can find his blog at www.mindsharpblogs.com. Bill lives in Minnesota with his wife and two children where he enjoys boating, photography and golf.

Other point and Photos be comments at the meeting of the club the 15th of December at PARIS.
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From the Tech-Ed 2006

Luca Bandinelli (from Italia) manage a nice meeting on this subject, this interactive session discussing how to deal with multilingual scenarios using MOSS. Very interssante presentation of the "MUI" and the limite. And also how to use the Web Parts, Listes, and Controles.

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Language Pack
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=36ee1bf0-652c-4e38-b247-f29b3eefa048&DisplayLang=en

You drill into the capabilities provided by 2007 SharePoint Products and Technologies to design, build and support various multi-lingual solutions and give you guidance on features provided out of the box involved in these scenarios.

Luca Bandinelli is member of the Office 2007 Rapid Deployment Team in MCS and he is in Microsoft Consulting Services since 2000. Luca is specialized on the Microsoft Information Worker platform and in collaborative applications on the .NET platform. He just finish a White Paper on this subject, I think it will be on-line soon.

Two things important, first wait for all the package, and tests in first.
Other point and Photos be comments at the meeting of the club the 15th of December.

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From the Tech-ED IT Forum 2006 MOSS and SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services Integration Explained

The 2007 Microsoft Office System: SharePoint and SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services Integration Explained (an excellent presentation).

Carolyn Chau ,

If you are looking to integrate rich enterprise reporting and business intelligence dashboards into your Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS2007) environment that the solution!

I learn how to extend the new MOSS2007 platform with SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services to provide portal sites optimized for all reporting needs.

Topics include configuring Reporting Services for a SharePoint environment, security best practices, programmability and integrating with Excel Services and Report Center via the ReportViewer Web Part.

Carolyn Chau is a Program Manager in the Reporting Services team at Microsoft. Her focus is on bringing rich ad hoc, end user reporting capabilities to Reporting Services.

With 10 years of project management, database design and implementation, and business intelligence application design, implementation, and training experience, Carolyn has lead the development of many business intelligence solutions, especially focusing on corporate performance management, internet usage and e-commerce behavior.

Before joining Microsoft, Carolyn was Senior Consultant at InfoDynamics, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in data warehousing design, implementation and education.

I have done a lot of screen shoot (I do manage an article on this subject later and a presentation for the French MOSS Club in Paris the 15th of december 2006).

By the eay, I see and talk with Bill English.
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From the Tech-ED 2006 : Office SharePoint 2007 Management

By Joel Oleson (after we go to see a presentation of SQL Reporting servies0.

This demonstration walk through the 3 tiered structure of management in SharePoint showing off the power and delegation providing levers for the IT Pro to control and govern the environment.

The first tier shows off the power that a Site Administrator has in auditing and controlling content.

The second tier shows off administration of profiles and audience management with the ability to delegate this to a business or department.

The third tier shows off the central administration interface the powerful SharePoint site with tasks, topologies, events, and reports.

As senior technical product manager for Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server, Joel Oleson is responsible for IT professional evangelism.

Joel focuses on promoting the value of SharePoint by speaking at Global Microsoft conferences like Tech Ed, IT Forum, SharePoint Advisor and SharePoint Connections. He is a major advocate for enterprise deployments of SharePoint, speaking on topics such as management, performance, scale, disaster recovery, and high availability.

Joel also makes frequent presentations on extranet and security issues. His best practices and whitepapers are common references in many businesses worldwide. Before coming a technical product manager, Joel spent 5 years in Microsoft IT desgning and managing Microsoft's corporate SharePoint Tech deployment.

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Managing SharePoint: Past, Present and Future Best Practices and Lessons Learned

Presented by: Andre Heymann and Joel Oleson

A great moment on MOSS 2007 and the Migration, a lot of lessons on our experiences.

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  Would you like to know the best-practices for operating SharePoint 2003 and avoid the common pit-falls?
• Want to know what Microsoft learnt from SharePoint 2003 to shape SharePoint 2007?
• Would you like to know how to migrate to SharePoint 2007 to benefit from the learning?
  
