Mark Harrison 2009

Bing Maps with Silverlight

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:42:00 +0000

http://bingmapsupdates.cloudapp.net/

Bing Maps with Silverlight ... on the Azure platform .

With the launch of Bing the new decision engine from Microsoft, we've taken this opportunity to join up our mapping brands, and Microsoft Virtual Earth has changed to Bing Maps for Enterprise.

Sudden 401.1 on my SharePoint VM

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Thu, 21 May 2009 08:39:00 +0000

After a recent Windows Update I started to get challenged for credentials when trying to access several SharePoint applications. After three attempts, I am given a 401.1 error.

This now happens for sites that have host headers that don't match the machine name.

I had to add a registry entry at

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\MSV1_0

with a multi-sting value BackConnectionHostNames that contains a list of SharePoint sites host headers

Office 2010 Technical Preview

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Tue, 12 May 2009 20:57:00 +0000

http://www.office2010themovie.com/

Sign up for the Office 2010 Technical Preview

Windows 7 Release Candidate download

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:55:00 +0000

Microsoft have announced the delivery of Windows 7 Release Candidate coupled with the delivery of the Release Candidate of Windows Server 2008 R2.

Windows 7 RC is now available to TechNet/MSDN subscribers, and on May 5th will be available at http://www.microsoft.com/windows7 for partners, IT pros, and tech enthusiasts to pilot Windows 7 RC at work and at home.

MOSS 2007 / WSS 3.0 SP2 download

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:04:00 +0000

From Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Team Blog ...

We are happy to announce that Service Pack 2 for Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 has been released to the Microsoft Download Center. It includes all the fixes prior to SP2, and also several enhancements to improve server farm performance, availability and stability.

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Office 2010 announced

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:02:00 +0000

Microsoft have announce the next wave of Microsoft Office and related products. Designed to deliver a unified experience across the PC, phone and browser, this wave includes Microsoft Exchange 2010, Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, Microsoft Visio 2010 and Microsoft Project 2010.

Next Wave of Microsoft Office Products Will Redefine How People Work

Microsoft will begin releasing new versions of Office-related products this year. Exchange 2010 will be the first product in this lineup, entering beta for customers to download today. Exchange 2010 will become available in the second half of 2009. Office 2010 - including Office Web applications, SharePoint Server 2010, Visio 2010 and Project 2010 - will enter a technical preview in the third quarter of 2009 and will release to manufacturing in the first half of 2010.

SharePoint Designer 2007 free download

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:34:00 +0000

SharePoint Designer 2007 is now free!

It provides the powerful tools you need to deliver compelling and attractive SharePoint sites and quickly build workflow-enabled applications and reporting tools on the SharePoint platform, all in an IT-managed environment.

Download

Web Analytics solutions

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:49:00 +0000

From adcentercommunity blog ...

Companies Offering Web Analytics Solutions :

AT Internet
Auriq Systems (RTmetrics)
BLVD Status
Coremetrics
DC Storm
Digital River (Fireclick)
etracker
eVisit Analyst
Facilitate Digital
Foviance (WebAbacus)
Google Analytics
Intellitracker
Lynchpin
Lyris (ClickTracks)
Marketwave
Nedstat
Omniture
RedEye
Site Intelligence
SmarterStats
Speed-Trap
Unica (Affinium NetInsight)
Urchin Software from Google
VisiStat
WebTrends
WiredMinds
Woopra
Yahoo! Web Analytics

Hyper-V sustainability and cost saving

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:45:00 +0000

how hyper-v can save money...

www.hyper-green.com

10 new Microsoft Sharepoint themes

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:59:00 +0000

Microsoft have released 10 new Sharepoint themes

Download

Daniel has created a WSP link

Internet Explorer 8 download

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:21:00 +0000

Microsoft have announced the availability of Windows Internet Explorer 8, the new Web browser that offers the best solution for how people use the Web today.

Press release

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MIX keynote

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:20:00 +0000

Silverlight 3 beta download

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:16:00 +0000

Silverlight 3 Beta has been unveiled at MIX09.

Silverlight 3 empowers Web developers and designers to build the best experiences for their customers through the creation of cutting-edge Web applications. Silverlight 3 helps rich Internet application developers work faster with new graphics, animation and 3-D features, and more than 60 controls. Silverlight 3 also ushers in a new generation of high-quality and high-definition video experiences with true high-definition video in full-screen mode, with stutter-free live and on-demand video. Silverlight 3 also gives users more video format choices than ever before, including H.264, along with enhancements such as deep linking, to improve navigation in Silverlight content and automate search engine optimization tasks. Finally, Silverlight 3 enables developers to create lightweight Web application experiences that can exist outside the browser. This enables Web sites to deliver more persistent relationships with their customers.

Microsoft also announced Expression Blend 3 Preview, designed to dramatically improve designer and developer workflow and productivity. In the MIX09 keynote address, Microsoft demonstrated SketchFlow, a new capability that allows designers to quickly prototype the flow and composition of applications. Now, for the first time, designers can easily receive annotated feedback on prototypes from stakeholders and rapidly iterate on a project from concept to completion. In addition, Expression Blend directly supports the import of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator files (including layers and paths), integration of live preview sample data, and a comprehensive set of rich behaviors.

