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July 2005 - Posts

Sunday, July 31, 2005 11:50 AM

SharePoint Portal Search through the MSN Search Toolbar

Saw an interesting blog post from Matt Bower ( http://blogs.msdn.com/bowerm/archive/2004/12/16/317133.aspx ) on how to integrate SharePoint Portal Search with the new MSN Search Toolbar using shortcut definitions. I tried it and it works great. Two things
Posted by Mauro | 0 Comments
Saturday, July 23, 2005 5:48 AM

Enable Breadcrumb Navigation in SharePoint

I've had a few clients ask how to give users a better navigation experience through the various SharePoint pages. To me, there are two problems... (1) navigating the page hierarchy (i.e. finding your way back to the previous pages without having to use
Posted by Mauro | 3 Comments
Wednesday, July 20, 2005 7:24 AM

Installing the SQL Server 2005 June CTP

I just went throught the process of updating my development machine with the latest (June CTP) version of SQL Server 2005. The good news is that installation gets a little easier each time. It took about 2 hours to uninstall the old version and install
Posted by Mauro | 0 Comments
Tuesday, July 19, 2005 7:06 AM

Showing File System Folders in SharePoint

I hate having to go to my SharePoint server and navigate to c:/program files/common files/... (you know the path!) to get at my SharePoint files. I came up with a quick and dirty solution that, while not elegant, works. It is also generic enough to apply
Posted by Mauro | 2 Comments
Monday, July 18, 2005 9:29 AM

MCP Program Takes New Road in September

Saw a very informative article in MCP Magazine ( http://mcpmag.com/news/article.asp?EditorialsID=821 ) on the new Microsoft Certification track. As a proud card carrying member of the MCP crew since 1997, I'm looking with interest at how and when Microsoft
Posted by Mauro | 1 Comments
Sunday, July 17, 2005 6:39 PM

New England Code Camp 4:Developers Gone Wild

Thom Robbins from the local (New England) Microsoft Office has run a Code Camp for developers the last couple of years. It's run over a weekend (so it doesn't conflict with busy work schedules) and is extremely popular... and it's free! I've had the honor
Posted by Mauro | 0 Comments
Thursday, July 14, 2005 7:05 AM

Utility that Gives Windows UI for STSADM

Found a great little utility that presents a UI for the STSADM executable. How fun is it to try to remember the parameters to deploy a template?!! This executable launches a Windows form that has a dropdown for all the options under STSADM. Upon selection
Posted by Mauro | 3 Comments
Wednesday, July 13, 2005 6:39 PM

Great Portal Whitepaper from Plumtree

Interesting in how the portal market is playing out? What are the driving forces behind portal implementations? Check out the whitepaper from Plumtree entitled “ The Corporate Portal Market in 2005: Portals, Composite Applications and Integrated
Posted by Mauro | 0 Comments
Tuesday, July 12, 2005 5:47 AM

Showing SharePoint List Links in a New Window

One of the user experience challenges with SharePoint, like any other web application, is to balance showing redirected content in the same browser session or popping up a new window. Users are sometimes confused when sent to a non-SharePoint URL and
Posted by Mauro | 3 Comments
Sunday, July 10, 2005 8:09 PM

Sorting out the June CTP's

I've spent the last few months splitting my spare time tinkering with the beta versions of SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005 (both are due out in November) . I maintain both environments on one test machine and try to stay curent with the latest
Posted by Mauro | 0 Comments
Saturday, July 09, 2005 1:31 PM

Free ASP.NET Training from Microsoft

As crazy as it may sound, I know a number of developers at client sites that have still not been exposed to .NET. I just saw an advertisement from Microsoft for some free virtual training for ASP.NET (see details and link below). I strongly encourage
Posted by Mauro | 15 Comments
Friday, July 08, 2005 5:37 AM

SharePoint and Reporting Services - Installation Resources

As posted in several blogs recently, Microsoft has made available a collection of Reporting Services reports based on SharePoint Portal Server data (”Microsoft SQL Server Report Pack for Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003”). The
Posted by Mauro | 10 Comments
Tuesday, July 05, 2005 5:25 AM

Great Maestro Resource - TechEd Session Available Online

For those of us excited about the upcoming Microsoft Maestro offering (and frustrated by the lack of documentation) there is a great resource now available online. Ian Tien, Program Manager for the Office Business Applications at Microsoft, posted his
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