Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 with MOSS

If your company relies on Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 or Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 to manage and deliver information, who will you trust to maximize its protection and recovery?
SharePoint administrators are looking for a better way to protect and recover their collaboration infrastructures. Microsoft has listened to its customers and has delivered a complete solution with System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007.
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TechNet Webcast: Protecting Microsoft SharePoint with Data Protection Manager (Level 200)
DPM 2007 is a member of the Microsoft System Center family of management products, which are designed to help IT professionals manage their Windows Server infrastructure. DPM 2007 sets a new standard for Windows backup and recovery—delivering continuous data protection for Microsoft application and file servers to a seamlessly integrated secondary disk and tape solution on the DPM server. DPM enables rapid and reliable recovery through advanced technology for enterprises of all sizes. Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007: Features

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Microsoft Tech·Ed EMEA 2008 - IT Professionals

Microsoft Tech·Ed EMEA 2008 - IT Professionals

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NET Rocks! - Sahil Malik Shares the Point

.NET Rocks! - Sahil Malik Shares the Point, Sahil Malik talks about the latest developments and challenges around Sharepoint 2007. Sahil always brings a fresh perspective to the table.
Download details: .NET Rocks! - Sahil Malik Shares the Point
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Microsoft SharePoint Designer Team Blog : Creating Re-usable Email Templates for SharePoint Designer 2007 Workflows

Creating Re-usable Email Templates for SharePoint Designer 2007 Workflows
Hi there, I’m Jordan Hull, a Software Development Engineer in Test on the SharePoint Designer Workflow team. I’d like to walk you through an example of how you can create re-usable e-mail templates for use in your SharePoint Designer 2007 workflows.
The goal of creating these templates is to enable site administrators to (a) define rich e-mail content that can be re-used across multiple workflows, and (b) enable site administrators to push out changes to e-mail formats,and branding, without having to modifythe workflows that send them.
To make it happen, we’re going to: create a new SharePoint list and populate it with a collection of e-mail templates, design a custom workflow action to substitute placeholders in the e-mail content with dynamic values, and publish a workflow that sends the e-mail to a distribution list.
Let’s start with the coding of our custom workflow action.I won’t go into too much detail on the deployment of custom workflow actions, as there are already some great posts on this topic: Phil Allen's - Custom Action to Retrieve Workflow Information and Eilene Hao/Gabe Hall’s - How to Deploy Custom Conditions. As a quick recap, the steps that you’ll need to take are Microsoft SharePoint Designer Team Blog : Creating Re-usable Email Templates for SharePoint Designer 2007 Workflows
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Professional SharePoint 2007 Web Content Management Development: Building Publishing Sites with Office SharePoint Server 2007

Amazon.com: Professional SharePoint 2007 Web Content Management Development: Building Publishing Sites with Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Wrox Programmer to Programmer): Andrew Connell: Books

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New Microsoft Certified Master Program Recognizes Individual Expertise

Coming soon:
Microsoft Certified Master: Office Communications Server 2007
Microsoft Certified Master: SharePoint Server 2007
If you are an IT Pro or dev with extensive experience in successfully designing, implementing, and deploying server solutions, you might be a candidate for the new Microsoft Certified Master credential.
US ISV Developer Evangelism Team : New Microsoft Certified Master Program Recognizes Individual Expertise
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SharePoint Deployment Capacity & Performance Planning 2003 & 2007 What you need to know...

Many of you who have attended my capacity planning sessions have seen this chart and these numbers and may have scribbled some of the "Whys" around these numbers. This is based on my experience and your experience may differ. I think it's nice to have a line in the sand, even if it's not 100% the same. Joel Oleson's Blog - SharePoint Land : SharePoint Deployment Capacity & Performance Planning 2003 & 2007 What you need to know...

