Accessibility and SharePoint 2010
This is Tim McConnell, Program Manager on the SharePoint Foundation team. For the 2010 release, I've worked with SharePoint platform and partner teams to deliver powerful, reliable, accessible user experiences. Like Office , Office Web Applications , Windows , and teams across Microsoft , everyone in SharePoint strives to remove barriers that make software difficult to use. Sometimes improv...
SharePoint 2010 & Office 2010 Launch
Today, we officially announced that May 12th, 2010, is the launch date for SharePoint 2010 & Office 2010. In addition, we announced our intent to RTM (Release to Manufacturing) this April 2010. It's an exciting time for us! We hope you can virtually join us on May 12th at 11am EST to listen to Stephen Elop, President of the Microsoft Business Division, announce the launch. You can register...
Walkthrough of enabling CRUD for SharePoint 2010 external lists using Visual Studio 2010
In our last blog of this series Walkthrough of creating a SharePoint 2010 external list using Visual Studio 2010 Beta , we introduced how to create a simple "Hello world" external list in SharePoint 2010 Beta using Business Data Connectivity Designer in Visual Studio 2010 Beta. In this blog, we will show you how to pull data from an external database into an external list and enable Create...
SharePoint Dialog Auto-Sizing and Master Page Customization
SharePoint web dialogs bring an exciting new UI feature: they can auto-size to the content of a hosted page. Auto-sizing works by examining the contents of your page during page load, and setting the size of the dialog accordingly. Unfortunately, this feature can be speed bump on the road to master page customization. This post will describe the master page customization process necessary to ke...
SharePoint 2010 List View Blog Series: Part 3 – List View Architecture
Hi all. This is Greg Chan, Program Manager on the SharePoint team, for the third part in this List View series. In this post I'm excited to have one of the key architects of the new XSLT List View Web Part (XLV) talk more about its architecture. Here is what he has to say: Hi! I'm Eric Andeen, a developer on the SharePoint team. I'm going to describe in a little more ...
Enabling a Button on the Ribbon Based on Selection
A lot of people have asked me how to create a button which enables if and only if a single item is selected. This isn't something we have out of the box, but the code to get this functionality is pretty simple. I'm going to assume that you're generally familiar with SharePoint, CustomActions, and customizing the Ribbon – if that's not the case, you'd probably be better off researching those t...
December 2009 Cumulative Update Packages for SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
December 2009 Cumulative Updates are available for download for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. Cumulative Updates will now always be available at the Update Center For additional download information and detailed descriptions of the December 2009 Cumulative Update visit the Updates Resource Center for SharePoint Products and Technologies at ...
Operating System Requirements of SharePoint 2010
We've seen some confusion in the newsgroups and elsewhere on the versions and editions of Windows that SharePoint 2010 will run on. This post is meant to clarify some of the most common questions we have seen. SharePoint 2010 will support only 64-bit (x64) versions of Windows Server 2008 SP2 and Windows Server 2008 R2. SharePoint will not install at all on 32 bit Windows, or any earlier ver...
Try System Center Operations Manager Management Packs for SharePoint Server 2010 Beta and SharePoint Foundation 2010 beta
Management Packs allow users to monitor SharePoint 2010 with System Center Operations Manager . SharePoint Foundation Management Pack and SharePoint Server 2010 Management Pack enables monitoring of SharePoint Foundation 2010, SharePoint Server 2010, Search Server 2010 (These is separate management pack for FAST search), Project Server 2010 and Office Web Apps . Once management pack i...
SharePoint 2010 List View Blog Series: Part 2 - Using the New SharePoint Lists
Hi! I'm Jason Morrill, another Program Manager on the SharePoint team. I wanted to write a bit about what it feels like to use SharePoint lists with the new user experience. If you've got a SharePoint site sitting around, I'd encourage you to open it in another window and follow along as I talk about things. Let's start by just browsing to a document library with no content. ...
