MSDN Ramp Up E-Learning D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 MSDN has a new program called Ramp Up. It's a free e-learning program designed to help developers improve/upgrade their skill levels to the next tier. The tracks (called 'routes' for the program) include: ... MSDN Ramp Up E-Learning 0 0 0
SharePoint Developer Training praveenpandey, January 1, 0001 Here is a good training material for SharePoint Developers. Ramp Up is a free, online, community-based learning program, with a number of different tracks that will help you build your portfolio of professional ... SharePoint Developer Training 0 0 1
Silverlight Cream for November 05, 2008 -- #420 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this issue: Rich Griffin, Nikolay Raychev, David Anson, Manish Dalal, and Terence Tsang. I apologize for not posting this on Monday, but Scott Barnes is asking for everyone's assistance on a poll: Calling ... Silverlight Cream for November 05, 2008 -- #420 0 0 0
Error :- Application 'Search', Catalog 'index file on the search ... Patrick Olurotimi Ige, January 1, 0001 The Network admin guys did some windows patch update on the WSS v3 - OS - Windows 2003 server Until after logging on to the site tried doing some searching and Oops no search results returned So i taught ... Error :- Application 'Search', Catalog 'index file on the search ... 0 0 5
Platform Builder: Releasing a BSP Bruce Eitman, January 1, 0001 If you take Microsoft’s approach to releasing a Board Support Package (BSP) it is a very simple process, click, click, click and release. But if you want to protect some or all of your intellectual property ... Platform Builder: Releasing a BSP 0 0 0
Getting the URL Query string values in a Web Part PsudoKnowledgeBase, January 1, 0001 While trying to create a SharePoint 2007 web part I hit a problem that my web searches did not come up with any answers. The problem was I needed the web part that was imbedded in SharePoint to access ... Getting the URL Query string values in a Web Part 0 0 5
SharePoint 2007 Custom Properties PsudoKnowledgeBase, January 1, 0001 I have recently been working on some web parts for a site hosted on a SharePoint 2007 (aka MOSS 2007). I was unable to get the custom properties to work. Paul Stork was kind enough to provide the answer. ... SharePoint 2007 Custom Properties 0 0 1
MOSS UI Tutorial on YouTube Leslee Sheu, January 1, 0001 As some folks have pointed out (thanks!), the MOSS UI Tutorial videos are no longer available on ScreenCast.com. I was using a free account at ScreenCast and my bandwidth limit was reached, so they have ... MOSS UI Tutorial on YouTube 0 0 4
The SharePoint Community Rocks MOSSLover, January 1, 0001 I know this week is going to be crazy, so I just wanted to post a blog saying... The SharePoint Community Rocks! I figure if you get depressed or something happens just read those three words and remember ... The SharePoint Community Rocks 0 0 0
No matter what a Developer tells you, you cannot declare a site c... MOSSLover, January 1, 0001 I wrote a couple features with some list definitions, site columns, and a content type with a feature receiver. It was the first real feature that I ever wrote. I built a presentation on features, but ... No matter what a Developer tells you, you cannot declare a site c... 0 0 0
[SharePoint Designer]: “Unable to load workflow actions from the ... Steffi, January 1, 0001 Today I encountered a new error at work which is: “Unable to load workflow actions from the server. Please contact your server administrator.” This occurred when I opened a SharePoint site in Microsoft ... [SharePoint Designer]: “Unable to load workflow actions from the ... 0 0 1
Winner of the October Grand Prize of Community-Credit.com Steffi, January 1, 0001 I just recieved an e-mail from David Silverlight telling me that I have won the grand prize of October with 95,500 points. I feel so happy about this! I was not expecting to win the grand prize for giving ... Winner of the October Grand Prize of Community-Credit.com 0 0 4