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Defense of SharePoint Designer - Workflow

For nearly all End Users, it’s an easy choice to make: Implement the solution using SharePoint Designer or don’t implement it at all. Custom .NET solutions are far beyond the technical skills of most End Users. Given this choice, the next obvious question is: “Can I implement this workflow process using SharePoint Designer? “ And then, finally, we need to ask a less obvious question: “Should I implement this process using SharePoint Designer?” EndUserSharePoint.com: In Defense of SharePoint Designer - Workflow : End User SharePoint ....
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Download details: SharePoint Products and Technologies Protocol Documentation

The Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies protocol documentation provides detailed technical specifications for Microsoft proprietary protocols (including extensions to industry-standard or other published protocols) that are implemented and used in SharePoint Products and Technologies to interoperate or communicate with Microsoft products.

The documentation includes a set of companion overview and reference documents that supplement the technical specifications with conceptual background, overviews of inter-protocol relationships and interactions, and technical reference information.

A lot of documents... The self-extracting Zip file (SharePointProtocols.zip) in this list of files contains all of the client protocol documents. Please download and read the readme file. This package does not collect any personal information.


Download details: SharePoint Products and Technologies Protocol Documentation

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WikiMigrator - CODEPLEX

WikiMigrator is a source code sample primarily utilized by SharePoint administrators to understand bulk Wiki Page migrations through remote web services. See http://blogs.msdn.com/dwinter/archive/2008/06/28/migrating-wiki-pages-remotely-part-01.aspx for source notes and technical details. WikiMigrator - Home from CODEPLEX

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Microsoft SharePoint Designer Team Blog : Show Your Data in a Tag Cloud with XPath Expressions

Show Your Data in a Tag Cloud with XPath Expressions: Jon Campbell here again with another great way to visualize your data in using DataViews. Tag clouds are a popular way to visually show how various terms are related to each other by assigning weights to each term, then using those weights to make the term larger or smaller in relation to other terms. I provided a screenshot from the Explore page on flickr. A quick glance can tell you right away there are many more photos tagged with the term “wedding” than there are with the term “blue”, but there are about as many photos tagged “snow” as there are photos tagged “spain”. After reading this post you will be able to create a tag cloud using your own data. from MOSS Designer Team Blog


Microsoft SharePoint Designer Team Blog : Show Your Data in a Tag Cloud with XPath Expressions

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Best Practices Conference | Mindsharp

Best Practices Conference | Mindsharp

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JOPX on SharePoint 2007 (MOSS and WSS V3 ), Office and SOA: Ten things you should know about SharePoint master pages

10 points to read !JOPX on SharePoint 2007 (MOSS and WSS V3 ), Office and SOA: Ten things you should know about SharePoint master pages

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SharePoint Magazine

We’re not quite there yet—but we’re getting there!—and we really want you to know when we’re ready. Here’s how to stay updated:

SharePoint Magazine Launching 16 July 2008.
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Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Best Practices Book

Finally! It looks like our new best practices book should ship around the first of July. Bill English and myself wrote a big chunk of the book, but we had tons of help from rock stars like Kathy Hughes (MVP), Paul Schaeflein, Daniel Webster (SharePoint Guru), Mark Ferraz (IA and Security), Paul Stork, Jim Curry, and Mark Schneider (PMP).

We want to publicly thank all of the folks who gave technical feedback and wrote fabulous real world sidebards: Todd Klindt (MVP), Steve Smith (MVP), Andrew Woodward (MVP), Todd Bleeker (MVP), Keith Richie (MVP), Bob Fox (MVP), Robert Bogue (MVP), Matthew McDermott (MVP), Joel Oleson (well, give it time), Doron Bar-caspi (MSFT), Mike Watson (thanks, Mike!! - you rock), James Petrosky (wow, what doesn't he know?), Scott Edwards, Daniel Galant, Jack Dougher, Woodrow Windischman, Steve Mong, Eric Larson, Kuda Nhiwatiwa, Oleg Glubochansky, Satish Mathew (MSFT), Sean Livingston, and Frank Zakrajsek (MSFT).

