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I am a fan of corporate “informational” videos as much as the next guy (yawn), but this Gmail Man video did get a chuckle out of me. Happy Friday and have a great weekend. –Chris
Top News Stories
Inside SharePoint 2010, Part 2: Internet Web Sites (SuperSite For Windows)
SharePoint is widely lauded for its sites-based intranet and extranet capabilities, which allow users to share virtually anything with coworkers, partners, and others. Less well known, however, is SharePoint’s related functionality for managing and publishing publically-facing Internet web sites. And even those who have explored this area in the past will find that SharePoint 2010 (and SharePoint Online, part of Office 365) has dramatically improved Internet site capabilities, in response to customer requests. This isn’t your father’s SharePoint.
A Closer Look at Browser-Based Microsoft 365 (MSNBC)
For all their potential, cloud-based application services such as Google Docs can still be downright spartan when it comes to software features. Yes, their cost is low or free in most cases, and their easy-to-use collaboration tools provide small businesses with a good first step toward building a mobile or remote workforce. But the feature sets of browser-based services still pale in comparison to full software suites such as Microsoft Office, which provides a wealth of tools and virtually endless customization of documents.
Browser Wars: Chrome vs. IE9 vs. Firefox (PC Magazine)
Web browsers are converging. Since the arrival of Google Chrome nearly three years ago, all browsers have come under its influence, and they’ve all moved in the same three-pronged directions—speedier page loading, cleaner user interfaces, and greater support for new Web standards. All of the major browsers—Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, and Opera—have made significant strides in each of these three dimensions. The first two qualities are pretty much universally desirable, but the “standards” support piece, while also desirable, gets sticky: Each browser seems to support a different subset of the many features that fall under the label HTML5. All you have to do is check out each browser’s HTML5 demo site. Apple’s HTML5 demos, for example, flat out won’t function unless you’re browsing with Safari. So much for “standards.”
Why Microsoft Can’t — and Shouldn’t — Give Up on Bing (Wired)
In two years, Microsoft’s Bing has doubled its share of the U.S. search market, from 7.2 percent to 14.4 percent. If you add Yahoo’s Bing-powered portal, it’s 27 percent. So why are loud voices clamoring for Microsoft to give up on search? Bing’s Online Services Division doesn’t make money. Shortly after Microsoft released its quarterly earnings results, ZDNet’s Larry Dignan called the OSD an “online sinkhole,” noting that the division last turned a profit in 2006 and had lost $8.5 billion over nine years. Last year, it lost a record $2.56 billion.
The Social Enterprise: An Interview with NewsGator (WindowsITPro)
Social media use in the enterprise has been a hot topic lately, and a number of vendors have developed platforms and services to provide the benefits of social media to a corporate setting. I’ve written a bit about this topic in the past, and growth and interest in the “social enterprise” has soared over the last few years. A recent survey conducted by the International Data Corporation (IDC) revealed that 41% of survey respondents in IT indicated that they were exploring social business initiatives.
Faster is Better With Google’s Page Speed Service, Currently on Free Trial (CMSWire)
Website loading speed is often a big issue with web publishers. Performance is dependent on a lot of factors — traffic, server load, compression, size of the content and the like. Google wants to help webmasters take the load off their minds (and wallets) with an optimization service called Page Speed Service.
Around the Blogosphere
Navigating the World of SharePoint 2010 and All it Encompasses – Part 1 (AIIM)
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 is one of the most popular software programs \ platforms in history and with it has come a community with a near cult following as well as a large number of extremely powerful products that can integrate with it and continue to allow it to be tailored to your organization’s specific business needs. For a CIO or IT Director new to the world of SharePoint I can’t imagine the questions they must may have as the blogosphere \ web can provide them with a fantastic amount of free information (correct and unbelievably incorrect), but it is key to consider the source. Is this person that authored the article 2 years into SharePoint and on their 1st or 2nd deployment or an administrator within their company in a very specific environment meant to meet a specific need of their organization or a true SharePoint expert or just an SharePoint trainer speaking in theory.
A Dummies Guide to SharePoint and jQuery–Getting Started (The SharePoint Hillbilly)
I have several conferences coming up where I’ll be talking about jQuery and best practices around deployment, maintenance, and performance tuning in SharePoint and I find that I never have enough time to talk about everything I’d like. So I thought I’d write a few blogs about the subject from a complete beginners standpoint. After all, we were all beginners once and nothing frustrates me more than finding a solution to a problem, but then having no idea how to implement it.