Reflections on PDC 08 - The Message D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 PDC has come to an end and I’m sitting here reflecting on what I've experienced over the last few days. The PDC experience has been quite different than the Tech Ed or Dev Teach events I've attended in ... Reflections on PDC 08 - The Message 0 0 0
Sharepoint Service Error: A deployment or retraction is already u... Mohammad Jannatul Ferdous, January 1, 0001 Sometime this error has been occured from Windows SharePoint Services Administration command when the user do retractsolution or deploysolution like the follwing C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft ... Sharepoint Service Error: A deployment or retraction is already u... 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for October 29, 2008 - 3 -- #413 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this issue: Jeff Handley, David Anson, Jafar Husain, Justin Angel, Beatriz Stollnitz, Scott Barnes, Chris Anderson, Dave Burke, Bart Czernicki, Terence Tsang, Ben Waggoner, The Silverlight SDK, Joe ... Silverlight Cream for October 29, 2008 - 3 -- #413 0 0 2
Tutorial: [SharePoint Designer] Deploying an Activity to Office S... Steffi, January 1, 0001 Tutorial: Deploying an Activity to Office SharePoint Designer I had a really difficult time to deploy my first activity to Office SharePoint Designer, because I didn't find a complete tutorial of how to ... Tutorial: [SharePoint Designer] Deploying an Activity to Office S... 0 0 1
Sharepoint: How to do Custom List Edit Form Mohammad Jannatul Ferdous, January 1, 0001 How to customize the EditForm.aspx when you Edit a list item in a SharePoint 2007 list (EditForm.aspx). When you want to enter a edit item into, let’s say, your Issue Tracker list, SharePoint calls upon ... Sharepoint: How to do Custom List Edit Form 0 0 4
Windows Azure, A letter from Steve Ballmer Mohamed Meligy, January 1, 0001 Another email to share with you, “A Platform for the Next Technology Revolution” : During the past decade, a dramatic transformation in the world of information technology has been taking shape. It's a ... Windows Azure, A letter from Steve Ballmer 0 0 0
Interesting Email From Steve Ballmer okcodemonkey, January 1, 0001 I got this email from Steve Ballmer. Okay I know if was more than likely a marketing person from Microsoft that came up with this not Steve, but I thought I would share it as it had some good information ... Interesting Email From Steve Ballmer 0 0 0
Letter from Steve Ballmer, CEO Microsoft Randy Walker, January 1, 0001 I occasionally receive letters sent out to the Industry Executives from the top dogs at Microsoft. Here’s the one I just received outlining their newest initiative called Windows Azure, which was just ... Letter from Steve Ballmer, CEO Microsoft 0 0 0
.NET and PowerShell TechnicallySpeaking, January 1, 0001 I think there's nothing more powerful for a .NET developer than the ability to call into the .NET framework from script code. Here are a couple of tips for calling into the framework from PowerShell 1.0: ... .NET and PowerShell 0 0 2
Using Reflection and ADO.NET to create a dynamic Data Layer cdavis, January 1, 0001 Using Reflection and ADO.NET to create a dynamic Data Layer In this article I will discuss using object oriented techniques and built-in ADO.NET functions to create a data layer which will essentially ... Using Reflection and ADO.NET to create a dynamic Data Layer 0 0 2
Announcing a Kansas City "Day of .NET" Doug Butscher, January 1, 0001 The Kansas City .NET User Group will be hosting a Day of .NET on Saturday, December 6th from 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. It will be held at the Centriq Training Center in Leawood, KS (map). The day's training ... Announcing a Kansas City "Day of .NET" 0 0 0
SharePoint 2007 Site Definitions Part 4 David Jacobus, January 1, 0001 ONET.XML Part 4 is the real difference in the site definition we are creating and those offered in many books and blogs. Except for the methodology I am presenting, I haven’t really offered anything new! ... SharePoint 2007 Site Definitions Part 4 0 0 1
