Sometime ago Mark Bower explained Searching SPS using Desktop Search.
Ive just come across a Registry hack to add a button to the UI (need to logoff/on).
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\DesktopSearch]
"PrimaryIntranetSearchScopeUrl"="Intranet,http://msweb/search.aspx?k=$w"
Save the text in a file with a .REG suffix and then invoke it. Note replace the name in green with your SharePoint machine name.
Update: If it doesnt work - make sure you are using the very latest version of WDS.
Monday, January 30, 2006
Integrating SharePoint Search with Windows Desktop Search
Microsoft merge the Exchange and Real-Time Collaboration Groups
Microsoft is merging the Exchange and Real-Time Collaboration Groups to accelerate development and delivery of innovative business-communications solutions that provide rich, unified communication capabilities that integrate seamlessly with business applications and processes.
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Sunday, January 29, 2006
Retention Server - Webcast
Further to the release of Retention Server for Microsoft SharePoint - the free EDRM solution for SharePoint ... the guys at 80-20 will be doing a one hour webcast on 2nd Feb 2006 at (updated) 5:00pm UK time (9:00am US West Coast).
Live Meeting URL :
https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/microsoft/join?id=RetentionSvr&role=attend&pw=markharrison
First Time LM Users: Check your system to make sure it is compatible with Microsoft Office Live Meeting.
Agenda
Live Meeting URL :
https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/microsoft/join?id=RetentionSvr&role=attend&pw=markharrison
First Time LM Users: Check your system to make sure it is compatible with Microsoft Office Live Meeting.
Agenda
- Introduction to information retention policy / records management.
- Retention Server overview
- Whats the catch ? Why is something this good free ?
- Demo
- Futures / roadmap for O12 Server
- Brief overview of 80-20's wider enterprise Governance, Risk Management and Compliance solutions
- Call to action (i) Customers (ii) Microsoft Partners
Saturday, January 28, 2006
Commerce Server 2006 beta documentation
A preliminary release of Commerce Server 2006 product documentation is now available on MSDN.
Friday, January 27, 2006
MCMS 2002 to vNext / O12 Server Migration
To enable customers migrate their sites from MCMS2002 to vNext, Microsoft will be releasing tools and perscriptive guidance to:
- migrate data
- convert templates to page layouts (see here)
- identify calls to the CMS API
In addition, Metalogix are developing a content migration solution for Office 12 that will enable organizations to efficiently migrate their content from existing Web CM systems (addressing both MCMS 2002 and alternative products).
Their solution will support taxonomy refactoring/creation, link and resource management.
We can expect a beta release soon after the public beta 2 release of Office 12.
I propose to host a webcast to demonstrate Migration Manager 3.0 for Office 12 as soon as possible after beta 2 arrives and the non disclosure constraints are removed. I will post details of the webcast later.
Thursday, January 26, 2006
Free RSS to Email service
A free new service Squeet.com allows users to subscribe to RSS feeds which are then delivered by email to your existing email account.
Email this blog
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Microsoft Expression Interactive Designer (Sparkle) Is Here
From Tim Sneath ...
Microsoft Expression Interactive Designer (the product formerly known as "Sparkle") is finally available in the form of its first CTP! This build runs on the December 05 and January 06 CTPs. We finally have preview tools available for both developers ("Cider") and designers ("Sparkle") to start to build integrated application projects.
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Microsoft Expression Interactive Designer (the product formerly known as "Sparkle") is finally available in the form of its first CTP! This build runs on the December 05 and January 06 CTPs. We finally have preview tools available for both developers ("Cider") and designers ("Sparkle") to start to build integrated application projects.
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Antigen for SharePoint Promotion - Free Six Month Trial
All Windows SharePoint Services customers are entitled to an extended free trial of Antigen for SharePoint. This trial version will be active through June 30, 2006.To download, simply go to www.sybari.com/wss and fill out the form.
Antigen for SharePoint allows Windows SharePoint Services users to collaborate without the risk of uploading or downloading infected documents or inappropriate content.
Tech Ed Europe 2006
Microsoft have typically organised Tech Ed Europe (target audience 50% developers, 50% IT professionals) in July and Microsoft IT Forum (100% IT professionals) in November.
This year we will organize the following 2 technical events to run in consecutive weeks in November 2006 :
This year we will organize the following 2 technical events to run in consecutive weeks in November 2006 :
- Tech Ed: Developers (week November 6th, CCIB Barcelona, Spain)
- Tech Ed: IT Forum (week November 13th, CCIB Barcelona, Spain)
MCMS vNext - new terminology
As part of MCMS vNext becoming a component within O12 Server, there has been a need to change the name of some of the core entities to be consistent with the SharePoint technologies.
