3/5/2010

RTM, Launch, and GA dates announced for SharePoint 2010!

SharePoint 2010 will RTM next month – April 2010!

The launch event will be May 12^th. http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/businessproductivity/proof/pages/2010-launch-events.aspx#fbid=387xf5ImGXJ

It will be generally available to everyone in June.

Source: http://blogs.technet.com/office2010/archive/2010/03/04/get-office-today-or-tomorrow.aspx

Michael

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2/19/2010

Why the silence?

I haven’t blogged in a while, though I have tweeted a lot.

Here’s why:

End of November, my wife and I were blessed with our second child.

Now my web hosting company is migrating my site to a “new platform” (which I think means new hardware). It’s apparently a slow process, and I don’t want to add significant new content until it is done.

So between those two things, it may be a bit quiet here for a few more weeks.

What I haven’t blogged about is what I have been doing on SP2010. More about that after the site migration is complete.

--Michael

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11/6/2009

Modifying a web part’s unnamed view with POSH

Here’s a little POSH script I wrote today, generalized a bit.

The web part in question shows a list that has a column named “Title”, and one named “Percentage”, where it grouped them by a column called MarketType.

It started out sorting ascending by title, and afterwards sorts descending by percentage.

function global:Sort-WPBiggestPercentOnTop($SPViewUsedByWP)

{

$oldqu = $SPViewUsedByWP.Query

if $oldqu -ne "<GroupBy Collapse=""FALSE"" GroupLimit=""100""><FieldRef Name=""Market_x0020_Type"" Ascending=""FALSE"" /></GroupBy><OrderBy><FieldRef Name=""Title"" /></OrderBy>"

{ write-error "View not as expected"}

$newqu = $oldqu.Replace("<FieldRef Name=""Title"" />","<FieldRef Name=""Percentage"" Ascending=""FALSE"" />"

$SPViewUsedByWP.Query = $newqu

$SPViewUsedByWP.Update()

write-host "Need to reset the state of the web part toolbar, it gets changed when the view gets edited."

}

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10/20/2009

Lots of 2010 Info now available

With the opening of the 2009 SharePoint Conference yesterday, the NDA was removed from 2010 information and Microsoft and 3rd parties have been publishing content as fast as they can.

Twitter has been a good way to find out about a number of these. My favorites so far are:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/results.aspx?displaylang=en&nr=50&sortCriteria=Date&sortOrder=Descending&stype=s_adv&freetext=sharepoint%202010 – A ton of downloads on Microsoft.com all about 2010 including 10 posters.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ee513147.aspx - SharePoint 2010 development training. See Module 2 in particular.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/dd441784.aspx#Sharepoint – Visual Studio 2010 developer walkthroughs for SharePoint development
http://www.mssharepointconference.com/pages/videoplayer.aspx?vhid=1 Tom Rizzo’s news of the day from Day 1 of the SharePoint conference.

Also, things I couldn’t say before:

Central Admin 2010 is sweet! Managed accounts that change their own strong passwords for you – awesome!

492+ PowerShell cmdlets for managing SharePoint! Cool!

--Michael

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10/6/2009

November 2009 CSPUG Meeting: Speakers Chosen

We’ve just finalized our speakers for the Nov 5 and Nov 19 meetings of the Chicago SharePoint User Group. We have Rick Seeman, a SharePoint Technical Specialist from Microsoft, MVP Asif Rehmani, and MVP Rob Bogue speaking. We can’t tell you the specific topics yet, because it’s all 2010 and under NDA.

Save the dates! The Nov 5 meeting is an evening meeting in the Loop, and the Nov 19 meeting is an afternoon meeting in Downers Grove. Rick and Asif speak at both, Rob speaks at the afternoon meeting as a special bonus. Sign up for our mailing list at www.cspug.org, and as soon as we open Registration, you will know about it!

--Michael

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10/2/2009

Twitterstream Snapshot

Here’s a snapshot of all my tweets to date. This is for the benefit of anyone who reads my blog but doesn’t follow me on Twitter, and also so that a search of my blog includes my tweets.