  

Read this article it's an introduction.

This Pre-Conference where we take you on a journey from SharePoint 2003 to SharePoint 2007 and along the way share with you the best practices and lessons learned from Microsoft IT and our early adopter SharePoint 2007 customers.

SESSIONS:
Session 1: Lessons learned from SharePoint 2003
In this session we take a look at SharePoint 2003, the common pit-falls, how to address them in the real-world and how this helped Microsoft shape SharePoint 2007. The migration was possible, but if the custom. was done with FrontPage 2003 on SPS 2003 we loose a lot of parts of the design.

Session 2: Upgrade and Migration to SharePoint 2007
Learn how to upgrade and migrate to SharePoint 2007 in the most effective way possible – from those who have already done it! In this session we share with you best practices and lessons learned from Microsoft IT and our early adopter SharePoint 2007 customers.

Session 3: Global Deployment and Performance (recommendations and best practices)
Capacity planning, performance, and scaling out to serve Microsoft's global enterprise of over 450 field offices has taught Microsoft's engineers a few things. Learn how to scale to Terabytes of content in multi cluster SQL servers, optimize your content databases, and understand system sizing.

Session 4: SharePoint Governance and Policy (recommendations and best practices)
Learn how to govern and manage your infrastructure through the 3 tiered management structures of site settings, shared services and central administration. Walk away armed with knowledge of administration with auditing policies, delegated administration, and understanding of how Microsoft IT uses these methods to manage their global deployment of more than 100,000 site collections.


Speaker Biographies


Joel Oleson
TechnologistMicrosoft Corporation
Joel joined Microsoft’s IT Collaboration Team in Dec 2000 to work on a new set of web collaboration products later named "SharePoint."
He is currently employed as a technologist, a senior engineering resource for Microsofts Intranet. In the past couple of years he’s focused on architecture and design for Microsoft’s Intranet in a strong partnership with both of the SharePoint product groups.
Some of his recent projects concerned revamping the Microsoft Corporate Portal, MSWeb, and regional portal architecture. The solution involved Office Portal Server search and indexing shared services, Windows SharePoint Service and Project Server storing multiple terrabytes of content on large SQL clusters and web farms across key regional deployments supporting Microsoft users world wide.

Previous experiences include systems integration work for a large telecom working on Intranets, extranets, internet sites and N-tiered web applications. Before that he worked on the development team of Slate.com a Microsoft based MSN property engineering and testing the daily rollout of one of the largest pure play online political magazines. His experience out of college began by working for an enterprise solution reseller programming high-end web based enterprise applications.

Photos and Diagrams are comming later (security from TE).

I do a conf. on this subject the 15th of December at the meeting of the Club SPS MOSS FRANCE.

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MS Office Compatibility Pack for Office 2007 Files (Open, Edit, Save Office 2007 files in Office 2000,XP, 2003...)

Greg's Cool of the Day :
MS Office Compatibility Pack for Office 2007 Files (Open, Edit, Save Office 2007 files in Office 2000,XP, 2003...)
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2007 Office System Document: Understanding Workflow in Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services and the 2007 Microsoft Office System

Brief Description : In this white paper, learn the basics of the Windows Workflow Foundation, how this technology has been integrated into both Windows SharePoint Services and the 2007 Office System, and how to benefit from workflows applied to business processes.
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SharePoint Solutions Blog: Walkthrough - Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools: Visual Studio 2005 Extensions

SharePoint Solutions Blog: Walkthrough - Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools: Visual Studio 2005 Extensions
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Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Beta 2 (All Language Packages and Deployment Documents)

Note: Language codes are defined as follows
DE : German - EN : English - ES : Spanish - FR : French - JP : Japanese
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SharePoint Solutions Blog: Extending Stsadm.exe with Custom Commands using the ISPStsadmCommand Interface

Extending Stsadm.exe with Custom Commands using the ISPStsadmCommand Interface

Enterprise Search in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 shared service

This topic provides information about the internal architecture of Enterprise Search, as well as Enterprise Search (ES) as a shared service, ES provides extensive and extensible content gathering, indexing, and querying. This service supports full-text searching using a Structured Query Language (SQL-based) query syntax, and provides a new keyword syntax to support keyword searches. Enterprise Search uses the same underlying Search service as Search in Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services (read also all this infos on this subjectby Joel's blog) .
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TechNet Quarter 3 FY07 Downloadable Documents

Brief Description: See how to mazimize your business potential with Microsoft solutions. TechNet sessions are learning resources designed to meet the needs of IT professionals.
More than 120 documents...