Here are the new names to learn :
Here are the new names to learn :
- Posting -> Page (see below)
- Channel -> Site (see below)
- Template -> Page Layout + MasterPage
- Template Definition -> Content Type
- Placeholder -> Field Control
- Placeholder Definition -> Column Templates
- Channel Structure / Top Level Channel -> Site Collection
- Template Gallery -> Master Page Gallery
- Resource Gallery -> Image Library ; Document Library
- Resources -> Images in the Image Library; Documents in the Document Library
- Site Manager -> Site Manager Tool (now web based !)
With MCMS / SharePoint today we have three types of containers - MCMS Channels / SPS Areas / WSS workspaces. vNext will introduce a single new container (a Site) that provides a superset of all existing functionality.
An MCMS web page (previously a posting) will be stored as a WSS list item (in a list called Pages). The MCMS placeholder content will be stored in the columns in the WSS list item. By storing the MCMS content within a WSS List, we can have same consistent workflow / metadata / versioning / checkin-out that SharePoint utilises.
World Cup Fixtures for Outlook Calendar
From John Westworth ...
Fancy having all the fixtures for the Football World Cup in Germany in your Outlook Calendar - then go here. Just drag and drop them from the zip file into your Outlook Calendar and voila!
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Fancy having all the fixtures for the Football World Cup in Germany in your Outlook Calendar - then go here. Just drag and drop them from the zip file into your Outlook Calendar and voila!
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Tuesday, January 24, 2006
SharePoint 123 Training Materials
From Amanda Murphy ...
Matt Ranlett and Brendon Schwartz - - - ran a brilliant training series concept called SharePoint 123 for which the materials are now available on their site.
Download hands on labs and training presentations.
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Matt Ranlett and Brendon Schwartz - - - ran a brilliant training series concept called SharePoint 123 for which the materials are now available on their site.
Download hands on labs and training presentations.
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Sunday, January 22, 2006
MCMS vNext - no more FUD
Checkout http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/ where the SharePoint team are sharing the thought process behind the goals of the next release of SharePoint technologies.
For the Office 12 wave, we are investing on top of the WSS platform in six solution areas:
It was a year ago I discussed competitors spreading FUD and CMS vNext ... why so quiet ? We can now see how content management is an important component in Office 12 and so why it was never appropriate to talk about the plans for Microsoft Content Management in isolation. So hopefully no more FUD!!
For the Office 12 wave, we are investing on top of the WSS platform in six solution areas:
- Collaboration ... richer calendars, surveys, discussions and e-mail integration, blogs, wikis, RSS, offline (in Outlook and Groove), basic project management (with Project Server for larger projects), tracking applications (including Access integration), etc.
- Portal ... published portals built on the new MCMS integration, declarative LOB integration from web services, database and 3rd-party applications like SAP and enhanced MySites with aggregation, personalization and social networking
- Search ... improved user experience, relevance, administration and programmability and rich support for finding people and business data with a consistent experience across WSS and SPS.
- Business Process ... server-based XML forms designed with InfoPath and rendered in either web browsers or the rich InfoPath client integrated with SharePoint including the new workflow capabilities with web, graphical and Visual Studio-based customization
- Business Intelligence ... business intelligence portals with dashboards, KPIs, SQL Analysis Reporting Services integration and Excel capabilities on the server combining the flexibility of the spreadsheet with the power of server-based deployment and rendering
- Content Management ... integrated document, records and web content management including workflow, metadata, security, policies, template publishing, etc. and upgrade from MCMS 2002 to an integrated SPS / MCMS (more - Arpan).
It was a year ago I discussed competitors spreading FUD and CMS vNext ... why so quiet ? We can now see how content management is an important component in Office 12 and so why it was never appropriate to talk about the plans for Microsoft Content Management in isolation. So hopefully no more FUD!!
Saturday, January 21, 2006
Corel to support Microsoft Office Open XML Formats
From Brian Jones ...
Corel has stated that they will support the new XML formats in Wordperfect once we release Office '12'. We've already seen other applications like OpenOffice and Apple's TextEdit support the XML formats that we built in Office 2003. Now as we start providing the documentation around the new formats and move through Ecma we'll see more and more people come on board and support these new formats.
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Presentation from Brian on the new O12 file formats.
Corel has stated that they will support the new XML formats in Wordperfect once we release Office '12'. We've already seen other applications like OpenOffice and Apple's TextEdit support the XML formats that we built in Office 2003. Now as we start providing the documentation around the new formats and move through Ecma we'll see more and more people come on board and support these new formats.
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Presentation from Brian on the new O12 file formats.
