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Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server

Module 1 - Developing Solutions on the SharePoint Platform Module 2 - Web Parts Module 3 - Page Navigation Module 4 - Page Branding Module 5 - Data Lists Module 6 - Web Services Module 7 - Event Handlers Module 8 - Content Types and Site Columns Module 9 – Workflow Module 10 - User Management Module 11 – Silverlight Module 12 - Deployment ......

 

The jolly folks at Microsoft have come up with some original names for the next Office products:

Office 14 (note no 13 due to superstitions) is to be Office 2010

More strangely MOSS 14 loses the Office bit to become Microsoft SharePoint server (MSS) so wewill now have WSS 4.0 and MSS 2010!

Read more at the SharePoint team blog


If you keep getting nagged for log ons when using sharepoint this will solve the problem almost 100% of the time. The trick is to use the Windows managed Stored username and password feature. To access this, 1. Simply go into Control Panel 2. Click User Accounts 3. Go into Managed Passwords and click Add 4. Type the URL of the server (without HTTP), for example portal.us.com 5. Enter your credentials and click Ok Now anytime Windows attempts to access ANYTHING on this server it will use the use those ......

This is the User Guide, Samples and Walkthroughs for the tools for developing custom SharePoint applications with the Visual Studio 2005 extensions for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, version 1.1 (VSeWSS 1.1). The user guide has sections: Starting out in SharePoint Development Walkthrough of the VSeWSS User Interface including the WSP View The Team Site Project The Blank Site Project The List Definition Project The Web Part Project The Workflow Projects Project Item Templates Best Practices with ......

If you are a developer for SharePoint your best friend has been Virtual PC or VMWare. It’s now time to introduce a new friend, Bamboo Nation's SharePointOnVista go here for more info Technorati Tags: MOSS 2007,Deve on Vista,WSS3.0 ......

Learn ten tips to improve your use of SharePoint Server 2007 with Excel Services from the SharePoint - Excel Services forum. Go here to download Technorati Tags: MOSS 2007,Excel Services ......

Thanks to Mike Breeze for this one ......

Various settings and customizations (e.g. Master Pages, Content Types) can be pushed to an entire SharePoint Site Collection pretty easy. But crossing the Site Collection can't be accomplished without building your own solution (which typically involves writing code). The Microsoft guys and girls have released a tool that can help you with these scenarios: SharePoint Cross-site Configurator (http://www.codeplex.com/SP... The SharePoint Cross-site Configurator The tool automates the process ......

Good blog on using AJAX with WSS3.0 and MOSS 2007,

Read it here


A great two part article that explores the features of Visual Studio that supports Workflow in SharePoint.

Part 1

Part II


Microsoft's resource site has a great wealth of info on SharePoint 2007 product set: have a look here


Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Software Development Kit provides overview information, installation instructions, and programming examples to introduce you to the way that Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX interacts with Web Parts. In This Section Overview: ASP.NET AJAX and Web Parts in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Installing ASP.NET AJAX Extensions in Windows SharePoint Services Walkthrough: Creating a Basic ASP.NET AJAX-enabled Web Part ......

Explore several new features for authentication and authorization in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 that make it easier to develop and deploy solutions in Internet-facing and extranet environments. Have a look at these great articles by Steve Peschka of Microsoft Forms Authentication in SharePoint Products and Technologies (Part 1): IntroductionForms Authentication in SharePoint Products and Technologies (Part 2): Membership and Role Provider SamplesForms ......

It all gets easier with 2008! Check out these links:

Robert Shelton's screencast on his blog...

Andrew Connell's blog


SharePointPedia.com has been launched as an example of a public-facing social computing application. It is built on top of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007. The vision behind it is to enable users on the Web to find and share content about SharePoint and SharePoint related stuff. If you have a Windows Live ID you can register and submit content, recommendations, leave comments, and vote for the best content. If you love MOSS then get down to the site...remember the bigger the community ......

From Microsoft Technet: This article provides information to help you understand the tested performance and capacity limits of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, provides information about the test environment and test results, and offers guidelines for acceptable performance. Use the information in this article to determine whether your planned deployment falls within acceptable performance and capacity limits. Get the full article here ......

The following blog gives a set of steps to allow the smooth migration or upgrade of a SharePoint 2003 portal site to MOSS 2007. (Note only portal aspects covered) 1. Analysis and Identification Carryout a full assessment of existing portal to include: Sites Usage Standard Web Part usage Custom Site Definitions & Templates Screen layouts and UI customisation Databases Infrastructure Evaluate New requirements Out of the box Web Parts provided by MOSS 2007 Extension of existing web parts UI requirements ......

Here are some random interesting notes about master pages in SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0:

  1. The first thing you should know about how master pages work in SharePoint is how the "default.master" is used.......

More here....


Developer Map for Office 2007 Developer Map for SharePoint Products and Technologies Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 Managed Object Model ......

By Eli Robillard ...Liam Cleary has a fantastic in-depth series running on rebuilding a corporate website with the new WCM features of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. We're talking deep practical dives into CSS, master pages, navigation, and content types. Highly recommended! Part I - Introduction and getting started Part II - Designing the layout Part III - Creating the content types Also checkout "Building tylerbutler.com" Part I - Planning and Basic Branding Part II - Building Content ......

Interesting App for use MOSS 2007 and the Business Data Catalog - Metadata manager for creating application metadata files by hand. Download version 1.0.0.0 of the application here:www.mossbdcmetadataman... is a really raw site at present so take care also it's a very early version so treat with care it may break... Quick 'how to' guide:http://www.mossbdcmet... Previously posted at blog.Solidsoft.com ......