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harbar.net: MUST READ: SharePoint’s Sasquatch Memory Leak

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:00:21 -0500

Over on the rather natty looking new blog from PFE extraordinaire Todd Carter, there are details of a serious issue with SharePoint that everyone should be familiar with. Check it out. Todd's Blog | SharePoint’s Sasquatch Memory Leak

Bamboo Nation: As SPTechCon Beckons, Operation ShareLove: Haiti Prepares to Raffle Over $40K in SharePoint Prizes

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:08:00 -0500

I've been very much looking forward to my Wednesday afternoon flight out of the snowpocalyptic landscape that D.C. has become for the warmer climes of San Francisco to attend my first SPTechCon. Guess what? They're now calling for up to another foot of snow between Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon, so I just got off the phone with an excellent United customer service representative who helpfully arranged to move my flight up to Tuesday afternoon, even generously waiving the standard change fees due to the oncoming storm. This is great news since it means I'll now be arriving in town a day earlier than originally expected, and should as a result be able to take in one or more of the workshops and sessions being offered on Wednesday, the first official day of the Conference. (This is also not-so-great news, as it means I'll be leaving my wife to the not-so-tender mercies of yet another punishing snowstorm... and a driveway that will once again be filled with snow not long after my departure.) The SPTechCon schedule of workshops and sessions is a feast of knowledge the likes of which I haven't seen since the Microsoft SharePoint Conference back in October. In addition to the previously blogged full slate of offerings from our Partner SharePoint911, the exhaustive offerings include sessions at every level of SharePoint expertise facilitated by an assemblage of veritable SharePoint rock stars including (though hardly limited to): Andrew Connell, Ben Curry, Bill English, Christophe Humbert, Brett Lonsdale, Mark Miller, Joel Oleson, Peter Serzo, Heather Solomon, Paul Swider, and Dux Raymond Sy. Speaking of our friend Dux, have you heard about Operation ShareLove: Haiti Fund Drive and the associated raffle that he's organized to take place this Wednesday evening at SPTechCon? Over $40,000 worth of prizes will be raffled those who've made donations to the victims of the Haiti earthquake, and Bamboo has donated a coupon good for $5,000 toward the purchase of Web Parts, Applications, or Solution Accelerators from our online store to the prize pack. You don't need to be present at SPTechCon to win, so make a donation to the relief effort and get yourself entered for a chance to win!

VB-tech weblog: If I was Prime Minister - Job Seekers Allowance

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:15:59 -0500

I'm sitting here before dinner and am thinking about the world. What are the things I'd change if I was Prime Minister? OK maybe the British Prime Minister can't affect the world anymore in the way they used to be able to (although perhaps Gordon Brown hasn't realised this) - so I'll probably just pick on a few things that could change the UK Job Seekers Allowance This idea came to me today as I was sitting waiting to give blood. There is never enough blood being donated - how can we get more? Well people who are on job seeker allowance - or more commonly called the dole, only get their money if they give blood every 2 months and are signed up for the Organ Donor Register. If they don't give blood, or sign up on the register - no dole money. What else should people have to do before getting Job Seekers Allowance? Tomorrow I'm going to tackle fat people!

Sharepointology: SharePoint Connections 2010 Amsterdam Videos

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:52:51 -0500

You can find most of the videos from the SharePoint Connections 2010 conference in Amsterdam by searching for the “SPC10” tag on Channel9. Related posts:SharePoint 2010 Beta 2 and Silverlight 4 Beta available

Method ~ of ~ failed: When Blobs attack – understanding cloud storage bursts and viewing logs

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:42:30 -0500

Here’s how it started… Lisa (my wife) [shouting from office into the kitchen]: Tim, what’s this Amazon charge for $193? Me [thinking what I may have purchased and not remembered]: Um, don’t know…let me look. I then logged into my Amazon account to see what order I may have forgotten. Surely I didn’t order $200 worth of MP3…that’s ridiculous. Sure enough nothing was there. Immediately I’m thinking fraud. I start freaking out, getting mad, figuring out my revenge scheme on the scammer, etc. Then it hit me: Amazon Web Services account. The Culprit Sure enough I logged in and my January 2010 billing account was $193 and change. Yikes. Well, I could let the (what has been averaging) $30 or so charge slide under the family CFO radar for a while…but this $193 charge…the chief auditor herself caught that one. So I panicked. I needed to figure out where/what the spike was. I logged into the Amazon Web Services management console (I only use the S3/CloudFront storage in their services right no) to see what was going on. I see ‘Usage Reports’ and click. I’m met with essentially a bunch of useless data really. No offense to Amazon, but really the usage reports weren’t really helpful at all. First, they gave me a Resource ID which I thought would represent the URI I was looking for. Nope, Resource ID == Bucket. And they didn’t even put the bucket name in the report! For some perspective, here’s essentially what I’m used to – here’s my December 2009 billing statement details: Anyhow, after some hunting it was obvious that I wasn’t going to figure out what bucket objects/unique URIs were causing my spike. This was primarily because I didn’t have logging turned on at all on my buckets. I had in the past but really didn’t think I needed it so I turned it off. I was wrong – go now and enable logging. While I was searching for a solution to understand my traffic, I was curious for where my traffic was. Like I said, I’d been averaging (actually *peaking*) at about a $30 charge for the S3 hosting. NOTE: I use S3 for all my image/screenshot/sample code file hosting. I’ve invested in S3 for a long time and built my blogging workflow around it with building tools like S3 Browser for Windows Live Writer. What was interesting was my most usage of my CloudFront data was coming from Hong Kong. Compare to above the December 2009 billing to this January 2010 billing: Yeah, that was my reaction too. I went from roughly 40GB of transfer bandwidth to over 960GB in one month. I suspected I knew what happened, but needed to confirm before I changed things. Implementing Logging for Statistics The problem was that I didn’t have logging enabled and I was pretty much stuck. I needed to get some data from the logs before being for sure. I quickly found S3Stat and it appears to be the de-facto reporting for Amazon S3 log files. I signed up for the free trial and generated a new access key to give them. NOTE: They have a ‘manual’ option which means a lot more work. I simply generated a NEW S3 access key for this specific purpose. That way I didn’t have to give them my golden key I’ve been using in other places and can shut this off at any time without issue to my other workflows. 24 hours later, I had some reports. Wicked cool reports. Here’s a list of what I’m currently looking at: Total hits, total files, total kbytes Hits/files per hour/day Hourly stats Top 30 URIs Top URIs by kbytes used Top referrers (find out who’s using your bits without you knowing) User agents Here’s a quick snapshot of one: Wow…honestly…THIS is what I was expecting when I see “usage” data reports. S3Stat is awesome and you should use that now. Yes, I’m buttering up to them…but they have a great tool here for $5/month if you are a heavy Amazon S3/CloudFront user. Amazon frankly should just buy them and integrate this into their management console. You can see other examples of their report outputs on their site at http://www.s3stat.com. What I also found out is that the tool I use for my desktop usage of S3/CloudFront (outside of my blogger workfow and S3Browser) has S3Stat integration built in! I use CloudBerry’s S3 Explorer Pro for managing my S3 content. It’s awesome and you should look at it. When I look at the logging features in CloudBerry I see this: And after enabling the logging, within CloudBerry I can view the log data within the tool: Summary Wow, this is incredibly helpful and insightful data. I now know who/how/when my cloud storage data is being used in various ways I can see the data. S3Stat immediately showed me incredible value within less than 24 hours of enabling it. I know can confirm the culprit of the burst of usage and plan accordingly. Now, to be clear I’m not complaining about the cost of cloud storage. That has been clear to me from the beginning. Nothing is hidden and I’m not an idiot for not understanding it. What I did not account for was the popularity of some files…and then the ones that just happened to be the largest. I could not have personally thought I’d see a 920GB spike in one month of usage…but now I know…and have to alter some plans. Hopefully this is helpful for some who are just exploring cloud storage solutions/services. Make sure you have instrumentation and logging capabilities turned on so you can identify and tune your situations. For me, S3Stat and CloudBerry are winners for my personal usages. If you are an Amazon S3 customer, I recommend looking at S3Stat and turning on logging immediately! tags: amazon, s3, s3stat, cloudfront, cloud, cloud storage, azure This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution By license.

Kathy Hughes: Data and Content Crunching with SharePoint 2010 Presentation

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:02:00 -0500

Presenting at Sydney (Australia) SharePoint User Group, Tuesday 16th February, 2010, from 5:30pm onwards. Come along to discover the capabilities of how to work with data sources and discover some tips and tricks on how to make your SharePoint sites come alive and for some REST'ful insights! Further details and registration at http://www.sharepointusers.org.au/Sydney/default.aspx

Bamboo Nation: SharePoint911 to Present a Full Slate of Workshops and Sessions at SPTechCon

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:57:00 -0500

Bamboo is gearing up for the SharePoint Technology Conference (SPTechCon) this week in San Francisco, where our Partner SharePoint911 will be presenting a comprehensive lineup of workshops and technical classes. Not only will the sessions presented by SharePoint911 cover a wide range of topics, but they're targeted toward every level of SharePoint user, from end users to administrators. If you're going to be at SPTechCon, be sure to check out one of the many sessions and workshops presented by SharePoint911 team members: Managing SharePoint 2010: Presented by Todd Klindt and Shane Young, this full-day workshop is a must for any administrator. Attendees will get a high level presentation on the new features and terminology that will be built-in to the SharePoint 2010 release. SharePoint and Office 2007 Integration: Laura Rogers and Mark Miller guide end users through using Office applications in conjunction with SharePoint to perform various tasks in this half-day workshop. Creating Custom Business Solutions: Almost everyone has the need to create custom business solutions when out-of-the-box options just won't cut it. In this half-day workshop, Laura Rogers will show you how to use SharePoint Designer to create Data View/Data Form Web Parts to create a variety of solutions. Making the Most of Out-of-the-Box Web Parts: In this session, Laura Rogers will demonstrate how you can get the most from the out-of-the-box Web Parts in MOSS 2007! In addition, attendees will get to see a demo on using SharePoint Designer to customize some of these Web Parts. Introduction to SharePoint2010 Branding: With the new release of SharePoint 2010, Microsoft has built in several new features that will make branding easier for all users. Randy Drisgill and John Ross will demonstrate how you can use these features to build a customized branding solution for your new SharePoint sites. Getting Started With SharePoint Workflows: Everyone likes the thought of streamlining their business processes with workflows, but how do you get these started? In this session, Jennifer Mason will not only walk you through setting up the out-of-the-box workflow templates, but will also show how you can use SharePoint Designer and Visual Studio to create your own custom solutions. Administering SharePoint 2010 With PowerShell: In SharePoint2007, it was the STSADM command line tool that enabled Administrators power to perform several tasks on their environments, but in SharePoint 2010 all of that changes to PowerShell. In this session, Todd Klindt and Shane Young will teach you the basics of using PowerShell, and the advantages it represents over the previous method. Improving the SharePoint Search Experience: The out-of-the-box search engine in SharePoint is remarkably powerful. In this session, John Ross will show you how to get the most out of SharePoint search by creating custom search solutions. Creating an Electronic Form Solution Using InfoPath and SharePoint: Laura Rogers will show you how to put a stop to using paper and learn how to incorporate InfoPath electronic forms and Forms Services into your SharePoint solution. It just might be the ROI your organization has been looking for. Backup and Recovery with SharePoint 2010: A big piece of any solution is disaster recovery. In this session, Todd Klindt and Shane Young will show you the new and improved out-of-the-box backup and restore capabilities of SharePoint 2010. Case Study: Rebuilding SharePoint911 on SharePoint 2010: Take a look at a real world example as John Ross and Randy Drisgill walk you through though the upgrade of our Internet and internal sites from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010. SharePoint 2010: Out-of-the-box Web Parts: Laura Rogers provides an introduction to the new SharePoint 2010 Web Parts and how they can be used to build out your new environment. Working With Lists and Libraries in SharePoint 2010: With the new release comes some new options for creating lists and library solutions. Jennifer Mason will walk you through the new UI and provide examples of what you can build with the out-of-the-box functionalities. Patching SharePoint 2010: Keeping your servers up to date is always a concern, and SharePoint 2010 is no exception. In this session, Todd Klindt and Shane Young will share the Microsoft best practices for keeping your environment running smoothly. Putting Together an Effective SharePoint Team: Successful SharePoint projects are a result of a good SharePoint team. Come learn from Jennifer Mason how to get started on building your team, including the skill sets you will need to pull together to ensure the success of your implementation. Help! Creating a Community of Support for SharePoint: With any application users are going to run into problems and/or need assistance. In this session, Laura Rogers will cover some of these challenges and how to address them by having an effective support structure.

