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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Mar11

Chat with the SharePoint MVP Experts

Cross posted from: http://blogs.msdn.com/mvpawardprogram/ Do you have tough technical questions regarding SharePoint for which you're seeking answers? Do you want to tap into the deep knowledge of the talented Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals? The SharePoint MVPs are the same people you see in the technical community as authors, speakers, user group leaders and answerers in the MSDN forums....
Posted by Matthew McDermott on Thursday, 11 Mar 2010 01:58.
0 Comments | Categories: MVP, SharePoint 2010, Speaking Engagements, People who Rock

 
Mar8

Building Blocks #1: Silverlight Slideshow Viewer for SharePoint

It has been a while (OK, a long while) since I have published a series of posts on a topic. My last series, SharePoint Image Search, has been very well received. This series will walk through the Building Blocks that I have created to demonstrate and improve the SharePoint end user experience. I have been using many of these techniques in my developer focused demos for SharePoint 2010 (and in som...
Posted by Matthew McDermott on Monday, 8 Mar 2010 01:07.
0 Comments | Categories: Development, SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010, Silverlight, Speaking Engagements, Building Blocks

 
Feb28

Speaking at SharePointPro Summit

Better late than never seems to be my mantra these days. I have been working on presentations and posts for the many new features of SharePoint 2010. I am excited that I’ll be speaking at the SharePointPro Summit March 16-19, 2010 at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. I am covering the following IP Pro Sessions: HITP03: Enterprise Social Computing with SharePoint 2010 SharePoint 2010 introduces new f...
Posted by Matthew McDermott on Sunday, 28 Feb 2010 06:56.
0 Comments | Categories: Administration, SharePoint 2010, Search, Social Networking, Speaking Engagements

 
Feb27

Panel Discussion at SXSW

Just when I thought I could not possibly squeeze another session into my schedule my friend George DeMet called and asked to join him on a panel at South by Southwest Interactive in Austin. Our panel will be Saturday March 13th at 12:30. The topic is “Bringing it All Back Home: CMS Communities” We’re going to compare and contrast the different CMS products and the communities that have grown up a...
Posted by Matthew McDermott on Saturday, 27 Feb 2010 11:15.
0 Comments | Categories: MVP, SharePoint 2010, Speaking Engagements

 
Feb24

Speaking at Innotech San Antonio

I am back in San Antonio Thursday March 4th speaking at Innotech San Antonio. I’ll be presenting Developing Social Applications with SharePoint 2010. This lecture focuses on the developer interfaces for the Social Computing API and Web services for SharePoint 2010. Social Computing with SharePoint involves creating people aware applications that take advantage of User Profiles, Social Data, and ...
Posted by Matthew McDermott on Wednesday, 24 Feb 2010 10:45.
0 Comments | Categories: SharePoint 2010, Social Networking, Speaking Engagements

 
Feb20

Upgrading from Bing Maps CTP to Version 1

I am in the process of updating all of my SharePoint 2010 projects from Beta to RC. I had a lot of fun learning how to use the Bing Maps Silverlight control for a few social computing demos that I built. Version 1 was released late last year and now it’s time to get upgraded! I figured there might be a few other folks in my position so here are the steps I followed. My Application My applicatio...
Posted by Matthew McDermott on Saturday, 20 Feb 2010 09:24.
0 Comments | Categories: Development, SharePoint 2010, Silverlight, Speaking Engagements

 
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

 
Nov15

SharePoint Saturday San Antonio

I want to thank the folks who attended my session in San Antonio. I had a great time and think the session is getting better every time I do it. I plan to release all the code after I update it for SharePoint 2010 Beta 2. In the mean time here is the PDF version of the presentation for the folks who were asking about it. I plan to create a post for each step in the process too. So check back for ...
Posted by Matthew McDermott on Sunday, 15 Nov 2009 08:38.
2 Comments | Categories: SharePoint 2010, Silverlight, Speaking Engagements

 
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