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How Document Management Has Evolved in SharePoint 2010 (CMS Wire)
It’s always useful to get some kind of insight into the thinking behind the development of features in new software, particularly when it comes to SharePoint 2010. In a recent entry on the Microsoft Enterprise Content Management Team Blog, Adam Harmetz, Lead Program Manager for SharePoint Document and Records Management, explains how new features in SharePoint 2010 build on SharePoint 2007 and what we might expect in the future.

With Chatter, Salesforce.com Looks to One-up Microsoft SharePoint (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
Useful. Flexible. Cumbersome. Collaborative. Accessible. Straightforward. Convenient. These words are often used to describe SharePoint, Microsoft's enterprise collaboration and file-sharing platform that is one of the company's fastest-growing products. "No one has ever told me they think SharePoint is fun," said George Hu, executive vice president for marketing and alliances at salesforce.com.

Microsoft SharePoint: Three Tips for Making It Behave (CIO)
With Microsoft SharePoint 2010 due in the first half of this year, the time is now for enterprises to assess the suite's new features for both end-users (blogs and wikis) and IT pros (app management, backup and recovery). But there's one big complicating factor: Simply managing existing SharePoint 2007 is more than a handful for IT departments.

Revealed: Office 2010 Ballot Screen for Default File Format, OOXML or ODF (Neowin)
Microsoft has made several changes to a Release Candidate version of Office 2010 made available to testers recently. One change in particular prompts users whether they want to use Office Open XML (OOXML) or OpenDocument (ODF) document formats.

Microsoft Office 2011: 'Ribbonizing' Divides Mac Users (MacWorld)
Some Mac users blasted Microsoft's plan to "ribbonize" the next version of Office for the Mac, while others - many of whom said they also use the productivity suite on Windows - defended the move. Office for Mac 2011 will feature a ribbon similar to what Microsoft debuted with Office 2007 for Windows, and will continue to use in Office 2010, also on Windows.

Microsoft Introduces SQL Azure Database SU1 (Softpedia)
Microsoft introduced the first Service Update for its Cloud-based data platform on February 17th, 2010, and customers embracing Windows Azure should expect more refreshes to the components of the Cloud platform, although there’s no telling at which rate they will be delivered. Service Update 1 for SQL Azure was made available at just a couple of weeks since Microsoft started charging customers for its Cloud platform, namely the general availability deadline. David Robinson, SQL Azure senior program manager, notes that the software giant has been taking feedback into account and incorporating input into SU1.

Microsoft, Yahoo Search Deal Gets Green Light (IT World)
Microsoft and Yahoo announced this morning that both the U.S. Department of Justice and the European Commission have approved an agreement between the two firms to have Microsoft's Bing search engine power Yahoo's sites. The companies said today that engineers will begin adapting Bing for the Yahoo site "in the coming days" and that they hope work is completed, at least the United States, by the end of this year.

Smart Phones Bump PCs from Top of Tech Food Chain (Hispanic Business)
The era of the PC's dominance is officially over. We have crossed over into the age of mobile computing. This transition has been building momentum for a while. Some might argue that the iPhone was the dawn of this era. Others might say it was really the rise of the BlackBerry. Or maybe even Android, Google's mobile operating system. Good cases could be made that any one of these marked the start of the mobile era.

 

Around the Blogosphere
User Profile Replication Engine - Permissions Troubleshooting (From The Field)
I’ve been helping a customer setup the User Profile Replication Engine (UPRE) recently; this tool is included in the SharePoint Administration Toolkit - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc508851.aspx, the following article has a good overview of the tool if you are not familiar with it - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc663011.aspx.

Fundamental Concepts (Perspectives on SharePoint)
SharePoint has several features that can be used in many differing combinations to meet business needs. At its heart SharePoint primarily addresses the need for us to collaborate to produce electronic information then to publish this to a wider audience.

Extending the Outlook Social Connector (Adventures in Office, SharePoint, & .NET Development)
I am one of those persons who has 25 apps running at the same time. I always have multiple instances of Explorer, VS, Office docs, and other apps running at all times. The one app I never close and I frequently visit is Outlook. One of the neat new additions to Outlook 2010 is the Outlook Social Connector (OSC). The Microsoft Outlook Social Connector is an add-in that surfaces social network data including friends, profiles, activities, and status information from social networks in Microsoft Outlook.

SharePoint 2010 Twitter Web Part with Auto Refresh (Ian's SharePoint Blog)
Many SharePoint 2010 web parts now support Ajax features. I have used a Data View which supports this feature to provide the Twitter web part on my home page.

 

Around Bamboo Nation
Announcing the Release of Workflow Conductor (The Bamboo Team Blog)
I'm excited to announce that Bamboo's new Workflow Conductor™ is now available for download and purchase. If you didn't get a chance to play with Workflow Conductor while the beta was available in Bamboo Labs, it is a product (it's actually several integrated products) that allows users to automate business processes by easily creating, managing, and reusing custom workflows within SharePoint.

How to Create a Custom SharePoint List Including a Column to Display a Picture (SharePoint Blank)
Over the past few weeks while I've been covering SharePoint Saturday in New York, attempting to cover SPTechCon in San Francisco (curse you, snowmaggeddon!), and lending an editorial hand to the product launches of BambooRM and Workflow Conductor, several questions from readers have appeared in my inbox.  Longtime readers know that means it's time for another dip into the SharePoint Blank mailbag, so let's get right to today's question which has to do with creating a custom list including a column for a picture: I am trying to create a custom list. In that list, I would like to have name, description, and picture (basically a bio). How do I go about uploading a picture to that custom list?

 

SharePoint Job Listings**
SharePoint Architect - Norfolk, VA
SharePoint Architect resource to provide technical leadership, guidance and oversight of the technical aspects of completing a 70,000 user Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 deployment. They will also oversee and provide technical guidance to a technical team of systems administrators and developers. The resource will provide guidance and help coordinate the activities of the technical team. Additional duties may include:

Senior SharePoint Consultant (MOSS 2010 Project!) - Bellevue, WA
A Senior  MOSS 2007 / 2010 (Microsoft Office SharePoint Server) Architect/Developer with 4-7+ years of SharePoint Portal and Office development experience. Must have a solid understanding of the disciplines as they apply to the MOSS 2007 / 2010 platform; users and permissions, layout and master pages, site definitions and templates, content types, custom web parts, workflows, policies, document and records management, dash-boarding and business intelligence, and social networking.

 

Microsoft Updates
Issues to Consider When You Install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 or Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 on a Domain Controller (Microsoft Support)
Various security issues may arise when installing Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 or Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 on a Domain Controller.

 

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