stefan @ decatec: Cercasi sviluppatori - programmatori esperti Sharepoint

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:39:51 -0500

da http://www.decatec.it/employment/employment.aspx Cercasi sviluppatori - programmatori esperti Sharepoint (MOSS 2007, Windows Sharepoint Services 3 (WSS), Sharepoint Portal Server SPS 2003) per progetti e clienti su Roma. Si selezionano sviluppatori - programmatori con esperienza comprovata di sviluppo e programmazione Sharepoint. Si offre inizialmente contratto a progetto o partita IVA con possibilita' di assunzione dopo 6-9 mesi. Durante la collaborazione e' prevista la certificazione MCTS Sharepoint. Partenza: immediata Visibilita': 1 anno (minimo) Pregasi specificare: - RETRIBUZIONE lorda annua/corrispettivo giornaliero lordo ATTUALE - RETRIBUZIONE lorda annua/corrispettivo giornaliero lordo DESIDERATO - Inquadramento contrattuale ATTUALE - Inquadramento contrattuale DESIDERATO - Minima durata del contratto - Preferenza tra contratto a progetto o P.IVA - Periodo di preavviso Vedasi sito http://www.decatec.it/default.aspx per ulteriori informazioni sulle attivita' Sharepoint 2007 - MOSS 2007 dell'azienda. Powered by Decatec Sharepoint Team

Bamboo Nation: Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint RC Available; Google to End Support for IE6; Free Office 2010 Upgrade

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:25:00 -0500

Top News StoriesDownload Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint Release Candidate (RC) (Softpedia)Business customers that have deployed SharePoint Server in their infrastructure and looking for a security solution to protect the product’s libraries can now download and test drive Microsoft Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint Release Candidate. The security solution is designed to safeguard SharePoint libraries from users that attempt to upload or download a variety of potentially malicious content, including documents infected malware, out-policy items, or sensitive data. Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint hit RC at the end of the past week, and is currently available to early adopters. Microsoft Accidentally Tips Free Office 2010 Upgrade (PC Magazine)A Microsoft employee apparently released a planned free upgrade strategy for Microsoft's Office 2010 later this year. Charles van Heusen, a partner technology adviser at Microsoft, posted the proposed Office 2007-for-Office 2010 exchange program on his blog, and later pulled down the entry. Ars Technica discovered the post, however, and found the original via a Google cache. Google to Send Internet Explorer 6 Users Packing Come March (Ars Technica)Google is continuing to kill off support for Internet Explorer 6 in its services; the search giant has announced that two more of its Web properties will stop supporting IE6 as of March 1. "Many other companies have already stopped supporting older browsers like Internet Explorer 6.0 as well as browsers that are not supported by their own manufacturers," a blog post on the Official Google Enterprise Blog begins to explain. "We're also going to begin phasing out our support, starting with Google Docs and Google Sites. As a result you may find that from March 1 key functionality within these products -- as well as new Docs and Sites features -- won't work properly in older browsers." Older browsers, according to Google, include anything prior to IE7, Firefox 3.0, Chrome 4.0, and Safari 3.0. Microsoft Focused on Azure, Zune Smartphone Rumors This Week (eWeek)Microsoft experienced a cloud-centric week with Windows Azure, which is now generally available in 21 countries and no longer available for free. Microsoft hopes that the cloud-based platform and its application-building tools for developers will allow it to gain market share in the cloud computing arena, where it faces strong competition from the likes of Google and Amazon. In addition to Azure, Microsoft received some good news on the Windows 7 front, with a new report from Net Applications showing a rising rate of adoption for the new operating system. However, Microsoft continues to face some difficulties in mobile, with the rumor mill suggesting that the company may try to introduce a branded smartphone later this month. Microsoft Brings Cloud Interoperability Down to Earth (Web 2.0 Journal)An interoperable cloud could help companies cut costs and governments connect constituents, say Microsoft executives. Governments and businesses alike are looking at cloud services as a way to consolidate IT infrastructure, scale their IT systems for the future, and enable innovative services and activities that were not possible before. Windows Mobile 7 Details Leaked (The Money Times)Looks like some of the details of Microsoft’s highly-rumored and much-anticipated Windows Mobile/Phone 7, have already leaked ahead of its supposed introduction at Mobile World Congress (MWC) on Feb. 15, 2010 in Barcelona. Around the BlogosphereHow to Publish a Managed Metadata Service for Cross-farm Consumption (Shared Points for SharePoint)Some of the service applications in SharePoint Server 2010 support sharing across SharePoint farms, as described in this article from TechNet. This post describes how to do it with a Managed Metadata Service. To be able to subscribe to content types and terms from a Managed Metadata Service in another farm, there are a few things you need to do. Although this could seem like a somewhat cumbersome procedure for accomplishing something rather simple, it’s necessary for having control of your systems, and keeping them protected from intruders. Besides, you only have to do it once, and it really shouldn’t take you more than 10 minutes when you know what to do, which is exactly what I’m about to explain to you. $40K Worth of SharePoint Stuff To Be Raffled on Feb 10, Wed - You In? (Meet Dux)Thanks to all who supported Operation ShareLove: Haiti. The long anticipated raffle will be this Wednesday, Feb 10 at 5.30pm PT (8.30PM ET). I will be streaming live on MeetDux.com direct from SPTechCon in SFO - so stay tuned! I'll be raffling off the following: Tips and Tricks for Running SharePoint Server 2010 on Windows 7 (harbar.net)Whilst I was one of the most vocal advocates for the ability to run SharePoint Server on the client OS, it wasn’t really something I ever thought I’d want to run myself. I understood why it was of critical importance to enable this scenario, but I’m a farm guy, topologies are my bag. When the beta release came about I slapped it on a old machine just to see it working and left it at that. I also checked out the quality documentation over on MSDN which provides the convoluted steps to get it singing. Such steps are a good thing, you need to really want to install it on your client – no one can say that it will get installed by accident. :) So it’s all good and that’s that, I’ll carry on doing my stuff as I was. Or so I thought. SP2010 Tip: Content Query Web Part Missing in SharePoint 2010 (All About SharePoint)If you don’t see content query web part listed in the web parts list, this is because you have not enabled “Search Server Web Parts” feature in site collection features. Enable this feature and content query web part will show in the list of web parts. Make Your SharePoint Site More Intuitive (End User SharePoint)One of the indicators of a successful SharePoint implementation is high user adoption and conversion rates. Driving these metrics up is the goal of many a SharePoint team. One of the ways to do this is to make your site more intuitive. First let’s note that a site design cannot be intuitive by itself. The design needs a user to intuit it. That’s a key factor in understanding success of a SharePoint site (or any website). Never forget how those “page hits” , “tasks” and “conversions” happen… users. The intuitiveness of any site is dependent on the user. Around Bamboo NationThis Week in Bamboo (January 31st, 2010 - February 6th, 2010) (The Bamboo Team Blog)There were two important changes for SharePoint Video Library in Bamboo This week. SharePoint Video Library (Release 1.2) is now using Web License Manager 1.2 and we fixed the issue where no Mix content warning on HTTPS using IFRAME for Flash Player. More addition patches were also released List Integrity, User Directory Web Part and List Bulk Import to the storefront with some fixes. Please see below for the changes. SPSNY: Mark Miller on 'Enhancing the SharePoint Interface with jQuery Solutions' (The Bamboo Team Blog)For my final session of the day at SharePoint Saturday New York, I selected Mark Miller's session on "Enhancing the SharePoint Interface with jQuery Solutions." Mark is the man behind EndUserSharePoint, and as the name of his site implies, he's a tireless champion for SharePoint end users. Speaking as an end user, I admit that seeing the words "jQuery solutions" in the title of Mark's presentation had me a little bit concerned ("isn't that code-speak?!"), but I trusted that Mark would be keeping his core audience in mind with his session, and that's exactly what he did. Bamboo Expands U.S. Operations (The Bamboo Team Blog)I bet that got your attention... Our Reston, Virginia headquarters-based employees are bunkering down this afternoon for what promises to be the "snowstorm of the century". Close to 30 inches of snow and 30 mph winds are expected to hit our fair city later this afternoon. So, we really have expanded our operations to our homes in Alexandria, Arlington, Vienna, Purcellville, Ashburn, Fairfax, Leesburg, Centreville, Charlottesville and Hamilton. Thanks to our Microsoft-based corporate network, we are able to keep operations humming better than a snowblower in February during this snowpocalypse. Our SharePoint portal, Communicator and Outlook are keeping Bamboo operations running this snowy winter afternoon. SharePoint Job Listings**Senior Requirements Analyst - SharePoint - Bethesda, MDSRA is seeking a SharePoint Requirements Analyst to join our team working onsite at NIH in Bethesda, MD. This team works across multiple clients and projects supporting new SharePoint site implementation / rollout, as well as the development of other applications. Sr. SharePoint Developer - Seattle, WAThe Senior Developer position is responsible for designing and writing code to support the web applications that we are delivering for our clients. Developers here work within a variety of technologies commonly found at Fortune 1000 clients including J2EE, .Net, Content Management System, Portal Technologies, Security, and Single Sign-on. This company brings together technology, user experience, and business to deliver for their clients. Microsoft UpdatesYou cannot view the AreaNavigationSettings.aspx page in Office SharePoint Server 2007 after you create a relative URL (Microsoft Support)Consider the following scenario. You create a relative URL in the AreaNavigationSettings.aspx page in a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 site. Then, you try to view the AreaNavigationSettings.aspx page. In this scenario, you receive an error message. Note To view the AreaNavigationSettings.aspx page, click Site Actions, click Site Settings, and then click Modify Navigation. 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stefan @ decatec: Sharepoint 2010 Virtualization

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:12:06 -0500

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Kathy Hughes: SharePoint Conference 2010 Sydney, Australia