Ross Brookshire, Don Scott, and John Moh are great MCS guys and tech reviewed much of the book - thanks a ton (and your free copy is on the way!)

This book was a ton of work, but we really think it is a great resource for the community. It isn't prescriptive best practices as much as design and architecture best practices. A prescriptive best practices guide for SharePoint Server 2007 would be 3000 pages, and outdated in 90 days. In the book, we tried to get people to 'think' about the way they were installing, more than giving guidance on a specific technology.We aren't saying there is only one way to do it, we are showing the reader the methodology to get the right answer. There is often more than one 'best practice', and only through proper planning, designing, and testing, will you know for sure. We DO give you a starting place, and whether you agree or disagree isn't the point - it is to start you in the right direction and challenge you to find the best practices for your specific implementation. 800 pages of SharePoint Server goodness...

Our book should be available for purchase in mid-June. You can pre-order your copy today at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other retail outlets. We'll also have a best practices web site (which is not up yet) at http://www.sharepointbestpractices.com/.

Ben Curry, CISSP, SharePoint Server MVP Mindsharp
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Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Best Practices Book

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White paper: Data protection and recovery for Office SharePoint Server

White paper: Data protection and recovery for Office SharePoint Server This downloadable white paper explains how administrators can protect and recover data in SharePoint Products and Technologies. This paper describes data recovery from the item level to the farm level. Download this white paper as a Microsoft Office Word document (.doc) file. Data protection and recovery for Office SharePoint Server (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=102839&clcid=0x409) White paper: Data protection and recovery for Office SharePoint Server (source Microsoft TechNet).
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SharePoint CMS - We make simple, editable and beautiful web sites

About SharePoint Simple CMS: How to enable small organizations of all kinds, schools and individuals to have the chance of editing easily their web sites?
How to make it simple but at the same time with rich functionality and integration with desktop applications like Microsoft Office?
We've been trying hard during the past few years to answer both previous questions. SharePoint Simple CMS is the correct answer. It can be integrated with any CSS web site design and it comes already integrated with a big number of templates. With SharePoint Simple CMS you can:

Edit the content of your pages from a Web Browser.
Add new sections or pages to the navigation bar.
Configure your RSS link.
If the template you have includes a Flash file, you can edit the texts on it without need of any Html editor.
Receive e-mail notifications when a visitor used the contact form on your site. All the contacts are stored within the web site for history.
Request a hosting service with us.
Use your Web site with any available custom domain or web address. We can event set your e-mail accounts to match with your web address using Google Mail or Live Hotmail.
Request access to your backup files for your own archive.
Create sub-webs, Intranets and collaboration sites compatible with Microsoft Office applications.
Manage permissions for different users or editors of your web site.
We are sure that you will find many more interesting things. In any case feel free to drop us a line to let us know if you have some doubts about SharePoint Simple CMS.

SharePoint CMS - We make simple, editable and beautiful web sites

Web Sites in English language
B4Contact Web site
Drucker in Practice
Definitive Drucker
LHST
Elizabeth Edersheim's Web site
Web Sites in Slovenian Language
InvestPomurje.eu
Manager's club Ljubljana
Web tool: Advisor for security
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Developing Custom Applications with SharePoint Server 2007

Learn how to build a business solution leveraging a broad range of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Enterprise capabilities. This white paper focuses on the real-world example of an application to help consulting companies track client engagements and business performance. But the insightful lessons learned and best practices will apply wherever your next SharePoint development project takes you.Topics include Office SharePoint Designer 2007, workflows, Excel Services 2007 and the Enterprise Search API. Whether you are a SharePoint development guru or a Microsoft .NET developer evaluating the platform, this white paper has something for you. Download details: Developing Custom Applications with SharePoint Server 2007

See also : http://www.microsoft.com/click/SharePointDeveloper/

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Downloads free trial version of WEB PART SharePoint

