Document Management Systems

The eval guides for 2010 are here:

IT Pro http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=167123

Dev http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=cffb14e8-88a9-43bd-87aa-4792ab60d320&displaylang=en

This morning Stephen Elop announced the following BPOS changes;

·        A revised pricelist

·        Increased mailbox storage from 5B to 25GB and administrative scripting tools

·        A number of new customers such as Aon, Aviva and McDonalds

·        Release to new countries

The following table shows the price differences for the 5-249 category;

Well, the time is nearly upon us.

Another year, another location.

A slightly more exciting location for that matter.

For all UK participants that are attending the conference, I strongly recommend signing up to the SharePoint UK Participant Linked In page, where you will also be invited to a once in a life time UK participant party which has been kindly sponsored by Hi-Software!!

Cocktails all round. :o)

Hi All,

I've had a number of requests recently for market data regarding SharePoint and Microsoft Technologies

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/itanalyst/default.mspx

 I strongly recommend:

Magic Quadrant for Horizontal Portals (Gartner Research, Sept. 17, 2009)

Magic Quadrant for Information Access Technology (Gartner Research, Inc., Sept. 2, 2009)

The Forrester Wave: Collaboration Platforms, Q3 2009 (Forrester, August 6, 2009, .pdf file, 442 kb)

Magic Quadrant for Web Content Management (Gartner Research, Inc., Aug. 5, 2009)

Gartner Vendor Rating: Microsoft (Gartner Research, Inc., Aug. 3, 2009)

Windows 7 Application Compatibility Briefings for ISVs – Various Dates and Locations

This 1 Day briefing will discuss and demonstrate the remediation techniques for Windows 7 compatibility issues, the common symptoms, how to test and debug them, and best practices for developing Windows 7 applications. FREE

Click Here to Register

Edinburgh 23^rd Sept, London 29^th Sept, Reading 12^th Nov, Stockport 17^th Nov, Birmingham 26^th Nov, Edinburgh 3^rd Dec, Reading 10^th Dec, London 17^th Dec, Bristol 11^th Jan, Reading 25^th Jan, Reading 15^th Feb

I'm collecting a list of UK partners attending SharePoint Conference in Vegas. Can you let me know if you will be attending?

 Or join this Linked In Group

http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=2308021&trk=anet_ug_hm

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/itanalyst/default.mspx

Magic Quadrant for Information Access Technology (Gartner Research, Inc., Sept. 2, 2009)

Microsoft is positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of Gartner, Inc.'s 2009 Magic Quadrant for Information Access Technology. This Magic Quadrant assesses vendors with capabilities that go beyond enterprise search to encompass a range of technologies. Their capabilities include: search; federated search, content analytics, such as content classification, categorization and clustering, fact and entity extraction, taxonomy creation and management, information presentation (for example, visualization) to support analysis and understanding; and desktop search to address user-controlled repositories to locate and "invoke" documents, data and e-mail.

The OpenBorders Group

The OpenBorders Group is an official global vendor of Microsoft's Open Borders Program.

They deliver a full range of business services to help you accelerate expansion into new international markets. Their network of expert representatives covers US, Asia Pacific, Central Europe, UK, Ireland and Scandinavia.

Founded by Microsoft business professionals

"Microsoft launched The OpenBorders Program three years ago, at the request of the many partners seeking assistance with international expansion. Despite limited resources, the Microsoft executives running this program enabled dozens of Microsoft partners to enter and grow in new markets throughout the US, Europe and Asia.

"Following this success, Microsoft has decided to scale out The Open Borders Program to increase the level of services offered. To this end, the Microsoft executives, who built the original program, have created a partner company, The OpenBorders Group.

"They are joined by three organizations that specialize in international expansion for Microsoft partners. The OpenBorders Group will work closely with Microsoft subsidiaries and business groups around the world to help more partners succeed in their market growth objectives."
The Microsoft OpenBorders Team, EMEA FY09

Find out more about the group's experience and credentials.

Come and watch Steve Smith, owner of Combined Knowledge and SharePoint MVP, demonstrate the brand new End User Adoption software from Combined Knowledge.

1st and 2nd of October 

I'm a little slow in bloggin about this, but for those who missed the announcement.

Check out the sneak peek of SharePoint 2010

We are sharing a sneak peek of SharePoint 2010 that you can check out @ http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/2010/Sneak_Peek/Pages/default.aspx  (also announced on the SharePoint team blog). Check out the amazing videos  posted, read the “Getting Ready” guidance & take a glance at the frequently asked questions we’ve posted. Tom, Richard & Paul have done a super job walking you through a glimpse of what’s in SharePoint 2010! We will go much deeper & broader at the SharePoint Conference.

Hi all,

Many of you who are using twitter and reading blogs will have heard of Dux Raymond as he's very involved in the SharePoint community over in the States. In August he is over here for a visit and has kindly agreed to come and present at a user group meeting. As he's traveling such a long way we've decided to give him both sessions! (and the abstracts he sent were difficult to choose between! :-) )

Session 1:

7 Ways to Leverage SharePoint for Project Management Success 

In this presentation, you acquire the practical knowledge of how SharePoint can address common project management challenges such as inefficient communication among stakeholders, poor document management practices and undefined project collaboration standards that can compromise project success. SharePoint provides a framework that can empower project managers to create a standards-based PMIS.

Session 2:

Best Practices in Gathering Requirements for SharePoint Projects

Poor requirements can be attributed to failed SharePoint implementations. The key to successful SharePoint implementation is properly developing requirements. A lot of people know that this is important, however, only a handful of folks truly understand what it takes to do this right.

The meeting will be held at the Microsoft offices in Victoria. For more details, and to sign up - please visit the following forum thread:

http://m1e.net/c?104262167-tuRiEo9TWipxc%404485729-uS5HjM59dneUk

Many thanks

Nick Swan (SharePoint User Group)

The benefits of the MPN can be found here - https://partner.microsoft.com/UK/program/programoverview/programdownloads/programguide

Internal use licenses can be found here - https://partner.microsoft.com/global/program/programoverview/40029254

ISV competency internal use additional benefits can be found here – https://partner.microsoft.com/global/program/competencies/isvsolutions/40011919

ISV competency s/w tests - https://partner.microsoft.com/40011374

Happy New Microsoft FY!

 With each new FY comes a new set of useful resources.

As such, I've tried to capture a number of the key ones below. Happy reading :-)

Partner Optimisation Assessment

https://partner.microsoft.com/ioassessment

Business Productivity Online Suite Discovery Tool

https://partner.microsoft.com/global/productssolutions/productsonlineservices

Business Productivity University

https://partner.microsoft.com/40082735?msp_id=msbpiou

Sell MSBPI

http://www.sellmsbpi.com

Customer Immersion Experience

https://partner.microsoft.com/40105512?msp_id=customerimmersion

Competitive Playbooks

https://partner.microsoft.com/global/salesmarketingsection/smsalesprep/spcompetitiveselling

Technical Support Benefits to help Sell, Deliver, Solve

https://partner.microsoft.com/global/supportsecurity

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10299988-56.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0

Ever thought that the technology used in the movie Minority Report looked cool?

Well I got a chance to see Mundie present our thoughts around the desktop of the future at our Global Conference.

The future looks cool!!

Do you think our next mission will be a desktop that looks like this in every home?  :o)