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Virtual Server Rocks!

By on January 1, 0001 in Microsoft Office, SharePoint Development

You probably already know that Virtual PC is free. But did you know that Virtual Server is also free? Why am I writing about this? I’ll tell you.
It’s not so much because the software is free. That’s great! But I’m doing serious SharePoint development work for various clients on a Windows Server 2003 system and [...]

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Office Development SIG in Jacksonville

By on January 1, 0001 in Microsoft Office, SharePoint Development

For the past year, I’ve been working almost exclusively in the Information Worker Productivity space, developing solutions around SharePoint and Office. During that time, I’ve noticed that although there is extreme interest in SharePoint and Office as a development platform, there wasn’t a lot of hands-on knowledge within the developer community. I got to talking [...]

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Office 2007 Developer Roadmap

By on January 1, 0001 in InfoPath, Microsoft Office, SharePoint Development

As a developer, it is hard enough just keeping up with all the new technology. To that end, Microsoft has created a Developer Map for the 2007 Microsoft Office System that you can download. This is a great way to get the “big picture” of how everything fits together and to share it with the [...]

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Office 2007 to Support ODF in SP2

By on January 1, 0001 in Microsoft Office

Microsoft announced today that a future version of Office 2007 (due out in early 2009) will include direct support for popular document formats including PDF.  The list of supported formats will include ODF (the standardized Open Document Format), XPS (XML Paper Specification), and PDF (Portable Document Format).  It doesn’t look like we’ll be able to [...]

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Get Ready for ODC2008

By on January 1, 0001 in Content Management, Microsoft Office, Process Automation, SharePoint Development

As the new year approaches… Wait! Is it 2008 yet? So much is happening – so fast! Do you ever get that feeling that you’ll never catch up? I sure do. Time flies…
For the past few weeks, I’ve been busy writing chapters for a new book (more on that later), developing and experimenting with new [...]

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ODC Architecture Track Sessions

By on January 1, 0001 in Microsoft Office, SharePoint Development

Folks, ODC is almost upon us, and this time we have an architecture track that focuses on the Office System and OBAs (Office Business Apps) as a platform for building real world business solutions. I’ll be delivering a session entitled “Building Collaborative BPM Solutions – Feb 13th, 10:30 – 11:45am”. You can view the final [...]

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Are you an Office Geek?

By on January 1, 0001 in InfoPath, Microsoft Office, Process Automation, SharePoint Development

I know it. You know it. Your wife or girlfriend, husband or brother surely knows it. If you’re reading this, you might as well admit it – you’re a geek. The question is: are you an “Office Geek”?
We’re not like other geeks. We have so much more fun!
Think about it.
We’ve got shared add-ins to build, [...]

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