To install the free trial version of the product see the trial license file (.lic file) below. To install the components, please read the specific instructions of each package. Also review the SPSProfessional Install SPSProfessional Solutions

SPSProfessional Navigation WebParts (1.0)

SPSProfessional SPSRollUp & SPSRollUpChart WebPart (1.0)

SPSProfessional CutCopyPaste Feature (2.0)

ActionDataBase Generator (1.0) New

ActionDataBase WebParts Beta (1.0) New

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Microsoft Operations Framework 4.0 (MOF v4) is important to SharePoint - SharePoint Joel's SharePoint Land

By Joe : Look for the following packages
MOF Job Aids - Deliver.zip, MOF Job Aids - Manage.zip, MOF Job Aids - Operate.zip, MOF Job Aids - Plan.zip.
I think we need to each send feedback to mof@microsoft.com to let them know we'd like SharePoint specific templates. Be sure to let this alias know if you like those job aids or if they don't work. Why is it all about desktop and Vista? Why not some Exchange or SharePoint?

If you are confused about MSF, MOF, and ITIL in continuous improvement there is a decent diagram from MOF solution accelerator article that shows the relationships and talks about how they come together.

When I was looking at the MOF v4 content I came across another tool that I worked on when I was at MS. The Asset inventory tool is about discovering what SharePoint Servers are out there. Looks like it is still in beta since February, which is when I think I saw it last. I mention this tool in this context 'cause I do think it's a very early step in MOF. You need to know what you have before you can start to optimize it or a late step if you're considering retiring the service or servers.

Here's a bit of info from the TechNet resource on this solution accelerator:
The main purpose of the SharePoint Asset Inventory Tool is to give the IT administrator answers to a number of important questions through the generation of reports. These reports include information on:
The servers running some version of SharePoint.

The installed SharePoint features.
The total number of SharePoint sites on each server.
The total number of documents on each server.
The total number of documents grouped by extension on each server.
The time since the SharePoint assets in each server were last modified.
The customized SharePoint sites and items on each server.

The number of SharePoint lists on each server, grouped by the number of items on each list.
Finally, if you're in my TechEd Governance session next week, you'll see a slide on this with some more emphasis about how important operations frameworks are to deployment success.

Microsoft Operations Framework 4.0 (MOF v4) is important to SharePoint - SharePoint Joel's SharePoint Land




See also : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc506049.aspx
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Professional SharePoint 2007 Web Content Management Development: Building Publishing Sites with Office SharePoint Server 2007: Andrew Connell: Books

The first book to focus on SharePoint Server 2007 as a robust platform for Web content
Written by two SharePoint MVPs, this book walks developers through creating a Web content management platform on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007

Begins with an overview of the various features of MOSS, Web Content Management (WCM) fundamentals, and the services available on the Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) platform
Examines each aspect of a typical development project using the sample site throughout, which demonstrates key points, design elements, and development approaches

Addresses SharePoint site columns, content types, master pages, and page layouts; creating a minimal SharePoint site definition; and creating WSS solution packages with Visual Studio

Also covers field types and field controls, customizing the SharePoint authoring environment, and authentication and authorization From the Back CoverProfessional SharePoint 2007 Web Content Management Development

By allowing multiple users to create and update web pages without the use of HTML or specialized editing software, SharePoint Server 2007 Web Content Managament (WCM) is a fascinating system that organizes web content and design edits from each one of the site's contributors and then compiles all those changes into a finished product. Author and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server MVP Andrew Connell presents the first book to focus on the features and fundamentals of WCM as well as the various services that are offered by the Windows SharePoint Services platform.

