Matthew McDermott

Matthew is a principal consultant for Catapult Systems. A Microsoft MVP (SharePoint Server), Matthew blogs about SharePoint and Microsoft technologies related to collaboration, web content management and productivity.
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Feb11

Announcing Catapult Systems Web Cast Series

Catapult Systems is taking the most popular in-person events and producing a series of web casts. SharePoint 2010 Webcast Series Wednesday, March 17th - 11:00am CST: Managed Metadata Wednesday, March 31st - 11:00am CST: Social Computing Wednesday, April 14th - 11:00am CST: Search Wednesday, April 28th - 11:00am CST: Improvements in Document & Records Management Wednesday...
Posted by Matthew McDermott on Thursday, 11 Feb 2010 09:35.
2 Comments | Categories: Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, Speaking Engagements, Social Networking, Search, My Sites

 
Jan11

Austin SharePoint User Group: Insights

Sid Atkinson, Sr. Lead Consultant, Catapult Systems, will provide an overview of the great new Business Intelligence features of SharePoint 2010. This session will cover the Insights Business Intelligence platform in SharePoint 2010.  Microsoft made a significant investment in BI and has made available a broad range of tools and applications to service reporting and analytical needs.  In this s...
Posted by Matthew McDermott on Monday, 11 Jan 2010 08:09.
0 Comments | Categories: MVP, SharePoint 2010, Office 2010, Speaking Engagements

 
Dec9

Adding Search Refinements in SharePoint 2010

I have been playing around with SharePoint 2010 Search this morning. I love the new UI. The search refinements panel is just begging to be messed with. In my case I wanted to add the file extension JPG as an Image Type refiner. Simple Refiner Tweak Here is how you add a file extension refinement. Put the page in edit mode. Choose the drop down menu for “Refinement Panel” and choose ...
Posted by Matthew McDermott on Wednesday, 9 Dec 2009 10:22.
8 Comments | Categories: Office 2010, Search, SharePoint 2010

 
Nov15

It’s the little things: Office 2010 Edition

I have been SLAMMED lately (mostly traveling and speaking, but also taking time with my family) and not blogging enough, I get it, I hear you all loud and clear. I am going to try (starting this week) to publish little bites of new features and enhancements that I have not seen posted elsewhere. Since I am in the process of building my post about yesterday’s SharePoint Saturday, it seems like...
Posted by Matthew McDermott on Sunday, 15 Nov 2009 08:30.
0 Comments | Categories: Office 2010, SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010

 
Oct17

SPC09 Be There Virtually

By now the planet knows that the 2009 Microsoft SharePoint Conference is sold out. Does that mean that you are going to miss all the good stuff? Not at all. You can attend the keynote address by Steve Balmer and Jeff Teper virtually. The keynote address will be streamed live at 9:00 Vegas time and available for viewing later from the Conference Web site. Go to www.mssharepointconference.com for m...
Posted by Matthew McDermott on Saturday, 17 Oct 2009 08:51.
0 Comments | Categories: SharePoint 2010, Office 2010, Speaking Engagements

 
Jul24

Outlook 2010 Suggested Contacts

I noticed the yesterday that I had a HUGE number of duplicate contacts on my phone. I also noticed that I had all sorts of contacts that just did not belong. I sync my iPhone from our company Exchange Server from Outlook so of course I blamed my updated iPhone.   Then I took a closer look at the Contact Groups that were being synchronized with my phone. I noticed a new group “Suggested Contac...
Posted by Matthew McDermott on Friday, 24 Jul 2009 10:35.
6 Comments | Categories: Office 2010

 
Jul23

Outlook 2010: First Impressions

I have been using Office 2010 for about a week now and here are some first impressions of Outlook 2010. Installation The installation was a breeze. You have the option to run 2010 along side 2007 as long as you use the 32 bit version of 2010. I opted for the 64 bit version so I had to uninstall all of my Office 2007 applications before beginning the installation. Following the installation I la...
Posted by Matthew McDermott on Thursday, 23 Jul 2009 11:07.
6 Comments | Categories: Office 2010

 
Jun3

Waiting for ODC? Wait no more!

For those of you waiting for the Office Developer Conference you should stop waiting and sign up for the 2009 SharePoint Conference. The SharePoint Team posted a note that the content will be included in SPC and ODC will not take place this year. Sign-up and be the first on your block to get the advanced look at Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010. ...
Posted by Matthew McDermott on Wednesday, 3 Jun 2009 07:41.
0 Comments | Categories: Office 2010, SharePoint 2010