Windows 7 Build 7232 Leaked, Google Wave vs. SharePoint, Will HTML 5 Kill Flash and Silverlight?
Published 06/17 courtesy of Bamboo Solutions Community
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Wave vs. SharePoint: Big Splash or Tiny Ripple? (IT Business Edge)
Google isn't saying Wave will compete with SharePoint – but then again, it doesn't have to. After seeing Wave's potential for document collaboration and a well-placed comment about how Wave's openness is lacking in SharePoint, and the comparisons came naturally.
Get Ready for the 'Microsoft Partner Network' (Redmond Channel Partner)
A year ago Microsoft promised major changes to its partner program. This year, many of those changes will be unveiled at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans (July 13-16). The highest-profile change? A new name for the 5-plus-year-old Microsoft Partner Program. Get ready for the "Microsoft Partner Network."
Startup of the Day - H3 Solutions (Microsoft Startup Zone)
The company of the day is H3 Solutions, based in the US. The company mission is to define the standard to which mobile applications are built within SharePoint. You will find below an interview with Joe Herres, Executive VP Products and Services. All the best to them and congrats for being the startup of the day!
Microsoft Names Three in 'Click Fraud' Suit (PC Magazine)
Microsoft said Tuesday that it filed suit against three Canadians and two associated businesses that the software giant had committed a version of "click fraud". Microsoft sued Eric Lam, Melanie Suen, and Gordon Lam of Vancouver, British Columbia for breach of contract, torturous interference with business relationships, fraudulent inducement and misrepresentation, computer fraud, conspiracy, and two violations of Washington anti-spyware and consumer laws. Companies named UMGE, Super Continental USA and Super Continental US, both allegedly tied to the trio, were also named, as were 50 "John Doe" plaintiffs.
Google Apps Sync Cuts Off Outlook's Search (ZDNet)
Installing the Google Apps Sync plug-in apparently prevents Outlook to search your email data. According to Microsoft’s Outlook blog, Google’s much ballyhooed effort to sync Apps and Outlook disables Windows Desktop Search, which indexes your email data and searches it. Well that could hurt.
Windows 7 Build 7232 Leaked and Available for Download (Softpedia)
Build 7232 has joined the rest of the Windows 7 development milestones that, once out of Redmond, have made their way onto torrent trackers and warez websites. As it is getting closer to the RTM of its next iteration of the Windows client, Microsoft continues to supply partners and Technology Adoption Program testers with interim builds of Windows 7, as it is signing off the code. The latest release to make it out into the wild is Windows 7 Build 7232, now available for download via various illegal third-party sources including top torrent trackers.
Exclusive: Microsoft's New Anti-Virus, 'Morro', Revealed (Neowin)
Ever since Microsoft discontinued its "OneCare" Anti-Virus suite, gossip has been flying that Microsoft would be releasing a free Anti-VirusAnti-Spyware tool codenamed "Morro". The software product, codenamed "Morro" after a beach in Sao Paulo, Brazil, is already being tested by Microsoft employees and a trial version will be made available "soon". Microsoft has stated that Morro would be available by the end of 2009 at the latest.
HTML 5: Could it Kill Flash and Silverlight? (Computer World)
HTML 5, a groundbreaking upgrade to the prominent Web presentation specification, could become a game-changer in Web application development, one that might even make obsolete such plug-in-based rich Internet application (RIA) technologies as Adobe Flash, Microsoft Silverlight, and Sun JavaFX.
IBM & Cloud Computing: The Big Blue Cloud - A Summary (Web Journal 2.0)
Well IBM has gone and done it, they've announced a cloud offering yet again. Actually what's interesting about this go, is not that they're getting into the cloud business (again) but instead this time they're serious about it. And like it or not, they're approach actually does kind of make sense for, assuming you're within their target demographic (the large enterprise looking to save a few bucks).
Around the Blogosphere
“Relative Links” Error Message When Verifying an InfoPath Form Template (UK SharePoint Team)
Data connections are very used n InfoPath to pull data in from many different sources. The data connections are called UDC files. They are used by the Forms Service Proxy Web Service Protocol to connect to a target Web service. A form template uses the information in a UDC file to connect to a data source.
