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September 2005 - Posts

Tuesday, September 27, 2005 5:28 AM

Two More Sets of Session Slides - SharePoint Tips & SQL'05 BI

As promised, here are links to my sessions slides on 'Advanced SharePoint Tips & Tricks' and 'Business Intelligence with SQL Server 2005'. Thanks to everyone who attended. The SQL'05 session was especially fun as the attendees asked lots of great
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Sunday, September 25, 2005 7:30 PM

Showing 5 Day Weather Forecast in Your Portal

Busy day today with two more technical sessions (slides will be posted tomorrow). I had an attendee at my SharePoint presentation ask if there was a way to show a 5 day weather forecast in the portal... Ask and ye shall receive! Check out the Yahoo Weather
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Sunday, September 25, 2005 8:18 AM

Session Slides for My IBF Presentation

Thanks to everyone who attended my IBF session yesterday at Code Camp. As promised, the link to the slides are below. It was interesting to get feedback from users on the greatest value of IBF. I think there is a definite “wow” factor with
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Wednesday, September 21, 2005 5:19 AM

Reminder - New England-based Speaking Engagements

It will be a busy next few days for me as I finish preparing for some upcoming speaking engagements. I'll be at the New England Code Camp this weekend (see Thom Robin's full session lineup: http://blogs.msdn.com/trobbins/archive/2005/09/20/472130.aspx
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Sunday, September 18, 2005 7:27 PM

Current SharePoint Users - What to do! What to do!

Like many of you, I watched with interest as Microsoft started to lay out the details of the next version of SharePoint. There are several great posts that highlight many of the amazing new features (Here's a good one: http://msmvps.com/anguslogan/archive/2005/09/18/66822.aspx
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Saturday, September 17, 2005 10:32 AM

Helping New Users Understand SharePoint Portal Server

One of the biggest challenges to deploying a successful organizational portal is ensuring user acceptance. A CEO once told me that introducing a portal was “less about their capacity to handle the cost and more about their capacity to handle business
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Thursday, September 08, 2005 6:10 AM

Troubleshooting Email Configuration with SharePoint Portal Server

SPS allows you to send notifcations (i.e. “you have been added as a user...”) and automatic alerts (i.e. “a new document has been added...”) to specific users via email. To configure the email capability: 1. Go to 'Site Settings'
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Monday, September 05, 2005 7:50 PM

Script for Automatic SharePoint Portal Server Backups

If you are a content contributor to your organization's SharePoint portal, there are two questions you should ask of your IT team: 1. Is the portal being backed up regularly? 2. Is the portal REALLY being backed up regularly? You would be amazed by how
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Friday, September 02, 2005 5:45 AM

Great Whitepaper on the ROI of Enterprise Search

I wrote recently about the value of a quality search engine in your portal environment. Since then, a few folks have asked for “ammunition” they could use in justifying the time and dollars on building out a better search. I found two great
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Thursday, September 01, 2005 9:04 AM

Microsoft SQl'05/VS'05/BizTalk'06 Launch Event

The upcoming MS product launch stands to be one of the biggest ever! Local registration is now available for cities across the US. The sessions look great and this stands to be a “can't miss” event. Registration is available at: http://www.microsoft.com/events/2005launchevents/default.mspx
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