Jul13
Just in time for your summer viewing pleasure Microsoft is unveiling some of the new workloads for SharePoint 2010. Head over to the newly revamped Microsoft SharePoint Product site and catch Tom Rizzo, Paul Andrew and Richard Riley as they demonstrate just a few of the new capabilities of SharePoint 2010. Each video has a different audience. General information an technical overview from Tom, IT...
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Monday, 13 Jul 2009 08:41.
Jul9
I found this great video explaining Azure. What is Windows Azure? http://blog.smarx.com/posts/what-is-windows-azure-a-hand-drawn-video I love the hand drawn approach to teaching. Just goes to show that the simplest teaching techniques are sometimes the most powerful. The key to his success IMO is the 5 hours he spent up front. Clear, concise and clever. Very memorable. Enjoy!...
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Thursday, 9 Jul 2009 04:44.
Jun23
The Adventure Works Travel site and 10 Hands-On labs have been released to the SharePoint community. These developer oriented labs are available from The MSDN Code Gallery in the SharePoint on the Web Project. The kit comes with an installer for the AWT site with all the bells and whistles. ...
Posted by Matthew McDermott on
Tuesday, 23 Jun 2009 08:09.
Jul31
There is a new TechNet blog specifically focused on IT Pro Content for SharePoint. http://blogs.technet.com/tothesharepoint/ provides notification and updates for the SharePoint related TechNet content and a vehicle for you to request topics and provide feedback to the Documentation Team. Next time you find yourself struggling to find content you can bounce to this blog and let them know! The wri...
Posted by Matthew McDermott on
Thursday, 31 Jul 2008 08:32.
Apr25
If you cannot wait for the Conference DVD the recorded sessions are available on the SharePoint Conference Web site through MySPC.
http://www.mssharepointconference.com
The DVDs will be sent in the mail to all attendees and available for purchase by those of you how could not attend....
Posted by Matthew McDermott on
Friday, 25 Apr 2008 11:06.
Jan26
I just had the pleasure to present at the Sleepless in Dallas event. Contestants receive 8 hours of training in SharePoint and then are split into teams. The teams receive a challenge and then have all night to design, develop and present a solution using what they learned.
My presentation on SharePoint Master Pages and Page Layouts. I covered how to create and troubleshoot master pages. The ...
Posted by Matthew McDermott on
Saturday, 26 Jan 2008 03:29.
Dec25
I am happy to announce that I will be presenting three topics at the SharePoint Conference 2008 in Seattle March 3-6.
Advanced Search Configuration and Management
Organizations intending to implement a search solution in SharePoint often approach this "technical problem" by asking "What do we need to index?". While this approach may yield results they are usually less th...
Posted by Matthew McDermott on
Tuesday, 25 Dec 2007 06:48.
Dec7
Microsoft has released the first edition of SharePoint 2007 training. It comes in two flavors, the "Standalone Edition" for desktop playback and the "Portal Edition" for installation on your SharePoint Server.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/HA102488011033.aspx
The Portal Edition installs as a solution and comes a 30 page installation guide…read the gu...
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Friday, 7 Dec 2007 12:00.