With the recent sneak peak of SharePoint 2010, we are truly seeing a change in how Microsoft is focusing on the SharePoint platform.  As we continue to get additional details we'll definitely be able to guage if Microsoft is listening to their customers or not. :)   If you are new to SharePoint Buzz, I have been asking all my twitter followers, ...[Read More]

Ever since customers have started implementing SharePoint 2007, they have had requests they wish are a part of upcoming SharePoint 2010 [out of box] features.  I asked What's on your SharePoint 2010 wishlist and our 2500+ new followers responded with the following: sharepointguide: 140 characters is nowhere near enough to answer that q :-) need ...[Read More]

I had been asked a question from a twitter follower if Microsoft Online Services product Business Productivity Online Standard Suite (BPOS) supports Internet-Facing sites?   After a quick tweet, John Ferringer and Andrew Walmsley both stated the facts:   andrewwalmsley: @sharepointbuzz Don't think so.MSFT Online bus. model is Saas based ...[Read More]

Toronto SharePoint User Group's session tomorrow, Wednesday, April  22, 2009, is on "Taxonomy Management using MOSS 2007."   Shai Petel, a Microsoft Certified Trainer and Technology Specialist, will  review implementation scenarios, add-ons and explore the various taxonomy types (hierarchical, web 2.0 style). Shai Petel is also the Vic ...[Read More]

Without commenting on how organizations spend their IT budgets on products such as Office 2007 or SharePoint 2007, I wantd to outline my experience on why organizations move to SharePoint.  The reason I am blogging about this is because of CMSWire's recent reporting on how a study finds SharePoint primarily used for file sharing did not go well fo ...[Read More]

Recently, a collegue and I were helping a client enable Forms Based Authentication.  He sent out an email on how you lose client integration functionality when you have Forms Based Authentication enabled. SharePoint Buzz Twitter Community is GreatI tweeted earlier today that I was working on a draft version of this post and the SharePoint Twitte ...[Read More]

It’s time to hold our first Twitter only contest. UPDATE:  That was fast!  The contest is now closed since I have reached 650 followers.  The intention was to get participation and not, like some have mentioned, self promotion or increase number of followers.  I will be writing a follow up post to add.  That’s right, the only way to enter this con ...[Read More]

This year SharePoint Buzz has seen phenominal growth - we surpassed 1,000,000 visitors.  Thank you to each and every one of you for visiting.  We have had tremendous support from the SharePoint Community and continue to receive your linkback's and retweet's.  In 2009, we plan on bringing more quality SharePoint posts to make SharePoint Buzz, one o ...[Read More]

The only way I was able to be a part of PDC was via Twitter. Windows Azure Announced! and extending SharePoint Online as part of the Microsoft Cloud OS Microsoft SharePoint Team Blog about Azure Services Platform and Microsoft SharePoint Services  BetaNews posts about What is Windows Azure Microsoft writes what is the Azure services platf ...[Read More]