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Interesting Discussion of the Impact of SP2010 on other ECM Players

By on March 23, 2010 in Content Management, Microsoft Corporation, Records Management

A few days ago, John Mancini, president of the Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM), posted a rather loaded discussion question on the AIIM Linked-In group.  The question was “How will SharePoint 2010 effect the existing ECM players?”.  It quickly generated responses from a broad spectrum of people, many of whom are either employed [...]

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Interesting Perspective on how SharePoint is Capturing the ECM Market

By on March 3, 2010 in Content Management, Microsoft Corporation

Technorati Tags: ECM,SharePoint
Check out this postby Lee Dallason why he thinks Microsoft has been so successful in redefining ECM around the capabilities of the SharePoint platform.  To put it simply, it’s because of a brilliant marketing strategy and not because of SharePoint itself.
Dallas boils it down to three key points:

Microsoft focused on solving [...]

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SharePoint 2010 Developer Training Videos Online

By on November 9, 2009 in Microsoft Corporation, SharePoint Development, SharePoint Training

Microsoft today released a set of videos on Channel 9that showcase the new features of SharePoint 2010 from a developer perspective.  Here are some of the topics that caught my eye:

SharePoint 2010 Developer Roadmap
Visual Studio 2010 Tools for SharePoint 2010
Services Architecture
Enterprise Content Management
Accessing External Data
SharePoint 2010 Security

There are 15 units so far.  Each one consists [...]

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Yes, I’m Still Kicking… and Heading to Vegas, Baby!

By on October 6, 2009 in Conferences, Microsoft Corporation

Ok, I know it’s been pretty darn quiet around here for awhile.  Well, you know life has a way of grabbin’ you by the whatzits and turnin’ you every which way but loose.  It certainly has been a wild ride for yours truly these past few months.  But fear not SharePoint junkies!  I’m heading to [...]

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Microsoft to Provide Job Skills Training to “Elevate America”

By on June 19, 2009 in Microsoft Corporation

The thing about working with a team is that sense of being part of something greater than we are.  With the current state of the economy, and with so many people and companies shifting into survival mode, it's really encouraging to see a large company taking on a greater responsibility to the community. 

Today I learned [...]

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Monkey Fun with Exchange Server 2007

By on June 11, 2009 in Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Office

Ever try to rename a server with Exchange 2007 installed?  Don't even think about it!
After spending the good part of a day setting up a nice clean MOSS development VM (W2K3x64/VS2008/Office), I decided to add Exchange Server 2007 to the mix just to play with managed folders and the most excellent Messaging Records Management (MRM) [...]

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Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010

By on April 17, 2009 in Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Office, SharePoint Development

You've probably heard by now that the next version of SharePoint will drop the "Office" moniker in favor of the more direct and easily understandable "Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010"  (read the Microsoft SharePoint Team Blog Post).  I agree with my colleague Bil Simser that it sounds like something from a science fiction novel (2010 [...]

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SharePoint Designer 2007 – It’s FREE!

By on April 2, 2009 in Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Office, SharePoint Development

In case you haven’t heard, Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 is now available as a FREE download.  This is an exciting development, because it means that a lot more developers will now be able to customize their SharePoint deployments to include all the functionality they need.
Fellow SharePoint MVP Asif Rehmani has written a thorough [...]

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SharePoint Sessions at Microsoft PDC 2008

By on March 14, 2009 in Conferences, Microsoft Corporation, SharePoint Development, Silverlight

Back in the day, I would never miss a PDC.  It was always a great experience, and I'm sure this year will not disappoint.  Unfortunately, I won't be able to attend this time and I'm kind of bummed about it.  If you're planning to be there, then be sure to check out the following SharePoint [...]

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SharePoint Best Practices Conference Coming to London

By on March 14, 2009 in Conferences, Microsoft Corporation, Records Management, SharePoint Development, SharePoint Training

SharePoint training provider Combined Knowledge will host the first European SharePoint Best Practices conference in London April 6-8, 2009.  Microsoft veteran Joel Oleson will deliver the keynote and the speakers list reads like a "who's who" of the top SharePoint experts, MVPs and Microsoft product team members. 
I'll be presenting a session on designing [...]

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