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:39:00 -0500

16th and 17th June, 2010, The Hilton, Sydney, Australia Don't miss the Australian SharePoint Conference for 2010, proudly sponsored by Microsoft and leading partners, and organized by members of the Australian and New Zealand SharePoint community. For details and registration, visit the following site: http://www.sharepointconference.com.au

harbar.net: Tips and tricks for running SharePoint Server 2010 on Windows 7

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:50:22 -0500

Whilst I was one of the most vocal advocates for the ability to run SharePoint Server on the client OS, it wasn’t really something I ever thought I’d want to run myself. I understood why it was of critical importance to enable this scenario, but I’m a farm guy, topologies are my bag. When the beta release came about I slapped it on a old machine just to see it working and left it at that. I also checked out the quality documentation over on MSDN which provides the convoluted steps to get it singing. Such steps are a good thing, you need to really want to install it on your client – no one can say that it will get installed by accident. :) So it’s all good and that’s that, I’ll carry on doing my stuff as I was. Or so I thought. Like everyone else, I’ve been heads down trying to get up to speed with all the new SharePoint PowerShell cmdlets, and revitalising my long lost shell scripting prowess (that’s a joke by the way, those who worked with me back in 1998 know the score!). The trouble is when I’m working away on documentation or in email (or worse, Visio and PowerPoint) or helping folks out on IM, I don’t want to have to load up a VM just to verify some scripts. Sure I can use the excellent references, but I like to test things actually work (no really). Running SharePoint on Windows 7 is a great way to do this without the burden and delay of firing up a VM or a bunch of them. Recently there’s been a bit of debate about the pros/cons of running it on the client OS. All good stuff, but the common complaint is that it’s just too much overhead, it’s too bloated and is too resource hungry. Part of the problem is that it installs in the deadly “Standalone” mode. Standalone mode installs everything, lock stock and two smoking barrels plus uses a bundled version of SQL Express. There are ways to get it up and running in “Farm” mode, which I won’t detail here. If you want to run in a real Farm mode you should be on a real server OS IMO. I know some folks like ‘proper’ SQL and all that, but one of the key reasons for having a client install option is to lower the barrier to entry. Which brings me back to the main point of this article. I’ve an old (in computer terms) Sony Vaio with 4Gb RAM and a Core Duo. Sony steals 0.81Gb of the RAM for nefarious purposes. A pretty low spec laptop, and one which is probably pretty common out there in the real world. It’s very easy as a grossly overpaid SharePoint person to slip into assuming that an 8Gb laptop is a ‘minimum’ setup. The reality is I’m lucky and can afford decent kit. There are millions of developers that don’t have such luxury. So back to my crappy laptop. Remember the 3.19 Gb RAM I have available? Well I’ve got it running happily on that no problem. Very happily indeed as it turns out. I’m just using one Web Application and it’s very, very responsive. Certainly good enough for playing around and getting up to speed. With the application pools and services spun up Task Manager shows 70% of RAM used (that’s just 2.18Gb). The thing is standalone provisions every service, and you really don’t need them! By judicious use of Services on Server you can tweak things very easily to have SharePoint 2010 running real nice. For example, how likely is it you wish to use the Document Conversions Service? No, I didn’t think so! :) Here are the services I have stopped in Services On Server: Claims to Windows Token Service Document Conversions Launcher Service Document Conversions Load Balancer Service Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Incoming Email Microsoft SharePoint Foundation User Code Service (Sandbox Solutions) SharePoint Foundation Search User Profile Synchronization Service (this one isn’t provisioned by the Standalone setup) Web Analytics Data Processing Service Web Analytics Web Service Note: to run elements of Central Administration such as Services on Server that make machine changes you must be running the browser instance as a machine administrator (UAC elevation). Now of course you may wish to use some of these services, especially User Code. But you can simply enable them for the scenario you are working on and perhaps stop some others. The point is you don’t necessarily need them all running all the time. Web Analytics is definitely one you don’t want running on a hack and slash box, this is a real resource hog. Another tip to improve performance for this scenario is to ratchet back the Diagnostic Logging levels and disable Usage Data Collection & Health Data Collection (both from Configure web analytics and health data collection). This will help reduce contention on the SQL Express instance and file I/O significantly. Of course should you get into debugging you will need to fiddle with the diagnostic logging levels some, but why log stuff until you need to? Health Analyzer will moan about things not being configured but so what? It’s a hack and slash box! You could even disable that timer job as well. Now, the setup I have isn’t running SharePoint Designer or Visual Studio yet (I will try that next), and of course if Outlook (or worse Tweetdeck) is open, things get very dicey, but my key point is that SharePoint 2010 on Windows 7 performs a lot better than it’s being given credit for. It’s all about platform hygiene at the end of the day, if you manage your box you will be rewarded. If I had all 4Gb in this machine I could easily have a couple Office apps up and running alongside it no problem at all. Back in the day with Site Server and CMS I always used batch files to stop and start the relevant services when I needed SS and/or CMS up and when I didn’t. You can do the same thing for SharePoint 2010 with Emmanuel Bergerat’s excellent Stop and Go PowerShell scripts. There you have it, some fairly basic tips and tricks for getting great performance from SharePoint 2010 on your Windows 7 machine even with limited hardware resources. I may follow up with more on this in the future, but there are so many interesting topics and such little time… Oh and on another note, did you see that 74 yard interception touchdown? Hoo ya! Red beans and ricely yours.

Bamboo Nation: This Week in Bamboo (January 31st, 2010 - February 6th, 2010)

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:49:00 -0500

There were two important changes for SharePoint Video Library in Bamboo This week. SharePoint Video Library (Release 1.2) is now using Web License Manager 1.2 and we fixed the issue where no Mix content warning on HTTPS using IFRAME for Flash Player. More addition patches were also released List Integrity, User Directory Web Part and List Bulk Import to the storefront with some fixes. Please see below for the changes. HW01 List Integrity (R2.4.5) Bug Fixed: Calculated date value is copied to the child list, the day is decreased by one. For example, if the date is 08/10/2000 in the master, it becomes 08/09/2000. HW08 User Directory (R1.6.21) Bug Fixed: Tree View limited to 19 results in custom master page. Remove Data setting section from the tool part. HW18 Bulk Import (R1.9.12) Bug Fixed: Duplicate Files Not Loaded - the error happens directly after a duplicate file is found and has an error. HW69 SharePoint Video Library (R1.2) New: Use Bamboo License 2.6 and Web License Manager 1.2. (Note: User needs to upgrade WLM1.X to WLM1.2 if they want to activate the license). Bug Fixed: No Mix content warning on HTTPS using IFRAME for Flash Player.

meetdux.com: $40K Worth of SharePoint Stuff To Be Raffled on Feb 10, Wed - You In?

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:30:00 -0500

Thanks to all who supported Operation ShareLove: Haiti. The long anticipated raffle will be this Wednesday, Feb 10 at 5.30pm PT (8.30PM ET). I will be streaming live on MeetDux.com direct from SPTechCon in SFO - so stay tuned! I'll be raffling off the following: CorasWorks WorkPlace Suite ... (More)

Steve Pietrek's SharePoint Stuff: Links (2/7/2010)

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:37:29 -0500

SharePoint 2007 MOSS: How to prevent a single text on a page to come in search results? SharePoint Saturday Indianapolis 2010 Recap – pictures of yours truly SharePoint Querying – CAML Query usage when special characters in DATA SharePoint 2010 SharePoint 2010 tools in Visual Studio 2010 violates basic naming conventions SP2010 Tip: Content Query Web [...]

Dan Lewis: Office 2003 AD RMS Hotfix Update KB978551

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:31:00 -0500

Body: A little late posting this, but better late than never. In December, an issue surfaced that prevented Office 2003 documents from being opened, if they were protected by Rights Management Server (RMS). The issue was due to a time-bomb… oops. Users would get a prompt that stated: "Unexpected error occurred. Please try again later or contact your system administrator" Microsoft quickly released a hotfix over that weekend, but now the fix is pushed down through Windows Update. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/978551 This is only for Office 2003, and make sure that you have Service Pack 3 installed prior to installing the update. Published: 2/7/2010 2:31 PM Month Published: Feb 10 Month Published OrderBy: 2010.02

Dan Lewis: SharePoint eMagazine

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 07:36:46 -0500

Body: Earlier this year (yes, I’m behind in blogging) a special magazine was released by the Dutch Information Workers User Group: SharePoint eMagazine. Fantastic content around SharePoint 2010, so be sure to download a copy. I created a special comic for the magazine. The comic included in the magazine references a conference, as the magazine was released and announced at the SharePoint Connections 2010 conference in Europe in January. Enjoy. Published: 2/7/2010 11:36 AM Month Published: Feb 10 Month Published OrderBy: 2010.02

stefan @ decatec: Sharepoint Central Admin Breadcrumbs

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 04:15:29 -0500

http://www.novolocus.com/2010/02/05/breadcrumbs-in-central-admin-and-application-pages/ Powered by Decatec Sharepoint Team

SharePoint User Group UK: Setting up Dev VM wuth Mail

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:07:00 -0500

Another really short bog entry - another pointer to someone elses blog! This is a great little walkthrough re: creating a development vm with DNS and AD and Mail - http://blogs.msdn.com/johnwpowell/archive/2008/07/07/walkthrough-build-a-windows-sharepoint-services-3-0-development-virtual-pc-with-sql-server-active-directory-and-e-mail.aspx

SharePoint au Quotidien Blog d'EROL: SPS 2010 RC 14.0.4730.1010

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:59:00 -0500

“Microsoft Office 2010 is pleased to announce the release of the Release Candidate build for Microsoft Office 2010 client (build 4734.1000) and server products (build 4730.1010), now available at http://connect.microsoft.com/office.” Le petit blog de Pierre / Pierre's little blog CLUB MOSS et WSS FRANCE http://www.clubsps.org http://sharepointerol.blogspot.com/atom.xml

SharePoint au Quotidien Blog d'EROL: Get the GUID out of SharePoint databases - Todd Klindt's SharePoint Admin Blog

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:43:00 -0500

The BLOG of Todd Klindt's SharePoint Admin Blog on SharePoint 2010… Get the GUID out of SharePoint databases - Todd Klindt's SharePoint Admin Blog CLUB MOSS et WSS FRANCE http://www.clubsps.org http://sharepointerol.blogspot.com/atom.xml

The Guide of a MOSSLover: New York Area Community Stuff

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:10:35 -0500

I’ve been running around trying to find my place in the community not quite situated yet. This past Monday I attended a community social event where all the community leaders in the area got together and discussed upcoming plans for the year. It was a lot of fun and surprisingly interesting. I thought there would be a lot more people in attendance of this event. I always assumed this area had so many more people. That I would be this tiny itty bitty fish in a very large pond. It didn’t really feel that way at all. I guess for one it’s because I was one of two SharePoint people in attendance. Also, there were only about 5 other girls. I thought there would be more girls, but 5 or 6 girls is about 5 or 6 more girls than the Kansas City area ever had in attendance at one of these events. The coolest thing in the world that hey discussed was women in tech events. They want to do something for young girls. I really hope we can get something together, because I’ve wanted to get more young girls involved in technology in high school and college (maybe even younger). I want them to know that this is a field where everyone can thrive. Just because there are more guys does not mean there isn’t room for girls by showing them how the rest of us are doing in the technology community. That was not the only thing discussed there is another event I am helping someone out with in the works for the area. I am going to heavily immerse myself in helping that person plan this event. It’s funny I leave one area to start doing almost the same thing in another area. Anyway, check back on my blog and I’ll be posting more details in the upcoming months. Also, I will probably post some progress as it occurs. Right now I’ve decided I’m attending NY Silverlight, NY SPUG, NY Dev SPUG (when it starts), Princeton SPUG, and Central Jersey .Net. These are all pending topics and if I still have train money to attend all the events. It gets incredibly expensive, but I really enjoy attending these events. I see something really cool with Silverlight or SharePoint and something just clicks. Plus on the friend front it’s not huge, but I’m trying to force myself socially to gain a few of these in the area. I miss all the cool people I knew in Kansas City. Right now I still haven’t found anyone local I could just hang out with easily. I miss all my old friends. Everything is so spread out and different. Time will present me more opportunities. Things just don’t happen overnight.

