- Download : zip password is harrison
Friday, May 26, 2006
2007 Office ECM slides
A 2007 Office System Enterprise Content Management presentation that I have pulled together and will hopefully be useful to others that need to present on this topic:
Visual Studio Tools for Office v3 June CTP
The Visual Studio Tools for Office "v3" June CTP gives developers who are using the beta 2 release of the 2007 Microsoft Office system an early glimpse at some of the key new features and feature directions in the area of Microsoft Office programmability.These features include extensibility of the new Microsoft Office UI, the new Office Open XML file formats, and support for customizable application-level task panes across Microsoft Office system applications. The next version of Visual Studio Tools for Office is designed to help developers take advantage of these new capabilities, as well as to provide additional infrastructure to ensure that Microsoft Office solutions created with managed code run more reliably, efficiently and securely.
Windows Live Gadget SDK
The Live team have made the first public release of the Windows Live Gadget SDK that provides everything you need to get started with developing Gadgets that run on Live.com.
For examples go to the Microsoft Gadgets Gallery.
For examples go to the Microsoft Gadgets Gallery.
Expression CTP downloads
New CTPs of Expression Graphic Designer and Expression Interactive Designer are available:
Uninstall any older version first.
Uninstall any older version first.
Thursday, May 25, 2006
BSM 2005 with SharePoint 2007
From Patrick Husting ...
While BSM 2005 will run on pre-released version of WSS v3, some additional preparation is necessary
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While BSM 2005 will run on pre-released version of WSS v3, some additional preparation is necessary
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Windows Media Photo format
Microsoft have revealed the Windows Media Photo - an alternative to the JPEG picture file format that will offer better picture / smaller file.
Windows SharePoint Services V3 Beta 2 download
Windows SharePoint Services V3 downloads
- Beta 2 x86 English
http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/7/7/a7780e67-f21a-4265-a445-8ef1f19d223f/SharePoint_setup.exe - Beta 2 Language Pack x86 English
http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/2/1/1214e05d-c547-4407-bb5e-bf7c40095d97/SharePointLanguagePack_setup.exe - Beta 2 x64 English
http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/8/c/48c314de-e35e-4a1b-b272-00a0bfa081df/SharePoint_setup.exe - Beta 2 Language Pack x64 English
http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/5/3/653555ee-93fe-4946-ba07-f96773fbc299/SharePointLanguagePack_setup.exe
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
UK Live Local
The new release of Live Local provides greater support for the UK - including some UK birds eye views, more detailed aerial imagery and expanded road map & routing/directions coverage.
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
SharePoint Server 2007 Developer Portal
The SharePoint Server 2007 area on the Office Developer Center has gone live - this provides community resources and up-to-date announcements. It will contain information about planning, coding, building, deploying, and migrating solutions for SharePoint Server.Includes the SharePoint Server Migration Center addressing the issues of migrating SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and Content Management Server 2002 to the new common architecture.
Also checkout the Windows SharePoint Services Developer Center.
Windows SharePoint Services V3 (Beta) SDK
The Windows SharePoint Services V3 (Beta) SDK is now available:
SharePoint Server 2007 (Beta) SDK
SharePoint Server 2007 (Beta) SDK is now available:The SDK contains three primary components:
- Documentation of Concepts, How-to, and Walkthrough topics (with robust code samples)
- Reference Documentation of the Class Libraries and Web Services
- Downloadable Code Samples
Microsoft Office 2007 Beta 2 Download
Its here !! Evaluate the next release of Microsoft Office products for testing and planning purposes with Microsoft Office 2007 Beta 2. Download.Press Release re WinHEC 2006 conference where Bill Gates announced the immediate availability of beta 2 versions of Windows Vista, the 2007 Microsoft Office system and the next version of Windows Server, code-named Windows Server 'Longhorn'.
Commerce Server 2007 Release Candidate download
Commerce Server 2007 Release Candidate is now available on http://connect.microsoft.com/.
Note the name has changed (from CS2006) to be aligned with the other wave of 2007 products.
Note the name has changed (from CS2006) to be aligned with the other wave of 2007 products.
Skyscrapr
Skyscrapr is the community for aspiring architects.There are millions of professional developers and aspiring architects looking for a rich, valuable introduction into the world of Architecture. Skyscrapr allows them to explore, train and study architecture and makes Microsoft the 'go to' authority to study or plan a career in architecture.
Vista Upgrade Advisor
Check out the new Vista Upgrade Advisor that will evaluate your PC for you.
Friday, May 19, 2006
Database Metadata Generator for the Business Data Catalog
Codeplex project Database Metadata Generator for the Business Data Catalog
The Business Data Catalog (BDC) enables you to deeply integrate line-of-business systems into Microsoft Office by describing your systems in metadata instead of writing code. This project is a simple program that generates BDC metadata from a SQL Server database table.
The Business Data Catalog (BDC) enables you to deeply integrate line-of-business systems into Microsoft Office by describing your systems in metadata instead of writing code. This project is a simple program that generates BDC metadata from a SQL Server database table.