10 Things You Can do Today to Stay Up-to-date with SharePoint Forever (SharePointDevWiki)
These days people spend so much time on the internet looking for information that is valuable to them that they never take the time to do the things that would be really great for their information research. Here is a list of 10 things that you can do, today, that will keep you up to date with SharePoint forever. Let’s get it on…
My Experience Upgrading SharePoint with FAB 40 (SharePoint Joel’s SharePoint Land)
So, I had been wrestling with error after error from templates that were missing, features, event receivers, and web templates and web parts. Seems like most of our upgrade was time spent wrestling with these things. I had really no idea how they were being used. I just knew we were using 7 of the server admin templates. First thing I did was go and look at Khalil’s 2010 Fab 40 list. I figured as long as I could match them up I would be fixed by simply installing the applicable template on the 2010 side. This was not the case. While we had no problem adding the solutions from Khalil’s blog, we found that none of our errors were addressed by adding them. Apparently Khalil’s list is for people who are looking to have new working copies of the Fab 40. This is nearly the opposite of what I was looking for. I simply wanted my sites to upgrade, and to deprecate the FAB 40 features such that no one would be able to create new sites based on them. I’ve been thinking Khalil’s work would help with upgrade, not so…
Top 10 Tips for Success with SharePoint: #6B (EndUserSharePoint)
Part B: To Brand or Not To Brand SharePoint? … Why is This The Question?
Bringing up this topic always seems to invite strong opinions for, but mainly against, however I’m feeling game today… Before we go on, let me just take a moment to define branding, because various conversations over the years have made me aware this term can mislead and confuse business clients; or anyone, really, who doesn’t spend their lives thinking about such things.
SharePoint Job Listings*
Systems Engineer II (SharePoint) – Louisville, KY
Administer, and maintain the Associations Server infrastructure, supporting Central Office, the Disaster Recovery site, and 90+ Field Offices. Responsible for maintaining security and integrity of all corporate systems and data. Implements operational plans for systems that support the organization’s SharePoint, MS File/Application Servers, MS Exchange Email, MS SQL Databases, Software Applications, and Data Storage. Develops effective communications with, S&T Teams; Support Team and Development Team. This position has an engineering level expertise in the Windows Server Operating System, SharePoint, and a rudimentary knowledge of one or more Infrastructure related areas (Exchange, SMS, MOM, SAN, etc.).
MS SharePoint 2010 Developer – New York, NY
Robert Half Technology is currently looking for a SharePoint 2010 Developer for a client of ours in Midtown Manhattan. This is a 1-2 contract opportunity. Experience and Education: – 5-7 years development experience – Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent – Experience with WSS and MOSS 2010 administration, security, and server deployment. – Extensive experience with MS-SharePoint including MOSS 2010, WSS and Web Parts Design/Architecture experience – Strong knowledge of formal software development methodologies and tools. – Proven ability to apply industry standard development and integration patterns. – Proven ability to work on multiple projects, prioritizing tasks and meeting expected deadlines. – Proven track record applying analytical skills to a variety of projects and issues – Must possess excellent customer-facing skills. – Experience with site migration and troubleshooting of installation instances. Qualified candidates should send resumes to brian.goy@rht.com with the subject line of “Goy-SharePoint 2010 Developer”.
Microsoft Updates
Plan for SharePoint Workspace 2010 (TechNet)
When you plan a Microsoft SharePoint Workspace 2010 deployment, consider your organization’s needs and objectives, especially in the context of the deployment options that are discussed here. The following references may also be helpful: For information about how to deploy SharePoint Workspace 2010 after planning your objectives, see Configure and customize SharePoint Workspace 2010. For information about how to deploy SharePoint Workspace 2010 for a Microsoft Groove Server-managed environment, see Deployment for Groove Server 2010.
SharePoint Events*
- July 30, New York, New York - SharePoint Saturday
- July 30, Dubai, UAE – SharePoint Saturday
- August 3, Online – Bamboo SharePoint Project Management Central Webinar
- August 3, Online – Bamboo SharePoint Workflow Conductor Webinar
- August 7, Sydney, Australia – SharePoint Saturday
- August 8-10, Chicago, Illinois – SharePoint Connections Coast to Coast Tour + Microsoft Bootcamp
- August 9, Online – Bamboo SharePoint Project Management Central Webinar
- August 10, Online – Bamboo SharePoint Foundation Library Webinar
- August 10, Online – Bamboo Knowledge Management Webinar
- August 11, Online – Bamboo SharePoint Foundation Library Webinar
- August 11, Online – Turning SharePoint Governance into a Proactive Practice
- August 11-13, Washington, D.C. – SharePoint Saturday: The Conference
- August 16, Online – Bamboo SharePoint Calendar and Scheduling Workshop