Tackle each core aspect of a typical Publishing site development project using the techniques outlined in this book. You'll walk through key points, design elements, and development approaches that will demonstrate how WCM brings the power of content management to a large audience, and you'll quickly grasp why SharePoint Server is a robust platform for hosting content-centric Web sites.
What you will learn from this book

Optimal methods for embarking on web content management projects
Leveraging the provided Publishing Web Parts and creating custom Web Parts
How to create custom field types and field controls
How to customize the SharePoint authoring environment
Techniques for implementing sites with multiple languages and devices
Ways of creating a minimal SharePoint site definition
Implementing an offline authoring experience
Various performance tips, tricks, and traps

book is for Web development professionals, particularly ASP.NET 2.0 developers who are building content management sites with the SharePoint platform.
Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real-world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.

Amazon.com: Professional SharePoint 2007 Web Content Management Development: Building Publishing Sites with Office SharePoint Server 2007: Andrew Connell: Books

Paperback: 456 pages
Publisher: Wrox; Pap/Onl edition (June 16, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0470224754
ISBN-13: 978-0470224755
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YouTube - A Look "Inside" Microsoft Sharepoint 2007

YouTube - A Look "Inside" Microsoft Sharepoint 2007: ""

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Nintex Reporting 2008

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

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


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

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

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Presentations for Introductory SharePoint Dev

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

This release includes the following presentations
· PPT 01 Web Parts
· PPT 02 Data Lists
· PPT 03 Event Handlers
· PPT 05 Silverlight
We will update the download once the remaining Hands on Labs are available.
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This download enables you evaluate Office SharePoint Server 2007 VHD

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

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

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

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

Virtual Server 2005 R2 is required to run this VHD. Please refer to the system requirements section for more details. Download details: Office SharePoint Server 2007 VHD
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Download details: Volume Licensing Program Guides

Download details: Volume Licensing Program Guides

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Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Demo: Boost teamwork with a wiki

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

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Linking SharePoint to Outlook 2007

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

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

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

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SharePoint Training - SharePoint End User Trining Kit

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

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

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

Installing the SharePoint and Designer Training Kits?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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5 Rules to Live By When Interviewing for a SharePoint Job

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

That's right folks...

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

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

It will help you in the future.

Also, highlight these experiences in your interview.

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Club Starter Kit - Home ClubStarterKit Version 3 BETA 1 Released
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SharePoint For Developers many Webcast...

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

by: http://www.benkotips.com/Default.aspx?tabid=1158
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Automate Web App Deployment with the SharePoint API

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

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

Four vidéo on MOSS, Wikis, Blog.... MSN Vidéo

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Backup Office SharePoint Server 2007 - Video Demo

Several tools are available to back up Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. This demo focuses on the built-in tools, which are the stsadm command-line tool and the Perform a Backup page in Central Administration. Demo: Backup Office SharePoint Server 2007 (from TechNet Library mars 2008).
See also : Shows how to create and set the required permissions on a backup location that you can use for backing up Office SharePoint Server 2007 using the built-in tools. http://technet.microsoft.com/fr-fr/library/cc263097(en-us).aspx

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TechNet Magazine Issues from 2008

A mag. on MOSS in Februrary.

TechNet Magazine Issues from 2008
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SharePoint Joel with the Community kit SPS Enhanced Blogging Edition 2.0

SharePoint Joel he do a new blog, why ! Because SharePoint !

This blog is built on WSS 3.0 with SP1 on x64 + the Post SP1 QFE rollup with the Community kit Enhanced Blogging Edition 2.0 (with trackbacks, pingbacks, caching, anonymous comment moderation and optional Akismet key!!!) on Windows Server 2008 with 2GB quota.

It's all built in a clean virtual image and hosted by SharePointhosting.com.

Thanks guys you've been extremely responsive, awesome turnaround this morning!

Two thumbs up :)

Thanks Bob Fox... great referral. So far, I'm impressed.

What is this blog and what's under the covers?