Exemples :
DSK-109:IT Governance - Keeping Control of your SharePoint Sites
DSK-109 Demo 1: Demo 1: Managing Site Collections
DSK-109 Demo 2: Demo 2: Managing Shared Services
DSK-109 Demo 3: Demo 3: Using Central Administration

I test this one: IT Governance - Keeping Control of your SharePoint Sites
In this session we will talk about how to manage Shared Service Providers, including the ability to use profiles, personalized sites, and audiences to deliver customized content to SharePoint users. A good demonstration (Vidéo and PPT).
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Custom Feature: Link to WSS Central Admin from SharePoint Site Actions Menu

On SharePoint Solutions Blog: A nice solution to go to the Admin. Central. The download includes an install.bat file to install and deploy the Feature automatically for you. With this package, you can activate the Feature by clicking Site Actions->Site Settings->Site Features from any WSS v3 or MOSS 2007 site.
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Just go ans see MOSS Web Site

Thanks Liu for the URL....
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Plan and prepare for migration to the 2007 Office system

The is a major release that offers many improvements and new features in response to customer needs.

Changes such as the new file format and new Setup architecture require careful planning and preparation before upgrading. Your migration planning will include evaluating the files in your environment, identifying potential conversion issues, and reviewing migration considerations for each program within .

The Office Migration Planning Manager (OMPM) allows you to examine the files in your environment and decide whether to archive them, convert them in bulk with the Office File Converter available in OMPM, or convert them manually.

You will also determine the approach to upgrade and migation within your organization.

Plan and prepare for migration to the 2007 Office system
Review migration issues for the 2007 Office system
Determining the best migration strategy
Collaborating with previous versions of Office and other programs
FAQ: File format

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Microsoft Office Live

Microsoft Office Live: "Create your own professional Web site in minutes! Microsoft Office Live Basics is the perfect way to get started on the Web. It features all the basics you need to create your first Web site, including free hosting, Web site statistics, personalized domain name, and e-mail addresses. " Look like WSSv3... A great Idee, for all the USER.

Products Overview | Web Parts for Sharepoint by telerik

Web Parts for Sharepoint by telerik: Telerik r.a.d.editor SharePoint™ Edition is a WebPart version of the award-winning component r.a.d.editor for ASP.NET. The product establishes a natural WYSIWYG environment, in which content contributors can format text, build tables, insert images and hyperlinks, check spelling in different languages, and so on. r.a.d.editor SharePoint Edition generates XHTML 1.1 and 'Section 508' compliant content (Level 1)."
The new version 2.0 of r.a.d.editor SharePoint Edition can be used as a replacement of the default HTML editor not only in Listings and the Personal Profile, but also in List Items (Tasks, Announcements, etc.)
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SharePoint Community Champions Team Site

Home - SharePoint Community Champions Team Site: "Welcome to the SharePoint Community Champions team site!
by Lawrence Liu [MSFT]
I define a SharePoint Community Champion as someone who actively participates in or contributes to the SharePoint community. The activity can be online (via blogs, wikis, newsgroups, etc.) or offline (via user groups or other in person events) -- anything..."
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OBA RAP (Office Business Application Reference Application Pack)

