Connect.Collaborate.SharePoint
Nov
27

that telecom offered me dial-up as a solution.

When we first joined up to Jet Stream at this address 6 years ago, we got 3.3Mbit download. By 2 years ago, that was down to 2.2Mbit. In the last 12 months, that has become a very flaky 128Kbit. Cable is only 50 Meters away, I'll dig the trench myself!</rant>

Categories:Technology

 
Nov
26

I remember back when SharePoint Portal Server 2003 launched. There were only about three books relating to SharePoint listed as "Not shipping yet".

Things have changed this time around. Just look at the list of books you can pre order for MOSS 2007.
The big question is, which one will ship first?

Categories:SharePoint

 
Nov
12

It is really getting hard to keep up with all the 2007 Office System stuff.

A few gems I stumbled across today:

InfoPath 2007 Tool: Server Upgrade and Migration Tool for Microsoft Office InfoPath

The Server Upgrade and Migration tool allows a SharePoint farm administrator to change hard-coded URLs in InfoPath form templates, UDC files, and content types to ensure that the form templates continue to work correctly in the following circumstances:

  • When performing a gradual upgrade from Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 to Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 or from Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.
  • When migrating InfoPath forms and form templates from one Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 or Office SharePoint Server 2007 or Web site collection to another.

During a gradual upgrade, the Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 server is temporarily renamed. The tool can be used to change the following hard-coded URLs so that InfoPath forms on the renamed server continue to work during the upgrade process:

  • Data connections to the local server contained in the InfoPath form template

After a site collection is upgraded, the tool is used again to change the URLs back to the original name.

The tool can also be used on a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 server after content is migrated from one location to another to fix up URLs that may be broken by the move. Similarly, the tool can be used to fix up URLs when a backup set is restored to a new server or when an existing content database is attached to a new server. When the tool is run on a Version 3.0 Web application or Web site collection, the following are also updated:

  • Data connections to the local server contained in data connection files in a data connection library
  • URL to a form template contained within a content type

I wish I had this tool last year when I had to move an InfoPath app that used a SharePoint list as a secondary data source onto another server. I did it the hard way by saving out the individual files in the xsn and then using the cab sdk to put it back together.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=b8683a1c-cf4b-4d81-9234-38542f8d5039&displaylang=en

The Visio 2007 Viewer ActiveX Control is also available. I threw together a quick Web Part page showing how to use this control in a Web Part. A nice feature of Visio is being able to bind shape data to a SharePoint List.

http://www.wssdemo.com/Pages/visio.aspx Just a shame that the data source can't be refreshed in the viewer.

I have also created a new view of my SharePoint Resource List for web sites hosted on SharePoint http://www.wssdemo.com/Pages/websites.aspx

Categories:SharePoint

 
Nov
11

I have been working for Microsoft as a presales resource for over 5 years now. While it has been fun telling and showing customers what can be done with our portal and collaboration technologies, I have not worked on architecting a real solution for a while.

So I leave the glamour of sales for the prospect of selling my skills as a consultant. Fortunately, Microsoft has a consulting group so I didn't have to leave the company to continue my passion for all things SharePoint. They provide a ramp up period but the work is already queuing up so I might meet the utilization target in my first month.

I'm hoping that this will allow me to spend more of my personal time on WSSDemo.com as I won't be traveling so much (62 stays in just one hotel, Heritage, in Auckland since joining MS).

Categories:SharePoint

 
Nov
8

The best one line description I have seen...

"The Microsoft Office SharePoint Web application builder"

That pretty much sums up what I use SPD for.

As seen on the new Office Online site
http://office.microsoft.com/en-au/sharepointdesigner/FX100487631033.aspx?ofcresset=1

Until now, this content has only been available from computers that had a beta version of Office 2007 installed.

Categories:SharePoint

 
Nov
7

I just had an email informing me that my mailbox will be moved onto an Exchange 2007 server tomorrow.

I can finally get rid of my spam can (just kidding, this was a marketing thing to raise awareness of the new anti-spam features in Exchange 2007).

Spam can

Categories:Technology