SharePoint (normal it's Joel's BLOG)

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CryptoCollaboration For SharePoint 2007 on CODEPLEX

Project Description Crypto Collaboration for SharePoint 2007
(works for both Microsoft Office Server 2007 as well as Windows SharePoint Services 3.0)

Presents a native end-to-end encryption solution targeted at SharePoint lists and their related metadata.

One of the largest tribulations that exists within current collaboration systems is the reliance on making objects security aware based solely on provided principle attributes, characteristically noticed in SharePoint through its indigenous options for security trimming the interface. While this is certainly a method that promotes some level of privacy, security, and data integrity, it does not account for data storage while information is considered in a transitional state.

Furthermore, this is amplified by the fact that numerous industry regulations require that when organizational data is stored in a system as SharePoint, that it is not directly callable in plain text, however promotes a secondary layer of privacyCryptoCollaboration is broken up into two primary segments, the Crypto Collaboration Encryption Engine (CEE) and its related SharePoint interface components.

The CEE is called directly from the ECB (Edit Content Block) menu provided by the native SharePoint ListFormWebPart (your orthodox SharePoint list interface), pooling all the fields that are considered encryption worthy and encrypting or decrypting them based on user interaction. Since there are current limitations to the fields out of an arbitrary list item that can be harvested (field types such as URL’s demand that certain formats be used and therefore cannot be subject to encryption operations).

Once the encryption / decryption operations are triggered, the CEE will encrypt / decrypt the stored fields with an algorithm that the user selects out of the interface (currently supported encryption algorithms are RC2, Rijndael (AES), Triple DES, or BlowFish).

All code that the CEE leverages is CLS-Compliant and 100% managed.

There are three files that are included in this release.

CryptoCollaboration Installation v 0.0.0.1.doc - This document contains the instructions for installing the CryptoCollaboration SharePoint Solution file.
CryptoCollaboration Operations Instructions v 0.0.0.1.doc - This document contains the operations guide for using the CryptoCollaboration product itself.
CryptoCollaboration.zip - Contains the SharePoint solution file and the deployment files that are required to use CryptoCollaboration in your environment.

CryptoCollaboration For SharePoint 2007 - Home Release Date mars 23 2008
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Auto Complete text field and What's new web part

Today i've stumbled upon two new goodies at Jan Tielen's blog:

1- the first one is the auto complete text field :

"The idea is pretty simple: you've got a SharePoint list (or document library) that contains some interesting lookup data, now you can make use of the Autocomplete Text Field to display a textbox to the user that will show a dropdown list of items that start with the text the user already entered. When the user types more (or less) text, the dropdown list will adapt to that and update the contents. All of this is made available as a new column type (aka custom field type) in SharePoint 2007. The beauty of this field is that it doesn't need to do a page postback to refresh the data, the ASP.NET AJAX extensions are used to fetch the data in the background"

get it from here

2- what's new web part for MOSS:Improved version of what's new web part jan developed for SPS.
get it from hereThank you Jan for your Great Efforts

Mohamed Zaki's Blog [Sharepoint MVP]
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WROX Pro MOSS WCM 2007 Book: It's Finally Finished! (available June 2008)

It's been a long process, but this week the light at the end of the tunnel was very bright. Yup, the book I've been working on for the better part of the last 9 months is finally finished. The book, Professional Professional SharePoint 2007 Web Content Management Development: Building Publishing Sites with Office SharePoint Server 2007, is for developers who are working on building Publishing sites using MOSS 2007. I did not spend a great deal of time rehashing a lot of WSS 3.0 concepts, there's not much in the way of Excel Services, Forms Services (aside from the forms in the workflow chapter), SSP's or BDC... it's 100% pure Publishing sites.

Right now the manuscript is 100% complete... WROX has everything and there is nothing left to write. The book is now in process of getting prepp'ed for printing by the production folks at WROX... looks like it will be available sometime in the next 2 months... definitely in time for TechEd in Orlando. It is presently available Amazon for preorder.