25 seats for SharePoint 2010 Virtual Ignite GMT+4 Time zone: Limited Availability till Jan 9, 2010
We have a rare opportunity available for partners in the Middle East, Africa and Europe to attend SharePoint 2010 Virtual Ignite in your time zone! 25 seats are open for the GMT+4 time zone for a 5 day Virtual Ignite training starting Jan 18, 2010. Given previous experiences, we expect the seats to go quickly and we will not be able to accommodate all requests to attend. There are two trac...
Planning for Upgrade from SharePoint Portal Server 2003 to SharePoint Server 2010
In order to upgrade to SharePoint Foundation 2010 or SharePoint Server 2010, you must first be running Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 at SP2 or Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 at SP2, respectively. For customers running prior versions of SharePoint, including Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 and SharePoint Portal Server 2003, this means that you must first upgrade to Windows SharePoint ...
How to set Replication Directory Changes
In November, we posted guidance to help setup User Profile Synchronization for those evaluating SharePoint 2010 public beta. In order for the sync to work, the SharePoint WFE farm admin account or UPA admin account must have "Replicated Directory Changes" permissions in Active Directory. To help the SharePoint admins that are not Active Directory admins, here is a step-by-step walk-thru to ...
Walkthrough of creating a SharePoint 2010 external list using Visual Studio 2010 Beta
There are a bunch of SharePoint features in Visual Studio 2010 Beta. You may have already heard about them from reading the blog Short Overview of SharePoint Features in Visual Studio 2010 or by other means. Today I want to introduce one of them, Business Data Connectivity (BDC) designer, which is available in the project template Business Data Connectivity Model. If BDC is new to you, here i...
Beta Language Packs for SharePoint Foundation 2010 Beta and SharePoint Server 2010 Beta are now available for download
Several beta language packs for SharePoint Foundation 2010 Beta and SharePoint Server 2010 Beta are now available through the Download Center. Installing one or more language pack will allow you to evaluate the new Multi User Interface (MUI) features of SharePoint 2010. The following language packs are available: German English Spanish French Japanese Russia...
SharePoint 2010 List View Blog Series: Part 1 – Introduction to the new List View
What is a List View again? Put simply, a List View is a view for displaying SharePoint list data. The concept of List View has been around since SharePoint v2. While there are other technologies being used for visualizing list data in different scenarios (e.g. Content Query Web Part), List View remains the default component for displaying list data in SharePoint 2010. List Views can be ...
SharePoint 2010 List View Blog Series: Part 1 – Introduction to the new List View
Hello. This is Greg Chan, a Program Manager on the SharePoint team. I am excited to kick-off a new blog series that will cover a wide spectrum of topics related to the new List View in SharePoint 2010. What is a List View again? Put simply, a List View is a view for displaying SharePoint list data. The concept of List View has been around since SharePoint v2. While there are other t...
Installation notice for the SharePoint Server Public Beta on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and Microsoft Windows 7
If you will be installing the SharePoint Server 2010 Public Beta on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 or Microsoft Windows 7, then you will need to download and install an update from http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/Downloads/DownloadDetails.aspx?DownloadID=23806 to resolve an issue that occurs in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 when provisioning Service Applications or when ac...
Update Center is now live
The Update Center for Microsoft Office, Office Servers, and Related Products went live today, which will enable customers to find an up-to-date list of all of our Service Pack, Public Update, and Cumulative Update releases in one location. While the SharePoint team blog has posted Cumulative Update package information in the past, this will be available on the Update Center moving forward. ...
Path to User Profile Synchronization success in SharePoint 2010 Beta
Before we get into the deep details, I want to share a high-level checklist to setup User Profile syncing on Windows Server 2008. Once the WCF hotfix for Windows Server 2008 R2 is available, this guidance will work on R2. This checklist is for beta only - we plan to improve how this works by RTM. - Check that your system meets minimum requirements: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/libra...
Question about your article - Seeting up SharePoint Environment
Stan emailed me with few questions about setting up SharePoint Development Environment. I am posting edited version of that conversation here. The post is general and it applies to any SharePoint environment e.g. testing, educational... you might have in your company.
In your article " Team-Based Development in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 - Part 2 - Building a development lab...
Can't you see the default values of the fields on publishing pages?