#SharePoint: "An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host" when email enable a list? Ensure Cntrl Adm default AAM url ok.3:33 PM Sep 30th from TwInbox
RT @TopSharepoint: How we did it: Speeding up #SharePoint for SharePoint.Microsoft.com: http://tinyurl.com/yfr7coa -10:28 PM Sep 29th from TwInbox
Gartner puts #SharePoint in Leader's Quadrant - http://bit.ly/zB1Cm 3:17 PM Sep 28th from web
Your Content Type Gallery empty after you do a site collection restore with stsadm? Recycle the App Pool for that #SharePoint web app!4:47 PM Sep 24th from TwInbox
Added 2 to our list of possible speakers for future Chicago #SharePoint User Group (#CSPUG) meetings. Topics: Rec Mgmt and Notes Migration.10:34 PM Sep 23rd from TwInbox
#CSPUG Chicago #SharePoint User Group - Oct Meeting moved to Dec. Nov will have 2 mtgs on 2010 - one in Loop, one in DG. http://cspug.org 8:46 AM Sep 20th from web
Had a planning call for #CSPUG, the Chicago #SharePoint User Group on Friday. Updating site and writing meeting notes.8:43 AM Sep 20th from web
Useful link: #SharePoint Designer Data View Web Parts: http://bit.ly/un1P3 9:48 PM Sep 17th from web
http://bit.ly/14L1Jy via @addthis: Another InformationWeek article - spotlight on the Manufacturing Sector - #SharePoint and Collaboration!11:20 PM Sep 15th from web
InformationWeek Magazine - 20 Ideas to Steal - one is how CenterPoint uses #SharePoint and OCS. Productivity up 25%! http://bit.ly/j4xnT 11:01 PM Sep 15th from web
@tonyrockwell @SFNando: Reference 4 calculated fields in #sharepoint - Also see http://tinyurl.com/pw7r4o 5:34 PM Sep 14th from TwInbox
@pbuonora Re your 2009 July 24 reply. You are right. re http://bit.ly/zKDai 10:36 PM Sep 11th from web in reply to pbuonora
Just posted @GDurzi 's code & PPT from yesterday's Chicago #SharePoint User Group meeting: Public facing sites. See http://www.cspug.org.10:29 PM Sep 11th from TwInbox
Useful link: Createing a #SharePoint list item in a particular folder (read all comments) http://tinyurl.com/kupppq 3:52 PM Sep 11th from TwInbox
Usefule link for #SharePoint Branding http://tinyurl.com/npydxp 3:51 PM Sep 11th from TwInbox
New Blog Post: A few #SharePoint end user training resources: http://tinyurl.com/qr2wr5 11:21 PM Sep 10th from TwInbox
@AsifRehmani and the rest of the CSPUG leadership team and I are planning the next 3 months of Chicago #SharePoint User Group meetings.10:02 PM Sep 10th from TwInbox
Had a great Chicago #SharePoint User Group meeting today! @GDurzi spoke about building Internet sites & Tom Miller spoke on cloud storage.9:59 PM Sep 10th from TwInbox
RT @DanielBrownSA: Announcing the release of patterns and practices Developing #SharePoint Applications guidance http://bit.ly/36bpo6 11:10 PM Sep 8th from TwInbox
Reminder! September Chicago #SharePoint User Group meeting is September 10. Register now at http://www.cspug.org !11:38 PM Sep 4th from TwInbox
RT @zenbeatz: #MOSS 2007 Automated Installation Scripts #Sharepoint unattended http://bit.ly/661ht 8:07 AM Sep 3rd from TwInbox
RT @robrawbert: Microsoft.Office.Server.Diagnostics.PortalLog.LogString() is my friend! Easy way to write to the regular #SharePoint logs8:04 AM Sep 3rd from TwInbox
Registration now open for the September 10th Chicago #SharePoint User Group meeting at the #Microsoft office in Downers Grove! www.cspug.org 11:24 PM Aug 30th from web
RT @mysharepoint: MGreth: SharePoint Administration Toolkit Version 4 http://bit.ly/rKZMO #SharePoint 3:11 PM Aug 27th from TwInbox
RT @jthake: #SharePoint #Link: Available For Immediate Download: The Productivity Hub For Microsoft ShareP.. http://bit.ly/14QheB 1:19 PM Aug 27th from TwInbox
New Blog Post: SharePoint Solution Architecture - One Example: http://tinyurl.com/kp9y3h 6:57 PM Aug 26th from TwInbox
@ChrisWalshie Yes, you can. You slipstream the updates the Same way you slipstream #SharePoint SP26:56 PM Aug 26th from TwInbox