Silverlight 3 Beta - Windows Developer Runtime

Silverlight 3 Beta - Mac Developer Runtime

To get started, you'll first want to download the tools to make Silverlight 3 Beta development productive for you.

Get the tools

HiSoftware aRTE - accessible Rich Text Editor - download

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:15:00 +0000

HiSoftware have announced the release of the accessible Rich Text Editor (HiSoftware aRTE) v1.0 ... an accessible, feature rich text editor for content creation and editing in the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 environments.

Press release

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Accessibility Kit for SharePoint v2 download

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:18:00 +0000

The Accessibility Kit for SharePoint (AKS) version 2.0 is now available

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Accessibility Community Portal for SharePoint

Hosted Exchange and Sharepoint in the UK - £10 a month

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:44:00 +0000

Microsoft is bringing the hosted versions of Exchange and Sharepoint to the UK.

Businesses can subscribe to the entire Business Productivity Online Suite for £10.04 a month per user, or pick and choose between Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Office Communications Online and Office Live Meeting. Buying the whole package offers a savings of 38% versus buying them individually.

Microsoft also announced the Online Deskless Worker Suite, which includes email, calendar and collaboration tools, at a rate of £2.01 per month per user.

http://www.microsoft.com/online/en-gb/default.mspx

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/248722/10-a-month-for-hosted-exchange-and-sharepoint.html

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2237549/microsoft-intros-online

Take SharePoint Technet offline

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:42:00 +0000

Downloadable CHM version of SharePoint Server content on TechNet.

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Microsoft Commerce Server 2009 download

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:52:00 +0000

Microsoft Commerce Server 2009 is now available for download to MSDN subscribers.

Commerce Server 2009 delivers the ability to increase your business reach by making it possible to sell via multiple channels by using an out-of-the-box shopping site, SharePoint Commerce Services, and the Multi-Channel Commerce Foundation. The new out-of-the-box shopping site leverages SharePoint Commerce Services, which provides a gallery of ASP.NET 3.5 Web parts and controls, a comprehensive e-commerce shopping feature-set, and technology integration between Commerce Server and SharePoint technologies. The Multi-Channel Commerce Foundation provides a new unified, extensible run-time programming model for Commerce Server, including new run-time e-commerce capabilities

MediaRich Visualizer for SharePoint

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:31:00 +0000

For free, MediaRich Visualizer for SharePoint provides instant visual enhancements to any SharePoint deployment as well as high-volume media processing and distribution. Visualizer brings higher levels of functionality and visual imaging capabilities to all SharePoint licensees.

MediaRich Visualizer automatically creates thumbnails for all Microsoft Office, PDF, images and videos in SharePoint. Users can then access Visualizer's Zoom and Pan function to examine the thumbnail so that no time is wasted in opening the wrong document or image.

MediaRich Visualizer for SharePoint

Comparison Chart - MediaRich Visualizer for SharePoint vs. MediaRich for Sharepoint.

A New Look for Visual Studio 2010

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:46:00 +0000

Visual Studio developers got their first look at a new user interface that has been created for Visual Studio 2010, the next version of Microsoft’s application development platform. Jason Zander, general manager of Visual Studio, demonstrated the new UI during his keynote presentation at the VSLive! Conference in San Francisco.

From Jason Zanders ... A New Look for Visual Studio 2010

Accessibility Kit for SharePoint 2.0 - availability

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:23:00 +0000

The general availability for public download is as follows:

AKS 2.0: Monday, March 9, 2009

HiSoftware aRTE for SharePoint v1.0: Tuesday, March 17, 2009

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UK SharePoint Summit 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:13:00 +0000

What does it take to ensure a successful implementation of SharePoint in today's complex enterprise? How can you design a well-governed SharePoint service? And what are the best ways to deliver effective solutions to drive end user adoption and business value?

Thursday, March 26 - Radisson Edwardian Heathrow Hotel

Register

Analyzing SharePoint Usage

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:34:00 +0000

This white paper will help administrators gather and analyze Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies usage and performance data.

Download

Some nice usage reports being pulled from the IIS logs.

Microsoft Search Roadmap

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:11:00 +0000

Microsoft have disclosed a detailed road map for its enterprise search products, including the introduction of FAST Search for SharePoint and FAST Search for Internet Business.

FAST Search for SharePoint, a new search server that will add the high-end search capabilities of FAST ESP into Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server, will be available as a part of the next release of the Microsoft Office system.

For customers who are interested in the product, Microsoft also announced ESP for SharePoint, a special offering that allows customers to purchase high-end search capabilities today, with a defined licensing path to FAST Search for SharePoint when it becomes available.

FASTforward’09 Virtual Pressroom

Flowchart Converter for Visio 2007

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 23:11:00 +0000

2 simple clicks away from converting any static flowchart in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint to refreshable data-linked dynamic process diagrams in Visio

Free version from http://www.visio.jp/dl/us/flowconv/