Yesterday I received an updated copy of the cover of the “Essential SharePoint 2010” book, for which I have been a contributing author. I am extremely proud of the fact that the lead authors, Scott Jamison , Mauro Cardarelli and Susan Hanley , have added myself and Donal Conlon to the cover! This is my first experience with working on a book project and I appreciate all of the help and guidance that Scott, Mauro and Sue have offered throughout the process. The book has completed its reviews and updates

Was gibt´s Neues zu Office 2010 und SharePoint 2010 , wie wurde es entwickelt und was macht es besser? Was kann Microsoft Forefront Online Protection for Exchange ? Welche Preispromotions helfen beim Sparen? Was können Online Services und warum sind sie die Zukunft? Welche brandneuen Partner-Trainings bieten wir an und was bringt das Microsoft Partner Network (MPN) für Neuigkeiten? -Antworten auf diese und viele andere Fragen gibt es auf der Partner Roadshow im Februar 2010 ! Wir sind bestimmt auch

Since the beta for SharePoint 2010 was publicly released in November 2009 there has been a lot of interest and activity by our customers and partners testing and planning for SharePoint 2010. About 90% of my activities these days is directly related to working with customers and partners on SharePoint 2010. Below are some of the main resources and links that I share with people. Hope these help. Please share others with me and I’ll update and maintain the list. Thanks! P.S. For those of you in the

Here is a list of Webcasts to address many of the persistent questions I receive related to Sharepoint implementation for Public sites - SharePoint Internet Business Live Webcasts TechNet Webcast: Staffing, Methodology, and Governance for External-Facing SharePoint Sites (Level 200) Wednesday, January 20, 2010 1:00 P.M.–2:00 P.M. Pacific Time TechNet Webcast: Planning Your Internet Presence with SharePoint Server 2007 (Level 200) Wednesday, January 27, 2010 1:00 P.M.–2:00 P.M. Pacific Time TechNet

Yesterday, Channel 9 launched two new training courses for SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010 created by developers for developers. Channel 9 has always been about giving direct access to the engineers and future technologies from Microsoft, and now we’re extending this successful formula to bring you training that will allow developers to get started on learning about emerging technologies at their own pace. Today you’ll find extensive instructor recordings from top MVPs on how to develop against both

Want to quickly learn about SharePoint 2010 products in preparation of the new Beta release? Try these new “Learning Snacks”; bite-sized online readiness courses provided by Microsoft Learning, on the following subjects: Developing Solutions with Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Microsoft SharePoint 2010 enables developers to build rich solutions easily, rapidly, and efficiently. This Learning Snack demonstrates how you can use Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 to create and deploy your solutions. It also demonstrates

Die SharePoint findet ja heute in Las Vegas statt. Falls Ihnen der Weg zu weit oder die Zeit zu knapp war, bieten wir – konkret Peter Pallierer, Microsoft SharePoint Spezialist - eine kompakte Zusammenfassung : „ Was gibt’s Neues von der SharePoint Konferenz? “ am 5. November bei uns am Euro Platz 3! Architektur, Funktionalität, Upgrademöglichkeiten und vieles mehr wird Thema sein. Gleich anmelden, Sitzplätze solange der Vorrat reicht :) –> Details & Anmeldung hier im PLC ! Liebe Grüße, Berndt

Over the past few months I have been meeting and working with customers to help them with Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 (MOSS) and to plan for SharePoint 2010 . Our discussion usually starts with generic questions such as: How do we architect and setup our SharePoint environment? What features should we turn on and what’s the impact of doing so? How do we move content from one environment to another? What are the best practices for governance, security and information architecture? How much disk

October 19-22, 2009, Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas, USA The SharePoint Conference 2009 will be the first and the best conference to get in depth training on SharePoint 2010, from upgrade and migration to the business value of new platform features and functionality. Come and get early insight into what you’ll be able to do with SharePoint 2010 and how you’ll be able to get there. Naturally, SharePoint 2007 will also be covered by experienced experts. Register today! http://www.mssharepointconference.com