#SharePoint : Training Videos / Conference Session Videos On Demand - http://videos.devconnection...6:25 PM Aug 26th from TwInbox
My #SharePoint Connections presentation on #PowerShell for #SharePoint is now online! http://tinyurl.com/nbvnsn 6:23 PM Aug 26th from TwInbox
New #SharePoint Training Resource - All the sessions from the SharePoint Connections conference on demand! http://tinyurl.com/lluzc5 6:21 PM Aug 26th from TwInbox
RT @jwillie: RT @pl_sharepoint Joel Oleson: New Whitepaper Preparing for #SharePoint 2010 http://planetsharepoint.org...2:44 PM Aug 26th from TwInbox
RT @emilysc: #SharePoint August Cumulative Update (CU) posted on Updates Resource Center http://bit.ly/murY 2:34 PM Aug 26th from TwInbox
@paulwillen If from one #SharePoint blog site to another, copy the Posts list (or at least its data)over to the new site.7:36 AM Aug 20th from TwInbox
@Magenic Webcast on #SharePoint Extranets, Aug 27, 1pm Central Time, http://tinyurl.com/l75waz 3:03 PM Aug 7th from TwInbox
@ServicesReady Next Chicago #SharePoint Users Group meeting is Sept 10, 2009 not Aug 10.9:25 AM Aug 5th from web in reply to ServicesReady
Save the date! Next Chicago #SharePoint Users Group meeting is Sept 10, 2009 at MS in DG, 1-4pm. (Registration not open yet).5:03 PM Aug 4th from web
RT @jlangdon: #SP2010 How to Prepare for a #SharePoint 2010 upgrade webcast 08/13 by @joeloleson http://bit.ly/jSxdz 3:49 PM Jul 30th from TwInbox
RT @bigpix2000 #SharePoint WSPBuilder has a new build! http://tinyurl.com/mjbfyh 3:43 PM Jul 29th from TwInbox
#SharePoint Can't Upgrade from Standard to Enterprise - Convert License Type Textbox is ReadOnly. How to fix?1:01 PM Jul 27th from TwInbox
@pbuonora It's not 2k per list, it's 2k per vw/qry. U can have thousands of items, but don't view >2k at once, else slow. #SharePoint 4:04 PM Jul 24th from TwInbox
@oising BA Insight has a nice #SharePoint search product http://tinyurl.com/nn48kn 11:04 AM Jul 24th from TwInbox
@MarkStokes Turn the verbosity all the way up on the Event Log Throttling settings for Feature Infrastructure so you get more log messags.9:23 AM Jul 24th from TwInbox
@joeloleson clarifies NDAs for #SharePoint and Office 2010: http://tinyurl.com/medsvd 3:11 PM Jul 22nd from TwInbox
@AaronCutlip #SharePoint New Blog Post: New site for SharePoint Governance; Thoughts on Governance Plans: http://tinyurl.com/l43jtd 3:09 PM Jul 22nd from TwInbox
@AaronCutlip Your welcome. I just left a bunch of suggestions on the site: add @joeloleson & bogue to gurus, edit AIIM pg, define SPGov...1:12 PM Jul 22nd from web in reply to AaronCutlip
@SpringhouseEduc Nope, didn't get to go to the WPC, but some of my coworkers did, and I watched the #SharePoint tweets from it12:54 PM Jul 22nd from web in reply to SpringhouseEduc
This site looks new and promising: http://sharepointgovernance... @aaroncutlip . Check it out!12:41 PM Jul 22nd from TwInbox
RT @shawnshell: #SharePoint has new "pillars" in 2010 http://tinyurl.com/lu3dcq 3:30 PM Jul 21st from TwInbox
RT @SpringhouseEduc: get a sneak peek of #SharePoint 2010 and Access Services from #WPC09 http://bit.ly/4aQPY6 3:24 PM Jul 21st from TwInbox
RT @alistairl: #SharePoint June 2009 Cumulative Update Packages Ready for Download http://bit.ly/pKBKT 9:26 AM Jul 21st from TweetDeck
New Blog Posts: #Powershell to chk #SharePoint Version Improved!; #InfoPath 2010TP to make a WSS config file, more: http://blumenthalit.net/6:42 PM Jul 18th from web
@dougperkes Might be of interest to you re custom site provisioning workflows for #SharePoint: http://tinyurl.com/nhp2zs 1:18 PM Jul 13th from TwInbox
@ricknology I don't think SPD will be used less. Did you see that you can create your business data app defs in it?10:28 AM Jul 13th from TwInbox
@eegiffin No one will disagree with you about handcrafting DDF files for MakeCab. Have you tried WSPBuilder on Codeplex?10:26 AM Jul 13th from TwInbox