SharePoint 2007 Site Definitions Part 3 David Jacobus, January 1, 0001 List Definitions Using SharePoint Solutions Generator 2008 1. Start SharePoint Solutions Generator a. Create List Definition b. The two custom lists are Internal Contact (Custom list) and Tasks (Custom ... SharePoint 2007 Site Definitions Part 3 0 0 1
SharePoint 2007 Site Definitions Part 2 David Jacobus, January 1, 0001 I spend some time over the last weeks reverse engineering Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools: Visual Studio 2008 Extensions, Version 1.2 and with the help of a few bloggers who really did much of the ... SharePoint 2007 Site Definitions Part 2 0 0 1
SharePoint 2007 Site Definitions Part 1 (Basics) David Jacobus, January 1, 0001 For the last 1 1/2 years I have browsed and used content from hundreds of blogs that I have researched in the performance of my position as a SharePoint developer. I have needed to do this as SharePoint ... SharePoint 2007 Site Definitions Part 1 (Basics) 0 0 0
#PDC08 keynote (day 1, part 2) Laurent Bugnion, January 1, 0001 Note: The Wireless network at the keynote failed miserably, so this will be posted with a delay. Next speaker talks about customer challenges: Stay up to date, lower predictable costs including IT resources, ... #PDC08 keynote (day 1, part 2) 0 0 0
New .NET Logo Erwin, January 1, 0001 After 8 years it was time to change the .NET logo. The new logo stand for consistency, robustness and great user experiences. The design look like a "wave" with a suggestion of the letter 'N' that will ... New .NET Logo 0 0 1
Azure!!! Microsoft’s cloud BizTalk Visionary, January 1, 0001 So the secret’s out! Microsoft’s Cloud will give us a number of key aspects. First is the foundation or Windows Azure, this can be seen as the cloud OS but is much, much more than that. It is an infinitely ... Azure!!! Microsoft’s cloud 0 0 1
PDC Day 1 Underway Kevin G, January 1, 0001 This morning Ray Ozzie, the Chief Architect at Microsoft, opened the conference with a great keynote and the official announcement of Microsoft Windows Azure and their Cloud Services initiative. You can ... PDC Day 1 Underway 0 0 0
PDC 08 – Monday Morning Keynote D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 So I was late to the keynote this morning. No biggie…it doesn’t look like I missed too much in the first half hour. The message from what I did see is pretty clear though: Microsoft is jumping into cloud ... PDC 08 – Monday Morning Keynote 0 0 0
PDC 2008 - Keynote Notes Bill Evjen, January 1, 0001 Ray Ozzie, chief architect at Microsoft, opened the keynote. Here are my random notes: Ray thanked everyone for coming to the event and stressed how important we all are in Microsoft's success. He then ... PDC 2008 - Keynote Notes 0 0 0
#PDC08 keynote (day 1, part 1) Laurent Bugnion, January 1, 0001 Note: The Wireless network at the keynote failed miserably, so this will be posted with a delay. Ray Ozzie talks about the future of software and Microsoft's take on new software foundations. Mobile platforms ... #PDC08 keynote (day 1, part 1) 0 0 0
Windows Azure Harish Ranganathan, January 1, 0001 Here I am at PDC, Los Angeles Convention Centre and Ray Ozzie, Chief Software Architect, Microsoft, just announced that the new Windows on the Cloud named as Windows Azure. Windows Azure is the windows ... Windows Azure 0 0 2
[FREE SHAREPOINT TOOLS] Free Workflow Activities Steffi, January 1, 0001 I found online some free Workflow Activities for SharePoint, it is worth it to take a look at them and see if they are significant for you: http://wf.netfx3.com/files/... These include: ForEach ... [FREE SHAREPOINT TOOLS] Free Workflow Activities 0 0 3
[SharePoint - VisualStudio] Error : Corroleation value has not be... Steffi, January 1, 0001 This error arises on the deployment of a SharePoint Workflow where the developer has put an activity above the onWorkflowActivated activity. Kindly, put the onWorkflowActivated activity as the first activity ... [SharePoint - VisualStudio] Error : Corroleation value has not be... 0 0 0