Friday, January 20, 2006
Pages in the _layouts directory
From Bil Simser ...
Download this CEWP (Content Editor Web Part) file here and import it to a Web Part Page on your portal. It's just a simple listing of all the pages with links to them which will open up in a new window.
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Download this CEWP (Content Editor Web Part) file here and import it to a Web Part Page on your portal. It's just a simple listing of all the pages with links to them which will open up in a new window.
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IIS Diagnostics Toolkit
From Chris Crowe ...
Microsoft has released the January 2006 IIS Diagnostics Toolkit a combined release of popular tools used by today's IIS users.
Microsoft has released the January 2006 IIS Diagnostics Toolkit a combined release of popular tools used by today's IIS users.
- Authentication and Access Control Diagnostics 1.0
- SSL Diagnostics 1.1
- SMTP Diagnostics 1.0
- Log Parser 2.2
- Trace Diagnostics 1.0
- WFetch 1.4
- Debug Diagnostics 1.0
Thursday, January 19, 2006
Applications for Windows SharePoint Services Update
The three new Windows SharePoint Services Application Templates I mentioned earlier this week are now available here.
The new templates are: Discussion Database, Document Library and Team Work Site. They are specifically designed to match the three most common Notes templates and build on the success of the initial 30 application templates launched last August.
The new templates are: Discussion Database, Document Library and Team Work Site. They are specifically designed to match the three most common Notes templates and build on the success of the initial 30 application templates launched last August.
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
SharePoint User Group UK - First Meeting
The SharePoint User Group UK would like to invite you to the first user group meeting hosted by Microsoft at Thames Valley Park in Reading.
Held on the evening of Monday 13th February, 2 talks will be given by Steve Smith and Brett Lonsdale of Combined Knowledge on the topics of Sharepoint Farm Design Best Practices, and Developing WebParts using UserControls.
Plus lots of opportunities for networking.
More information
Held on the evening of Monday 13th February, 2 talks will be given by Steve Smith and Brett Lonsdale of Combined Knowledge on the topics of Sharepoint Farm Design Best Practices, and Developing WebParts using UserControls.
Plus lots of opportunities for networking.
More information
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Migration Tools for Lotus Notes/Domino
Microsoft have announced a suite of new and updated tools to help organizations analyze their Notes/Domino application environment and move important application data to Microsoft's collaboration platform. These tools, which will be available for free download and include:
Resources for Moving to the Microsoft Collaboration Platform
- Microsoft Application Analyzer 2006 for Lotus Domino. This tool, available in the first quarter of 2006, will significantly improve the process of analyzing a Notes/Domino application environment and provide a framework for making recommendations to transition those applications to the Microsoft platform.
- Microsoft Data Migrator 2006 for Lotus Domino. This new tool, available in the second quarter of 2006, will allow organizations to migrate data from Lotus Domino template-based applications to Windows SharePoint Services Application Templates.
- Additional Windows SharePoint Services Application Templates. Building on the success of 30 application templates released in August 2005, Microsoft announced three new application templates available today developed for customers using similar Lotus Notes/Domino templates today: Discussion Database, Team Work Site and Document Library.
- Updated Messaging and Coexistence Tools. To assist companies with the transition from Lotus Notes/Domino messaging to Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft is providing enhanced functionality and increased stability for Exchange Calendar Connector for Lotus Notes/Domino, Exchange Connector for Lotus Notes/Domino and Migration Wizard for Lotus Notes/Domino.
Resources for Moving to the Microsoft Collaboration Platform
Monday, January 16, 2006
Office 12 Beta 2 Signup
To register to get Office 12 Beta 2 when its available - go here.
Thursday, January 12, 2006
There'll be no U-turn on data retention - UK Home Secretary
Further to my post on the release of Retention Server ... a very timely article:
Clarke: 'There'll be no U-turn on data retention'
The data retention directive that the UK, Ireland and Sweden pushed into EU law last month means telecommunications companies and ISPs will have to save information about customers' phone calls and electronic communications for up to two years.
Clarke: 'There'll be no U-turn on data retention'
The data retention directive that the UK, Ireland and Sweden pushed into EU law last month means telecommunications companies and ISPs will have to save information about customers' phone calls and electronic communications for up to two years.
80-20 Retention Server for Microsoft SharePoint - no cost EDRM
Last year I mentioned Compliance Server - a free Records management Server solution for SharePoint. Its now been released and rebadged as 80-20 Retention Server.For organizations using Microsoft SharePoint that need to manage the retention lifecycle of electronic documents and email, 80-20 Retention Server is a free enterprise software solution that automates the retention process by applying information retention policies as part of everyday business processes.