The Guide of a MOSSLover: Migrating the Publishing Pages for Fun and Profit

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:58:01 -0500

This week and the following weeks I will be working through a ton of recursive functions to move a rather hefty page library into a Site Collection and subwebs. I figure while I am having some “fun” you guys will profit will a few of my scripts. For any of you out there who are interested in how to create a publishing page in a library here is a little sample code on how to copy items from the page content area and create a new page then replace a welcome page. Here is a small sample: PublishingSite PubSite = new PublishingSite(NewSite); //pass in an SPSite Object PageLayoutCollection SiteLayouts = PubSite.GetPageLayouts(false); PageLayout MyLayout = SiteLayous[“urlforlayout”]; PublishingWeb PubWeb = PublishingWeb.GetPublishingWeb(Web); //pass in an SPWeb Object PublishingPageCollection Pages = PubWeb.GetPublishingPages(); PublishingPage MyPage = PubWeb.GetPublishingPages().Add(ChildItem["Name"].ToString(), MyLayout); MyPage.ListItem["Page Content"] = ChildItem["Page Content"]; MyPage.ListItem.Update(); MyPage.Update(); MyPage.CheckIn("New Page Creation"); PubWeb.DefaultPage = Web.GetFile(MyPage.Url); PubWeb.Update(); So basically if you look at the top you get the Publishing Site and then you get the Publishing Web. What you want to do next is get one of the layout pages. You could instead of hard-coding in a URL step through a foreach loop and search for the specific layout that you want. What you want to do next is create a new page and then give it the name of the old item, so it will create the item with the same page name and you want to pass in the layout page from the previous step. Next you want to get the Page Content from the Content Area in the “Page Content” field and then update the page. Remember you need to check the item in before you set the welcome page or you will receive a fun little error message. Then you can set the Publishing Web’s default page (welcome page) to your page and update the Publishing Web. I learned the hard way by not updating the Publishing Web the first few times. You also need to remember that you should turn on the flag for Web.AllowUnsafeUpdates otherwise you will not be able to create a page or update anything at all in code. After you are done turn this flag off as a good practice. Remember to dispose all SPWeb and SPSite object if necessary or wrap using statements around everything. I hope you enjoy! Technorati Tags: Publishing Pages,Page Creation,MOSS

CleverWorkarounds: SharePoint Saturday Perth Wrap and SP2010 BOOTCAMPS!

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:48:36 -0500

Well, the event that I never thought would ever happen in Perth happened, and not only did it happen, it had more interest than expected and some people unfortunately missed out. Jeremy, as a result, had to take many upset phone calls. It seems that for Perth, once a few people got wind of SharePoint Saturday, everyone wanted in. There were great sessions, great giveaways and I think overall, tremendous value for this free event. Seven Sigma sponsored the showbags, which we managed to fill with some awesome goodies, thanks to the generosity of Brett Lonsdale at Lightningtools, Michael Sampson, Bjoern Furuknap, Dux Sy, Combined Knowledge and the good folks at Colligo. If you attended the event, please show your support to these guys – they really went above and beyond. Mrs Cleverworkarounds, on the other hand, never wants to see or hear the word “showbag” ever again! For me personally, I enjoyed meeting Michael Noel. I think he and I were the only non devs at SharePint (okay well maybe Joshua Haebets too ). Speaking of which, Joshua and Milan Goss were also great to meet too, and I’m sure that there might be projects in the future we will see each other on. Seven Sigma also donated a seat on the first SharePoint 2010 week-long bootcamp to be held in Perth. As a background: I met Steve Smith in New Zealand last year and we got on very well. Recently, we asked him if he would consider Perth to run his 2010 bootcamps and he has agreed! This is a great outcome for Perth, having beat out Sydney and Melbourne for being the first to run them as this will be the first time the courses have been offered to the general public in Australia. Steve Smith and Gary Yeoman will be flying in from the UK especially for this event, so it is not to be missed. Both Steve and Gary are internationally renowned for the quality of their training and the courseware itself is the very same material that Microsoft itself uses to train their own staff on SharePoint 2010. All you eastern states people reading this? It’s about time you went west anyway, so come and check out Perth’s beer while you are here! SharePoint 2010 Beta Developer Track 4 days Delivered by Gary Yeoman Venue: Wizard Coporate Training: Septimus Roe Square, Level 14/256 Adelaide Tce, Perth, WA Date: 27th April - 30th April 2010 Cost: $3000 (+GST) Sharepoint 2010 developer track (21) This course guides you through essential 2010 elements, from pre-requisites to system integration, giving you the skills to work confidently and leverage full value from new technology. Please note: Due to our ANZAC public holiday this course is a 4 day course from 08:30 – 6:00pm. One additional session is added per day to make up for the Monday public holiday. SharePoint 2010 Beta Administrator Track 5 days Delivered by Steve Smith – MVP Venue: Wizard Coporate Training: Septimus Roe Square, Level 14/256 Adelaide Tce, Perth, WA Date: 10th May – 14th May 2010 Cost: $3000 (+GST) sharepoint 2010 administrator track (22) Step-by -step understanding is the key to successful implementation and deployment of SharePoint 2010. This 15-module course will guide you through each critical stage, giving you exactly the skills you need to leverage full value from the latest SharePoint technology. Book now: http://www.combined-knowledge.com.au/Booking%20Forms/Wizard/CourseBookingWizard.html For more info visit: www.combined-knowledge.com.au or contact: sales@combined-knowledge.com.au No Tags

SharePoint Blog - René Hézser: Update to “Upload Files and Images” field type

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:24:05 -0500

I’ve fixed a bug with my Custom Field – Upload Files and Images.

SharePoint au Quotidien Blog d'EROL: MSDN Webcast: SharePoint Server 2010 (Part 7 of 8): Developing with SharePoint 2010 Sandboxed Solutions (Level 100)

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:49:00 -0500

Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 adds a new deployment model for SharePoint called sandboxed solutions. Sandboxed solutions are a controlled solution packaging format that offers SharePoint Server Farm owners a way to easily mitigate the risk that custom code can cause issues for them. Sandboxed solutions do this by restricting the APIs that can be called and governing resources that can be used. Because of this, sandboxed solutions provide a solution package that can be easily deployed to a shared server environment. In this webcast, we explain what sandboxed solutions are, and we demonstrate how to create sandboxed solutions with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and how to deploy and monitor these solutions on SharePoint farms. MSDN Webcast: SharePoint Server 2010 (Part 7 of 8): Developing with SharePoint 2010 Sandboxed Solutions (Level 100) CLUB MOSS et WSS FRANCE http://www.clubsps.org http://sharepointerol.blogspot.com/atom.xml

stefan @ decatec: Project Server 2010 training slides download

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:14:35 -0500

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=cd9f97c4-bb88-4b8e-b69a-62921b63fb18&displaylang=en Powered by Decatec Sharepoint Team

Alpesh Nakars' Blogosphere: SharePoint Links Round up from Twitter for February 6th

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:53:39 -0500

Posted 3 items. What’s new and interesting in the SharePoint universe for the week ending 2010/01/29 http://tinyurl.com/ylrq3qy RT @ToddKlindt: #sharepoint #link Get the GUID out of SharePoint databases: http://bit.ly/8ZP9rc Where did that command go? Introducing the SharePoint 2010 ribbon mapping guide http://tinyurl.com/ylj98pm Posted RT @justsharepoint: Where did tht command go? Introducing the SharePt 2010 ribbon mapping guide http://tinyurl.com/ylj98pm. Related posts:SharePoint Links Round up from Twitter for February 5th SharePoint Links Round up from Twitter for February 3rd SharePoint Links Round up from Twitter for February 4th

Westin's Technical Log: Simple Trick for making an existing web part async

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:10:17 -0500

This is one of my favorite stupid SharePoint tricks. If you have a situation where there is a web part (or any web page component) that is slow, and it is slowing the page render time for your page this is a handy trick. Here is the summary: Create another web part page and add the slow loading web part. Look at the source code for the render page and get the control id of the div tag for the web part (the skewer click in the IE8 dev toolbar or something similar is an easy way to do this). Back on the page where you originally wanted the web part, add a content editor web part Put the following script in the source of the web part: var ctId="ctl00_"; //Replace this with your control ID from step 2 var sourceURL="http://YourServer/somesite/PageThatHasTheSlowWebPart.aspx"; var outputId="MakeshiftAsyncWebPart"; _spBodyOnLoadFunctionNames.push("renderASlowWebPartAsynchronously"); function renderASlowWebPartAsynchronously() { loader(sourceURL); } function renderOutput(output) { document.getElementById(outputId).innerHTML=output; } function getElementByClassname(className) { var allItems = document.all; for (var i=0; i < allItems.length; i++) { if (allItems[i].className == className) { return allItems[i]; } } return null; } function getElementByClassnameFromString(className,str) { var myTempDiv=document.createElement("div"); myTempDiv.innerHTML=str; var allItems = myTempDiv.all; for (var i=0; i < allItems.length; i++) { if (allItems[i].className == className) { return allItems[i]; } } return null; } function getElementByIDFromString(myID,str) { var myTempDiv=document.createElement("div"); myTempDiv.innerHTML=str; var allItems = myTempDiv.all; for (var i=0; i < allItems.length; i++) { if (allItems[i].id == myID) { return allItems[i]; } } return null; } function loader(url) { if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { request = new XMLHttpRequest(); } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); } if (request != undefined) { request.onreadystatechange = function() {asyncHandler(url);}; request.open("GET", url, true); request.send(""); } } function asyncHandler(url) { if (request.readyState == 4) { if (request.status == 200) { var output=getElementByIDFromString(ctId,request.responseText).innerHTML; if (output==null) { /* //Optional: output="No results"; renderOutput(output); */ } else renderOutput(output); } else { //Optional //document.getElementById('dOutput').innerHTML=" Error: "+ request.status + "n" +request.statusText; } } }

You can even reference an Animated GIF in SharePoint 2007 for AJAX progress indicators so that users know the web part is loading. Keep in mind that users won’t get the security prompt for cross site scripting if the two pages are on the same server. Of course: This code is provided as an example. Use at your own risk. No warranties.