Here's what the complete TOC looks like:

Embarking on Web Content Management Projects
Windows SharePoint Server 3.0 Development Primer
Overview of Web Content Management in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
SharePoint Features and the Solution Framework
Minimal Publishing Site Definition
Site Columns, Content Types and Lists
Master Pages and Page Layouts
Navigation
Accessibility
Field Types and Field Controls
Web Parts
Leveraging Workflow
Search
Authoring Experience Extensibility
Authentication and Authorization
Implementing Sites with Multiple Languages and Devices
Content Deployment
Offline Authoring with Document Converters
Performance Tips, Tricks and Traps
Incorporating ASP.NET 2.0 Applications

No way could I have completed this work on my own... books like this always have a lot of people involved. First, I have to extend a huge thanks to Spencer Harbar for being instrumental in developing the structure, tone and contributing a few chapters to the book as well as Bob German, Matt McDermott and John Holliday who all contributed chapters (6 in total). I also owe a big thanks to a few people at Microsoft for supporting and answering some detailed questions I had in the process: Arpan Shah (who also wrote the forward), Jim Masson, George Perantatos and Tyler Butler.

In addition, this book was tech reviewed by some fantastic individuals. The folks at Ascentium stepped up and reviewed a ton of content under the leadership of Jason Conway: Stefan Gordon, Cale Hoops, Jared Lasater, George Olson, Michael Panciroli, Clint Simon, Roxana Tzau & Thomas Wyrick. It was also tech reviewed by some of my fellow SharePoint MVPs such as Patrick Tisseghem and a special hats off to Dan Attis & Brendon Schwartz who really jumped in at the last minute to help meet a deadline.
I can't wait to see the finished product as I'm really happy with how this thing came together. I hope you enjoy it too when it's available!

WROX Pro MOSS WCM 2007 Book: It's Finally Finished! (available June 2008)

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Vice-Président Club UGO2007
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http://www.mugfrance.fr/
http://www.viadeo.com/fr/profile/pierreerol.giraudy

SPViewPermissionSetting (Powered by Laurent Cotton Aka Suchii - Bewise) - Home

SPViewPermissionSetting (Powered by Laurent Cotton Aka Suchii - Bewise) - Home

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P. Erol GIRAUDY
Président du Club MOSS 2007 et MUG.
Vice-Président Club UGO2007
http://clubmoss2007.org/
http://www.mugfrance.fr/
http://www.viadeo.com/fr/profile/pierreerol.giraudy

MOSS Feature Generator on CODEPLEX

The MOSS Feature Generator generates features out of existing functionalities on a MOSS 2007 site. This includes Site Columns, Content Types and ListTemplates (including schema.xml and forms). The tool will be expanded in two ways: a build tree will be created to make it possible to create dependant features in an organized way, and the number of supported features will be expanded. Read also : http://www.sharepointblogs.com/alfred/default.aspx

Site Columns (Feature.xml, Elements.xml)

Content Types (Feature.xml, Elements.xml)

List Templates (Feature.xml, Elements.xml, Schema.xml, AllItems.aspx, DispForm.aspx, NewForm.aspx, EditForm.aspx)

MOSS Feature Generator - Home (from CODEPLEX)

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P. Erol GIRAUDY
Président du Club MOSS 2007 et MUG.
Vice-Président Club UGO2007
http://clubmoss2007.org/
http://www.mugfrance.fr/
http://www.viadeo.com/fr/profile/pierreerol.giraudy

SharePoint Internal Buzz Kit

Internal Buzz Kit : Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 dramatically changes the way people work – for the better. The Internal Buzz Kit is designed to help you generate demand for your newly deployed SharePoint Server 2007 sites, increasing your Return on Investment.
You may need to revise some of the pieces in the Kit, depending upon your particular deployment environment and company policies. You may download all the materials in one file, or download them separately. SharePoint Internal Buzz Kit
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P. Erol GIRAUDY
Président du Club MOSS 2007 et MUG.
Vice-Président Club UGO2007
http://clubmoss2007.org/
http://www.mugfrance.fr/
http://www.viadeo.com/fr/profile/pierreerol.giraudy

Microsoft Office SharePoint Conference 2008 Virtual Pressroom

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is one of the fastest growing products in Microsoft Corp. history.
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This week, March 3–6, over 3,000 IT professionals and decision-makers have gathered in Seattle for the sold-out Microsoft Office SharePoint Conference 2008 to experience demos, informational sessions and keynote addresses by Bill Gates and Kurt DelBene.

