SharePoint is definitely one of those products that is making a huge impact amongst corporations. The flexibility, features and out of box functionality that it provides is hard to ignore. Especially with all the Web 2.0 products (wiki, blogs, etc.) integrated into SharePoint 2007, its becoming a easier to sell to corporations. We're talking abou ...[Read More]

Here's a few quick links to some interesting articles around the SharePoint community What's the Difference between Announcements, Blogs, Discussions, Wikis? - James MacLennan has nice post for those that would like tips on what the differences are between the three. James blog is not SharePoint centric but does offer his thoughts on business, ...[Read More]

Looks like they have finally released the Autocad iFilter (dwg file extension) for trail download.  Now you will have the aiblity to add AutoCAD DWF files to your desktop search results (i.e. Microsoft Windows Desktop Search).  Within SharePoint sites, you can now add DWG and DXF content search. The DWG IFilter 2007 will enable your search tool to ...[Read More]

Reza Alirezaei's presentation at the last Toronto SharePoint User Group meeting was very informative. He's a very good speaker, intellectual developer and extremely knowledgeable about SharePoint 2003 / 2007. His presentation titled Top tips to write better code for SharePoint is a great guide to beginning and experienced developers. Here is a sum ...[Read More]

What a great day. First the Download! Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Image (VHD) and now the Download! Microsoft Office 2007 Professional VHD. This download comes as a pre-configured VHD. This download enables you evaluate Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. The Microsoft VHD Test Drive Program provides customers with an enhanced ...[Read More]

Mart Muller has a great summary post regarding Microsoft's recently released technical whitepaper Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Hosting. Check his post out then check out the technical whitepaper as he points out what is inside this 40+ page document.  He lists the best practices for: Initial activities Schedule part of planning Com ...[Read More]

Its finally time. All architects, developers, administrators and business analysts can use this Virtual Hard Drive with Virtual Server and test MOSS 2007. Thank you Microsoft! The Microsoft VHD Test Drive Program provides customers with an enhanced server-based software evaluation experience that’s faster, better supported and more flexible. ...[Read More]

Did you love the 40 Application templates that Microsoft released, here are the links in case you have not downloaded them already: Download Remaining 20 Of 40 Application Templates for Windows SharePoint Server (WSS) 3.0 Download 20 Of 40 Application Templates for Windows SharePoint Server (WSS) 3.0 Hey, why not go under the hood and read up ...[Read More]

Learn how to build custom applications that use the business data catalog and smart tags. This code sample and white paper walks through a custom solution that integrates LOB data with the 2007 Microsoft Office system to support the preparation of documents within Microsoft Office Word 2007. The solution presented uses product information contain ...[Read More]

Just wanted to remind everyone that SharePoint Buzz is giving away a Book Giveaway: Inside Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (Pro Developer). All you have to do is post a comment at the original blog post on what type of content you are looking for at this blog or any SharePoint 2007 blog for that matter. SharePoint 2007 is a huge pro ...[Read More]