80-20 Retention Server enables organizations to index, link, store, search, access and ultimately disposes of records stored in SharePoint over their complete lifecycle.
One major change driven by my beta feedback is that they have added a protocol handler so that SharePoint Search can find items in the Retention Server repository.
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Tuesday, January 10, 2006
MCMS migration to vNext - early adopter opportunity
I'm looking for existing MCMS customer(s) that wants to work with Microsoft to migrate to the vNext platform and participate in PR/case study.
Some Microsoft resources will be available but there is no blank check ... the ideal customer would be one that is interested enough in quickly moving to the new O12 platform to potentially co-invest in the migration.
Email: blog 'at' markharrison.co.uk
Some Microsoft resources will be available but there is no blank check ... the ideal customer would be one that is interested enough in quickly moving to the new O12 platform to potentially co-invest in the migration.
Email: blog 'at' markharrison.co.uk
Monday, January 09, 2006
Foldershare
Back in November I mentioned the Microsoft acquisition of FolderShare.FolderShare allows you to create a private peer-to-peer network that will help you to synchronize files across multiple devices and access or share files with colleagues and friends. You no longer need to send large files via email, burn them to CDs/DVDs and mail them, or upload them to a website. FolderShare allows you to share and sync important information instantly with anyone you invite, making it the perfect solution for personal or small business use.
FolderShare is now free of charge.
Try It
Sunday, January 08, 2006
Bringing Vista to life
Video showing some of the new capabilities of Windows Vista that havent been revealed publicly before.
Video: Bringing Vista to life
Video: Bringing Vista to life
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
IronPython 1.0 Beta 1 Download
IronPython 1.0 Beta 1 is out now!
IronPython is the code name of the early pre-alpha preview release of the new implementation running on .NET of the Python programming language. It supports an interactive interpreter with fully dynamic compilation. It is well integrated with the rest of the framework and makes all .NET libraries easily available to Python programmers.
News.com reports ...
Microsoft's support for Python could help the software giant attract Unix developers to the Windows platform, as it is a commonly used scripting language on the Unix platform, according to Salim Fadhley, who develops Python programs for Unix. "If Microsoft embraces Python, it could be a big draw for Unix hackers ... if our favorite language was supported as a first-tier language by a major software vendor, it would be a major draw to Windows. At the moment, most Python developers hack on Mac and Linux," Fadhley said. "IronPython could be a massive landgrab by Microsoft into the domain of traditional Unix scripting".
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IronPython is the code name of the early pre-alpha preview release of the new implementation running on .NET of the Python programming language. It supports an interactive interpreter with fully dynamic compilation. It is well integrated with the rest of the framework and makes all .NET libraries easily available to Python programmers.
News.com reports ...
Microsoft's support for Python could help the software giant attract Unix developers to the Windows platform, as it is a commonly used scripting language on the Unix platform, according to Salim Fadhley, who develops Python programs for Unix. "If Microsoft embraces Python, it could be a big draw for Unix hackers ... if our favorite language was supported as a first-tier language by a major software vendor, it would be a major draw to Windows. At the moment, most Python developers hack on Mac and Linux," Fadhley said. "IronPython could be a massive landgrab by Microsoft into the domain of traditional Unix scripting".
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Tuesday, January 03, 2006
Telerik sample application with an Outlook-like web interface
Telerik have released the beta of a sample application to illustrate best practises of developing with with their components.The Telerik Helpdesk v1.0 Beta leverages telerik r.a.d.controls products together with AJAX technology to offer a rich and responsive UI that comes close to that of desktop applications.
Nice Outlook-like web interface!
Mount an ISO image as a drive
Useful (but unsupported) Microsoft Support tool for mounting an ISO image as a drive (useful if you don't want to burn the ISO or just need to get some files from it). You can download it along with a brief readme from here .
Skelta SharePoint Accelerator R2
Skelta have released a new version of their SharePoint Accelerator ... R2 supports all the functionality present in the latest version of Skelta Workflow.NET 2004. With several improvements in usability, process administration and workflow execution, this release also provides for a tighter integration with Microsoft SharePoint.Whats new in R2 ?
Skelta have also announced that it will be embracing Windows Workflow Foundation that its next major release (code named 'Aquila') that would be built on WWF.
How will Skelta be impacted by Microsoft Windows Workflow Foundation ?
Microsoft CMS Futures
From Arpan ... Microsoft CMS Futures - explains how CMS vNext will be built on top of Windows SharePoint Services so that an organisation can deploy a single solution for Web CM, Portal and Collaboration that addresses a wide range of scenarios from personal/team sites to divisional/enterprise portals and externally for Internet web sites and Extranets.