RT @SharePoint: Check out the new #SharePoint 2010 information: http://tinyurl.com/osodwv 9:34 AM Jul 13th from TwInbox
@kaevans Using the browser on the server or off? Could be loopback issue, KB 896861 http://tinyurl.com/5bvzax , http://tinyurl.com/lxr8wp 11:46 PM Jul 12th from TwInbox
@jenetics True. Installing Access 2007 installs the ActiveX control that the Datasheet view uses.11:42 PM Jul 12th from TwInbox
Good reference for using #PowerShell to manipulate the Windows registry: http://tinyurl.com/lq277z 7:52 PM Jul 11th from TwInbox
@ToddKlindt Re: LSA Loopback - check out my #PowerShell script to do the registry hacking:http://tinyurl.com/mk7r327:49 PM Jul 11th from web in reply to ToddKlindt
Blog Post: #PowerShell script to disable Loopback Checking - Good for #SharePoint sites. Per MSFT KB896861. http://tinyurl.com/mk7r32 7:46 PM Jul 11th from TwInbox
Updating my PowerPoint deck for my "#PowerShell for #SharePoint Developers and Admins" presentation.7:20 AM Jul 11th from web
http://support.microsoft.co... works for IIS7 / Win2k8 as well. Needed this when I tried to extend a #SharePoint 2007 web app.2:58 PM Jul 7th from TwInbox
RT @justsharepoint: #SharePoint #Link June 2009 Cumulative Updates (CU) for MOSS and WSS http://cli.gs/nnNMN 8:11 AM Jul 7th from TwInbox
To configure Email Enabled #SharePoint Lists on Win2k8 use IIS6 MMC to config SMTP, not IIS7 MMC! Also xref http://tinyurl.com/658wbq 3:58 PM Jun 30th from TwInbox
@glapointe I just used gl-createsiteindb last week. It was great! Not Supported? What if I need to use it again? #SharePoint 4:25 PM Jun 26th from TwInbox
Just added myself to the http://wefollow.com twitter directory under: #sharepoint #spschicago #sharepointcommunity 3:57 PM Jun 26th from WeFollow
Site Installer-Adventure Works Travel Sample MOSS WCM site now on MSDN Code Gallery: http://tinyurl.com/me5wgy http://tinyurl.com/p8a88d 1:20 PM Jun 24th from TwInbox
@eshupps Re:SPHate #SharePoint OWA Calendar WP: Truncates WP Title URL back to mailbox path even if u enter a folder path. Bug or feature?7:38 AM Jun 24th from TwInbox
@Marhcuz re:Migration Paths - 2010 is 64bit only for both #SharePoint & SQL, so if you are 32 bit today, go to 64 now. Xref SP PodShow 187:31 AM Jun 24th from TwInbox
Chicago SharePoint User Group Meeting This Thursday! Register now, http://www.cspug.org 11:09 PM Jun 23rd from TwInbox
@glapointe Used gl-addnavigationnode to get the same navigation across 10 site collections. Your cmds are now part of my standard install.11:09 PM Jun 23rd from TwInbox
@erickraus @BrianFarnhill I use #PowerShell to build out Intranet structure, #SharePoint VS2k8 WF build scripts. http://tinyurl.com/m9pfm9 11:03 PM Jun 23rd from TwInbox
Just posted my slides from my #Powershell for #SharePoint Developers talk at SharePoint Saturday Chicago #spschi http://tinyurl.com/l5zmuq 5:54 PM Jun 19th from TwInbox
@GrumpyWookie I'm running Win2008 w/ Hyper-V on my Dell Lat D620 laptop so that I can run a 64 bit MOSS 2007 VM. Can't wait for a 2010 beta!12:02 AM Jun 18th from TwInbox
Chicago #SharePoint User Group Meeting June 25th at #MSFT offices in Downers Grove. Registration is open! http://www.cspug.org 1:33 PM Jun 16th from TwInbox
@SharePointKris Practicing my presentation for #SharePoint Saturday Chicago one more time: #PowerShell for #SharePoint Developers!10:55 PM Jun 11th from web
@andrewconnell Congratulations on the birth of your daughter!1:21 PM Jun 11th from TwInbox in reply to andrewconnell
Critical Reference for Setting up Kerberos for #SharePoint sites in Win 2008 (IIS7): http://tinyurl.com/mtaz5e 2:18 PM Jun 9th from TwInbox
Blogged: So you want to secure Central Admin on IIS 7 in Windows Server 2008 http://tinyurl.com/m23ore 11:01 PM Jun 5th from TwInbox
Reading May 2009 CRN: Magenic #413 in VAR 500!10:58 PM Jun 5th from web