Announcing SharePoint Saturday Dallas, July 25th 2009 (Binary Wave)
Today we are officially announcing the first ever SharePoint Saturday event to be held in Dallas on July 25th, 2009. SharePoint Saturday is a free community-focused SharePoint event dedicated to educating and engaging members of the local technical community. Much like user groups and other community oriented events, SharePoint Saturday draws upon the expertise of local SharePoint IT professionals, developers and solutions architects who come together to share their real-world experiences, lessons learned, best practices, and general knowledge with other like-minded individuals.
Everything You Need to Know about BDC: Part 7 of 8 (SharePoint Magazine)
Welcome back to Part 7 of our 8 Business Data Catalog (BDC) series. In this article, we will be focusing on the BDC Object Model. We start off by explaining why we would need the BDC Object Model and what it can do for us. From there we will look at some examples. Then we’ll step into the code and develop our own data access layer and custom applications to read from and write back to the LOB (line of business) systems. Finally we’ll conclude with best practices.
SharePoint People! Don’t Feel Bad About Governance (End User SharePoint)
I was recently involved in facilitating discussions and debate on the topic of governance for the leadership team of a public/private/community sector consortium. It was absolutely light years away from SharePoint governance, yet they struggled with it just as much as we do – and they get paid lots more than us!
Around Bamboo Nation
Power To The People: Delegate User Management (The Bamboo Team Blog)
A SharePoint Admin’s work schedule can be pretty hectic, and in many cases (way too many by my lights) may be just one more hat you’ve been asked to wear in addition to your main role in your company. I hope it’s just hectic and not the latter, because your company, like many others I’ve seen, will have grossly underestimated the planning, skills, resources, etc. that are needed to manage and maintain a successful and efficient SharePoint operation.
SharePoint Job Listings**
Portal / SharePoint Architect
Primary responsibility is for the delivery of operational objectives for the SharePoint environment. The individual will focus on meeting commitments to the business, driving business design and configuration discussions to produce process requirements and functional specifications that meet the needs of business and provide technological maturity in the solutions. This person must be able to communicate effectively to both business and IT personnel as stakeholders and subject matter experts. Will assist or sometimes lead in the planning, implementation and rollout of projects for new systems and technologies.? Coding, implementation, testing, administration and maintenance of SharePoint (MOSS 2007) intranet and extranet farms.
SharePoint Developer
Senior SharePoint Developer to design and implement applications on the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 platform. The person must have experience in developing custom web parts and integrating enterprise content with SharePoint to include content indexing, personalization, workflow, content management, and user access management and restricting access to content. Knowledge of .NET and Web Services is also required. This person must also have application design, development, implementation, and project management skills. Strong working knowledge of Microsoft technology platform (.NET) and deployment of both large and small scale IT solutions.
SharePoint Administrator/Developer
The qualified candidate must have experience in developing custom web parts and integrating enterprise content with SharePoint to include content indexing, personalization, workflow and restricting access to content. Knowledge of .NET and Web Services are also required. The candidate must have excellent project management skills. Installation experience is a plus. Provide support activities that help the client to manage data throughout its entire life-cycle, including from identification, collection, cataloguing, searching, decomposition, integration, and visualization through report generation and data archival. Provide solution support for general organizational data requirements and the data requirements of specific analytic venues and events. Provide administration and support for the design and development of SharePoint sites and tools.
Senior SharePoint Implementation Engineer
The engineer will be part of a team of technical and non-technical resources on one or more Enterprise level projects. The ideal candidate must have worked as a team member on SharePoint 2003 and MOSS 2007. As a Senior Engineer our expectation would be that the ideal candidate can provide mentorship and training to junior resources. This includes hands on delivery knowledge with the SharePoint object model, migration strategies from SPS 2003 to MOSS 2007, .NET development and custom web part development. Provides consulting services to members of management, the professional staff, and the customer in the analysis and design of programming systems, problem-oriented languages, management systems, scientific systems, and related areas of computational projects.
Microsoft Updates
Description of the SharePoint Server 2007 Cumulative Update Server Hotfix Package (MOSS server-package): April 30, 2009 (KBAlertz - Microsoft Knowledge Base Article)
Cumulative update packages for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 contain hotfixes for the SharePoint Server 2007 issues that have been fixed since the release of SharePoint Server 2007. Note This is build 12.0.6504.5002 of the cumulative update package.
