SharePoint, MOSS? and all the other questions
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Not that I use these things much, but on a few other occasions I have had the need to use Google Documents, and was quite contempt with it. The scenario where I would personally see the need for these kind of applications is when I want to share documents and stuff, and also be restricted with not having the Office programs available, e.g. WebCafes etc. So today moved by all the hype around the announcement of Office Live Workspaces I gave it a try, and I am impressed. The interface looks elegant, ......
In a MOSS publishing site (can I say CMS 2007?) there is an editor in which you can change the navigation elements shown on the Top Navigation. At first glance you would assume that it would be easy to manupilate elements on that top navigation bar through code. Infact Todd has an in-depth article showing you how to add and remove items from the navigation bar. But have you tried to hide an element. Its not as easy at it would seem. TheSPNavigationNode.IsVisible propperty is readonly, and I am yet ......
The Microsoft Office site has a page that lists pricing for the Office System. It lists down the pricing for each of the products as well as the suite/editions and the server products (oops scratch that. Office Servers are only available through volume licensing) Wait, Office Servers only available through volume licensing? hmmm... I am confused but no time to ponder, anyone else have clearer idea on how this would work? tags: SharePoint, Licensing, Office Servers, Office Pricing Cross-posted from ......
Having to upgrade servers to B2TR today, I was wondering, it would really be cool to have a tool that could backup ContentTypes that you have defined using SharePoint into a feature definition. That would actually make defining ContentTypes as a feature more easy, provide a means of porting them between servers, and also assist as a means of fascilitating granular backup. Does anyone else see eye to eye with me on this? I am thinking that if Microsoft doesnt have this on their radar it might be an ......
What? <do Jeff Gerstman impression> Yes, Microsoft is going to charge for Office Beta downloads at the rate of $1.50 per download. What? Seriously, I would really like to know the reasoning behind this. Its just too easy for us bystanders and testers to come up with a gazillion negative comments about this, but what were their thinking behind this. Technorati : beta, charge, microsoft, office Cross-posted from tariqayad.com ......
Mart already blogged about this, so go check it out. I might as well add that if you are are a vendor that delivers solutions on the office platform you might be missing out if you dont check it out. Any one in paticular you should take a look at? No, check them all out :) but this might be a good starter Office 2007 WSS Collaboration ......
If you havent visited Download Squad recently you should run over, theres a bunch of good posts over the last couple of days. Here is a few of my picks. Google Maps add Street Directions for Europe – link ThinkFree: The web based office dream realized – link Paul Thurotts review of the lastest Vista build – link Artie - for updating Album Covers MP3s – link How to try out Yahoo Mail Beta (ajax version) – link Online Mapping Services Compared - link ......
Our friendly SharePoint “Microsoftie” Mike Fitz has dropped us a big one. He has a post listing out some of the features of V.Next. Just looking at the ‘listed features’ which I believe isn't all of them, theres only one thought on my mind; i.e. “Woah!!!! Thats awesome, ME WANT NOW!” RSS. Everything about sites, lists, libraries, etc., can be syndicated via RSS automatically. Blogs and Wikis. Templates and features in the box. Content Types. These aren’t ......
Got this link from Dustin over a chat session we had today. Its a link to a couple of screenshots of Office 12. Now take a look at the screenshot showing FrontPage. Its got a WSS v.NEXT site loaded into it. So far I like the UI Revamp, but more than that, from what I notice i like the fact that there is breadcrumbs built in (i.e. the ‘You are Here’ text) and also the fact that there is a Recycle Bin built in. Rock On ......
Recently I’ve been working with a framework built on top of .NET & Windows Forms, and whenever it crashes (which seems to happen quite frequently in my case) the DW20 process spawns up and pegs the CPU at 100% and writes huge dump files. So what is this DW20.exe process? It’s the Error reporting client that comes with Office 2003 and you can find more about it here. What I am still at a loss to find out is why it spawns up when this framework I am working with crashes ......
I came across this cool article at news.com about a backpack that has been developed by the University of Pensilvaniya with the funding of the US Office of Naval Research that can generate power in the range of 7 Watts from movement. From the site “Their trick is to make use of the fact that a walking person moves like an upside-down pendulum. “One foot is put down and then the body vaults over it, causing the hip to move up and down by 4 to 7 centimetres,” he says. And as the hip ......
Eli already blogged about the release of the new SharePoint Templates. Quite frankly that post is a killer, very complete. but here is an article up at Microsoft Watch, where Mary Jo Foley talks about Microsoft's 'quiet' release of the templates, and forecasts much more to come in or ahead of Office 12 ......
