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Stupid SharePoint Tricks #2–The PowerShell Versioning Issue

So, you’ve got your SharePoint 2010 development environment all setup nice and pretty – check.
You’ve gotten the hang of the PowerShell thing and it’s working all slick like – sweet.
Now you hear there’s a brand NEW version of PowerShell out there with even more fun toys and stuff.  So you download the latest and greatest [...]

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Visual SVN 3.0 Community License–Bad News for SharePoint Developers

I’ve long been a big fan of VisualSVN because of how well it integrates with Visual Studio and because it’s a relatively light-weight source control solution.  If you’re familiar with Tortoise SVN, then you know what I mean.
So, I was delighted to learn about the new 3.0 version with added support for Visual Studio 2012 [...]

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Building SharePoint-Friendly File Plans using InfoPath 2010

Configuring a SharePoint 2010 records center site involves many steps that must be properly orchestrated in order to achieve the desired results.
As an example, most records management solutions use content organizer rules to route incoming records to a particular document library or folder so they can be associated with specific information policies and retention schedules.  [...]

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Announcing the Great SharePoint Adventure Road Show

Critical Path Training will be offering The Great SharePoint Adventure Roadshow, a condensed, 2-day version of their popular Great SharePoint Adventure developer deep dive class. Nearly 50% of the content for a fraction of the price.
This is a great alternative for folks who can’t be out of the office for a full week or want to see [...]

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GimmalSoft Achieves (DoD) 5015.2 Certification

After a long and arduous process, the GimmalSoft Compliance Suite has finally received the coveted Department of Defense 5015.02 certification, making it the only certified RMS built on the SharePoint 2010 platform.  What does this mean for the rest of us?
Well, for one thing, it means that companies will no longer have to purchase multiple [...]

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Unregistering Custom Record Declaration Handlers

As you know, using the SharePoint 2010 server object model, you can install your own custom record declaration handlers.  Didn’t know that?  Oh?  You mean you haven’t already setup your site to keep track of every time a record is declared or undeclared?  Well, you’re in for a treat!  But you’ll have a wait a [...]

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European Best Practices Conference = Great!

Well, I’m back from a truly wonderful week in London attending and speaking at the European Best Practices Conference, and I have to say, there is something special about this show. I had the privilege of speaking 2 years ago, and I was impressed then by the quality of the event. But it has [...]

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Upcoming SharePoint Conference Dates

Conference season is starting to heat up again.  First up is the SharePoint Connections conference in Orlando, March 27-29.  I’ll be giving three talks:

I’ll also be speaking at the upcoming SharePoint Best Practices conference in London, April 11-13.  I had the distinct privilege of speaking at the London conference a couple of years back and [...]

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CAML.NET Intellisense – Schema Update

One of the neat things about the latest version of CAML.NET Intellisense is that it automatically updates itself whenever a change is made to the published schema.   The updated schema file is downloaded and installed the next time Visual Studio is started, so there is nothing you have to do, and you don’t have to [...]

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CAML.NET Intellisense for SharePoint 2010

Well, I finally gone and done it!   The CAML.NET IntelliSense Extension for Visual Studio 2010 is finally out in the wild, so have at it you crazy SharePoint devheads!
For those of you already using the SharePoint 2007 version, you know the basic idea.  Extend the default CAML schema files with detailed annotations imported from the [...]

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