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I’ve just had to create a new page layout using SharePoint Designer 2010. Used the following blog post by Henry to get it done: http://blog.henryong.com/2010/06/08/how-to-create-custom-sharepoint-2010-page-layouts-using-sharepoint-designer-2010/ Which works 100%, as I’ve just created a page and is a... (more)
I'm busy upgrading our internal MOSS 2007 environment to SharePoint 2010 - EXCITE!!! Yes it's going to be off the hook, this goes without saying. Something else that goes without saying is that things NEVER work as easy in practise that what it did at the BootCamp. Period. :)... (more)
A fgew months back I posted my DevDays slides from my talks on “What’s New in ASP.NET 4.0” (demos here) and “An Introduction to Windows Azure” (demos here). Microsoft was working on recording the sessions this year so that we could release them in video format as well, but there were a bunch of tech... (more)
Wow, long time no post; not that there wasn’t anything to blog about just a serious amount of 2010 work out there :) Well some good news here; the TIFF iFilter available in Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 allow you to search the text in .tiff scanned documents; this is because it does OCR on the fly... (more)
Here is the slides from my talk on Application Lifecycle Management in 2010 which I did for the Information Worker user group. Here is the blurb for the session Development is not just about writing code and pressing compile. It is a process, which starts long before code is written and extends... (more)
  I recently created a new SharePoint 2010 VM environment within Virtual Box , but it’s so slow as hell. My machine is a new Lenovo W510 8 processor machine with 8GB RAM The environment consists of the following settings: Windows Server 2008 64 Bit MOSS 2010 64 Bit SQL enterprise 64 Bit Exchange Ser... (more)
All the tracks for the conference have been finalised.  Just an ever so slight biase towards the developers, but there’s more than enough to keep no techies busy. It’s only in a month but excitement is already building – and I’ll be there!  The Twitter tag is #BPC2010 is you want to follow all the [... (more)
Now you can plug Facebook and Windows Live right into Microsoft Outlook through the Outlook Social Connector. You can view your social network as you look through your email to stay connected with your friends, family, and colleagues. Here are the key links: 1. Outlook 2003 and 2007 users can downl... (more)
The concepts and value from Business Intelligence continues to grow within the organisation. At the same time, Microsoft’s BI tools increasingly target the enterprise and the information worker, especially with the exciting new capabilities in the 2010 wave of products. With components like Performa... (more)
We’ll start the before and after series with all the basics. Here are the default team sites for each version. SharePoint 2007 : SharePoint 2010 : What’s new : The landing page is called Home now.  (Don’t confuse this with your intranet home page). Site Actions has moved to the left. New edit option... (more)
Who can believe it’s been exactly one year today!?  Survived year one!  Watch out year two!! If I start on all the thank you’s now, it’s going to sound like the Oscars, “I’d like thank …..”.  There are so many – so a HUGE, BIG, TITANIC thank you to everyone who has supported this endevour. [...]... (more)
After a year of research, I have finally found a hosted SharePoint offering that is not only affordable for small businesses, but offers back up service as well.  I now have access to SharePoint 2010 and will slowly upgrade all my products and services.  I will not be offering actual courses until J... (more)
Thanks to Collaborating with Design in Mind, Lets Collaborate has a slick new corporate identity!  Out with the old and in with the new. The website will be following suit shortly, but all my documentation has been rebranded. OLD : AND SLICK AND SEXY NEW : Why this logo?  The outside represents arms... (more)
  Like the previous LinkedIn social connector for Outlook, Microsoft have now released connectors for Facebook and Windows Live. Check the Office blog for more information and links to download.... (more)
I used the following Blog post to once again setup a successful incoming doc library recently: http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/public-folders/email-enabling-sharepoint-document-libraries-and-lists.aspx There’s a lot more in depth info covered within the blog but basically the long and short of i... (more)

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