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June 2006 - Posts

Friday, June 30, 2006 5:28 AM

Another Great SharePoint Resource - SharePointKicks.com

I did a post about Web 2.0 a few days ago. I keep hearing how the next generation of tools and applications will be community driven. Well, here's a good example. SharePointKicks.com was recently launched ( www.sharepointkicks.com ). It's a website where
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Wednesday, June 28, 2006 5:31 AM

Preparing for SharePoint 2007... Where Do You Begin?

I was at Scott Jamison's New England SharePoint User Group meeting last night. He did an overview of the new features in SharePoint 2007. It's easy to pick out the folks who are seeing some of this stuff for the first time; they're the ones that look
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Saturday, June 24, 2006 3:12 PM

My BSM Article in TechNet Magazine

Check out the July issue of Microsoft's TechNet Magazine for my article on BSM entitled “Create Scorecards For Your Business With Office”. I tried to write something that a first time BSM user could use to accelerate his/her design and development
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Friday, June 23, 2006 5:23 AM

Using BSM in a Collaborative Environment

First, a quick tutorial... Building scorecards for Business Scorecard Manager is done using Scorecard Builder, a desktop tool. All of the necessary pieces (data sources, indicators, KPI's) are created and managed in its interface. Under the covers, this
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Monday, June 19, 2006 7:21 PM

Does Your Connection String Change When You Upgrade to SQL'05?

I wrote a custom C# application about a year ago that executed a stored procedure within SQL Server 2000. The customer just migrated to SQL Server 2005. The application stopped working. Does the connection string need to change? I found out that the answer
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Saturday, June 17, 2006 7:09 AM

SharePoint 2007 and Web 2.0

First, thanks to everyone who came by the BI discussion area and to my two Chalk Talks at TechEd this week. You had lots of great questions! One of the more interesting questions was about how SharePoint 2007 maps to all this stuff about Web 2.0. You've
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Tuesday, June 13, 2006 5:00 AM

What to Do When You Can't Find Your Source Code...

Here's an interesting scenario... what if you have a .NET dll but can't find the associated source code? How can you leverage that file without having to start over? Take a look at Reflector for .NET ( http://www.aisto.com/roeder/dotnet/ ). I've used
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Sunday, June 11, 2006 6:03 AM

Reflections on the State of Microsoft-based Business Intelligence

TechEd is finally here! The keynote is tonight and then I have a full schedule, covering the Business Intelligence discussion area and doing two Chalk Talks. As I prepare for week ahead, and look forward to the interaction with fellow MS BI'ers, I'm taking
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Saturday, June 10, 2006 5:45 AM

SharePoint 2007 - Upgrade or Rebuild?

With the release of Beta 2, current SharePoint customers are starting to realize that the next version is now only months away. One of the questions that many are asking is “Should I simply upgrade my portal or should I consider starting over and
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Tuesday, June 06, 2006 7:33 AM

Chalk Talking at TechEd!

I'm locking down my schedule for TechEd next week. I'll be in the Business Intelligence Discussion area every day as a Technical Expert. I'm also doing two Chalk Talks. Chalk Talks are no slides, open discussions on specific topics. The setting is intimate
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Monday, June 05, 2006 7:40 PM

Quick Tip on SPS Usage Stats

OK, SharePoint Portal Server usage statistics stink. Well, the stats don't stink; it's just real hard to actually see them. Who wants to go into FrontPage to look at data? Well, here's a quick tip (it's not pretty but it's better than nothing)... On any
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