Thursday, May 18, 2006
SharePoint 2007 webcasts
Webcasts on MOSS2007 and WSSv3 ...
- Windows SharePoint Services: Overview and What's New (Level 200)
Monday, June 12, 2006 - 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM Pacific Time
Mike Fitzmaurice, Senior Product Manager - Portals, Microsoft Corporation - Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007: Overview and What's New (Level 200)
Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 7:15 AM - 8:30 AM Pacific Time
Mike Fitzmaurice, Senior Product Manager - Portals, Microsoft Corporation - Enterprise Search Technical Drilldown on SharePoint Server 2007 (Level 300)
Thursday, June 15, 2006 - 5:00 AM - 6:15 AM Pacific Time
Bill English, Instructor and Owner, Mindsharp
Windows Media Player 11 Beta Download
IE7 Search Providers
Knowledge Network for MOSS 2007
The Microsoft Knowledge Network Team are now blogging.
Knowledge Network is a social networking technology enabling organisations to unlock their tacit knowledge ... it will be a free download for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.
Knowledge Network is a social networking technology enabling organisations to unlock their tacit knowledge ... it will be a free download for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.
Windows Live Account
Now you can check your Live account - https://account.live.com
Microsoft Enterprise Search Solutions
New technologies such as Windows Live Search and innovations in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 will help people create, find, use and share information.
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Expression Web Designer Community Technology Preview Download
The final part of the Expression portfolio is now available as a Community Technology Preview:
Microsoft Expression Web Designer is a new designer-focused product that provides powerful tools you need to produce high-quality, standards-based Web sites the way you want them.
Other previews
Microsoft Expression Web Designer is a new designer-focused product that provides powerful tools you need to produce high-quality, standards-based Web sites the way you want them.
Other previews
Office 2007 Client & MOSS 2007 Training
From Angus ...
Recorded sessions from the Microsoft Rapid Deployment Program for Partners. Download the movies and check it out - this is one of the best ways to skill up on the 2007 Office System.
Recorded sessions from the Microsoft Rapid Deployment Program for Partners. Download the movies and check it out - this is one of the best ways to skill up on the 2007 Office System.
Codeplex
Microsoft have launch Codeplex ... this is a new shared/open-source repository.
Retention Server 1.5 - zero cost SharePoint EDRM
Retention Server 1.5 - a new version - is about to be announce ... now provides support for:
- Custom properties ... now administrators can create as many record properties as they wish (so things like invoice number and client number for example) - this is particularly useful for customers who want to link the records to other systems eg CRM and ERP
- Multi-item record declarations ... previously you had to select each document in sharepoint individually then go through the declaration process - now you can multi-select documents and even whole folders in a document library for bulk declaration as records.
Download
SharePoint Forums
Bil Simser has released his SharePoint Forums.
Sunday, May 14, 2006
Blogged from Word 2007
You can now blog directly from Word 2007 ... which is what I've used to add this entry
From Joe Friend ...
Word is a great tool for writing stuff, right? Blogging is all about communicating with words (and pictures, too). So, why not use Word to write your blog posts?
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From Joe Friend ...
Word is a great tool for writing stuff, right? Blogging is all about communicating with words (and pictures, too). So, why not use Word to write your blog posts?
More
Thursday, May 11, 2006
DeliverPoint - SPS User Management
From Andrew Connell ...
User management is no longer a pain in SharePoint with DeliverPoint from Barracuda Tools!
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User management is no longer a pain in SharePoint with DeliverPoint from Barracuda Tools!
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Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Microsoft Office Servers preview information
The Office Systems Preview site has been updated with lots more info on the servers, including: overviews, top reasons to upgrade, product guides, system requirements and FAQs ...
Office Forms Server 2007
Office Groove Server 2007
Office Project Server 2007
Office SharePoint Server 2007
SharePoint Server 2007 and WSS V3 information
Joris updates his comprehensive list of links to SharePoint 2007 information
Changing the face of entertainment
Listen to the Xbox E3 Press Briefing (Windows Media - via Major Nelson) that covers:
[update] or for the PC - H3 video
- the Microsoft vision for Entertainment
- "Live Anywhere" enabling cross-platform game play scenarios
- first details on Microsoft's mobile gaming initiative
- updates to the Xbox business today
- upcoming titles and expansion in the Xbox Live Arcade catalogue
[update] or for the PC - H3 video
Vibration or motion sensor?
From Major Nelson ...
Which would you rather see on your PS3 controller, vibration or motion sensing support? Do you want to shake the controller of have the controller shake you?
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Which would you rather see on your PS3 controller, vibration or motion sensing support? Do you want to shake the controller of have the controller shake you?
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Monday, May 08, 2006
XBOX 360 HD DVD
HD DVD Explained ... why Microsoft believe HD DVD will win over Blu-ray plus info on the HD DVD drive for the XBOX360.
This new accessory will connect to the Xbox 360 console enabling it to harness the power of the Xbox 360 console for the HD video outputs and digital surround sound. As an accessory, it becomes another shining example of the flexibility of Xbox 360 designed into the console in order to grow and add new features.