COOL: RT @romangeeko is writing a silverlight based multi-file upload for #sharepoint 9:57 AM Jun 5th from TwInbox
#SharePoint Trying to figure out which element of config.xml will prevent psconfig from starting at the end of install4:08 PM Jun 1st from web
Reading Welcome Ribbon to SharePoint Designer 2010 http://bit.ly/tjp4N 4:07 PM Jun 1st from web
@joeloleson Congratulations on the birth of your son!10:02 PM May 25th from web in reply to joeloleson
@SPSaturdayChi @sharepointkris #SharePoint Saturday is approaching fast. It's free! June 13, 2009. Reg now at http://bit.ly/SCiek 9:50 PM May 25th from web
Settting up my demo server for my PowerShell for MOSS Developers session @SPSaturdayChicago #SharePoint 2:52 PM May 24th from web
#SharePoint SP2 Issue - http://bit.ly/10pabT 2:47 PM May 24th from web
RT @sharepointkris: Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 beta in two months http://bit.ly/ABUMI , @networkworld #SharePoint 2:44 PM May 18th from TweetDeck
Just passed #SharePoint exam 70-631, WSS Config. 2 down, 2 2 Go. Anyone recommend practice exams for 70-541, WSS App Dev?4:56 PM May 1st from web
Where to get best legitimate practice exam for #SharePoint cert exam 70-541, WSS App Dev? No Transcender, MeasureUp, SelfTest exams.1:19 PM Apr 29th from web
@bigpix2000 Too true. Not up to the usual Transcender standards...1:18 PM Apr 29th from web in reply to bigpix2000
#SharePoint Tweak People Search Core Results - Helpful: http://www.sharepoint-tips....5:07 PM Apr 23rd from web
Just joined a twibe. Visit http://twibes.com/sharepoint to join9:16 AM Apr 22nd from web
@harbars #SharePoint - You could wrap the stsadm call in a runas command. Wonder if anyone has written an upload page for solutions.2:30 PM Apr 21st from TweetDeck
@harbars #SharePoint Got your regedit to Right Click Add Solution, but in Win 2008, it runs within CMD in non-admin mode and fails. Fix?2:19 PM Apr 21st from TweetDeck in reply to harbars
#SharePoint What do you call a group of SharePoint farms? A countryside?1:23 PM Apr 21st from TweetDeck
#SharePoint New Blog Post: Fix for Search Won't start during/after Infrastructure Update install. http://tinyurl.com/cbobnz 12:59 PM Apr 21st from TweetDeck
#SharePoint PSConfig gave me a warning to start the MOSS Search manually in Step 8, but then eventually finished successfully.11:32 AM Apr 21st from TweetDeck
#SharePoint : Just installed Infra Updates on a Win2008 Domain Controller / SQL / MOSS VM, and now MOSS Search won't start/stay started.11:31 AM Apr 21st from TweetDeck
Just installed InfraStructure Updates on a Win2008 Domain Controller / SQL / MOSS VM, and now MOSS Search won't start/stay started.11:29 AM Apr 21st from TweetDeck
@andrewconnell But you can get nice patch panel boxes from your local big box home improvement retailer like Menards or probably H. Depot.4:09 PM Apr 17th from TweetDeck in reply to andrewconnell
@andrewconnell Closest I've done is wall-mount a 6 way coax splitter in a central closet and run coax to most rooms of the house.4:07 PM Apr 17th from TweetDeck in reply to andrewconnell
@asifrehmani My 4yo daughter took a look at the trailer for M vs A and decided it was too scary, so I may never see it though it looks fun.1:39 AM Apr 11th from web in reply to asifrehmani
#SharePoint I've been using Sequential Workflows for all my MOSS workflows. When would you use a State Machine workflow?11:59 PM Apr 10th from web
@joeloleson That whitepaper covers SQL 2000 & SQL 2005. Are there any differences for SQL 2008?4:07 PM Apr 7th from web in reply to joeloleson
New blog post: My sessions from Microsoft Virtual Tech Days are now online:http://blumenthalit.net/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=1174:04 PM Apr 7th from web
New Blog Post: Build Scripts for a SharePoint Solution - VS2008 project: http://tinyurl.com/clq9t5 7:46 PM Mar 20th from web
