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The Quick Launch (a.k.a Current Navigation) is available on SharePoint sites to help users navigate to the appropriate lists, libraries and pages. However, on the rare occasion you are asked to hide the Quick Launch (shown in red) you can follow this
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Aim This blog post aims to compare how Outlook 2007 , Groove 2007 and OneNote 2007 enable users to take files offline from SharePoint. Hopefully, this will be useful for those who work remotely (away from ‘the office’) but want to view, edit and update
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A few weeks ago a Tech Preview of the Podcasting Kit for SharePoint (PKS) was made available on codeplex. The PKS is a free add-on for SharePoint Server 2007 which allows you to integrate Podcasts with SharePoint. The add-on enables you to: Find the most
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The SharePoint team has recently announced the release of an Infrastructure Update for Microsoft Office Servers (KB951297). This update includes Enterprise Search improvements for SharePoint Server 2007. To me, the initial "wow factor" comes from the
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I have recently seen a very interesting blog post from Edward Wilde who has been able to integrate a SharePoint KPI list with a digital picture frame . This allows a CxO/Manager to track organisational performance very easily. I think this is a great
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If you are looking for a starting point when making Web Parts in the latest version of Visual Studio (2008) it could be worth visiting http://www.codeplex.com/smarttemplates . The SmartPart Web Part project is a great initiative and can be seen in use
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This post aims to describe how to easily copy several Outlook 2007 calendar entries to a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 calendar. 1. Create a SharePoint Calendar 2. On the SharePoint Calendar, from the Actions menu, select Connect to Outlook
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Following the recent questions from my last post I thought it would be useful to highlight what functions are available when creating a column in a list/library within MOSS 2007. This can be useful when creating a: Calculated column based on other columns
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This post will describe how to create a view of a SharePoint list or library which displays the items/documents that meet a custom date value. Scenario A 'New Employees' view is needed on an 'Employees' list to allow the Head of HR to see who has joined
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This post will describe how to create a v iew of a SharePoint list or library which displays the items/documents that have been added to a list or library in the last X number of days (X is a variable you define). Scenario A 'Recent Requests' view is
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This posts follows on from Post 5 and is part of a 6 part series of posts. Conclusion After reviewing Posts 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 I have come to the conclusion that: · Groove 2007 is suitable for short-term projects in which teams are small, have limited
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This posts follows on from Post 4 and is part of a 6 part series of posts. It is best to use Groove 2007 : · In short-term projects when sharing information and creating documents quickly is important. · In small teams performing project-centric work.
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This posts follows on from Post 3 and is part of a 6 part series of posts. When to use each product The combination of features (described in Post 2 ) and implementation methods (described in Post 3 ) possessed by each product make them appropriate for
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This posts follows on from Post 2 and is part of a 6 part series of posts. Product Implementation The matrix below aims to succinctly compare how Communicator 2007, Groove 2007, WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 are implemented architecturally. Functionality Communicator
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This post follows on from Post 1 and is part of a 6 part series of posts. Collaborative Functionality The matrix below aims to succinctly compare Communicator 2007, Groove 2007, WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 in terms of collaborative functionality. Functionality
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