Matthew McDermott, MVP

General ramblings from a SharePoint MVP about SharePoint and Microsoft technologies related to collaboration, web content management and productivity.
Jul31

SharePoint IT Pro Documentation Team Blog

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.
0 Comments | Categories: Governance, People who Rock, SharePoint 2007, Training

 
Apr25

SharePoint Conference Videos Released!

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.
0 Comments | Categories: Speaking Engagements, Training

 
Jan26

Sleepless in Dallas

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.
9 Comments | Categories: Development, Training, Web Publishing, Speaking Engagements

 
Dec25

Speaking at SPC 2008

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.
3 Comments | Categories: Development, Office 2007, Training, Speaking Engagements

 
Dec7

SharePoint Training Released

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...
Posted by Matthew McDermott on Friday, 7 Dec 2007 12:00.
2 Comments | Categories: Training