Also will be speaking on #SharePoint at https://www.msfttechdays.com/ - session list at http://blumenthalit.net 10:58 PM Mar 19th from web
Just tested my WSS 3.0 site under IE8, and it looks fine!10:58 PM Mar 19th from web
@joeloleson Instead of looking at the DLL, use a little bit of PowerShell: http://tinyurl.com/cxguf9 11:35 PM Mar 11th from web in reply to joeloleson
@coskunc What's your book about?11:48 PM Mar 8th from web in reply to coskunc
#SharePoint Intranet Success Strategies recorded webinar http://tinyurl.com/c7rvsp 5:49 PM Mar 6th from web
@bigpix2000 Wish I could go! Break a leg!5:46 PM Mar 6th from web
#SharePoint - March Chicago SharePoint User Group meeting: speaker is @joeloleson ! Register now! www.cspug.org 5:29 PM Mar 2nd from web
#SharePoint March Chicago SharePoint User Group - meeting registration now open! http://tinyurl.com/bfdepk 5:23 PM Mar 2nd from web
Reading SharePoint911's latest admin whitepaper on my Kindle v212:39 AM Mar 1st from mobile web
#SharePont Blog: Tracing Throug MOSS Stored Procs: http://tinyurl.com/cqb4ng 11:09 PM Feb 23rd from web
#SharePoint - Somasegar blog:SP in VS2010 http://tinyurl.com/cvdtup 10:30 PM Feb 22nd from web
Blogpost:ID disappears from calc value field on update of other field in same row: http://tinyurl.com/cvbzr9 5:48 PM Feb 19th from web
@mikeherrity You're welcome! Glad it's helpful.7:16 PM Feb 18th from web in reply to mikeherrity
@joeloleson MSFT Chicago Loop to Milwaukee, WI is 1.5h-2h drive.7:16 PM Feb 18th from web in reply to joeloleson
#SharePoint At the Chicago .NET User Group meeting listening to an Avenade speaker talk about a WCM solution they did.7:11 PM Feb 18th from web
#SharePoint Anyone seen this before? Calculated column with formula =concatenate("some string", ID) drops the ID sometimes.4:57 PM Feb 18th from web
@joeloleson Wisconsin SharePoint User Group wants to know if you can speak to them on the same trip that you talk to the Chgo SPUG in March8:14 AM Feb 18th from web in reply to joeloleson
@joeloleson Wicked is really good! Very catchy showtunes.8:11 AM Feb 18th from web in reply to joeloleson
#SharePoint Just updated SharePoint Industry events list on Chicago SharePoint User Group site CSPUG.Org.10:45 PM Feb 17th from web
Good SharePoint dev learning resource from latest MSDN Flash: http://tinyurl.com/5vo8vy 11:20 PM Feb 16th from web
Practicing free webinar I'm co-presenting 2/17/09: http://tinyurl.com/dh2nj2 9:21 PM Feb 16th from web
BlogPost: Removing a Workflow Association makes SQL Server hungry, eats CPU. http://tinyurl.com/cf78fj 5:24 PM Feb 16th from web
Blogpost: How can I update only selected rows during a Business column update? http://tinyurl.com/cfp4wk 4:54 PM Feb 16th from web
@joeloleson Please do a similar deck for MOSS 14! I'll help!12:23 PM Feb 16th from web in reply to joeloleson
@nickswan When you update a biz data column in an SPList, can you limit the update to only rows in a view? Or only the whole list?12:22 PM Feb 16th from web in reply to nickswan
@joeloleson Yes, you and Rob Bogue and the others that created that deck rock. Now where do I get more? And is Rob on Twitter too?12:18 PM Feb 16th from web in reply to joeloleson
"SharePoint Deployment Guide and Checklists" out of print? No longer orderable by MSFT part number. :( Where can we get more hardcopies?11:51 AM Feb 16th from web
@andrewconnell Cool! I'll have to update my dev env with the improved CAML intellisense tomorrow!11:26 PM Feb 15th from web in reply to andrewconnell
@AaronErickson Well, when I heard @andrewconnell on the SharePoint Pod Show say it helped him troubleshoot, I couldn't resist...11:22 PM Feb 15th from web in reply to AaronErickson
Blogged about Debug XOML being really wrong. http://tinyurl.com/dl85hc 11:20 PM Feb 15th from web
@anthony808 Thanks! Done.7:00 PM Feb 15th from web in reply to anthony808
Obligatory First Twitter Post: Hello World.6:44 PM Feb 15th from web

