[Via Mike Fitzmaurice] RSS. Everything about sites, lists, libraries, etc., can be syndicated via RSS automatically. Blogs and Wikis. Templates and features in the box. Content Types. These aren’t just like SPS 2001’s document profiles. They define sets of metadata, but they also contain view information. And associated workflows. And events bound to them (synchronous […]
[Via Arpan] There were several large announcements made at PDC that are very relevant to SharePoint and CMS customers. I’m personally super excited about this and to be part of this. Microsoft revealed Office “12” – client and servers and talked about our investment in ECM. This is great news for CMS and SharePoint customers […]
[Via Angus] Angus is currently at the PDC and he is blogging about all anouncements made on the future of SharePoint and MCMS. Here is a summary of all anouncements made yesterday: WSS SP2 will be shipping by end of the month. It will support ASP.NET 2.0 web parts (be aware that SPS will not […]
Enterprise Content Management (ECM) has become a strategic imperative for most organizations. Businesses have seen a huge explosion of structured and unstructured information over the last several years that includes documents, e-mail messages, voice mail, and video. A recent study by Accenture shows that more content will be created in the next two years than […]
[Via AJ] Google has just launched a Blog Search Service…. Now you can search and find all your favorite Blogs on the net! http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch
As all the sample code I have written is in C# a common question I receive in the newsgroup is how to convert this C# code to VB.NET. Here is a list of tools which allow to do this: C# to VB.NET conversion: http://www.carlosag.net/Tools/CodeTranslator/Default.aspxhttp://www.aspalliance.com/aldotnet/examples/translate.aspxhttp://www.kamalpatel.net/ConvertCSharp2VB.aspxhttp://www.ragingsmurf.com/vbcsharpconverter.aspx If someone needs conversion from VB.NET to C# I found the […]
[Via Mark Harrison] Thousands of software developers at the sold-out Microsoft Professional Developers Conference 2005 today got a preview of a new, redesigned user interface (UI) that will debut in several core applications of the next version of Microsoft Office, code-named Office 12. Press release. Office 12 Word screenshot … High-res version Office 12 Excel […]
September 13, 2005 Live webcast starts at 8:30 A.M. Pacific In a live keynote from Los Angeles at the world’s premier event for software developers, Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates unveils the next generation of software application opportunities, featuring important technical previews of the next version of Microsoft Office, code-named “Office 12,” […]
[Via Mark Bower] Visual Studio 2005 Release Candidate is now available for download from the MSDN subscriber download site. The build is compatible with the September CTP of SQL Server. Both of these builds have been handed out to PDC attendees in the keynote session later today.
[Via Wayne Larimore] Have you ever tried to design a website in a way that it’s Google ranking is high? Then you should check out the following article. There are “over 100 SEO factors” that Google uses to rank pages in the Google search results (SERPs). What are the search engine optimization rules?Here is the […]
I just found a really nice document on Security Practices for ASP.NET 2.0. Just have a look at the Index of practices to see how much good stuff these people have put together! Security Practices: ASP.NET 2.0 Security Practices at a GlanceJ.D. Meier, Alex Mackman, Blaine Wastell, Prashant Bansode, Andy Wigley, Kishore GopalanMicrosoft CorporationAugust 2005 […]
Mike Fitzmaurice has provided a very nice explanation about the boundaries for Microsoft Support. A very good read – not only for WSS and SPS. Most stuff also applies to MCMS. Btw: Mike also has a nice article about direct database access for SPS/WSS. Very similar statements as outlined in my own previous article on this topic […]