Fortune.com has a joint interview Ray Ozzie and Bill Gates on Information overload and the future of Email. This is nothing new but the following is explicitly stated "Would you like to use e-mail less?Gates: Sure. We're going to make SharePoint [Microsoft's team collaboration product] a clear adjunct to e-mail. So if we have an event coming up, we can create a shared workspace that contains the documents instead of having a chain of e-mail back and forth with lots of enclosures. " "What about your ......
Fortune.com has a joint interview Ray Ozzie and Bill Gates on Information overload and the future of Email. This is nothing new but the following is explicitly stated "Would you like to use e-mail less?Gates: Sure. We're going to make SharePoint [Microsoft's team collaboration product] a clear adjunct to e-mail. So if we have an event coming up, we can create a shared workspace that contains the documents instead of having a chain of e-mail back and forth with lots of enclosures. " "What about your ......
Cnet news.com has an interview with Ray Ozzie, regarding how he will be involved with Microsoft. I think Groove's acquisition by Microsoft will be a great thing (heck it was bound to happen anyway). I've played around with groove about a couple of years back, and I liked what I saw. Anyways in a previous post of mine about Moon Edit I hinted at how real-time interactive collaboration was lacking in the office system (SharePoint namely). This is where I feel the P2P technology behind groove can really ......
Bob Mixon pointed out MoonEdit on his blog. Had an hour of fun with this application. I think it has a lot of potential. Technology similar to this is something I would prefer to have in the next version of Visual Studio (I havent checked out 2005 or Team System yet). But imagine the new twist this capability will give to Pair Programming. Ok Pair Programming might not have been the best example. but there would naturually be quite a productivity boom by 'peer-to-peer-ifying' collaborative application ......
I am not sure if this has been already done, but I think it’s about high time someone started consolidating a list of tools that are out for SharePoint. I am thinking of something similar to the SharpToolbox. Of course the list will not be huge like the CSharp list at SharpToolbox, but I think we’ve got enough to go around. So let me start it off by providing the ones I know, you guys can contribute by adding the ones you know to the comments system of this post, and I will update the ......
<rant> Usually being at office is mostly work, and I guess that’s what an office is all about, and but working for ISV with very demanding clients, usually means that work nothing but work and usually the work environment reflects this. It’s an ‘all serious’, ‘very busy’ (a.k.a. ‘high stress’) place. However yesterday brought a little change to the usual hectic day at work, there was a virus attack and this brought little entertainment, an opportunity ......
Was checking compatibility of the Office 2003 WebPart today. On a machine that doesnt have Office 2003 installed the WebPart gives the following error. "To use either the Spreadsheet Web Part or the PivotView Web Part, you must have Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack 2 (SP2) or later and the Microsoft Office 2003 Web Components installed on your computer. See the Microsoft Office Web site for more information. Install the Office 2003 Web Components." Interestingly enough the link pointed ......
Didnt know Microsoft had a dedicated section for SharePoint on Office online.
Check it out: http://office.microsoft.com/home/office.aspx?assetid=FX010909721033
Theres a lot of links to white papers, tools, etc.
Will be going to one of our clients site over the week-end for a few weeks over the week-end. I'll be in the Boca Raton area, so if you know of anything SharePoint or .NET-wise is happening in the Florida area pls let me know.On a related but dissimilar track, the US embassy in Sri Lanka needs to provide better seating arrangement (i mean chairs) for its visa-applicants. After sitting on those chairs for a couple hours my back was being strained. And just think, at office I'm stuck in a chair (i.e. ......
One of the nice things about SharePoint is that there are many ways of accessing the data. The most obvious is of course the web interface, but to accomplish thight integration with for example Office 2003, SharePoint offers a bunch of web services. These web services provide identically functionality as you get using the web interface; everything you can do in the web interface is possible using the web services! A nice example of the use of these web services is the integration with Office 2003. ......
I use to find the Microsoft Webcasts a great resource. It is very usefull for finding out about a new Microsoft technology or really comming up to speed about a technology concept. Infact I was quite a proponent of it claiming that Microsoft are real nice people making such great resources available (for free I might add). And I am sure the webcasts did their own bit in marketting MS products and technologies. It used to be quite fantastic. Yes I said “Used To Be“. Previously you could ......
<rant> I use to find the Microsoft Webcasts a great resource. It is very usefull for finding out about a new Microsoft technology or really comming up to speed about a technology concept. Infact I was quite a proponent of it claiming that Microsoft are real nice people making such great resources available (for free I might add). And I am sure the webcasts did their own bit in marketting MS products and technologies. It used to be quite fantastic. Yes I said “Used To Be“. Previously ......