Chris Parkes: A PC is not just for Christmas... : SharePoint

Ferrari Website Built on SharePoint

chrisp — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:30:00 GMT

From Scuderia to Store, Community to News, there’s a whole host of droolable content over on the new Ferrari website, built on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server.

Head on over to http://www.ferrari.com and enjoy!

I guess I could crack some pun about SharePoint being the Ferrari of the website world but I wont!!! Ciao for now :)

SharePoint Designer 2007 Now Available as Free Download

chrisp — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:49:49 GMT

SharePoint Designer is now available as a free download from Microsoft.

SharePoint Designer can be used to customise SharePoint sites. I recorded a two minute webcast on how to use it to apply the sample themes which you can view here.

You can download the full version directly from here and more information on the product can be found here.

Please note that if you are using SharePoint Online (part of BPOS,) there are some customisation capabilities that are not supported in the current version of SharePoint Online, primarily the use of code in workflows or forms, or modifications that require deployment and configuration on the server (for example, security policies, web.config changes, etc.) or that require changes to the database schema.

Enjoy!

VS 2008 Extensions for SharePoint - March 2009 CTP Released

chrisp — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:51:46 GMT

The March 2009 CTP Visual Studio 2008 extensions for SharePoint are now available. You can download them directly from here.

Also included in this release are ten new themes for SharePoint built as VSeWSS projects. You can download them from here.

Ciao for now :)

SharePoint, Customisation and Sample Master Pages

chrisp — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:00:29 GMT

Here's another screencast I've recorded which shows how to apply the sample custom master pages available on Office Online to Windows SharePoint Services team sites.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server - Customisation

This recording is based on the Demo Showcase virtual images, a resource readily available to Microsoft Gold and Certified partners. Total running time is just over two and a half minutes :)

Parkesy

SharePoint, People, Personalisation and MySite

chrisp — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:00:32 GMT

Here's another screencast I've recorded which shows some of the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server personalisation capabilities of MySites including profile editing and blog creation.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server - People & Personalisation

This recording is based on the Demo Showcase virtual images, a resource readily available to Microsoft Gold and Certified partners. Total running time is just under five minutes :)

Parkesy

SharePoint, Collaboration and Workflow

chrisp — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:12:58 GMT

Here's another screencast I've recorded which shows some of the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server collaboration capabilities including the out of the box Approval workflow.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server - Collaboration

This recording is based on the Demo Showcase virtual images, a resource readily available to Microsoft Gold and Certified partners. Total running time is ten minutes :)

Parkesy

Insight Into FAST Search and SharePoint Roadmap

chrisp — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:33:34 GMT

The roadmap for SharePoint Search and FAST enterprise search integration got an update today. In summary:

FAST Search for SharePoint is a new search server adding FAST ESP capabilities into Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server (SharePoint "14")
ESP for SharePoint is high-end search for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, available today.

You can find out more from the official SharePoint Team blog...

http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/02/10/microsoft-unveils-new-enterprise-search-road-map.aspx

Parkesy

SharePoint and 64 bit (x64) Development

chrisp — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:42:51 GMT

I've been struggling to develop anything on my 64bit Windows Server 2008 box for a while now, mainly due to lack of support for this on 64 bit. The Visual Studio 2008 Extensions for Windows SharePoint Services version 1.3 addresses my needs :)

You can download from here and more details on the content of the package can be found here.

Can be installed on x64 Server OS machines running SharePoint x64. Previously only x86 Server OS could be used
Command line build, package and retract commands are included enabling continuous integration and build servers. Previously command line build of SharePoint projects was very difficult
Refactoring support for renaming of Web Parts. Previously renaming a web part required changes in several files in the project

Enjoy!

Parkesy

SharePoint and Search

chrisp — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:49:31 GMT

Here's another screencast I've recorded which shows some of the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server search capabilities including how to search across content including the business data catalog and people.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server - Search

This recording is based on the Demo Showcase virtual images, a resource readily available to Microsoft Gold and Certified partners. Total running time is under four minutes :)

Parkesy

SharePoint, Business Process & Forms

chrisp — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:27:00 GMT

Here's a little screencast I've recorded showing a demonstration of some of the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Forms Services capabilities together with InfoPath forms rendered through a browser and also including simple workflow creation and deployment through SharePoint Designer.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server - Business Process & Forms

Based on the Demo Showcase virtual images, a resource readily available to Microsoft Gold and Certified partners, the demo lasts just a touch over ten minutes, I'd love to know what you think of it!

Parkesy

Product Demonstration Resource for ALL Microsoft Partners!!!

chrisp — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:07:34 GMT

The Microsoft Partner Demo Showcase download has been extended to include Deep Dive/Product virtual environments which are available to ALL Microsoft partners, including SBSC. Only Demo Showcase remains as the Gold/Cert benefit moving forwards...

The following are now available globally for immediate download:

2007 Microsoft Office System

47 Hands-on Labs
25 demonstrations

Microsoft Forefront and System Center Demonstration Toolkit

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager
Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager
Intelligent Application Gateway
Forefront Client Security

Microsoft Business Intelligence Demo (Data Warehousing, Reporting and Analysis, Performance Management)

Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007

Get your lovely new shiny Virtual Machine downloads here.

Enjoy :)

Demo Showcase 2007 Download

chrisp — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 17:41:27 GMT

The Demo Showcase 2007 edition is now available for download to all Microsoft Gold and Certified partners. It's also possible to order the two disc DVD set from the partner portal here.

Technologies included in the Demo Showcase 2007 scenarios are:

Business Scorecard Manager 2005
Dynamics AX 4.0
Exchange Server 2007
Live Communications Server 2005
MapPoint 2006
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0
Microsoft Dynamics CRM Mobile
Microsoft Dynamics CRM Mobile Express
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 (Desired Configuration Monitoring 2.0)
Office Enterprise 2007

OneNote 2007
Excel 2007
InfoPath 2007
PowerPoint 2007
Word 2007

ProClarity Desktop Professional
Project 2007
SQL Server 2005
SQL Server Analysis Services 2005
SQL Server Reporting Services 2005
Systems Management Server 2003 R2
Visual Studio 2005
Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server
Windows Mobile
Windows Server 2003 R2
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
Windows Vista
Windows Vista Enterprise

Enjoy!!!

Ciao for now :)

2 Day BPIO UK Partner Workshop!!!

chrisp — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 20:15:30 GMT

Microsoft UK are running a 2-day in-depth, instructor-led sales readiness workshop for partners. Partners will be introduced to the concepts of the Business Productivity Infrastructure Optimisation (BPIO) campaign to help understand the:

Current market and the opportunities in the market
Maturity model and how to identify a customer’s place in the lifecycle (Basic, Standardized, Rationalized, Dynamic)
Customer Engagement Solutions (CES) framework and how to leverage the CES tools (Strategy Briefing, Architectural Design Session, and Proof of Concept) to move the sales process forward in a predictable and structured fashion

Targeted at System Integrator/Independent Software Vendor partners and sales and technical pre-sales support personnel, this sales training will help partners to understand Microsoft marketing strategies, field priorities, and technology capabilities as well as how to execute their own BPIO customer campaigns and selling activities independently.

Content includes Business Intelligence (BI), Enterprise Content Management (ECM) and Unified Communication & Collaboration (UCC). The full running agenda is:

The BI/ECM/UCC Opportunity
What’s new in 2007
Scenario Based Demo and Business Case
BPIO Model in BI/ECM/UCC
Partner Opportunities

Head here for details on how to register and for course date listings...

Ciao for now :)