Microsoft also announced news regarding the expansion of Microsoft Online Services, general availability of Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express, and the availability of Silverlight Blueprint for SharePoint.

On March 3rd, the first day of the sold out SharePoint Conference in Seattle, Bill Gates will announce, during his keynote session at 9AM PST (18:00 for the French), Microsoft's Exchange Online and SharePoint Online services being available on a per user subscription basis to organizations of all sizes.
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Microsoft Office SharePoint Conference 2008March 3-6, 2008Washington State Trade and Convention Center, Seattle
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Microsoft Office SharePoint Conference 2008 Virtual Pressroom
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P. Erol GIRAUDY
Président du Club MOSS 2007 et MUG.
Vice-Président Club UGO2007
http://clubmoss2007.org/
http://www.mugfrance.fr/
http://www.viadeo.com/fr/profile/pierreerol.giraudy

Silverlight for SharePoint Blueprint

Software-plus-Services Blueprints are a series of source code and guidance packages designed to provide an architectural bridge between vision and implementation by making it easier to build Software-plus-Services applications. Silverlight for SharePoint Blueprint
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As a starting point for building real solutions by architects and developers, each Software-plus-Services Blueprint includes code and/or utilities, guidance, structured step-by-step workflow and tools delivered within Visual Studio.
Each Software-plus-Services Blueprint is focused on media/community, eCommerce, Office Business Applications (OBA), mobility or other future Software-plus-Services application areas.

They range in complexity from rapid development packages to complete end-to-end scenarios.

http://www.ssblueprints.net/sharepoint/

http://channel9.msdn.com/wiki/default.aspx/Channel9.SoftwarePlusServicesBlueprints

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Software-plus-Services Blueprints are a series of open source frameworks and workflow-based guidance packages designed to provide an architectural bridge and reduce the friction you experience building real-world Software-plus-Services applications. As a starting point for both architects and developers who are building real solutions,, each Software-plus-Services Blueprint includes source code and/or utilities, guidance, structured step-by-step workflow-based guidance and tools delivered within Visual Studio 2008.
Each Software-plus-Services Blueprint is focused on specific application areas such as: media/community, eCommerce, Office Business Applications (OBA), mobility and more.
They range in complexity from rapid development packages to complete end-to-end scenarios.Software-plus-Services Blueprints are released under the terms of the Microsoft Public License and you are free to use the code, in its original form, or modified it to serve your needs, within the terms of this license, in your products and websites.
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You can download the Software-plus-Services Blueprints Manager as well as standalone versions of the Software-plus-Services Blueprints by clicking on the Releases tab and select "Software-plus-Services Blueprints Manager - VS2008" on CODEPLEX : http://www.codeplex.com/ssblueprints

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P. Erol GIRAUDY
Président du Club MOSS 2007 et MUG.
Vice-Président Club UGO2007
http://clubmoss2007.org/
http://www.mugfrance.fr/
http://www.viadeo.com/fr/profile/pierreerol.giraudy

SharePoint Community Portal - SPC2008

SharePoint Community Portal Home - SPC2008

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P. Erol GIRAUDY
Président du Club MOSS 2007 et MUG.
Vice-Président Club UGO2007
http://clubmoss2007.org/
http://www.mugfrance.fr/
http://www.viadeo.com/fr/profile/pierreerol.giraudy