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SharePoint Dragons
Nikander & Margriet Bruggeman are .NET professionals specializing in building .NET applications using the latest Microsoft technology. Nikander & Margriet are mainly living in the Netherlands (Amsterdam). In the past they've been given the prestigious Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award from Microsoft for their work on the SharePoint platform. They were co-authors of 10 SharePoint books for publishers like MS Press and APress and have contributed to MS MOC material. Other publications include articles for TechNet, SharePoint Advisor, XML Developer, Smart Access, MSD2D, ASPToday and .NET magazine. Nikander & Margriet have presented seminars at Technet, the Microsoft SharePoint launch event (in the Netherlands) and Heliview.- http://sharepointdragons.com/
Editors Choice
FREE Euro 2012 SharePoint Template
This June there is no excuse for your SharePoint to be dull or for your End Users to be bored, because Office Talk have created the SharePoint Template that everyone has been asking for -The completely Unofficial Euro 2012 SharePoint Template! So why not join in the fun and let your End Users see exactly how flexible and brilliant SharePoint really is.
Claim your free Euro 2012 SharePoint Template simply send an email entitled 'Euro 2012' to marketing@office-talk.com or just leave your email address in a comment below. Office Talk are backing Roy's Boys for glory this summer, but this free template is available to every one. Visit Office Talk.
Group Discussion
Anybody built a site that allows internal AD users and external users?
Jose-Carlos Garcia asked this question a while ago and got a great answer from Oana Rusu Haranagiu that describes how to extend a web application in SharePoint and configure the extended version with Claims. To read the answer or improve upon it, visit the discussion.
Group Discussion
Anyone had any experience with Axceler File Loader 2010 ?
Senior Business Analyst, Michael Temlin has just asked if anyone's used "File Loader 2010" by Axceler. Can't say we have used it here, but looks like it could be a useful tool that allows you to move files from Windows into SharePoint. If you can help out Michael - go to the discussion on LinkedIn.
Cool tool
SharePoint Data Doc
SharePoint Data Doc (SPDD) is the world's first Microsoft Word Add-In to allow users to draw their live SharePoint data directly to their active documents.
Key Features For End Users:
- Add SharePoint list data directly to your active Word document.
- Add Tables of data from SharePoint lists to your active Word document.
- Automate batches of documents to mass produce standard letters etc from your SharePoint list data.
- Query SharePoint list data from within MS Word client.
- No Administrator input required to use.
Selected SharePoint
SharePoint 2013 to run on .Net 4.0
According to Bjorn Furuknapp - SharePoint 2013 is going to run on Microsoft .Net 4.0. This also has big ramifications for developers using earlier versions as they will be forced to maintain two versions of their code. Full Article.
SharePoint Learning Roadmap - on a budget
Useful development road map from Wahid Saleemi. Details how to get started and fully trained up on SharePoint if you can't afford to pay for an off-site course. We'd also love to hear if you have any ideas? Full Article
Badgeville for SharePoint launches
The Behavior Platform and global gamification leader, recently announced the launch of its Microsoft SharePoint connector. Have you seen the connector - why not start a discssion and share with the group ? Full Article.
Colligo's Email Manager adds launchpad for web access
Email Manager allows SharePoint content to be managed within Outlook, so that, for instance, users can categorize, find and share email and attachments via drag-and-drop from Outlook to SharePoint. Full article.
EU Cookie law and SharePoint - what's affected?
The EU Cookie law came into full force in May and this article does a really good job of explaining it and also what impact this can have on a SharePoint site (even an Intranet which is technically covered to). Full article.
Data View Web Part vs the Content Query Web part
This post will help you in understanding the difference between the two most commonly used web parts in SharePoint. This overview explains the core features of both along with the differences. A great 2 minute coffee read. Full Article
Why is SPListItemCollection.Count so slow?
This article is one for the devs or SQL DBA's out there! It offers a quick answer as to why (looping) and then mentions how you would go about finding out why in the first place. Heard of SQL DMV query techniques ?. Full Article
Group Promotions and Offers
As part of being a member of the SharePoint Group you are entitled to exclusive deals that we have arranged with vendors, conferences and service providers.
DocRead : Get 750 Users FREE when you buy Professional Edition
DocRead is a compliance solution that allows publishers to request that employees read and confirm their most important documents. If you purchase the Professional edition of
DocRead before June 30th, 2012, you will be given
750 FREE users licences giving you
1500 users for just
$11,950 USD (one-off cost).
Vendor : Collaboris; Validity : Until 30th June 2012; Voucher : DR-PRO-JUN-250
Data Doc : Get a FREE licence if you are one of the first 100
Data Doc allows you to draw your SharePoint list data directly into your Word Active Document and also allows you to create tables from your SharePoint list data and drop them in your documents. The first 100 people to activate their product will receive the application absolutely free of charge.
Vendor : DC Software Solutions; Validity : First 100 licences; Voucher : FreeSPDD100Special