OBA Reference Application Pack for Supply Chain Management: OBA RAP (Office Business Application Reference Application Pack)
"Globalization, specialization and outsourcing are changing the way we work. Global information workers need to collaborate in a way that is seamless, synchronized and secure. Microsoft’s 2007 Office System provides a platform for building composite solutions, called Office Business Applications (OBAs), designed to support cross-functional processes and allow information workers to collaborate. Assembled from a company’s current collection of information assets, OBAs allow global information workers to gain insight, collaborate, make decisions, and take action -- as we move from a transactional world to a collaborative one, our tools must also change. "
See the comments on : Patrick Tisseghem's Blog [MVP SharePoint]
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Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Team Blog : ECM Starter Kit for B2TR

Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Team Blog : ECM Starter Kit for B2TR: "A blog about the ECM features in the 2007 Office system, with a focus on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, which includes document management, records management, and web content management capabilities. Enabling technologies such as workflow and information rights management, which are essential to ECM solutions, will also be covered.
ECM Starter Kit for B2TR "

SharePoint 2007 B2TR: Using a Custom Data Source for Navigation

Steven Van de Craen's Blog : SharePoint 2007 B2TR: Using a Custom Data Source for Navigation: "I'm currently implementing a custom data source for my SharePoint 2007 Collaboration Portal. You can find a pre-release topic about this on MSDN here. Unfortunately this topic is not compatible with Beta 2 Technical Refresh so here are the updated instructions.

Instructions for Beta 2 Technical Refresh.
Create a folder MyCustomNavigation under C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\FEATURES\"... For a production server it is recommended to sign the assembly with a strong name and registering it in the Global Assembly Cache. Don't forget to update the web.config in that case !

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Upgrading from SPS 2003 to MOSS 2007 Beta2 TR using the gradual approach

The SharePoint Farmer's Almanac : Upgrading from SPS 2003 to MOSS 2007 Beta2 TR using the gradual approach: Warning – I have been very hesitant to post these directions. Why? Because they make it seem very simple to upgrade from 2003 to 2007. Thanks : Shane for this article!

While at the core it can be an easy process in reality there is a lot of planning and decision making you need to do before you ever sit down with this guide.

In class it is taking me hours of lecture just to present all of the options and reasoning to the students. How much time have you spent planning to this point? Here is a quick list of some of the topics we cover.
Great Comment :
Yes it works, great! In upgraded a SharePoint 2003 portal to 2007 with this guide. My test evironment contains only 2 sites, one english teamsite and one meeting site in Dutch language. After migrating only the english teamsite is working, the dutch meeting site doesnt work. Wil this upgrade only work voor ID1033 sites? Thanks in advance, From : Jabalili
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Can Microsoft Dominate the Portal Market?

Aberdeen Observations and Conclusions - by : http://www.aberdeen.com/
Microsoft has a major advantage in that the average user is already familiar with its desktop applications; thus, exposing documents and data to SharePoint’s collaborative environment becomes a relatively simple function which can be performed by the end-user from within the application itself.

While the IT department may argue that SharePoint’s feature-set is somewhat limited compared with some of its rivals and cite lack of J2EE compliance as a major shortcoming, the end-user community within the organization usually can’t wait for an enterprise-wide initiative when the task at hand appears to be straightforward.

By the time IT has a solution, there are already so many Microsoft-based portals in the organization, they cannot help but embrace the technology.

This strategy is made stronger by the fact that SharePoint can be sold into a company which is dominated by a competitor’s application suite.

Even though the likes of Oracle and SAP have portal solutions, a company that is heavily invested in their technology may still find itself compelled to use the SharePoint platform for outward-facing collaboration. The reverse is generally not true.

The only serious competitor using a "grassroots" adoption strategy is JBoss which, by virtue of its unbeatably low price point, could grab market share as companies continue to embrace the open source model more broadly.

However, with its upcoming release of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Microsoft demonstrates its commitment to continue to add functionality and to embrace open standards.
Microsoft is positioned to dominate.

