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Suggestions for Those Considering SharePoint 2010 (IT Business Edge)
Microsoft SharePoint upgrades are on the minds of at least some technology executives, as can be seen from my discussion with Hans Keller, senior director of IT operations for Erickson Living. The 11,000-employee company, which manages 19 retirement communities, uses SharePoint 2003 for its intranet, is running a few test instances of SharePoint 2007 and plans to move to SharePoint 2010 to use it as the primary interface into its business intelligence reporting engine.

3 Tools to Improve Collaboration in Your Company (InfoWorld)
I know what you are thinking, but aside from this first paragraph you won't see SharePoint mentioned in this column. It's true that SharePoint has become synonymous with "collaboration" at many organizations, and certainly SharePoint is an impressive product. But there are times when you might reach out for other tools that SharePoint simply doesn't offer. Here are three of them: a file-transfer tool, a live-meeting tool, and an internal IM/microblogging tool.

Microsoft Unveils Dedicated Cloud for Government (Government Technology)
Government cloud computing continues to move away from the theoretical and toward the practical as Microsoft announced Wednesday, Feb. 24, the launch of a dedicated government cloud based on the company's Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS). The announcement was made at the company's annual U.S. Public Sector CIO Summit.

Will Cloud Computing Make Microsoft Richer? (.NET Developer's Journal)
I read in BusinessWeek that Microsoft business software president Stephen Elop expects the giant’s launch of Office 2010 in June, which will include a cloud-based version, to pump up revenue and profit.

Microsoft to Government CIOs: Choice is Here (Read Write Cloud)
At the 8th annual U.S. Public Sector CIO summit in Redmond, Microsoft shared its progress in offering cloud software services to the attendees. The company has been making progress along multiple fronts, showing the power of focus and persistence. Microsoft has been investing in its products to meet the security requirements that are popular in the government setting. The company also applies its software-plus-service pattern as the way to reach knowledge workers in highly secure settings that require high availability.

Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 Series Could Come in Three Flavors (Microsoft Watch)
During the Windows Phone 7 Series unveiling on Feb. 15--and afterward, in discussions with Microsoft executives--it became very clear that Microsoft intended to work with its hardware partners to streamline the number of devices running the new smartphone operating system.

 

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SharePoint Designer’s New Workflow Editor: Introduction  - Microsoft SharePoint Designer Team Blog
Hi everybody, I’m Travis from the SharePoint Designer development team. Hopefully by now some of you have been able to download and evaluate the beta for SharePoint and SharePoint Designer 2010. (If you haven’t, consider this a sneak preview for the upcoming release.) SharePoint Designer 2010 has a brand new workflow editor. If you’ve used SharePoint Designer workflows in the past, the new editor might seem a bit overwhelming at first, but we’re confident that once you get used to it you’ll really appreciate the new features.  These new tools give you more power and expressiveness in your workflows, and let you build them even faster than before.

The February 2010 Cumulative Update for WSS V3 and MOSS 2007 has Been Released Yesterday (Stefan Goßner)
As discussed by the Office Sustained Engineering group cumulative updates for all Office Products including WSS 3.0 and SharePoint 2007 will be released every second month.

SharePoint Media Center Additional Play Functionality (End User SharePoint)
Joan: We use WSS 3.0 for our Intranet and our setup is pretty much out of the box server-side. Gerard wanted help in setting up a way to host training related FLV video files on SharePoint and provide a SharePoint list which utilizes sorting, filtering, and grouping on metadata. I had previously set up a “media center” list to host access to WMV (Windows Media Player) files stored on one of our file servers, and I thought the same solution would also work for Gerard’s needs.

 

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PM Central Guide Services - Get On the Fast Track to Managing Projects in SharePoint (The Bamboo Team Blog)
Get to know PM Central™ with Bamboo's Guide Services and hit the ground running. The vast flexibility of Project Management Central (PM Central) is key to its success within your organization. Instead of restricting your existing project management process, PM Central is able to conform to and enhance it. PM Central allows you to create standardized site templates and achieve consistency in site navigation, content, permissions and metrics across your project sites.

 

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SharePoint Administrator - Burbank, CA
SharePoint Administrator will be responsible for the design, architecture, availability, reliability, performance, monitoring, and security of SharePoint server farms.   In addition to ensuring that corporate governance policies and industry best practices are observed and followed, this person will act as the SharePoint Champion and Subject Matter Expert (SME), forging platform adoption and engagement by user community.

Program Coordinator/ SharePoint Administrator - Princeton, NJ
The Program Coordinator/SharePoint Administrator will be responsible for updating and maintaining the Project Status Reports posted on SharePoint 2007 Program Team site with the use of a picture snapshot of status that will link to multiple Project Team sub-sites. Sets up and manages meeting minutes for a weekly Project Status and PMO meetings. The Candidate will monitor the publication of project plan posts in Microsoft Project 2003-2007 for multiple and integrated project plans. Support the Program Manager/Director for tracking of Project Manager updates. Organize and review Project Manager Risks and Issues to support Program Manager’s function to align all project data across documentation as well as several methodologies, such as PMI, SDLC, internal PMO Portfolio Governance and more.

 

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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