Get out of here :P I think this is by design in technical approach, bug in business approach :P. But there is a workaround. You have to set the content type of the page layout you're trying yo create a page from, as the default content type on the needed pages library. Then, when you create a page from a page layout that is bound to the default content type of the pages library on the site ( y...
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SharePoint 2010 session in SharePoint conference
This year SharePoint conference will have a lot of SharePoint 2010 sessions, here is a sneak peek list SharePoint 2010 Overview and What's New Upgrading to SharePoint 2010 SharePoint 2010 Capacity and Performance Planning SharePoint 2010 Security and Identity Management: What's New Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office D...
Drag Files Here
I recently installed the CTP of SharePoint Workspace 2010. All was fine until I came across something I hadn't seen before. When ever I would go to a SharePoint site and try to Upload Multiple Files, I would be presented with a "Drag Files Here" window. So being curious, I tried dragging and dropping a file here. When I click OK, it would try to upload the file to my document library, but woul...
Upgrading from Vista to Windows 7
I am guinea-pigging with Windows 7, upgrading from Vista. I took notes to share with you all, so that you might get some insight into how long it can take and what to expect.
The verdict is that, at least for me, upgrading from Vista to Windows 7 can be a very painless experience and everything is now running smoothly. I had read that the Vista to W7 upgrade path was pretty easy, so I wan...
Sysinternals Suite Released!!
It is an exciting news that Sysinternal has released the trouble shooting utilities. This suite contains following:
AccessChk
AccessEnum
AdExplorer
AdRestore
Autologon
Autoruns
BgInfo
CacheSet
ClockRes
Contig
Coreinfo
Ctrl2Cap
DebugView
Desktops
DiskExt
DiskMon
DiskView
Di...
Windows 7 Upgrade Tips
This blog posting is available at: http://dougortiz.blogspot.com/2009/08/windows-7-upgrade.html...( read more )
Programmatically creating views for a SharePoint discussion forum
As you can see I'm still working on sites, lists and views and I ran into another challenge.
It started out very basic. I wanted to create a discussion forum list on a site.
// Create new list
listGuid = newWeb.Lists.Add( "Forum" , "ForumDescription" , "Forum" , "00BFEA71-6A49-43FA-B535-D15C05500108" , 108, "" , SPListTemplate . QuickLaunchOptions .Off);
SPList fo...
Enable Anonymous access for site published through ISA server
If you want to enable anonymous access for SharePoint site published through ISA server with external URL different from the internal URL, you must enable it using the site internal URL otherwise the anonymous access option will not appear.
How to enable Anonymous access:
Enable anonymous access
Configure anonymous access (Office SharePoint Server)
For example:
We have a Sha...
Dealing with the "No parameterless constructor defined for this object" on 'changed' Page Layout
When we initially launched one of our publishing page layouts, we had a Page Layout that contained a third party web part. After launch, we realized that this web part either needed to be updated or ripped out, so for the time being, we ripped out the web part (uninstall, the whole nine yards). However, we still needed to use the Page Layout, just without the web parts pre-defaulted on the page...
Me and Windows 7
It all started when I received my new laptop Dell E5500 last week with on operating system installed.
I decided to install Windows server 2008 x64 to be able to run my development virtual machines on Hyper-V , after successful windows installation; I could not find hardware drivers for the display adapter and the wireless network :(, I tried all the drivers I found over the internet but th...
Windows 7 on MSDN!!!
Body: Well, I thought I got a drop on everyone when I started downloading Windows 7 RTM from MSDN and got 200 KB/sec download rate, but I should have known that wasn't going to last. Right now the estimates are that my download will finish in about 10 hours. LOL Published: 8/6/2009 12:43 PM...( read more )
SharePoint – Automatically redirecting HTTP to HTTPS
If you want to automatically redirect from HTTP to HTTPS on a SharePoint site, there is an easy way to do it using Alternate Access Mappings. I have seen suggestions involving IIS redirects which is something that I have done in the past but there is actually no need to do this. First you must configure your site to use HTTPS so that the public name is the HTTPS name (creating or extending ...
Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview disponible!
Este artÃculo esta disponible en el siguiente vinculo: http://dougortiz.blogspot.com/2009/08/microsoft-office-2010-technical-preview.html...( read more )
Microsoft Office 2010 Tecnical Preview released!
This blog posting is available at: http://dougortiz.blogspot.com/2009/08/ms-office-2010-ctp-released.html...( read more )
Office Server Service Pack 2 Updated
SharePoint announced earlier an issue in SharePoint Server service pack 2 that affect the server expiration date and change it to trail 180 days.
Attention: Important Information on Service Pack 2
Microsoft released later on a fix for this issue to be applied after or before installing Service pack 2
http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/06/25/service-pack-2-update.aspx
Now ...
RequireClientRenderingOnNew
A user posted a problem in the newsgroup for which he himself suggested a solution that worked for him. I thought I would post it here. Some one will find it useful. Problem: InfoPath form should inherit from a base content type. If a form is deployed using standard publishing functionality, InfoPath inherits from the correct content type but when the form is deployed through a feature, the for...
Speaking at SharePoint Saturday, Copenhagen
After a number of events in USA, SharePoint Saturday (free community driven event) is flying across oceans (both Atlantic and Pacific). In August it will debut in Europe: Copenhagen, Denmark.
I am happy to announce that I will be speaking at SharePoint Saturday, Copenhagen, organized by Isaac Stith ( @MrIsaac ) and Jens Nørgaard ( @SharePointDK ). If you are reading this blog and plan to...
Excel, Windows Movie Maker Patched - PC Magazine
Excel, Windows Movie Maker Patched PC Magazine Microsoft describes a workaround to remove the association if you don't want to install the update. MS10-017: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel ...
Microsoft skips patch for PowerPoint add-on - The Industry Standard
Microsoft skips patch for PowerPoint add-on The Industry Standard ... format for the upcoming Office 2010. "Today marks the first day that Microsoft confirmed a vulnerability in the [ Office ] 2007 file format," said Storms.
Microsoft Fixes Eight Bugs, Warns Of IE Zero-Day - InformationWeek
Microsoft Fixes Eight Bugs, Warns Of IE Zero-Day InformationWeek Storms says that the Excel bulletin is interesting because it's the first bug addressed in Microsoft's recent Excel 2007 file format. Older Microsoft Office ...
Microsoft warns of zero-day IE hole on Patch Tuesday - CNET
Microsoft warns of zero-day IE hole on Patch Tuesday CNET The second bulletin, MS10-017, affects all currently supported versions of Microsoft Office Excel, as well as Office 2004 and Office 2008 for Mac, ... and more »
Master Microsoft Office with Ribbon Hero - Downloadsquad (blog)
Master Microsoft Office with Ribbon Hero Downloadsquad (blog) That's right, you can now be a frickin' office hero. The Ribbon UI, which made its debut in Office 2007 , has been rather controversial. ...
Patch Day Light Yields 2 Updates From Microsoft - PC Magazine (blog)
Patch Day Light Yields 2 Updates From Microsoft PC Magazine (blog) Microsoft describes a workaround to remove the association if you don't want to install the update. MS10-017: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel ...
AG Interactive Switches from Microsoft Office to Seapine Software's Test Case ... - SYS-CON Media (press release)
AG Interactive Switches from Microsoft Office to Seapine Software's Test Case ... SYS-CON Media (press release) Cloud Expo was announced on February 24, 2007 , the day the term "cloud computing" was coined. That same year, the first Cloud Expo took place in New York ... and more »
What's new in SharePoint Server 2010 - Techworld.com
What's new in SharePoint Server 2010 Techworld.com Whilst the release upgrade from SharePoint Portal Server 2003 to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (in brief, to avoid tongue-twisters: MOSS) still ... Readying SharePoint For Teleworking WebWorkerDaily (blog) all 3 news articles »
Document Management Roll-up: Office in the Cloud, Business Process Management ... - CMSWire
Document Management Roll-up: Office in the Cloud, Business Process Management ... CMSWire The big news this week is, of course, is the announcement of definitive dates for the release of SharePoint 2010 (news, site) and Microsoft Office (news, ... Wipro to Provide Business Productivity Solutions on Microsoft Cloud Platform SYS-CON Media (press release) all 43 n...