Great news for US, and all the user of MOSS ( you can read all the text format PDF )
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News group on WSS V3 and MOSS 2007

A lot of News Group to talk about MOSS and WSSv3 : WSS V3 and MOSS 2007 (Setup, Admin and Deployment) on SharePoint University. This group is dedicated to discussions surrounding the development, administration and implementation of SharePoint Products and Technologies 2003 and on 2007 on the Yahoo and all the Microsoft News Group enjoy it !
But don't forget : http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/community.mspx
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Download details: 2007 Office System Video: Enterprise Content Management

The Microsoft Office System Developers Conference 2006 featured more than 60 breakout sessions organized in eight technical tracks. In this track, we focus on the new, extensible content management capabilities coming with the 2007 Microsoft Office system that address document, records, forms, and Web content management solution needs. This download presents videos of the following conference sessions : Download details: 2007 Office System Video: Enterprise Content Management
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Download details: 2007 Office System Video: Collaboration

2007 Office System Video: Collaboration
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Microsoft Office System Developers Conference 2006 : Download this series of developer-oriented videos to view conference breakout sessions about how developers can use the 2007 Microsoft Office system to create powerful collaboration tools."
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Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services V3: Email, Directory, Tracking, and Other Collaboration Applications
Microsoft Office Groove 2007: Developing Applications
Microsoft Office Groove 2007: Web Services, Data Bridge and Systems Integration
Microsoft Office Groove 2007: Building Forms-Based Workgroup Applications
Integration and Customization with the New Real Time Collaboration (RTC) Platform
Presence and Instant Messaging with the Real Time Collaboration (RTC) Platform and AJAX
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SharePoint Web Parts: Free 3rd Party SharePoint Web Parts & Tools

For those who aggregate my feed and do not often visit the blog iteself... I've updated my SharePoint links and their groupings on the blog (can only be seen by visiting) but I'll update this post as well.
The notable list of links include: FREE 3rd Party SharePoint Web Parts, SharePoint Tools, and SharePoint Resource Information.
http://www.sharepointblogs.com/mkruger
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MOSS and Web Content Management

Events Home: "MSDN Webcast: Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 Web Content Management for Content Owners and Authors (Level 200)". Presenter: Andrew Connell, MVP MCMS, Mindsharp.
The Web content management technology in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 represents the first major Microsoft release of Web site content management tools since 2002. Join this webcast to learn how to use these new content management tools for creating and editing content pages, working with page and document versions, and building content workflows. We also describe the functionality of the reports list in SharePoint Server 2007 and how to set up alerts when newly submitted content awaits your approval.

The presentation concludes with a look at authoring SharePoint Server 2007 content using Microsoft Office Word and InfoPath 2007.
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Slipstreaming : Combined Knowledge Downloads

"Slipstreaming Moss Binaries to Beta2 Technical refresh and performing a Fresh Install" and more download from Combined Knowledge have been involved in the early Beta Testing for SharePoint 2007 and are already advising companies on implementing SharePoint 2007 Solutions and Training courses for SharePoint 2007. They are also the first UK Training Provider to host SharePoint 2007 Administrator and Developer courses. We try in France to manage the same action with the French version on MOSS 2007.
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Books on MOSS and WSSv3

CLUB SharePoint FRANCE - PARIS :
Books on MOSS and WSSv3
A great list! Thanks Mike!
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Farvashan's Technical Blog : Persian language pack for Windows SharePoint Services 2007

A nice exemple of foreign language with MOSS 2007 : Farvashan's Technical Blog : Persian language pack for Windows SharePoint Services 2007: "Medical Education & Development Center ( is a research center web site hosting members area, task & project management, e-journal, voting priority of future research ideas and so on ) http://80.191.144.36/Default.aspx
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Manning: ASP.NET 2.0 Web Parts in Action

Manning: ASP.NET 2.0 Web Parts in Action: EARLY ACCESS EDITION
Building Dynamic Web Portals by Darren Neimke.
MEAP Release: June 2006 Softbound print: October 2006 344 pages ISBN: 1-932394-77-X

Start Reading ASP.NET 2.0 Web Parts in Action today through the Manning Early Access Program".

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You can Download early chapters in either PDF or ThoutReader format, or both! For more information, please see the MEAP FAQs and the ThoutReader page.

