The UK Architecture Forum took place on 20 September 2004 at the Microsoft Campus. Hosted by Microsoft UK, the event provided over 200 architects with a one-day event on 'Modelling and Architecture' with presentations from Syntropy, OMG and Nationwide Building Society as well as Microsoft.
Visit the Modelling site and read the four presentations covering; Introduction to Modelling, Model Driven Architecture, Software Factories and Customer Driven Architecture. So whether you're looking for an introduction to Architecture Modelling or are already an expert, there's a wealth of information available on the site.
Thursday, September 30, 2004
Architecture Forum Sept 04 Slides
Insurance Forms Reference Implementation for MSOffice 2003
Just released ... the Insurance Forms Reference Implementation for Microsoft Office 2003 is used by developers and IT implementers to jump-start the creation of a full end-to-end solution of insurance forms (claims and applications) processing. The objective of this reference implementation is to accelerate the following:
- Creation of a complete solution for insurance application, claims processing, and workflow
- Creation of a forms service for linking standardized insurance forms to XML Web services
- Maintenance of enhanced security environments for business operations in the insurance industry
- Provision of InfoPath-based forms to help the insurance industry reduce the processing time and overhead costs of completing insurance transactions
Tuesday, September 28, 2004
FlexWiki
Microsoft today released FlexWiki, an experimental collaboration tool based on WikiWiki, and made the source available at sourceforge under the Common Public License.
If WikiWiki doesnt mean much to you then check out this brief explanation. For more insight also check out David Ornstein's blog entry ... David is the Lead Program Manager in the Digital Documents group at Microsoft and responsible for the FlexWiki implementation.
If WikiWiki doesnt mean much to you then check out this brief explanation. For more insight also check out David Ornstein's blog entry ... David is the Lead Program Manager in the Digital Documents group at Microsoft and responsible for the FlexWiki implementation.
Monday, September 27, 2004
Telerik CMS Editor v1.5
Telerik have released version 1.5 of the r.a.d.Editor CMS Edition. It now has additional tabs in the tables and images dialogs to support accessibility options.
SharePoint for blogging
Maurice discusses how to use SharePoint for blogging:
- Let's talk about blogging with SharePoint
- Building a blog - the fundamentals
- Final thoughts on creating a SharePoint blog
Friday, September 24, 2004
Migrating SharePoint sites from development to production
Another question that I frequently get is how to migrate SharePoint sites from development to production. Bil Simser covers this topic here.
Information Bridge Framework v1.5
Patrick gives an insight to the new features of Information Bridge Framework v1.5
Windows SharePoint Services SDK updated
The SDK contains conceptual overviews, programming tasks, and references to guide you in developing solutions based on Windows SharePoint Services as a platform.
This update of the SDK includes new documentation for the Web Part Page Services Component (WPSC), which is a client-side somponent that adds dynamic capabilities to your Web Part Page by providing Web Part discovery, notification, and state management services used by Web Parts and Windows SharePoint Services RPC methods.
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This update of the SDK includes new documentation for the Web Part Page Services Component (WPSC), which is a client-side somponent that adds dynamic capabilities to your Web Part Page by providing Web Part discovery, notification, and state management services used by Web Parts and Windows SharePoint Services RPC methods.
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Thursday, September 23, 2004
Office Research Services Development Extras
The Research feature in Microsoft Office 2003 applications turns the Research task pane into a powerful search experience.
Mark Bower reports the availability of the Microsoft Office Research Services Development Extras - a number of tools, white papers, and code samples to enhance your experience building research services for Microsoft Office 2003.
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Associated articles:
Mark Bower reports the availability of the Microsoft Office Research Services Development Extras - a number of tools, white papers, and code samples to enhance your experience building research services for Microsoft Office 2003.
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Associated articles:
- Introduction to the Office 2003 Research Services Class Library ... describes each sample and describes the Research Services Class Library.
- Getting Started with the Research Service Development Extras Toolkit for Office 2003 Editions ... describes the items included with the Research
Services Development Extras toolkit in detail. - Connecting to Databases Using the Office 2003 Research Service Class Library Wizard ... describes how to use the Research Services Class Library (RSCL) Wizard to connect to existing databases.