Bamboo Nation: SPSNY: Mark Miller on 'Enhancing the SharePoint Interface with jQuery Solutions'

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:05:00 -0500

For my final session of the day at SharePoint Saturday New York, I selected Mark Miller's session on "Enhancing the SharePoint Interface with jQuery Solutions." Mark is the man behind EndUserSharePoint, and as the name of his site implies, he's a tireless champion for SharePoint end users. Speaking as an end user, I admit that seeing the words "jQuery solutions" in the title of Mark's presentation had me a little bit concerned ("isn't that code-speak?!"), but I trusted that Mark would be keeping his core audience in mind with his session, and that's exactly what he did. With an overarching goal of demonstrating the creation and usefulness of a jQuery resource center within SharePoint, Mark demonstrated several powerful (and free!) jQuery solutions for SharePoint - solutions that will work in 2003, 2007 and 2010 versions of SharePoint. Early in the presentation, Mark brought his nine-year-old son Orion onstage to define SharePoint for the crowd, and Orion obliged with the following definition: "SharePoint is when you save stuff and you get back to it really quick ... because sometimes you can't get back to it ... and that's why my dad invented SharePoint." Needless to say, this brought an enthusiastic response from the crowd, which in turn prompted a somewhat sheepish response from Mark: "Yes, I am the inventor of SharePoint." Too funny. In discussing the benefits of setting up a jQuery resources center, Mark explained that one of the benefits of using these resources within a SharePoint page is that they're not deployed on the server. Free downloads of the jQuery library are available at the jQuery Project, and Mark recommends just dropping that sucker into a SharePoint document library and starting to point to it. Other than configuration of the individual solutions to suit your needs, it's seemingly as simple as that. Mark also created a wiki site to complete his own resource center in SharePoint, and suggests structuring the setup to include areas for: jQuery, Scripts, Images, and Charting. The purpose of these pages is to document the resource center itself. Mark further recommends placing the resource center / document library at the highest possible level of your site collection, and as a read-only library so that it's readily available for all users to access and point to. Mark used the bulk of the session to provide demos for five jQuery solutions, free downloads of all of which are available at EndUserSharePoint: The Easy Tabs Interface, which looks at the content of a Web Part page and exposes each individual Web Part within its own tab. The Anything Slider, which allows you (without Silverlight) to scroll through "any kind of content that can reside in a Web Part," including images, video, text, etc. The Dashboard Preview Pane, which, upon mouseover of a link, dynamically surfaces metadata associated with that link within a dashboard. Killer Calendars, which offers a mini-calendar experience, surfacing metadata associated with the color coded calendar events upon mouseover of the event. Mini-Charts and Graphs, which through the use of custom columns, allows you to surface whichever graph type you desire (pie chart, bar chart, etc.) in each column of a given chart. Sometime after next week (read: following my trip to, and coverage of, SPTechCon in San Francisco), I plan to begin tackling the implementation of some, if not all, of these jQuery solutions myself. I'll be documenting those efforts over in SharePoint Blank, so please check back after President's Day for some jQuery action in the pulse-pounding SharePoint Blank manner. In the meantime, Mark's got a whole series on jQuery solutions up at EndUserSharePoint, so you needn't wait for me to tackle them in SharePoint Blank if you're anxious to embark upon your own jQuery adventure. Read the entire SharePoint Saturday New York series: Greetings from SharePoint Saturday New York! Paul J. Swider on "The Humanizing of SharePoint" in 2010 Peter Serzo's "At the Movies with PerformancePoint Services" Michael Lotter's "SharePoint 2010 Workflow Overview with Visio and SharePoint Designer" "Ask the SharePoint Experts" Session with Michael Lotter, Bob Fox, Geoff Varosky and Tony Lanni Mark Miller on "Enhancing the SharePoint Interface with jQuery Solutions"

Get the 'Point: Posts: Customize list forms with InfoPath 2010: Friday Cool Content

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:51:19 -0500

Abstract: If you have InfoPath 2010 installed, clicking the Customize Form button on the ribbon for a list page opens the list form in InfoPath. You can then customize the form by adding layout tables to help organize fields, rules such as data validation, and more. In the video InfoPath 2010 - Customize a SharePoint List Form, Daniel shows a few simple customization and a few advanced ones -- all in under five minutes. http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/laurhar/InfoPath-2010-Customize-a-SharePoint-List-Form/ Category: Cool Content;Lists and Libraries;SharePoint 2010;Design Published: 2/5/2010 11:14 AM # Comments: 0

Bamboo Nation: Bamboo Expands U.S. Operations

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:24:00 -0500

I bet that got your attention.... Our Reston, Virginia headquarters-based employees are bunkering down this afternoon for what promises to be the "snowstorm of the century". Close to 30 inches of snow and 30 mph winds are expected to hit our fair city later this afternoon. So, we really have expanded our operations to our homes in Alexandria, Arlington, Vienna, Purcellville, Ashburn, Fairfax, Leesburg, Centreville, Charlottesville and Hamilton. Thanks to our Microsoft-based corporate network, we are able to keep operations humming better than a snowblower in February during this snowpocalypse. Our SharePoint portal, Communicator and Outlook are keeping Bamboo operations running this snowy winter afternoon. To all our customers, especially our local ones, keep warm (if you are somewhere cold) and stay cool (if you are lucky enough to be somewhere warm). Cheers,

Mikhail Dikov: How does the Ribbon in SharePoint 2010 fit the process platform?

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:04:00 -0500

How does the Ribbon in SharePoint 2010 fit the process platform?

stefan @ decatec: Sharepoint 2010 looks like true ECM

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:03:46 -0500

http://aiim.typepad.com/aiim_blog/2010/01/8-reasons-sharepoint-2010-looks-like-a-true-ecm-system.html Powered by Decatec Sharepoint Team

SharePoint User Group UK: 27th January 2010 - SUG Presentation

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:16:00 -0500

For those who would like a copy of my slides

Bamboo Nation: 5 Hot SharePoint 2010 Features; Microsoft's Innovation Crisis; Free Cloud Computing for Researchers

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:47:00 -0500

Top News StoriesSharePoint 2010 - 5 Hot Features to Look Forward To (CMS Wire)With the release of SharePoint 2010 (news, site) getting closer, people are getting either a) excited, b) nervous or c) all of the above. Whatever your mindset, here are 5 changes coming with SharePoint 2010 which you should take note of. The Business Collaboration Platform for Enterprise and the Web. You have to roll that over your tongue a few times to get a feel for what it could really mean. A one-stop shop, one solution for all needs or key functionality to help you get the job done. Microsoft SharePoint: Three Social Networking Alternatives (San Francisco Chronicle)Microsoft's SharePoint suite started out in the early 2000's as a place to store and manage Office documents, but it has quickly evolved into a vast enterprise information portal and content management system. And more and more it's becoming a "social networking platform." Report: Microsoft May Launch New Office Cloud License (Computerworld)Microsoft Corp. may be close to adding a new way for big businesses to buy Microsoft Office. Under a new license called "union, Microsoft would charge enterprises the same for software whether it is hosted on-premises or in the cloud, according to a report in SDTimes earlier this week that quoted unnamed Microsoft channel partners who had been told of the program. No prices were listed. Inside Microsoft's Innovation Crisis (The Register)The debate on how Microsoft is losing its innovative edge is as perennial and comfortable as how the summers were warmer and drier when you were growing up. In recent years, that debate was set in the context of the rise of the Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl/PHP/Phyton (LAMP), JavaScript and the web - specifically Google - that offered new and exciting ways to build and deliver software. Microsoft, NSF Offering Free Cloud Computing to Researchers (eWeek)Microsoft and the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced a collaboration to provide NSF-supported researchers with free access to the Windows Azure cloud platform and its development tools for three years. The evident hope is that those researchers will leverage the cloud-computing capabilities of the platform to analyze massive amounts of data inherent in large projects. Microsoft made the Windows Azure platform generally available on Feb. 1 in 21 countries, requiring users to pay for the service. Microsoft To Fix 26 Flaws With 13 Patches For Windows, Office (ChannelWeb)Microsoft plans to release a monster security update for its Patch Tuesday release, repairing a total of 26 vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Office with 13 updates, five of which are ranked "critical." If the 13 patches scheduled for release Tuesday, five are ranked critical, seven are rated with the slightly less severe ranking of "important" and one is deemed "moderate," according to Microsoft's advanced notification bulletin, released Thursday. Google Apps Adds Controls for iPhone, Nokia, Windows Mobile (eWeek)Beginning Feb. 4, IT administrators who license Google Apps Premier and Education Edition will be able to dictate security settings for their users' iPhone, Nokia E series and Windows Mobile smartphones right from the Google Apps control panel. Admins will be able to: remotely wipe data from devices that are lost or stolen; lock devices after they haven't been used for a certain period; delegate a password for each phone; set minimum password lengths; and require passwords that include letters, number and punctuation. Google will hardly be considered a viable messaging and collaboration software provider unless it supports all of the major devices running on all of the key platforms, including Google's own Android. US Cybersecurity Enhancement Act Sails Through House (Yahoo News)The legislation calls for the National Science Foundation (NSF) to spend $396m (£252m) over the next four years to fund cyber security research. The NSF will be awarded $94m (£60m) to fund scholarships into security research, on the proviso that those who receive them work in the public sector for the same number of years as their studies. Around the BlogosphereSharePoint Designer 2010 Edit in Advanced Mode (SharePoint Branding & Design)In SharePoint Designer 2007 you can simply open up any type of file you wanted even if it did not reside in SharePoint. Well now things have change for 2010… Now you are forced to open up a SharePoint site before attempting to open up a file that resides outside of SharePoint. If you try before opening up a site you get the following error message: “You must first open a Web site before editing external Web pages…” Not really sure why they changed this maybe they want to ensure that you are not downloading the free SharePoint designer and simply using it as a HTML editor for non-SharePoint sites… SharePoint 2010 Better Together with SQL 2008 R2 Database Enhancements Top 10 (SharePoint Joel's SharePoint Land)I’ve been thinking a lot about the SQL 2008 R2 and SharePoint 2010 better together story and wanted to capture some of what’s been floating around in my head. I haven’t seen enough content and blogs on this stuff and hope that this will help spur more conversations on the topic. Mike Watson has put out a couple of well put together posts on SQL 2008 and SharePoint 2010 in his storage considerations post and on SharePoint 2010 high availability improvements. I also put some thoughts on why SQL 2008 for SharePoint from a while back. With the product team’s announcement of requirements of 64 bit SQL and SQL 2005 and SQL 2008, many are asking questions. Having spent time with SQL 2008, I do see it as a no brainer to skip 2005 or to simply go with the gold and do the right thing from the beginning. A lot of the high availability (mirroring) and security features (transparent data encryption) are in the enterprise version, so be careful to do the right thing. Ironically I did run into 10 Things DBAs will love about SharePoint 2010 which only enriches this story which focuses on the SQL side even more. I have been using SQL 2008 R2 on all of my SharePoint 2010 installs. Love the new features “Top 10 Features of SQL 2008 R2” Data Execution Prevention in Office 2010 (Microsoft Office 2010 Engineering)Hello, my name is Vikas Malhotra, and I am a security Program Manager in the Office Trustworthy Computer Team (TWC). In this post I will be covering some security changes we made around Data Execution Prevention or DEP for short. DEP is one of the many new defense in depth protection layers we have added in Office 2010. Get the GUID Out of SharePoint Databases (Todd Klindt's SharePoint Admin Blog)As a SharePoint consultant I get to see a lot of things about SharePoint that bug people. This blog post is dedicated to one of those SharePoint annoyances, a GUID at the end of the Central Admin content database. Around Bamboo NationGuest Blog by Michael Womack - Adventures in Bamboo PM Central: Getting Started... (The Bamboo Team Blog)Hello, my name is Michael Womack, and I am a business owner, project manager, graphic artist, business analyst, trainer, lifelong learner, husband, father and, most recently, a "Bamboo newbie." I'm just getting introduced to Bamboo PM Central while working on a project to evaluate and implement the product into our local county government's IT department here in Roanoke, Virginia to manage our portfolio of 60+ projects. Should you wish to contact me directly or confidentially, drop me a line at mwomack11@cox.net. I read my email almost every day and will respond to your email... eventually. SPSNY: 'Ask the SharePoint Experts' Session with Michael Lotter, Bob Fox and More (The Bamboo Team Blog)Saturday afternoon's "Ask the Experts" session at SharePoint Saturday New York was an informal affair, as is generally the nature of such open dialogues between an audience and a group of SharePoint experts. Representing the experts at the front of the room were Bob Fox, Michael Lotter, and two other gentlemen who, unfortunately, went unnamed and with whom I was unfamiliar. (Please folks, introduce yourselves to the audience next time!) Also in the room were Mark Miller and Dux Raymond Sy, the latter of whom participated in an exchange on migrating forms to SharePoint. SharePoint Job Listings**.Net W/ SharePoint - Fort Lauderdale, FLWell known medical provider is searching for an EXPERIENCED .NET developer with a Sharepoint background. Must have previous experience... -Developing for enterprise level applications -OOP skills -Medical Billing and ERP preferred -ASP.NET,C#, ADO.NET,T-SQL,P-SQL,XML -SHAREPOINT, SHAREPOINT, SHAREPOINT today! Sr. SharePoint Analyst - Quantico, VAFlatter & Associates is searching for a Senior Sharepoint Analyst to provide analytical and specialty engineering support to the USMC Training and Education Command (TECOM) G-3. The objectives of these initiatives are to support TECOM G-3 entities through interactive, web-based and desktop applications in accordance with the current Department of Defense (DoD), Department of the Navy (DON) and Marine Corps directives, policy and strategies. These services include the MCCDC Virtual Work Environment (VWE) solutions, Legacy Command FOUO sites, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) access administration, and Functional-Area Data-Management tasks. The Analyst shall be required to sustain current/on-going established web-based applications, VWEs including the SIPRNET and parallel NIPRNET capabilities, as described within set objectives. The Analyst will maintain the existing IT infrastructure elements (e.g., Microsoft SharePoint, Enterprise Architecture Repository, and associated web pages, provide information security/assurance support, and study/consultation support relating to the existing TECOM network and services architecture. The ultimate goal of this effort is to develop, integrate, and maintain TECOM G-3 supporting systems, and provide the G-3 framework for delivery of world-class training and education information. Microsoft UpdatesYou cannot view the AreaNavigationSettings.aspx page in Office SharePoint Server 2007 after you create a relative URL (Microsoft Support)Consider the following scenario. You create a relative URL in the AreaNavigationSettings.aspx page in a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 site. Then, you try to view the AreaNavigationSettings.aspx page. In this scenario, you receive an error message. Note To view the AreaNavigationSettings.aspx page, click Site Actions, click Site Settings, and then click Modify Navigation. 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stefan @ decatec: MOSS 2007 Web Design Standards

