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Developing Requirements for SharePoint Projects; More Net Neutrality Delays; Microsofts Next Billion-Dollar Business

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4 Key Steps in Developing Requirements for SharePoint Projects (CMS Wire)
As discussed in my previous post (How to Define Measurable and Traceable Requirements for SharePoint Projects), focusing on the business requirements first, user requirements…

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Is SharePoint Scalable?; How to Manage Virtual Paperwork; Government Cloud Applications Center Launches

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SharePoint the Reality Series 5: The SharePoint Maturity Model (KMWorld)
In the adoption of SharePoint, a four-stage maturity model is a great way to determine where knowledge gaps exist, what facets require additional education and…

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Last Chance. Take Our Survey to Win an iPad!

A few weeks ago Bamboo announced a visitor survey on topics ranging from what you think Bamboo's top priorities should be all the way to when your company plans to upgrade to SharePoint 2010.  Today that survey comes to a close and with it ends your chance to win prizes including Bamboo…

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Windows Mobile Still Makes Sense; Cloud Is Not Rocket Science; Wheres My Apple iCar?

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Is Your Application Suitable for Windows Azure? (Credera)
Some IT professionals describe cloud computing as an “amorphous” thing. It is hard to clearly understand what it is, and most importantly, to know if it works for your…

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Best Practices Conference: Day 4; Which Country Has the Safest Web Access?; IE9 Navigation on Steroids

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Using Windows PowerShell to Manage SharePoint 2010 (WindowsITPro)
The release of SharePoint 2010 (both SharePoint Foundation and SharePoint Server) offers welcome support for Windows PowerShell. Of course it has always been technically possible to use PowerShell to…

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The Coolest SharePoint T-shirt of the Year So Far

Here at Bamboo, we take pride in designing some of the coolest t-shirts in the SharePoint space, but it's no secret that there is a wealth of wickedly clever and creative types in the world of SharePoint, and attention must be paid when a new t-shirt becomes the talk of a given…

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BPC 2010: Dux Raymond Sy on SharePoint as a Gov 2.0 Platform

On Thursday morning at the BPC, Dux Raymond Sy presented a session on a relatively new topic both for him and for many of us in "SharePoint World": Gov 2.0 and how SharePoint is being leveraged as the platform to provide Gov 2.0 solutions to empower citizens, and to provide…

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BPC: Enabling Social Media through Metadata in SharePoint 2010 with Christian Buckley

Christian Buckley explained at the top of his session on "Enabling Social Media through Metadata" at the BPC on Thursday afternoon that he would focus on the "why" of social media in the enterprise and, specifically, the importance of managed metadata.  After sharing the perspectives of,…

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Best Practices Conference: Day 3; Military to Control Private Cyber Infrastructure?; Get with the Cloud

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U.S. Military Wants to Exert Influence Over Private Cyber Infrastructure (BusinessWeek)
The U.S. military wants to exert more influence over the protection of power grids, transportation networks and financial network systems, a Pentagon official…

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BPC: Mark Eichenberger on Making Social Networks Successful in SharePoint 2010

I wrapped up my stint at the BPC today with back-to-back sessions on my favorite SharePoint topic: social media.  First up was my second session of the day to be hosted by Microsoft Business Productivity Specialist Mark Eichenberger, although instead of BPOS, this time his topic was…

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Best Practices Conference 2010: Managers Quick Guide to SharePoint Server 2010

Michael Doyle—the SharePoint Ninja—provided an overview of SharePoint Server 2010 management features in Managers' Quick Guide to SharePoint Server 2010 at the Best Practices Conference.

Search Capabilities
SharePoint Server 2010's search capabilities…

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BPC: Best Practices for SharePoint Online with Mark Eichenberger

Mark Eichenberger, a Microsoft Business Productivity Specialist with years of SharePoint experience has, as of July 1, 2010, been tapped to become a BPOS (Business Productivity Online Suite) specialist, and BPOS was the focus of Mark's morning session at the BPC today. 

Mark acknowledged at the…

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Best Practices Conference: Day 2; IE9 Screenshot Leaked?; Hidden Costs in the Cloud

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SharePoint Planning Tools Abound -- Just Not From Microsoft (SearchWinIT)
Microsoft no longer offers the free System Center Capacity Planner for SharePoint Server, but third-party vendors are stepping up with both free and paid-for planning…

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BPC: Mark Miller Explains How to Build a Community in SharePoint

Mark Miller of EndUserSharePoint.com (EUSP) today presented a session that he had prepared expressly for the BPC on best practices in building a community around SharePoint.  With missionary zeal, Mark shared the benefit of his own experience, providing a brief history of EUSP and explaining the steps he employed…

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BPC: SharePoint 2010: An Administrative Odyssey with Lori Gowin

Lori Gowin, a founding member of Women in SharePoint, presented a session titled "SharePoint 2010: An Administrative Odyssey" on the topic of, not surprisingly, administration in SharePoint 2010 at the BPC this afternoon.  Lori, a self-professed fan of SF, cleverly referenced HAL from 2001: A Space…

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Best Practices Conference 2010: Building Solutions That Users Get

How do you know which SharePoint solution is going to best serve your users? How do you know which approach you should take? Jennifer Mason offers simple, effective tips to addressing these and other questions in Building Solutions That Users Get.

The ultimate…

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BPC: Making SharePoint 2010 My Sites Work for Your Organization with Michael Doyle

Michael Doyle, aka the SharePoint Ninja (for reasons he is himself uncertain) delivered a session on Making My Sites work for your organization at the BPC this morning.  In the course of his session, Michael raised a number of considerations you should be aware of when approaching My…

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Best Practices Conference 2010: Best Practices in Leveraging Microsoft Project 2010 With SharePoint 2010 for Project Management

What's the number one tool used to collaborate in projects? E-mail. The telephone is number two. Shame on us.

—Dux Raymond Sy

Echoing sentiments from his presentation yesterday, Dux Raymond Sy emphasized that communication and…

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BPC 2010: Building SharePoint Applications with InfoPath and SharePoint Designer with Darvish Shadravan

Let me start out by saying I am not a morning person. I require significant quantities of sugar and/or caffeine to operate any earlier than 9am. But when I saw a session at this week's Best Practices Conference that combined my three favorite topics - SharePoint, InfoPath, and…

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Yahoo Completes Bing Search Transfer; Net Neutrality Must Apply to All of the Web; What Is Gov 2.0?

We've seen an overwhelmingly positive response to Workflow Conductor and are excited to be able to have the opportunity to show it off at this week's Best Practices Conference right here in Reston, VA. Jeff Tubb, Product Manager for Conductor, will be leading the session on…

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