Manage lists and libraries with many items (Windows SharePoint Services)
When a list or library has a large number of items, you must carefully plan its organization and how users need to access the data. By planning and using a few key list and library features, you can ensure that users can find information without adversely affecting the performance of the rest of your site.
Changing the graphics on the home page of a SharePoint site (Windows SharePoint Services)
When you create a site in Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services by using the default Team Site template, the home page includes two default graphics. A Windows SharePoint Services graphic appears in the body of the page, and a picture of a house in a circle appears near the site title. You can change these graphics to customize your site. Changing the smaller graphic requires a Windows SharePoint Services compatible Web page editor, such as Microsoft Office FrontPage® 2003.
Watch this: Using search in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS))
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 offers search features that can help users find relevant content and other people across their enterprise. The search features can help locate data stored in a variety of locations on a SharePoint site including lists, document libraries, and user-profile pages.
Use the Manage Styles task pane (Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer)
With the Manage Styles task pane, you can apply, modify, rename, and delete styles; attach or detach external cascading style sheets (CSS); select all instances of a style; and go to the code that contains a style's rule set. You can also use the Manage Styles task pane to move styles from an external CSS to an internal CSS and vice versa, or to move the location of a style within in a CSS.
Bamboo Partner Events*
June 18, Online, Better Together: Microsoft CRM and SharePoint - StreamLogic
June 20, Charlotte, North Carolina, SharePoint Saturday
June 22-24, Boston, Massachusetts, SPTechCon - Innovative-e
June 23, Basingstoke, UK, SharePoint Showcase Event - ICS Solutions
July 11, Toronto, Ontario, SharePoint Saturday
July 18, Harrison, Arkansas, SharePoint Saturday
July 25, Baltimore, Maryland, SharePoint Saturday
August 8, Sydney, Australia, SharePoint Saturday
August 15, Adelaide, Australia, SharePoint Saturday
August 22, Copenhagen, Denmark, SharePoint Saturday
August 24-26, Washington, DC, Best Practices Conference - Mindsharp
SharePoint Events**
June 17, Online, Bamboo SharePoint Project Management Central Webinar
June 17, Online, Bamboo SharePoint Project Management Central Webinar
June 17, Online, Bamboo SharePoint Project Management Central Webinar
June 17, Online, Bamboo SharePoint Project Management Webinar
June 17, Reston, Virginia, CloudCamp Washington, DC
June 18, Online, What’s New from Bamboo? Webinar
June 18, Online, Bamboo SharePoint Project Management Webinar
June 18, Online, Better Together: Microsoft CRM and SharePoint
June 20, Charlotte, North Carolina, SharePoint Saturday
June 22-24, Boston, Massachusetts, SPTechCon
June 23, Online, Bamboo SharePoint Project Management Webinar
June 23, Basingstoke, UK, SharePoint Showcase Event
June 24, Online, Bamboo SharePoint Project Management Central Webinar
June 24, Online, Bamboo SharePoint Administration Webinar
June 24, Online, Bamboo SharePoint Project Management Webinar
June 24, Online, Bamboo SharePoint Project Management Webinar
June 26-27, Dulles, Virginia, Regional SharePoint Users Conference 2009
June 30, Online, Bamboo SharePoint Project Management Central Webinar
July 2-3, Wellington, New Zealand, New Zealand Community SharePoint Conference
July 11, Toronto, Ontario, SharePoint Saturday
July 13-16, New Orleans, Louisiana, Worldwide Partner Conference 2009
July 18, Harrison, Arkansas, SharePoint Saturday
July 20-24, Las Vegas, Nevada, SharePoint Branding Bootcamp
July 25, Baltimore, Maryland, SharePoint Saturday
August 8, Sydney, Australia, SharePoint Saturday
August 15, Adelaide, Australia, SharePoint Saturday
August 22, Copenhagen, Denmark, SharePoint Saturday
August 24-26, Washington, DC, Best Practices Conference
September 21-25, Chicago, Illinois, SharePoint Branding Bootcamp
September 21-24, Germany, ShareConnect
October 19-22, Las Vegas, Nevada, SharePoint Conference 2009
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