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:11:31 -0500

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stefan @ decatec: SharePoint 2010 Starter (minimal) Master Page

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:59:09 -0500

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Alpesh Nakars' Blogosphere: SharePoint Links Round up from Twitter for February 5th

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:52:01 -0500

Posted 2 items. What’s new and interesting in the SharePoint universe for the week ending 2010/01/29 http://tinyurl.com/ylrq3qy RT @ToddKlindt: #sharepoint #link Get the GUID out of SharePoint databases: http://bit.ly/8ZP9rc Related posts:SharePoint Links Round up from Twitter for February 6th SharePoint Links Round up from Twitter for February 3rd SharePoint Links Round up from Twitter for January 5th

Steve Pietrek's SharePoint Stuff: Links (2/4/2010)

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:26:42 -0500

SharePoint 2007 Unlocking the Mysteries of Data View Web Part XSL Tags – Part 5: xsl:param WhitePaper: Customizing the Content Query Web Part in SharePoint Server 2007 Using OWSSVR.dll to filter SharePoint data on the server side SharePoint Customisation – OOTB vs SPD vs Custom Code Combining JQuery UI Dialogs and SharePoint WebParts SharePoint 2010 Create [...]

Chris O'Brien's blog: Ribbon customizations - dropdown controls, Client Object Model and JavaScript Page Components

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:21:00 -0500

So far in my series on SharePoint 2010 ribbon development, we looked at creating new tabs, groups and controls and adding ribbon items into existing tabs/groups. Once you understand how to get your customizations into the right place in the ribbon, you may find you want to go beyond simply adding buttons and make use of other controls such as dropdowns, checkboxes, flyout anchors and so on. This type of ribbon development is fairly involved, but as with so many things in SharePoint development, once you’ve done it the first time you know the overall “template” for subsequent occasions - hopefully what I’m showing here is a good starting point for quite a few advanced things you might want to do. The key is that a JavaScript “page component” is generally required in addition to the declarative XML we’ve seen in my earlier posts. [Beta sidenote] At the time of writing (Feb 2010, still in beta), after some time on this I’m forming the opinion that ribbon development could be one of the more complex development areas in SP2010. Maybe some stellar documentation from Microsoft could change this, but right now there are many dark corners which are quite difficult to understand – currently there is practically no coverage of much of this stuff in the SDK (and very little anywhere really), so unless you have inside information it’s mainly blood, sweat and tears all the way. I’ve mentioned this to the PM in the Product Group (Elisabeth Olson), and it sounds like more MS guidance is on the way soon, so let’s hope. The sample My sample shows the use of a custom dropdown in the ribbon – I’ll go into more detail later, but the concepts I’m showing here can be used for many controls in the ribbon, not just a dropdown. So if what you’re wanting to do doesn’t specifically involve a dropdown, I’d suggest reading on anyway as this technique is still probably what you will use. When clicked the first time, it uses the Client Object Model to fetch a collection of lists in the current web, then presents them as options in the dropdown: When an item is selected, a simple JavaScript alert is raised with the name of the selected list, though a real-life implementation would of course do something more useful with the value. The goal here is to illustrate how to work with ribbon controls other than buttons, and also how to write code behind them – once you can do this, you’ll be able to build a wide range of solutions. One key thing to note – it IS possible to add items to a dropdown or other control entirely in XML. I’m choosing to use a JavaScript page component to illustrate what happens when you need “code-behind” e.g. to iterate all the lists in a web in my case. What’s required – summary Declarative XML to provision the ribbon controls JavaScript “page component”, typically declared in external .js file Addition of JavaScript to page (using whatever technique is most appropriate to the scope of your ribbon customization – code in a web part/delegate control which is added to AdditionalPageHead, etc.). This will: Link the external .js file Ensure core dependent .js files are loaded e.g. SP.js, CUI.js Call into the initialization function within our page component – this registers our component with the ribbon framework and ensures our component gets added to the page. 1. Declarative XML I used the following XML – here I’m actually showing a cut-down extract which is just for the group containing my controls. Really it’s just the ‘Controls’ section which is the most interesting bit, the surroundings would depend on whether you are wanting to create a new tab or add the items into an existing tab/group, see my previous articles for those details. Key points of note are the Command, PopulateQueryCommand, and QueryCommand attributes on the dropdown – these will link into our JavaScript page component: 1: 7: 8: 14: 25: 2. JavaScript page componentThis is the complex bit, the first time at least. We are effectively writing object-oriented JavaScript which contains a class which powers our ribbon control. Consider JavaScript such as this the ‘template’ to use for page components, where you’ll modify the actual implementation bits each time. I’ve commented some key points, suggest having a scroll through and then we’ll walk through the highlights: 1: Type.registerNamespace('COB.SharePoint.Ribbon.PageComponent'); 2: 3: COB.SharePoint.Ribbon.PageComponent = function () { 4: COB.SharePoint.Ribbon.PageComponent.initializeBase(this); 5: } 6: 7: // the initialize function needs to be called by some script added to the page elsewhere - in the end, it does the important work 8: // of calling PageManager.addPageComponent().. 9: COB.SharePoint.Ribbon.PageComponent.initialize = function () { 10: ExecuteOrDelayUntilScriptLoaded(Function.createDelegate(null, COB.SharePoint.Ribbon.PageComponent.initializePageComponent), 'SP.Ribbon.js'); 11: } 12: COB.SharePoint.Ribbon.PageComponent.initializePageComponent = function() { 13: 14: var ribbonPageManager = SP.Ribbon.PageManager.get_instance(); 15: if (null !== ribbonPageManager) { 16: ribbonPageManager.addPageComponent(COB.SharePoint.Ribbon.PageComponent.instance); 17: } 18: } 19: 20: COB.SharePoint.Ribbon.PageComponent.prototype = { 21: init: function () { }, 22: 23: getFocusedCommands: function () { 24: return [ ]; 25: }, 26: 27: getGlobalCommands: function () { 28: return ['COB.PageComponent.Command.DoAction', 'COB.PageComponent.Command.PopulateDropDown', 'COB.PageComponent.Command.QueryDoAction']; 29: }, 30: 31: canHandleCommand: function (commandId) { 32: if ((commandId === 'COB.PageComponent.Command.DoAction') || 33: (commandId === 'COB.PageComponent.Command.PopulateDropDown') || (commandId === 'COB.PageComponent.Command.QueryDoAction')) { 34: return true; 35: } 36: else { 37: return false; 38: } 39: }, 40: 41: handleCommand: function (commandId, properties, sequence) { 42: if (commandId === 'COB.PageComponent.Command.QueryDoAction') { 43: // this command executes as soon as tab is requested, so do initialization here ready for if our dropdown gets requested.. 44: loadCurrentWebLists(); 45: } 46: if (commandId === 'COB.PageComponent.Command.PopulateDropDown') { 47: // actually build the dropdown contents by setting the PopulationXML property to a value with the expected format. We have to deal with possible 48: // timing issues/dependency on core SharePoint JS code with an ExecuteOrDelay.. 49: ExecuteOrDelayUntilScriptLoaded(Function.createDelegate(null, getDropdownItemsXml), 'SP.js'); 50: 51: properties.PopulationXML = getDropdownItemsXml(); 52: } 53: if (commandId === 'COB.PageComponent.Command.DoAction') { 54: // here we're using the SourceControlId to detect the selected item, but more normally each item would have a unique commandId (rather than 'DoAction'). 55: // However this isn't possible in this case since each item is a list in the current web, and this can change.. 56: var selectedItem = properties.SourceControlId.toString(); 57: var listName = selectedItem.substring(selectedItem.lastIndexOf('.') + 1); 58: alert("You selected the list: " + listName); 59: } 60: }, 61: 62: isFocusable: function () { 63: return true; 64: }, 65: 66: receiveFocus: function () { 67: return true; 68: }, 69: 70: yieldFocus: function () { 71: return true; 72: } 73: } 74: 75: // **** BEGIN: helper code specific to this sample **** 76: 77: // some global variables which we'll use with the async processing.. 78: var lists = null; 79: var querySucceeded = false; 80: 81: // use the Client Object Model to fetch the lists in the current site.. 82: function loadCurrentWebLists() { 83: var clientContext = new SP.ClientContext.get_current(); 84: var web = clientContext.get_web(); 85: this.lists = web.get_lists(); 86: 87: clientContext.load(lists); 88: clientContext.executeQueryAsync( 89: Function.createDelegate(this, this.onQuerySucceeded), 90: Function.createDelegate(this, this.onQueryFailed)); 91: } 92: 93: function onQuerySucceeded() { 94: querySucceeded = true; 95: } 96: 97: function onQueryFailed(sender, args) { 98: querySucceeded = false; 99: } 100: 101: function getDropdownItemsXml() { 102: var sb = new Sys.StringBuilder(); 103: sb.append(''); 129: return sb.toString(); 130: } 131: 132: // **** END: helper code specific to this sample **** 133: 134: COB.SharePoint.Ribbon.PageComponent.registerClass('COB.SharePoint.Ribbon.PageComponent', CUI.Page.PageComponent); 135: COB.SharePoint.Ribbon.PageComponent.instance = new COB.SharePoint.Ribbon.PageComponent(); 136: 137: NotifyScriptLoadedAndExecuteWaitingJobs("COB.SharePoint.Ribbon.PageComponent.js"); 138: The ‘initialize’ function is typically responsible for calling ‘addPageComponent’ on the ribbon PageManager (but not before SP.Ribbon.js has loaded) The commands referenced in the JS are those specified in the control XML e.g. for my dropdown The ‘getFocusedCommands’ function returns an array of commands which should execute when my control has focus The ‘getGlobalCommands’ function returns an array of commands which should execute regardless of focus We need to list the commands which can be handled in the ‘canHandleCommand’ function, and provide the actual implementation for each of these in ‘handleCommand’ Note the following crucial points about the various commands used: PopulateQueryCommand – used to build the list of items in the control. This is where I’m using the Client Object Model (ECMAScript version) to fetch the lists for the current web. QueryCommand – called when the parent container (e.g. tab) is activated. Remember the ribbon is all about “script on demand” (lazy loading), so I’m choosing this as a better place to do my initialization work of the actual Client OM request – more on this later. Command – called when the user actually selects an item IMPORTANT – these commands apply to lots of ribbon controls other than dropdowns e.g. FlyoutAnchor, SplitButton, ToggleButton, TextBox, Checkbox, Spinner, etc. This is why this information is relevant even if it’s not specifically a dropdown control you’re working with. The key to populating controls which take collections is to use the ‘properties’ object passed to handleCommand, using either: properties.PopulationXML properties.PopulationJSON I’m using properties.PopulationXML to supply the items which should appear in my dropdown, and the format required is: 1: 2: 3: 4: I haven’t yet seen an example of how to use the .PopulationJSON property, so don’t know the exact names to use in the JSON. There are some interesting facets to combining the Client OM with the ribbon JS framework – effectively the async model used means the result of your method call may not be ready by the time the ribbon framework needs it (it happens on a different request after all). I’ll explain how I dealt with this in my example towards the end of this article.3. Page-level JavaScriptThe final element is the JavaScript you need to add to the page to call into the page component. In my example I’m happy for this JavaScript to be added to every page in my site (since that’s the scope of my ribbon customization), so I used a delegate control in AdditionalPageHead to add a custom user control, the body of which looks like this: 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: The important things here are that we ensure required system JS files are loaded with the ScriptLink tag, do the same for our JS file, then call the .initialize() function of our page component.So those the component pieces for complex controls in the ribbon! A wide variety of ribbon customizations should be possible by tailoring this information/sample code as needed (remember ‘handleCommand’ is the key implementation hook), and I definitely think that starting from such a template is the way to go.Appendix - considerations for using the Client Object Model in the ribbonWhen working with the ribbon it quickly becomes apparent that if the Client Object Model didn’t exist, things would be much trickier – they are a natural pairing for many requirements. Despite this, some challenges arise – consider that a control (e.g. dropdown) will have it’s items collection populated as late as possible if ‘PopulateDynamically’ is set to true (generally a good idea) i.e. when the dropdown is actually clicked to select an item! This is because the ribbon is designed around a “script on demand” model (you’ll often see “SOD” references in Microsoft’s JavaScript) – this ensures only the required JavaScript is downloaded to the client, and no more. This solves the issue where on SharePoint 2007 WCM sites, we would suppress the core.js file for anonymous users because it was big and not required for these users. Anyway, when the dropdown is clicked, at this point the ribbon framework calls ‘handleCommand’ with the command specified for the ‘PopulateQueryCommand’ value. If you run your Client OM code here it’s no good, since you won’t get the result there and then due to the async model – the result will be provided to the callback function, long after ‘handleCommand’ has completed, so the end result is your control will be empty. Consequently, you need to do the actual processing before the ‘PopulateQueryCommand’ is called. You could choose to do as soon as the page loads, but in most cases this could be inefficient – what if the user doesn’t come near your ribbon control on this page load? In this case we would have incurred some client-side processing and an extra request to the server which was completely unnecessary – on a high-traffic page, this could be bad news. Without any documentation it’s hard to be sure at this stage, but it seems the ‘QueryCommand’ is a good place to put such Client OM code – this seems to be called when the parent container (e.g. tab) is made visible (at which point there’s now a chance the user could use our control). In my code I have the actual Client OM query run here and store the result in page-level variable - this is then picked up and iterated for the ‘PopulateQueryCommand’. By the time the script runs this command to populate the control, the query has already executed and has the data ready – happy days. I’ll be interested to see what emerges in this area to see whether this is the expected pattern or, well, if I’ve got things completely wrong.SummaryComplex ribbon customizations are likely to require a JavaScript page component - in general page components are somewhat complex (partly because of the current lack of documentation perhaps), but once you have a suitable template, subsequent implementations should be easier. If you need to use Client Object Model code, beware of the “async/lifecycle issue” discussed here and ensure your code has data ready for the ribbon framework.