64-bit Editions of Office 2010 Clash with Add-ins - Datamation
64-bit Editions of Office 2010 Clash with Add-ins Datamation Microsoft announced a deal on Friday that lets customers who buy Office 2007 between now and Sept. 30 to receive a copy of Office 2010 without any extra ...
Google Docs Now Syncing with Outlook - PC World
Google Docs Now Syncing with Outlook PC World Harmony is available today for Outlook 2007 , and Mainsoft says it will be coming out with a version for Outlook 2010 when Microsoft Office 2010 launches in ... and more »
ribbon hero: holy crap! microsoft actually went through with it - Technabob (blog)
Technabob (blog) ribbon hero: holy crap! microsoft actually went through with it Technabob (blog) You can download Ribbon Hero for free at the Microsoft Office Labs website. Currently, it's only available for Windows users (XP and above) with Office 2007 ...
Free Microsoft Office deal tips up - Inquirer
Dynamic Business Free Microsoft Office deal tips up Inquirer INCREASINGLY ANXIOUS legacy software producer Microsoft has finally confirmed that Microsoft Office 2007 punters will get a free upgrade, ... Microsoft Office 2010 Technology Guarantee: FAQ PC World Microsoft Plans Office 2010 Release in May for Businesses eWeek Free Office 2010 Upgr...
Microsoft Office 2010 to be released at a May 12 Special Event - DeviceMAG
DeviceMAG Microsoft Office 2010 to be released at a May 12 Special Event DeviceMAG Another predictable move is the announcement of a program which will provide a free upgrade to Office 2010 for customers who purchase MS Office 2007 until ...
Microsoft Office 2010 Release Date - Spreadit
Spreadit Microsoft Office 2010 Release Date Spreadit In addition, purchasers of Office 2007 on or after March 5 will receive a free upgrade on the product. The US publisher has also confirmed that the software ... Microsoft Office 2010: Why do you need it Times of India Tell Microsoft what YOU want! Malay Mail Microsoft finalized the launch of t...
Will SharePoint 2010 stack up? - IDM.net.au
Will SharePoint 2010 stack up? IDM.net.au The previous 2007 version of SharePoint (known as Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 or MOSS 2007 ) was a breakthrough because of its Web 2.0 add-ons, ... Metalogix Announces Significant Growth In Its International Partner Ecosystem PR-CANADA.net (press release) Green Team and Metalogix Partner to Perform SharePoint Migr...
Microsoft finalized the launch of technology guarantee in 2010 - 24masti (blog)
Microsoft finalized the launch of technology guarantee in 2010 24masti (blog) Who will be eligible are consumers who purchased and activated Office 2007 , or purchased a new PC with Office between the eligibility dates.
Microsoft Office 2010: Why do you need it - Times of India
TopNews United States Microsoft Office 2010: Why do you need it Times of India When Microsoft releases Office 2010 later this year, will it be an upgrade worth pursuing, or will it, like Office 2007 , be one that you can easily let pass ... Microsoft will release eight patches this Tuesday TECH.BLORGE.com Especial para The Narco News Bulletin The Narc...
Tell Microsoft what YOU want! - Malay Mail
Tell Microsoft what YOU want! Malay Mail Office 2010 continues with the usage of Open XMLfile formats from Office 2007 , where it was first introduced. Users of Office versions before Office 2007 ...
3 Mobile UK Bundles Mobile Broadband and Microsoft Office - ISPReview UK
3G (press release) 3 Mobile UK Bundles Mobile Broadband and Microsoft Office ISPReview UK The move appears timed to coincide with a new general promotion from Microsoft that offers a FREE Office 2010 upgrade to anybody who buys Office 2007 now. ... 3 tries to tempt mobile broadband buyers with MS Office Reg Hardware 3G Operator 3 UK Discounts Microsof...
