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The Richest Man in the World

This week, Bill Gates will retire from Microsoft, so there is a lot of additional attention being focused on him right now, but a couple of weeks ago I got a rare opportunity to see for myself why everyone is so excited about his upcoming transition away from software development at Microsoft towards human development [...]

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Interesting article on using folder content types

When you have a lot of different content types attached to the same document library, it can be confusing for users.  Wouldn’t it be nice to organize them into separate folders, so that users see only the content types they need to see?  Folder content types allow you to do just that. 
Fellow MVP Mikhail [...]

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A First Glimpse at Windows 7

Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer gave a recent demo of the new Windows 7 user interface at the D6 “All Things Digital” executive Conference put on each year.  Here is a first glimpse, compliments of YouTube.  Enjoy.

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JOG – May 15, 2008 – Code Access Security for SharePoint

Come join co-founder Andrew Connell on Thursday, May 15, 2008 for an interesting session on CAS.  As we all know, Code Access Security gets much less attention than it deserves.  Part of the problem is because it seems so, well, mysterious.  Here’s AC’s take on dealing with CAS:
Understanding and Making Code Access Security Not so [...]

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VSLive! Orlando – May 8th

I’ll be delivering a one-hour session on workflow at VSLive! Orlando on Tuesday, May 8th.

Session:
Office Workflow solutions: From SharePoint Designer to VSTO “Orcas”

Time:
Tuesday, May 8, 3:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.

Location:
Royal Pacific Resort, Orlando, Florida

Room:
Pacifica Ballroom #6

The session will first show you how to extend and customize an out of the box workflow using Office SharePoint [...]

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JOG Talk – Inside the Visual Studio extensions for SharePoint

Join us for the next Jacksonville Office Geeks (JOG) talk on Thursday, February 22th from 6-8PM.“Inside the Visual Studio extensions for SharePoint”
Take your SharePoint development experience to a whole new level with the recently released Visual Studio extensions for Windows SharePoint Services. In this session, we will take a deep dive into all aspects of [...]

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I’ve Been Tagged!

Well, as far as fads go, this one isn’t so bad. I mean, it does help build community and I’m all for that, so here are “5 things you don’t know about me”.

I attended Harvard College in the same class with Bill Gates and Steve Balmer – man, what a difference a brain makes!

I attended [...]

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SharePoint Developer Videos and Screencasts on MSDN

Here are some links to videos and screencasts on MSDN that SharePoint developers will find useful:

Anonymous Access and Forms Authentication with WSS 3.0Learn how to configure a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 site to use the ASP.NET 2.0 Forms Authentication Provider.

Configuring Security and Authorization with WSS 3.0Learn the new WSS 3.0 model for configuring access to [...]

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Office Preview Site Shutting Down Soon

In case you haven’t heard, Microsoft will be shutting down the Office Preview Site on October 25th. After that, you will not be able to download the beta. SO – if you are at all inclined to participate in the beta program, now is the time to get those bits!

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Jacksonville Code Camp – August 26, 2006

The Jacksonville Code Camp, organized by the Jacksonville Developer User Group JAXDUG,  will be held at the FCCJ South Campus (downtown) on Saturday, August 26, 2006.  This year’s code camp promises to be a great event with lots of new and exciting tracks that should appeal to everyone from new developers to seasoned professionals. 
I’ve [...]

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