SharePoint Blog - René Hézser: OWL SharePoint Usergroup

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:58:08 -0500

Durch die Feiertage, den Jahreswechsel und einfach verdammt viel zu tun zu haben hat sich der Termin für das nächste SharePoint Usergroup Treffen in OWL leider hingezogen. Doch jetzt steht er: Wir sind am 16.2.2010 wieder in Bielefeld bei der invent Software-Entwicklung GmbH zu Gast. Start ist wie immer 18h. Eine Anfahrtsbeschreibung gibt es HIER, oder die Adresse für die Navis: Otto-Brenner-Str. 209, 33699 Bielefeld. Bitte gebt uns kurz per Email Bescheid wenn ihr kommt. Die Email Adresse gibt es auf der SharePointCommunity Seite: http://sharepointcommunity.de/groups/owl/default.aspx Das Thema wird SharePoint 2010 sein, mit Schwerpunkt auf den Business Connectivity Services (Nachfolger des BDC) und dem Client Objektmodell. Hierzu werde ich einen Vortrag halten. Bis bald

Bamboo Nation: Guest Blog by Michael Womack - Adventures in Bamboo PM Central: Getting Started...

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:00:00 -0500

Hello, my name is Michael Womack, and I am a business owner, project manager, graphic artist, business analyst, trainer, lifelong learner, husband, father and, most recently, a "Bamboo newbie." I'm just getting introduced to Bamboo PM Central while working on a project to evaluate and implement the product into our local county government's IT department here in Roanoke, Virginia to manage our portfolio of 60+ projects. Should you wish to contact me directly or confidentially, drop me a line at mwomack11@cox.net. I read my email almost every day and will respond to your email... eventually. As a "Bamboo newbie," and for the benefit of other users out there like me, I am most interested in learning and documenting all the practical tips and tricks about PM Central. In this "Adventures in Bamboo PM Central" series, I will attempt to define best practices for using PM Central and the included Bamboo Web Parts so that others can learn from our experience and get up to speed more quickly, demonstrating value to users at every level of your organization. Getting familiar with the initial template design and how the dashboard charts respond to data entered, adjusting chart thresholds to match our business processes, using group email, alerts, etc... these are just a few of the challenges that I hope to learn some good tips and tricks from our trial and error experience ... and also from the Bamboo Community as well, so you are invited and encouraged to chime in anytime with your comments and/or suggestions! And perhaps after we learn and share this experience through this series of blogs, I will be able change my title from Bamboo Newbie... to Bamboo Hero ... as I am sure some of you out there will be considered that by me! So far, I like what I see with PM Central... and I realize I have not even scratched the surface yet! As I begin this journey towards learning all there is to know about PM Central, I know I may never get there, but it will be an adventure worth experiencing nonetheless. My goals for this journey include: - Share with all those who choose to follow along as much of our PM Central implementation experience as 'legally' possible, from start to finish (leaving out any potentially offensive terms - I'll keep it clean). - Provide at least weekly updates ... or as frequently as I/we experience something worth posting for the good of the whole. - Provide lessons learned to help users avoid what I will affectionately term as "Bambooby" traps. - Establish best practices for our readers to use that will shorten their startup and implementation time considerably, as well as make for a better overall experience in the long run for everyone concerned. Now, let's get started!

Method ~ of ~ failed: Silverlight DataGrid quick styling tip: keep selected row focus state

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:27:29 -0500

A developer asked me this question and while a simple answer, I thought it would be a good quick tip to share for those who may be in similar situations. The scenario is the classic master-details scenario where perhaps you have a grid of data and when a user selects the row, the details are enabled in a form (or perhaps the child of the element) for editing. Maybe something like this: See you can see the row clearly selected (note: this is using the default DataGrid styling). But watch what happens when you go to the form to edit: Notice the focus now on the TextBox in the form, and the row, while still ‘selected’ is much more subtle in which row is selected. The uninformed eye might miss which one. For some scenarios this might be important. Some might even think the row isn’t selected anymore since the visual state changed. In fact it still *IS* selected and the only thing that changed *IS* the visual state…literally. Since Silverlight has the concept of the VisualStateManager, that is what we are seeing in action here. So you want to change that to make your desired UI as expected…having the row retain it’s selected look even when the user is editing. This is simple. Using Expression Blend, you can select the DataGrid element and then choose Edit Additional Templates to find the RowStyle template to edit a copy of: Once you have this, click the States tab in the tool and you’ll see the various visual states that a DataGridRow can have. Notice the NormalSelected and UnfocusedSelected states: You would modify the Fill.Color property of the UnfocusedSelected state to accomplish the desired change. In this example, I just used the same color as the default grid for illustration. The end result is what the user may be expecting more. Notice the focus is on the TextBox in the form still, but the row still has a prominent selected color view: A simple edit, but a helpful UI change to give your users more indication of what they are doing. Of course I’m just using the default styles of the DataGrid here, but you could use your own styles as well. Hope this helps! Here is my style XAML as I completed the task above: StaySelectedStyle.txt tags: silverlight, riaservices, datagrid, blend, expression blend, visualstatemanager, themes This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution By license.