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Web Service Workflows: Deploy Distributed Business Processes With Windows Workflow And Web Services -- MSDN Magazine, October 2006

Web Service Workflows: Deploy Distributed Business Processes With Windows Workflow And Web Services -- MSDN Magazine, October 2006: "Web Service Workflows
Deploy Distributed Business Processes With Windows Workflow And Web Services from : Israel Hilerio"
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Download details: Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005 Extensions for Windows Workflow Foundation Release Candidate 5

Download details: Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005 Extensions for Windows Workflow Foundation Release Candidate 5: "Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005 Extensions for Windows® Workflow Foundation Release Candidate 5 - Brief Description
Compatible with Microsoft Vista (RC1 and September CTP only), Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Release Candidate 1 or September CTP only, and Compatible with 2007 Microsoft Office system Beta 2 Technical Refresh. Provides developers with support for building workflow-enabled applications using Windows Workflow Foundation."
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Portals & Integration blog (MOSS)

Portals & Integration blog: "Creating a MOSS / Office Demo setup with Beta 2 Technical Refresh
I had planned on updating my previous installation script just after B2TR was released, but I was too busy doing Touchdown redeliveries and MOSS seminars. "

Forefront Security for SharePoint Beta

Forefront Security for SharePoint Beta: "Forefront Security for SharePoint Beta
Published: September 28, 2006 Download the Beta

Forefront Security for SharePoint helps businesses protect their Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 servers from viruses, unwanted files and inappropriate content.

With a layered, multiple scan engine approach, Forefront Security for SharePoint helps stop the latest threats before they impact business and users.

Register now to download the Forefront Security for SharePoint Beta.
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Download details: Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Video: Blog and Wiki Support

Download details: Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Video: Blog and Wiki Support:
"Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Video: Blog and Wiki Support"
Download this developer-oriented video to learn about blog and wiki support in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. Leverage the new built-in Windows SharePoint Services features for creating sites with blogs and wikis. Date Published: 9/20/2006 - File Name: WikiBlog.wmv - Version: SeptCTP - Language: English - Download Size:12.5 MB.
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MOSS 2007 : super Video on WCM

MOSS 2007 : super Video on WCM (by Ted)
WCM = Web Content Management ou gestion de publication in French
For the French read the article of Renaud COMTE :
http://blogs.developpeur.org/themit/archive/2006/09/25/24082.aspx
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MOSS of all: Create a new site Template

MOSS of all: Create a new site Template: "Create a new site Template
Instead of using the 'Save as a template' function in a site administration (which is only available in the site collection menu, but can be done in a subsite if you just add the link _layouts/savetmpl.aspx after the site URL), we can create a new template."
See all the infos on the web site of Laurent...
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Office Developer Center: FrontPage Developer Center: Building XML Data-Driven Web Sites with FrontPage 2003

Office Developer Center: FrontPage Developer Center: Building XML Data-Driven Web Sites with FrontPage 2003: "Building XML Data-Driven Web Sites with FrontPage 2003

Microsoft Corporation
August 2003
Applies to: Microsoft® Office FrontPage® 2003
Microsoft Windows® SharePoint™ Services
Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server"
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Installing Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR) – What you need to know before you double click update.exe.

IMPORTANT: YOU MUST READ THE UPDATE GUIDE AND README PRIOR TO INSTALLING B2TR, THERE ARE SEVERAL MANUAL STEPS THAT NEED TO BE COMPLETED FOR EACH UPDATE SCENARIO IN ORDER FOR THE UPDATE TO SUCCEED.
NOTE: Some links in the documentation may not be live until B2TR is released, I WILL UPDATE THIS POST WITH THE B2TR DOWNLOAD URLS WHEN THEY ARE AVAILABLE.
Read in English
http://www.sharepointblogs.com/files/12212/download.aspx
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Welcome on MOSS of all (new Blog on SharePoint 2007).

From Microsoft Site Server to Sharepoint 2001, from Sharepoint 2001 to Sharepoint 2003, sucessive migrations occupied us and sometimes made us mad.
Now is coming MOSS and we have decided to share our discoveries step by step.
Goodbye areas, listings and other, Welcome to shared services, Forms server, Office 2007...

Our goal : provide clear keys to understand the differences and make the best decisions.

