2/18/2007

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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2/16/2007

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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P. Erol GIRAUDY MVP MOSS
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2/13/2007

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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2/08/2007

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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2/04/2007

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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2/03/2007

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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1/30/2007

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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1/23/2007

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. "

1/22/2007

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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P. Erol GIRAUDY
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1/17/2007

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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1/16/2007

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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1/12/2007

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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1/09/2007

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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P. Erol GIRAUDY MVP MOSS
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1/07/2007

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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P. Erol GIRAUDY
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1/01/2007

Happy new year 2007

A lot of MOSS and WSSv3 ;+)
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