This new accessory will connect to the Xbox 360 console enabling it to harness the power of the Xbox 360 console for the HD video outputs and digital surround sound. As an accessory, it becomes another shining example of the flexibility of Xbox 360 designed into the console in order to grow and add new features.
Sunday, May 07, 2006
Content Deployment - MOSS 2007
From Tyler Butler ...
There's been a lot of interest in learning more about the WCM feature set that has been built into MOSS and how Internet-facing sites can be built, maintained, and supported on top of MOSS. In this post, I'll cover how a particular WCM feature called Content Deployment supports multi-farm topologies and can be used to enable authoring -> staging -> production scenarios. I'll talk a little about previous solutions to the problem, give you an overview of the Content Deployment feature, and discuss the architecture of the feature in-depth.
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There's been a lot of interest in learning more about the WCM feature set that has been built into MOSS and how Internet-facing sites can be built, maintained, and supported on top of MOSS. In this post, I'll cover how a particular WCM feature called Content Deployment supports multi-farm topologies and can be used to enable authoring -> staging -> production scenarios. I'll talk a little about previous solutions to the problem, give you an overview of the Content Deployment feature, and discuss the architecture of the feature in-depth.
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Saturday, May 06, 2006
Aidy Who?
They took on an unknown young manager 
Who then got rid of all the good players
and replaced them with young inexperienced players 
The fans were worried
The new manager said "We are going for promotion"
Everyone laughed
But they made the playoffs
and the fans were excited 
Time to shoot down those eagles
[Update] one step nearer
[Update2] Final - Watford 3 Leeds 0 spot me in the crowd - i'm the one in yellow
Who then got rid of all the good players
and replaced them with young inexperienced players The fans were worried
The new manager said "We are going for promotion"
Everyone laughed
But they made the playoffs
and the fans were excited Time to shoot down those eagles
[Update] one step nearer
[Update2] Final - Watford 3 Leeds 0 spot me in the crowd - i'm the one in yellow
Friday, May 05, 2006
Sony shipping 25GB single layer Blu-ray Disc recording media
From CDRInfo ...
Sony has begun shipping its 25GB single layer Blu-ray Disc recording media ... The BD-R (write-once) 25GB and BD-RE (rewritable) 25GB recording media have suggested retail prices of $20 and $25
, respectively. The soon to come BD-R 50GB and BD-RE 50GB recording media will have suggested retail prices of $48 and $60, respectively.
More
Sony has begun shipping its 25GB single layer Blu-ray Disc recording media ... The BD-R (write-once) 25GB and BD-RE (rewritable) 25GB recording media have suggested retail prices of $20 and $25
, respectively. The soon to come BD-R 50GB and BD-RE 50GB recording media will have suggested retail prices of $48 and $60, respectively. More
Thursday, May 04, 2006
MIX06 Sessions Online
All the MIX06 sessions are now online ... http://sessions.mix06.com/
ISORecorder ... Virtual Server - copying files to the virtual machine
I've just started using Virtual Server 2005 RC 2 instead of Virtual PC.
One of the nice things that Virtual PC offers is that you can copy files to the virtual machine by simply dragging and dropping files onto the virtual machines desktop. This feature is not available in Virtual Server and is a pain especially when the virtual machine is running on an isolated network.
The simple solution I've found is IsoRecorder ... this provides a Windows Explorer shell extension that enables a folder to be quickly converted to an ISO format disk image which can then be attached 'on the fly' to the CD Drive running within the VS virtual machine.
One of the nice things that Virtual PC offers is that you can copy files to the virtual machine by simply dragging and dropping files onto the virtual machines desktop. This feature is not available in Virtual Server and is a pain especially when the virtual machine is running on an isolated network.
The simple solution I've found is IsoRecorder ... this provides a Windows Explorer shell extension that enables a folder to be quickly converted to an ISO format disk image which can then be attached 'on the fly' to the CD Drive running within the VS virtual machine.
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
SAP and Microsoft Introduce Duet Software
Twelve months after first unveiling plans to create 'Project Mendocino' - a joint product that enables people to interact quickly and easily with SAP business processes and data through Microsoft Office applications - SAP and Microsoft have announced that the two companies are scheduled to ship the product on time in June, 2006. The product is officially named Duet software for Microsoft Office and SAP.
The home of Duet
Monday, May 01, 2006
MapPoint 2006 Released
Microsoft have announced the availability of MapPoint 2006, an industry leader in business mapping software.MapPoint 2006 can help customers improve decision-making capabilities and increase new business opportunities through the use of maps and geographical information, enabling better analysis, visualization and communication of business information. It also enhances its usefulness for mobile information workers by adding rich new Global Positioning System (GPS) integration and driver guidance capabilities so that users can make the most out of time spent away from the office. MapPoint 2006 is available today, and comes in two offerings: a stand-alone software package as well as one that includes both the MapPoint 2006 software and a new GPS locator hardware kit.
- Microsoft MapPoint 2006 (North America)
- Microsoft MapPoint 2004 (Europe) - MapPoint 2006 Europe is coming summer 2006.