See you soon

posted by Laurent Cargou (MCP)
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MOSS2007 – Look and Feel (Part 1 + 2 - The Beginning)

A great article of Liam Cleary (Solution Architect) on MOSS 2007.
...MOSS 2007 as your should be aware has been changed slightly with it now being built as effectively an extremely advance ASP.NET 2.0 Application. Each of the pages has now been styled with CSS as before but now the layout is decided b using Master Pages and Page Layouts. This way of customisation gives you a quick and easy way to change your Portal and Sites. The pages are now rendered as below....

Part: 2 = http://www.sharepointblogs.com/helloitsliam/archive/2006/08/30/11723.aspx
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Web Part Platforms and Development Techniques

An article from Jan TielensU2U
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Office SharePoint Server 2007 TechNet

Product Evaluation for Office SharePoint Server 2007
Getting started for Office SharePoint Server 2007
Planning and architecture for Office SharePoint Server 2007
Plan overall designPlan site structure and navigation (Office SharePoint Server)
Plan for personalized content and sitesMore...
Deployment for Office SharePoint Server 2007
Deploy and configure the server infrastructure
Upgrading to Office SharePoint Server 2007
Operations for Office SharePoint Server 2007
Office SharePoint Server 2007 AdministrationOffice SharePoint Server 2007
Backup and RestoreOffice SharePoint Server 2007
MonitoringSecurity and protection for Office SharePoint Server 2007T
roubleshooting for Office SharePoint Server 2007
Technical Reference for Office SharePoint Server 2007
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And teh same for WSS v3 : Windows SharePoint Services (version 3) technology
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Microsoft Office SharePoint Server TechCenter

The Office SharePoint Server TechCenter is designed to help connect you with SharePoint Server and SharePoint Portal Server resources from Microsoft and the broader Office community.
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WSS Development: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/elearning/course/5045.asp
WSS Infrastructure: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/elearning/course/3369.asp
MOSS Development: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/elearning/course/5046.asp
MOSS Infrastructure: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/elearning/course/3370.asp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/sharepoint
http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/sharepoint

Documentation Map by Feature Area

The following table shows the core features of Office SharePoint Server 2007. This topic is a work-in-progress and this list is not complete.
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SharePoint Content Database Restrictions... There are none!

Joel Oleson Sr. Technical Product Manager say on his Blog : <<Maximum Capacity Specifications for SQL Server 2005 >>.
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Office 2007 WebCasts

Interesting webcasts scheduled the next coming weeks:
Introduction to Visual Studio Tools for the 2007 Microsoft Office System by Eric Carter (8/8/2006 10:00 AM)
Integrating Your Solutions with the 2007 Microsoft Office System User Interface by Savraj Dhanjal (8/9/2006 10:00 AM )
Developing, Deploying, and Hosting Rich Office InfoPath 2007 Client and Browser Forms by Pradeep Rasam (8/15/2006 10:00 AM )
Building Collaborative Applications Without Code Using Office SharePoint Designer 2007 by Rob Mauceri (8/22/2006 10:00 AM )
Extending the Web Content Management Features of Office SharePoint Server 2007 by Jim Masson (9/5/2006 10:00 AM )
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Welcome to the SharePoint Stramit Document Library browser

Renaud say : <Browsing a document hierarchy always remember an explorer view and a Treeview. I started in 2002 a sans box project with a treeview control and i decide to extend it since the first try.
Here is the Treeview WP for WSS and/or SPS document library>>
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Technet BETA CENTRAL HOME

To help you optimize the time you have to conduct an evaluation of the 2007 Microsoft Office system Beta, we've put together this convenient page of beta resources.
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2007 Office System Video: Solutions and Partners

Brief Description
Microsoft Office System Developers Conference 2006Download this series of developer-oriented videos to view conference breakout sessions where industry experts demonstrate how to integrate Office clients, servers, services, and tools to build real world solutions.
See also: 2007 Office System Video: Enterprise Content Management

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And more in July:
2007 Office System Video: Windows SharePoint Services Platform
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2007 Office System Video: Portals


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