Duet

OlegG — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 23:30:00 GMT

This is not new, but definitely very cools, and as far as I know did not get much play. What at some point was called Mendocino has since matured and became Duet. A child of collaboration between Microsoft and SAP, in my opinion an awesome solution to bring line of business data into IW's world. Coming from someone who used SAP software alongside Microsoft offerings Duet definitely has potential to make life easier for those who use both day in and day out.

Duet’s home is at www.duet.com

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Upgrade Toolkit for Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 Sites and Templates Beta is available!

OlegG — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 19:25:00 GMT

WSS 3.0 is ready for the market, and with it a new quirk for the IT folks, how to upgrade existing Site Templates (.stp) files from WSS 2.0 to 3.0. Template upgrade is not supported through the product itself, though there are a few workarounds.

My neighbors (these guys are just across the hall) released a beta toolkit to help IT Pro upgrade their existing site templates to 3.0, which includes enabling new functionality, like master pages and the recycle bin.

Solution consists of guidance and a set of Application Templates for WSS 2.0 which have been upgraded to be compatible with WSS 3.0. If you loved one of the T33 templates and would like to keep using it, all you need to do is grab the new version from the toolkit, or read the guidance on how to upgrade your own site templates to 3.0. Solution also covers custom site upgrade, since the only way to upgrade a site template is to instantiate a site from it, upgrade, and then save a new site template.

WSS team has created a new set of Application Templates for WSS 3.0, which will address many scenarios covered by the original “Thrilling 33”, so if you are looking to roll out a brand new deployment these are definitely worth a look.

There are more details on the WSS official team blog.

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Duet

Upgrade Toolkit for Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 Sites and Templates Beta is available!