[SharePoint - VisualStudio] Description of the files when creatin... Steffi, January 1, 0001 The files that appear in the solution explorer automatically when you create a new Sequential Workflow Library are: · Feature xml (DeploymentFiles\FeatureFiles) : o This xml file is used to put together ... [SharePoint - VisualStudio] Description of the files when creatin... 0 0 0
London MSDN road rerun VS 2008 SP1 marocanu2001, January 1, 0001 Here are the things that caught my attention in today's MSDN briefing: A. Silverlight 2.0 1. You can use IsolatedStorageFile and IsolatedStorageSettings for storing data on the client machine, but they ... London MSDN road rerun VS 2008 SP1 0 0 0
Speaking at St. Louis .Net User Group Monday MOSSLover, January 1, 0001 I will be speaking at the St. Louis .Net User Group About Silverlight on Monday, October 27th at 6 pm. Like the Kansas City .Net User Group they start at 5:30, but it looks like they go until 7:30. It ... Speaking at St. Louis .Net User Group Monday 0 0 1
MOSS UI Tutorial Downloads Leslee Sheu, January 1, 0001 Here are some supplimentary files for the MOSS UI Tutorial series that I recently posted. (The tutorial screencast posts begin here.) Here are the Base Master Page and Base CSS File developed by e.magination ... MOSS UI Tutorial Downloads 0 0 7
This Friday - Day of Silverlight2 - SL Data with John Papa Nikita Polyakov, January 1, 0001 Exciting half day training on Silverlight 2 Data Access. About 10 seats left for this event. Sing up now! Posted on 8/26/2008 2:10:31 PM Day of Silverlight 2.0 - Data Access - with John Papa Friday, October ... This Friday - Day of Silverlight2 - SL Data with John Papa 0 0 0
How-To: Allow other users to interact with workflow on your MySit... Martin Hinshelwood, January 1, 0001 *Moved to: How-To: Allow other users to interact with workflow on your MySite If you want to be able to use workflow on you're my site that will allow you to assign tasks to your colleagues, then you need ... How-To: Allow other users to interact with workflow on your MySit... 0 0 1
[Book Review] MicrosoftOffice SharePoint Designer 2007 Step by St... Steffi, January 1, 0001 Book Review: MicrosoftOffice SharePoint Designer 2007 Step by Step - Penelope Coventry This book is full of tutorials and hints in building customised SharePoint sites. It helps you build pages complete ... [Book Review] MicrosoftOffice SharePoint Designer 2007 Step by St... 0 0 0
SharePoint 2007 simple Deployment script Mohammad Jannatul Ferdous, January 1, 0001 First Time Deployment in the Production Environment using Script | Move sites between Production and Development Environment | Content Deployment using STSADM We can do SharePoint 2007 deployment from ... SharePoint 2007 simple Deployment script 0 0 0
NINE Questions with Rob Windsor Chris Williams, January 1, 0001 Rob's one of my community buddies that I run into at various conferences and online of course. In addition to being a VB MVP, he's been around the UG and Code Camp scene pretty much since there was one. ... NINE Questions with Rob Windsor 0 0 0
[Book Review] Microsoft SharePoint 2007 for Dummies by Vanessa L.... Steffi, January 1, 0001 Microsoft SharePoint 2007 for Dummies by Vanessa L. Williams As soon as I got my job as a SharePoint programmer, I was given a couple of books to get familiar with SharePoint as a server. One of the books ... [Book Review] Microsoft SharePoint 2007 for Dummies by Vanessa L.... 0 0 1
Microsoft is now the leader in Enterprise Search (Gartner) Murray Gordon, January 1, 0001 Congrats to guys at Microsoft's Enterprise Search Group. According to Gartner, Microsoft is now the leader in Enterprise Search. You can check out the report at http://mediaproducts.gartne... ... Microsoft is now the leader in Enterprise Search (Gartner) 0 0 0
SharePoint Upgrade - Completed - Final Thoughts Scott Lock, January 1, 0001 After many long hours working on upgrading our clients intranet from SPS 2003 to MOSS, we completed the rollout over a very long weekend. Ed Buhain, the client and I spent a fair bit of time babysitting ... SharePoint Upgrade - Completed - Final Thoughts 0 0 0