Posted at 7:46 PM by Michael Blumenthal | Permalink | Email this Post | Comments (0)

9/10/2009

End User Training Product Vendors

Here’s a short list of companies that provide end user training products or information.

Rob Bogue’s Shepherd’s Guide – book and licensable content that you can build into your website. http://www.sharepointshepherd.com/default.aspx
BrainStorm Inc’s Quick Reference Cards and Computer Based Training
http://www.combined-knowledge.com/EUA/index.html (Also see episode 25 of the http://www.sharepointpodshow.com/)
http://Office.Microsoft.com of course.
http://www.endusersharepoint.com/ - @EUSP on twitter.

If there are others, let me know about them.

Posted at 9:17 PM by Michael Blumenthal | Category: SharePoint – WSS and MOSS | Permalink | Email this Post | Comments (0)

9/4/2009

Reminder: September 2009 CSPUG meeting next week!

Building Public Facing SharePoint Sites

George Durzi

Consultant

Clarity Consulting

Interested in seeing what it takes to build a public facing site using SharePoint? George will cover areas such as publishing workflow, server and network topology of the solution, organizing your SharePoint solutions, publishing site definitions, branding, packaging the site’s publishing assets, configuring and running content deployment, and setting up anonymous access. We’ll also discuss some special considerations for public facing SharePoint sites, such as page payload size, accessibility and search engine optimization.