- Building Wizard Data Provider Plug-ins for the Office 2003 Research Service Class Library ... describes how to use the RSCL Wizard to build plug-ins for use with custom data providers.
RSS Syndication Generator V2 for Windows SharePoint Services
Maurice has announced V2 of the Syndication Generator for Windows SharePoint Services. This is a web part based RSS generator that is highly configurable and requires no access to the server once it has been installed.
Commvault Announces Solution For Microsoft Sharepoint Products And Technologies
CommVault Systems, a leading provider of unified data management solutions, have announced that CommVault Galaxy backup and recovery software, part of the CommVault QiNetix suite, will provide enhanced database and server protection for Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services' sites. The new functionality provides customers with individual document recovery for Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 environments.
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Navigo SharePoint Explorer
Yet another SharePoint Explorer ...
... from Navigo Systems - a free tool for exploring the object model of a SharePoint Portal 2003 installation. It allows you to view and modify all the properties, also the hidden ones, of virtual servers, sites, lists, document libraries, files, areas, indices, content sources and more.
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... from Navigo Systems - a free tool for exploring the object model of a SharePoint Portal 2003 installation. It allows you to view and modify all the properties, also the hidden ones, of virtual servers, sites, lists, document libraries, files, areas, indices, content sources and more.
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Granular Backup Manager for SharePoint
Renaud has made available the Granular Backup Manager ... this is a tool extends sMigrate.exe to ease backup and restore operations.
IntelliSense information for Windows SharePoint Services updated
An update is available for the XML file used to produce IntelliSense information for the Windows SharePoint Services managed object model within the Visual Studio.NET IDE.
Wednesday, September 22, 2004
TMC completes massive IBM J2EE / .NET study
For 9 months in 2004, The Middleware Co. Inc. performed a massive study that compares IBM WebSphere J2EE against Microsoft .NET on a number of dimensions: developer productivity, manageability,
reliability and application performance.
Did Microsoft .NET live up to expectations ?? Check The Research Report .
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Installing SharePoint Portal Server 2003 on a Server with Windows SharePoint Services
Installing SharePoint Portal Server 2003 on a Server with Windows SharePoint Services has just gone live on TechNet. This article is a revision and update of the previous article, with significant new procedural content added.
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
Office Online - Deployment Center
The Deployment Center on Office Online is a new Web site devoted to providing world-class content that helps IT professionals, business decision makers, and others evaluate, plan, build, deploy, and operate the Office client and Office server products.
The Deployment Center home page provides cross-product deployment information for the Office System, as well as links to other Deployment Center pages such as the Office Resource Kit (ORK) home page and the Deployment Resources page for each server product/technology.
In addition to the new Deployment Resources pages, we have product home pages and technical library pages for each of the following server products/technologies:
Coming soon:
The Deployment Center home page provides cross-product deployment information for the Office System, as well as links to other Deployment Center pages such as the Office Resource Kit (ORK) home page and the Deployment Resources page for each server product/technology.
In addition to the new Deployment Resources pages, we have product home pages and technical library pages for each of the following server products/technologies:
- Project Server
- SharePoint Portal Server
- Microsoft Content Management Server
- Windows SharePoint Services
The home page for each server product/technology is "all things for that product, both admin and end-user."
The technical library page is aimed at end-users/information workers (IWs), and the deployment resources page is aimed at IT pros/business decision makers.Coming soon:
- ORK books
- Live Communications Server deployment resources page
I'm back :-)
I am back online - new look, new web server hosting provider and new blog engine. Would have been quicker returning if my hard disk hadn't crashed end of last week 
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My RSS feed has changed to http://markharrison.co.uk/blog/xml.aspx
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My old blog content has been archived but is still available at http://markharrison.co.uk/blogold ... nine months of blog content all in a single page - so it takes a little time to render.
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My RSS feed has changed to http://markharrison.co.uk/blog/xml.aspx
, so please update your aggregators.
My old blog content has been archived but is still available at http://markharrison.co.uk/blogold ... nine months of blog content all in a single page - so it takes a little time to render.