SharePoint Server 2010 delivers a broad set of content management capabilities for organizations to manage content. One of the new capabilities is the "Document Set" feature. (To know more on what's new for document management read the Introducing Document...

What is jQuery? jQuery is a fast and concise JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document traversing, event handling, animating, and Ajax interactions for rapid web development ( wikipedia article ). It was created by John Resig and dual licensed...

There is lot of information on various Microsoft websites and the Internet on Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Technologies. This resource guide is an attempt to build a reference directory of useful links on SharePoint. This post gets updated every 2 months...

Outlook application provides you with a world-class experience to stay productive and in touch with your personal and business networks. With the release of Outlook 2010, you get a richer set of experiences - from a redesigned look to advanced e-mail...

As I mentioned in my earlier post - Search Technologies for SharePoint 2010 Products , FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint is the new search SKU in SharePoint 2010 product family. (download this technical diagram to see a comparison of search capabilities...

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Part 3: Migration Process Any Lotus Notes application has 3 parts to it: User Interfaces Pages or Forms – Lotus Notes Forms , Pages , Navigators , etc.. Application Logic – Lotus Notes Scripts/Formulas...

Like ASP.NET Web Parts you can also use ASP.NET Controls in SharePoint 2007. I have put together a comparison between them in context of their use in SharePoint: Similarities Custom Properties are supported Can exist inside as well as outside...

SharePoint Online delivers SharePoint as a cloud service. It helps businesses create sites to share documents and insights and enable collaboration between colleagues, partners, and customers. People can also customize these capabilities to address specific...

Microsoft Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of media experiences and rich interactive applications. It helps enrich your websites and make them more interactive and engaging. Silverlight Architecture...

Recently published Co-authoring administration (SharePoint Server 2010) TechNet article provides guidance for administrators to configure co-authoring for their organization. Many of these are using Windows PowerShell cmdlets. Configure versioning...

By using PowerPoint 2010, you can share and reuse individual slide content by storing those slides in a "Slide Library" on a SharePoint 2010 server. A simple but powerful feature; specially for those who work a lot on presentations. The combination...

This blog post is about an issue I faced during data import into SharePoint document libraries. I hope it helps others facing the same issue. Scenario Documents had to be migrated to SharePoint 2007 document libraries from an existing application...

For some time, I have been working on pre-sales engagements for FAST search based solutions. I get lot of queries from SharePoint developers/architects - what is "FAST" and how it works with SharePoint etc. I am sharing some information below. The links...

On 19th October, 2010 Microsoft announced Office 365 , a new service that brings Office desktop software and Office Web Apps, together with SharePoint, Exchange and Lync in the cloud. Read the Press Release: Microsoft Office 365: The Power to Think Big...

When compared to SharePoint 2007, one more search technology option - FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint has been added to SharePoint 2010 product family. Options now available are: Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 search Microsoft Search...

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Part 1: Starting the Migration Some Background Lotus Notes and Domino was the first Enterprise Collaboration software and the only one for many years (refer to: The History of Notes and Domino ). Introduction of Microsoft...

Microsoft Office Web Apps are online companions to Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote, enabling people to access and do light editing or sharing of Office documents from virtually anywhere. I had given an overview in my previous post - Office...

Microsoft SharePoint Workspace 2010, the new name for Microsoft Office Groove, is a client application (included with Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 ) for SharePoint Server 2010 and SharePoint Foundation 2010. It provides offline access to SharePoint...

Most content sources can be crawled using the integrated indexing connectors in SharePoint Server 2010. These indexing connectors are set up by configuring the FAST Search connector Content Search Service Application (Content SSA). In addition to these...

As you might know, SharePoint's Web browser support is divided into two levels: level 1 and level 2. Level 1 Web browsers take advantage of advanced features provided by ActiveX controls and provide the most complete user experience. Level 1 browsers...

Securing SharePoint and related infrastructure becomes very important for External/Internet websites running on SharePoint 2007 and available to anonymous users. Detailed security guidance for such a scenario is available in the Technet article - Plan...

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Part 2: Application Analysis Preparing the Inventory First step in any migration exercise is to build an inventory of Lotus Notes databases. Not many Lotus Domino administrators can actually tell how many databases are...

Expanding on the brief information in Information on FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint , this post is on what the components of FAST search system are and what function they perform. This should help you understand the FAST search system better....

Recently published Extranet Topologies for SharePoint 2010 Products diagram illustrates the specific extranet topologies that have been tested with SharePoint 2010 Products. Edge firewall Back-to-back perimeter Back-to-back perimeter with...

As part of Office 365 offering , a subscription pricing model for Office will be available called Microsoft Office Professional Plus desktop suite. This suite includes the following Office 2010 Applications: Microsoft Access 2010 Microsoft Excel...