- August 17, Online – Bamboo SharePoint Project Management Central Webinar
- August 17, Online – Bamboo SharePoint Administration Webinar
- August 17, Online – Social Cognition: Why People are Social Animals
- August 17, Online – Self Service BI at work, an example of a powerful user-created report in PowerPivot
- August 18, Online – Bamboo SharePoint Project Management Central Webinar
- August 20, Columbus, Ohio – SharePoint Saturday
- August 24, Online – Bamboo SharePoint Workflow Conductor Webinar
- August 24, Online – Bamboo SharePoint Framework Solutions Webinar
- August 24, Online – Bamboo Knowledge Management Webinar
- August 24, Online – SharePoint 2010 Fluent User Interface
- August 25, Online – Bamboo SharePoint Lists Workshop
- August 25, Online – Pushing SharePoint Online to the Limit Online Conference
- September 13, Online – 11 Strategic Considerations for SharePoint Migration
- September 24, Manchester, New Hampshire – SharePoint Saturday
- October 3-6, Anaheim, California - Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2011
- November 12, Nottingham, UK – SharePoint Saturday
SharePoint Training*
- August 1-5, Online – SharePoint Foundation 2010 Developer – Mindsharp
- August 1-5, Huntsville, Alabama - SharePoint Foundation 2010 Developer – Mindsharp
- August 2, Online – SharePoint Project Management Central End User Training – Bamboo Solutions
- August 3, Online – Knowledge Base Accelerator Application Administration – Bamboo Solutions
- August 4, Online – Executive Briefing – Empower Your Organization with SharePoint – Innovative-e
- August 8-11, Online – SharePoint 2010 End User – Mindsharp
- August 8-11, Minneapolis, Minnesota - SharePoint 2010 End User – Mindsharp
- August 9, Online – Bamboo Component Training – Collaboration Enablers I – Bamboo Solutions
- August 15-18, Online – SharePoint 2010 End User – Mindsharp
- August 11, Online – Bamboo Component Training – Collaboration Enablers II – Bamboo Solutions
- August 15-18, Huntsville, Alabama - SharePoint 2010 End User – Mindsharp
- August 15-19, Online – SharePoint 2010 Administration Core Technologies – Mindsharp
- August 15-19, Washington, D.C. - SharePoint 2010 Administration Core Technologies – Mindsharp
- August 16-17, Dallas, Texas – Introduction to SharePoint 2010 – Using SharePoint Foundation 2010 – SharePoint Solutions
- August 16-17, Reston, Virginia – Delivering SharePoint Success Mentoring Workshop – Innovative-e
- August 16-19, Dallas, Texas – Introduction to SharePoint 2010 – Using SharePoint Server 2010 – SharePoint Solutions
- August 23, Online – Bamboo Component Training – List Extenders – Bamboo Solutions
- August 23-24, Nashville, Tennessee – Exploring SharePoint 2010 – New Features – SharePoint Solutions
- August 23-26, Nashville, Tennessee – SharePoint 2010 Upgrade and Planning – SharePoint Solutions
- August 24, Online - How to Build a Project Management Information System (PMIS) – Innovative-e
- August 25, Online – Bamboo Component Training – Administration Enhancers – Bamboo Solutions
- August 29-September 1, Online – SharePoint 2010 End User – Mindsharp
- August 29-September 2, Online – SharePoint Foundation 2010 Developer – Mindsharp
- August 29-September 2, Minneapolis, Minnesota - SharePoint Foundation 2010 Developer – Mindsharp
- August 29-September 2, Online – SharePoint Designer 2010 – Mindsharp
- August 29-September 2, Minneapolis, Minnesota - SharePoint Designer 2010 – Mindsharp
- September 5-9, Online – SharePoint Foundation 2010 Developer – Mindsharp
- September 5-9, Washington, D.C. - SharePoint Foundation 2010 Developer – Mindsharp
- September 5-9, Huntsville, Alabama - SharePoint Designer 2010 – Mindsharp
- September 7, Online – Knowledge Base Accelerator Application Administration – Bamboo Solutions
- September 8, Online – Bamboo Component Training – Collaboration Enablers II – Bamboo Solutions
- September 9, Online – Microsoft Project 2010 Jumpstart – Innovative-e
- September 12-15, Online – Power End User – Mindsharp
- September 12-15, Minneapolis, Minnesota - Power End User – Mindsharp
- September 13, Online – Bamboo Component Training – Collaboration Enablers I – Bamboo Solutions
- September 20-21, Denver, Colorado – Delivering SharePoint Success Mentoring Workshop – Innovative-e
- September 21-23, Online – Organizing Information Using SharePoint 2010 – Mindsharp
- September 21-23, Minneapolis, Minnesota - Organizing Information Using SharePoint 2010 – Mindsharp
- September 22, Online – Bamboo Component Training – Administration Enhancers – Bamboo Solutions
- September 23, Online – Executive Briefing – Empower Your Organization with SharePoint – Innovative-e
- September 27, Online – Bamboo Component Training – List Extenders – Bamboo Solutions
- September 29, Online - How to Build a Project Management Information System (PMIS) – Innovative-e
- October 5, Online – Knowledge Base Accelerator Application Administration – Bamboo Solutions
- October 11, Online – Bamboo Component Training – Collaboration Enablers I – Bamboo Solutions
- October 13, Online – Bamboo Component Training – Collaboration Enablers II – Bamboo Solutions
- October 18, Online – Bamboo Component Training – List Extenders – Bamboo Solutions
- October 27, Online – Bamboo Component Training – Administration Enhancers – Bamboo Solutions
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