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A post I wish I had written

Reading some through mails today I came across a link to this excellent article on OneNote. I’ve been working on OneNote as a GTD app with Outlook – similar to David. But it seems David’s done a lot more to get things done! Here’s his post: http://blogs.msdn.com/david_rasmussen/archive/2006/06/14/630885.aspx

Using XP Mode

Recently I had a customer demo to deliver for SharePoint 2007. I had the VM checked out and needed to set it up the evening before the demo. So I fired up my virtual PC app. Surprise, surprise! Windows 7 does not support VPC! Panic mode sets in and I’ve

Day 2 with Windows 7

Ok, so I noticed the box around running apps. Subtle, but cool – I guess since I was confused, I was paying attention. I haven’t noted any other blogs or reviews on this. So, how am I feeling? I like the libraries feature. What is it? Simply, I can organize

Keeping up with MS Bloggers

I wish you all a very happy new year. Keeping up with all the MS blogs and bloggers can be hard. If you’re facing this challenge. Here’s a great way to resolve it. http://blogs.technet.com/blogms/
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DVD issue and the not-so-helpful error codes

I was playing Rise of Legends over the last few days. After a late night session the day before, I woke up to find that my DVD drive had disappeared. It was physically present, but for some reason it just wouldn't play a movie, a cd and certainly not
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And there’s Audacity…

Almost forgot to write about Audacity . If you're into podcasting – of the audio sort – then you can surely use this free tool. I was somewhat overwhelmed by it at first, but after locating the Record button, I felt a lot better. Generally most of the
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Office Labs

http://officelabs.com Check out he website to find some interesting tools and ideas that we're trying out. Concept testing is what this site is all about. The projects you find here are not products or beta versions. They don't even pretend to be complete

Open Standards @ MS – more steps

More positive news from the Open Standards front – we've got the Open Specifications Promise from MS dated 2006 and it looks like we also have freed up the Office binary formats – so you don't need to move to Office 2007 formats to rest easy that your
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Knowledge Centers

I met Mike Gannotti in Seattle in July last year. He presented at a small team gathering and told us of the work he'd done around Knowledge Centers. That idea stuck with me and here's the complete series he's posted on getting them up and running. Have

Where’s my time going?

If you often spend your full day working on your machine and wonder where your time went, then here's something that may help! http://www.workingprogram.com/qlockwork.html
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AJAX and MOSS

I've heard a few of you ask about AJAX in MOSS 2007. Yeah, OOB MOSS doesn't support the ASP.NET AJAX framework, so here's an interesting bit of reading for you – thanks to Jose , whose post, I picked it from: AJAX is not a specific technology but a set

.NET and J2EE/Java Interop

I've had customers asking me about Interop with Java and SharePoint. This bit below should help us respond to them. If you haven't seen/heard about it, I'd like to refer you to the following: .NET and Java/J2EE Interoperability: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa700845.aspx
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Building Groove Apps

I recently got asked by a customer about Building Groove Apps, so I dug around and found some relevant resources. Here's the info for you: Groove Databridge: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/office/grooveserver/2007/guide/GDBAG_01.mspx?mfr=true

SharePoint Governance

Almost every other customer wanted this information during my visits. I expect you'll find that your more enlightened customers will love these resources. Use it in your discussions and also to enhance your own understanding of SharePoint usage. Previously

Microsoft provides BPEL 2.0 in WF - BPEL for Windows Workflow Foundation March CTP

From Paul Andrew's Post: http://blogs.msdn.com/pandrew/archive/2007/02/25/Microsoft-provides-BPEL-2.0-in-WF-_2D00_-BPEL-for-Windows-Workflow-Foundation-March-CTP.aspx In March 2007 Microsoft plans to release a CTP of a set of BPEL activities for Windows
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