George is a consultant at Clarity Consulting in Chicago. He helps organize the annual MOSSCamp SharePoint developer event and actively blogs about SharePoint, TFS and Office Communications Server. George has presented at DevCares, MOSSCamp, Office Developer Conference 2008, TechReady 2008, TechEd North America 2008, and SharePoint Saturday Chicago 2009.

SharePoint - Externalize Content BLOBs in the Clouds

Tom Miller

Senior Technical Consultant

BlueThread Technologies

Tom will present an overview of StoragePoint. StoragePoint is a product for MOSS and WSS that externalizes the content BLOBS from the content database to an external store. The external store can exist on a SAN, NAS or even a cloud storage solution such as Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure or others. By externalizing content from the content database, MOSS administrators can expect to reduce content database size by up to 95%. This can lead to a number of benefits such as improved indexing performance, multiple backup and recovery options, compression, encryption and increased scalability of document libraries and lists.

Tom is a consultant with BlueThread Technologies who is responsible for product evangelism for StoragePoint. Tom has had experience designing and implementing SharePoint based solutions at multiple companies since its 2001 debut with a focus on Electronic Content Management (ECM).

Please register early.

Registration will be closed when maximum capacity is reached.

Click to Attend or go to www.cspug.org for more info.

Hope to see you there!

Michael

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8/26/2009

SharePoint Solution Architecture – One Example

Problem: Organization X needs a way to track a variety of information about events going on in a large number of geographic locations. There is one event per location, but many locations. Examples of the information that needs to be tracked per event are location name, event dates, details about the people competing, and the organization’s notes and tasks for the event.

There are many ways to solve this problem. One that leverages the goodness of SharePoint and involves no work in Visual Studio is this:

Create a site collection. In the root site, create a list that stores the list of events. For each event, create a subsite for that event. Turn on the publishing features to give you better control over the navigation and let you more easily have multiple web part pages per site.

To create a subsite for each event, create one “event site” that serves as a template for all of the event sites. Use PowerShell to handle anything repetitious, such as turning off Publishing, saving the site as a template, and turning publishing on again, or such as looping through the list of events and creating a subsite for each event.

I’ve got a Data View Web Part that sits in the event site, and pulls data for its event from the parent site’s list of all events. When this web part is copied to a new site, I have a PowerShell script that will update the web part so that it is pulling the correct row from the parent site’s list.

I thought this was an interesting way to build the solution. It uses more of a composition/configuration approach than a coding approach, which I believe will enable me to deliver this solution faster and with less risk.

One of these days, I have to publish more examples of the PowerShell scripts I have been working with. I have one that will report on the version settings of all doc libraries in a web application, for example. Another enables a feature, and another updates a web part.

In addition to my CodePlex project http://codeplex.com/psbb, there is also http://sharepointpsscripts.codeplex.com/ that looks to be a great PowerShell for SharePoint resource.

More eventually,

Michael

PS, the other thing I have been doing is playing with SharePoint 2010, the Technical Beta. It’s all NDA though, so I can’t talk about it. Just know that Magenic will be fully ready to help its customers with all their 2010 needs when the product RTM’s.

Posted at 4:53 PM by Michael Blumenthal | Permalink | Email this Post | Comments (0)

SharePoint Training: Videos on Demand!

Penton Media, the company that brings you the SharePoint Connections Conferences in March and November, and at which I have had the honor and pleasure of presenting, will be launching Connections Online, their online video store of conference sessions, next week. The site is already online, so you can check it out: http://videos.devconnections.com. I have one of my sessions up there: PowerShell for SharePoint Developers and Administrators. It’s at http://videos.devconnections.com/product/PowerShell-for-MOSS-Developers-and-Administrators,5824,398.aspx

--Michael

Posted at 4:31 PM by Michael Blumenthal | Category: SharePoint Events | Permalink | Email this Post | Comments (0)

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