Bamboo Nation: SPSNY: 'Ask the Experts' Session

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:07:00 -0500

Saturday afternoon's "Ask the Experts" session at SharePoint Saturday New York was an informal affair, as is generally the nature of such open dialogues between an audience and a group of SharePoint experts. Representing the experts at the front of the room were Bob Fox, Michael Lotter, and two other gentlemen who, unfortunately, went unnamed and with whom I was unfamiliar. (Please folks, introduce yourselves to the audience next time!) Geoff Varosky, and Tony Lanni. Also in the room were Mark Miller and Dux Raymond Sy, the latter of whom participated in an exchange on migrating forms to SharePoint. Some of the questions asked during the session, and the answers provided by the distinguished panel of experts, included: Q: What's the sync process between content published to an Internet versus an intranet zone? A If you extend your intranet to the extranet, they're basically mirror images, so it's a simultaneous publishing process. Q: What would be your advice regarding data migration from Lotus Domino to SharePoint 2007? A: Recommended third-party providers of SharePoint data migration products included Quest, AvePoint, and Metalogix. Q: A follow-up to the above: In dealing with the forms in such a migration, would you recommend InfoPath or ASP.NET? A: Given that each option has its pros and cons, the strong recommendation by all of the experts was that, if at all possible, you should wait for 2010 rather than migrating to 2007. Q: How does 2010 support co-authoring of documents, specifically regarding its handling of versions? A: The Office client, as opposed to the Web App, is required, and it tracks the changes made by both users and ultimately merges them via SharePoint Workspace. Only one author can be working on a given area of the document at a time. Q: What are the limitations on the cross-browser support offered by SharePoint 2010? A: Though specific limitations weren't listed, the different tiers of supported browsers were named. First-tier browsers are IE 7 and 8 (32-bit), Firefox 3.2 (32-bit), and Opera. Second-tier browsers are Safari, and the 64-bit versions of IE and Firefox. All other browsers fall under the third-tier category. Q: Using the Microsoft Web Apps on a Mac, are there any limitations? A: As long as you have the Apps, no. Q: Will it be possible to upgrade content from a beta version of SharePoint 2010 to the release version? A: Only if you're a) in the Microsoft Technical Adoption Program (TAP), or b) you're on the Release Candidate (RC) version ... which is currently limited to just TAP members. Q: What are your recommendations regarding using backup and restore? A: The only time I use Central Admin backup and restore is right before I push something to production. Tune in tomorrow for my recap of Mark Miller's session on "Enhancing the SharePoint Interface with jQuery Solutions"! Read the entire SharePoint Saturday New York series: Greetings from SharePoint Saturday New York! Paul J. Swider on "The Humanizing of SharePoint" in 2010 Peter Serzo's "At the Movies with PerformancePoint Services" Michael Lotter's "SharePoint 2010 Workflow Overview with Visio and SharePoint Designer" "Ask the SharePoint Experts" Session with Michael Lotter, Bob Fox, Geoff Varosky and Tony Lanni Mark Miller on "Enhancing the SharePoint Interface with jQuery Solutions"

stefan @ decatec: Sharepoint 2010 metadata helps Search

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:58:01 -0500

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Bamboo Nation: Office 2010 Release Candidate Available; New IE Flaw Uncovered; Microsoft Speaks Cloud Interoperability

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:55:00 -0500

Top News StoriesOffice 2010 Takes Another Step Forward (ChannelWeb)Microsoft is now offering the Office 2010 Release Candidate to a portion of its army of software testers, although it doesn't look like everyone will have access to this particular build. The Office 2010 RC is available to members of Microsoft's technology adoption program (TAP), a spokesperson said Wednesday in an e-mail. "This is one of Microsoft's planned milestones in the engineering process; however they do not have plans to make this new code set available broadly," the spokesperson said. IE Flaw Gives Hackers Access to User Files, Microsoft Says (PC World)Microsoft warned on Wednesday that a flaw in its Internet Explorer browser gives attackers access to files stored on a PC under certain conditions. "Our investigation so far has shown that if a user is using a version of Internet Explorer that is not running in Protected Mode an attacker may be able to access files with an already known filename and location," Microsoft said in a security advisory. Can Silverlight Save Windows Mobile from Plummeting Sales? (Ars Technica)Windows Mobile is steadily losing market share as consumers look to more frequently updated devices with a larger availability of apps. Despite the launch of Windows Marketplace for Mobile with 246 apps, and the opening of the store to Windows Mobile 6.x devices, developers don't seem as interested as Microsoft would hope. The company is hoping to reverse all the negative trends with the release of Windows Mobile 7, the upcoming version of its mobile OS that has seen multiple delays. Azure Goes GA While Microsoft Speaks of Cloud Interoperability (CMS Wire)The official launch of the Windows Azure (news, site) cloud is now upon us. It's been in the works for a few years, and well tested — even if Microsoft does not fully utilize it themselves. An Azure Cloud for All. Well, for 21 countries at least. That's right, Microsoft is making Windows Azure and SQL Azure available in 21 countries under the full support of customer and partner SLAs. Windows Veteran Mike Nash to Leave Microsoft (ZDNet)A couple of weeks after Windows Senior Vice President Bill Veghte decided to leave Microsoft, another Windows marketing veteran is doing the same. Mike Nash, Corporate Vice President of Windows Platform Strategy, will be leaving the company in February. A Microsoft spokesperson confirmed his departure when I asked. From the e-mailed statement: What's Behind Microsoft's Tinkering with its Low-end Server Line-up? (ZDNet)Microsoft seems to be making some behind-the-scenes adjustments to its line-up of low-end Windows Servers that are in the pipeline. Last year, Microsoft officials began pitching Windows Home Server (WHS) as not just a home enthusiast product, but also as a low-end server option that could fit the needs of small office/home office (SOHO) users — effectively making WHS Microsoft’s new lowest-end server offering. Microsoft is in the midst of testing privately the next version of WHS, codenamed Vail. Around the BlogosphereBirthday Gifts for my Extended SharePoint Family (End User SharePoint)A friend of mine, Michael Cortez, introduced me to a birthday tradition he has in his family where the person having the birthday gives out gifts to everyone else in the family. I really like that a lot. Since today is my birthday, I’ve got a little gift for you, my extended SharePoint family. The Great Virtualization Debate: What to do? SharePoint 2010 for Laptops (SharePoint Joel's SharePoint Land)In a discussion on twitter yesterday a number of people expressed their opinions on how best to run SharePoint in a dev environment or simply on your laptop. People are looking for easy to run and configure and minimize memory with validation, development, demos, and prototyping as goals. SharePoint 2010 Beta Virtual Machine Available (Chris Johnson)(Long time no post … sorry! we have been really busy!) Last week we released a new SharePoint 2010 Beta Virtual Machine. (GET IT HERE). This VM contains a bunch of pre-configured products including SharePoint 2010, Office 2010, SQL, Exchange, Office Communications Server & Visual Studio + a bunch more. Microsoft’s SharePoint 2010 Starter Master Page (Randy Drisgill)Last week, Microsoft’s Dallas Tester (http://twitter.com/dgtester) posted a new starter master page for SharePoint 2010: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/odcSP14StarterMaster. For those that don’t already know, “Starter” is the new term for minimal master pages that were available for SharePoint 2007. Here are some screenshots of the starter master page in action, you will see that it is quite minimal: Around Bamboo NationGuest Blog by Abel Solutions' Mark Henderson: Build an ISO 9001:2008 Compliant Document Management System with SharePoint (The Bamboo Team Blog)In today's economy, providing a product of the highest quality will help differentiate your product line from your competitor's, and provide a strategic advantage. Many customers are now demanding that their suppliers conform to the ISO 9001:2008 standard. This Week in Bamboo (January 24th, 2010 - January 30th, 2010) (The Bamboo Team Blog)We released two more web parts User Profile Plus Web Part and List Rotator Web Part to the storefront this week using Web License Manager 1.2. For List Rotator Web Part (Release 2.5), we fixed the error where random option in Rotating Item Order to work properly. The web part is now display all photographs instead lists only the first two photographs. List of bugs fixed can be found below. SPSNY: Michael Lotter's 'SharePoint 2010 Workflow Overview with Visio and SharePoint Designer' (The Bamboo Team Blog)The first session of the afternoon that I attended on Saturday at SharePoint Saturday New York was Michael Lotter's "SharePoint 2010 Workflow Overview with Visio and SharePoint Designer." Michael stated right off that he's "really excited about the huge improvements with SharePoint Designer 2010," particularly as the majority of the improvements are in the service of "empowering the business user." Michael's agenda for the session incorporated not only an overview of key workflow improvements in both Visio and SharePoint Designer (SPD), but also demos on how to work with each product, both separately and in concert. SharePoint Job Listings**Sr. Industry Technical Consultant - Sr. SharePoint Consultant - Houston, TXNalco has an opening for a Sr. Industry Technical Consultant. This position is responsible for application development and support of evolving web and SharePoint Intranet/Extranet portals to help automate many critical processes and provide business intelligence reporting to key decision makers. SharePoint Architect - Austin, TXSEAL Consulting Inc., is a leading SAP solutions provider addressing enterprise-wide business and technology needs. SEAL helps clients plan their ERP and Web strategies and also designs, develops and implements these concepts efficiently. SEAL provides a comprehensive array of critical ERP-related services to optimize and leverage existing and emerging technology, thus maximizing returns on investment. SEAL has very successfully supported its clients in responding to the ever-changing business and technological environments by offering services ranging from ERP implementations, post-implementation support and outsourcing. With SEAL’s partnership, many companies have successfully changed their business approach and have utilized ERP systems to provide broad backbone support and have adopted innovative strategies to meet the needs of the Internet. SEAL’s solution providers are professionals of the highest caliber who will work with clients to effectively meet their challenges by bringing forth new ideas and path-breaking innovations. Microsoft UpdatesYou cannot view the AreaNavigationSettings.aspx page in Office SharePoint Server 2007 after you create a relative URL (Microsoft Support)Consider the following scenario. You create a relative URL in the AreaNavigationSettings.aspx page in a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 site. Then, you try to view the AreaNavigationSettings.aspx page. In this scenario, you receive an error message. Note To view the AreaNavigationSettings.aspx page, click Site Actions, click Site Settings, and then click Modify Navigation. 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Sharepointology: Metadata not saving when Office Document is password protected

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:31:48 -0500

This is a known issue. The metadata is actually stored within the document and gets read into SharePoint when being saved. Unfortunately, since the document is password protected, SharePoint cannot read the metadata values and therefore you lose them. More precise, if you open the document for example in Excel you will see in your Document Information Panel (DIP) that the metadata is stored (in the document), but you won’t see the metadata in SharePoint. You have 2 different options to password protect an Office document, you can enter a “password to open” and/or a “password to modify“. The problem only occurs when you enter a “password to open”. If you use “password to modify” SharePoint will be able to read the metadata from the document. Related posts:Bulk editing metadata in a Sharepoint Picture Library

SharePoint au Quotidien Blog d'EROL: Microsoft Pre-Release Software License Terms | Microsoft Connect

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:24:00 -0500

Microsoft Pre-Release Software License Terms In order to gain access to the Office 2010 and/or SharePoint 2010 Release Candidate software for testing, you must accept the pre-release software license terms for both Microsoft Office Server 2010 and Microsoft Office 2010. Note that these license terms supersede the license terms that accompany the software, even though the license terms that accompany the software will be click-accepted after these terms are accepted. See you at the TECHDAYS 2010 PARIS for a demo OFFICE and SHAREPOINT 2010. Inscriptions aux TECHDAYS 2010 Microsoft Pre-Release Software License Terms | Microsoft Connect CLUB MOSS FRANCE - http://www.clubmoss2007.org/ Pierre Erol GIRAUDY - MVP MOSS CLUB MOSS et WSS FRANCE http://www.clubsps.org http://sharepointerol.blogspot.com/atom.xml

Wayne Larimore - his bloggin' Weighs: Links for 2010-02-03 [del.icio.us]

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:00:00 -0500

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