We're putting on some readiness training in the upcoming months. These events are free and open to all Microsoft partners. Processes and Forms in SharePoint – Reading 22 nd September A look at InfoPath Forms Services and workflows within SharePoint deployments. An introduction to the capabilities of SharePoint as a forms and business process solution and a demonstration of how to create your own deployments. Presented by Jess Meats Click Here to Register Document Management and Records Management

There's still time to sign up for the SharePoint Conference in October. This event is open to Microsoft partners and customers interested in learning more about SharePoint. It's a great opportunity to learn more about the product and to build a network with others who may have knowledge that can help you grow with this product. We're expecting a lot of exciting information to be revealed about Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, so this is really a great year to go. Plus, it's in Las Vegas! Go ahead

The SharePoint partner team in the UK have been planning training and readiness for the next year and we've got a series of web seminars lined up. These seminars are sales training focussed around different aspects of SharePoint and how to sell WSS or MOSS as a solution to a particular type of business problem. Each of these seminars will be about an hour long and can be viewed either on their own or as a whole series. If you're a Microsoft partner, you can register for these seminars using the following

We have recently released the Productivity Hub as a free download . A number of my customers have been beta testing this Hub over the past few months and it has received great feedback and helped to accelerate the deployment, adoption and training for Office and SharePoint 2007. The Hub is a SharePoint Server 2007 site collection that serves as a learning community and is fully customizable. It provides a central place for your training efforts, and includes training content from Microsoft’s core

... dann nutzen Sie die Möglichkeit, diese am Microsoft KARRIERECAMPUS Recruitment Day am 8. Juli 2009, 09.00 Uhr @ Microsoft kennenzulernen! Im Rahmen des Microsoft KARRIERE CAMPUS haben wir in Kooperation mit dem AMS Wien das Projekt „Take your Chance – Starte deine Karriere als IT-SpezialistIn “ gestartet, in dem wir 20 Jugendliche in den Bereichen Web Development und SharePoint Consulting ausbilden. Die Jugendlichen durchlaufen derzeit die 28-tägigen intensiven Ausbildungen, die durch das AMS

If you work for a Microsoft Partner and are confused what exactly the CAL Suites are and why people might want the ECAL Suite, this might be for you. Some of my colleagues at Microsoft have produced this webcast to increase partner understanding of the suites. A standard CAL is a base license that provices access rights to the basic features of a server. An enterprise CAL is an additive license that provides access rights to additional features. The Microsoft CAL Suites are collections of licenses

One of the topics that I frequently present on at conferences is the Office system and why it is “better” to use the Office 2007 client with the 2007 versions of the SharePoint and Exchange server products. The presentation that I use for most of these sessions is a summary of many of the key items discussed in the Office/SharePoint “better together” whitepaper . It also touches upon some of the areas discussed in this Exchange 2007 feature comparison for the Exchange server with different Outlook

In June, I'm going to be running a series of three webcasts for hosting partners. They will particularly be aimed at sales people. Each session will go through the features enabled by a licensing level of SharePoint, as well as the potential value of those features to end customers. At the end of the three webcasts, attendees should understand what capabilities come in each version and be able to see where the opportunites are to up-sell. Each session can be attended individually or they can be viewed

I'm running more SharePoint training days for partners. The purpose of the day is to give a high-level overview of the capabilities and value of SharePoint solutions. The training is not at all technical but should give business persons an understanding of what could be done with SharePoint and sales and marketing folk an idea of how to position it and why customers might want it. The upcoming sessions will be on 22nd May and 19th June in Thames Valley Park, Reading. Partners can register by going

My fellow Partner Technology Specialist, Jess Meats , is hosting SharePoint training sessions for Microsoft Partners. The training sessions are intended as a broad, high-level introduction to the capabilities and value of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. At the end of the session, partners should have a better understanding of the potential value of SharePoint to their customers and their own businesses. It is a free demo-focused session aimed at increasing

Due to the high attendance and positive feedback for my first SharePoint training days, I will be running a third on 16th April in Microsoft's London offices. This is a free event for Microsoft partners. https://training.partner.microsoft.com/plc/search_adv.aspx?ssid=6AB0B6B251CC45F98B0BD24B968B1F98&site=UK&lang=en-uk The purpose of the day is to provide a broad overview of the capabilities of the three levels of SharePoint (WSS 3.0, MOSS Standard, MOSS Enterprise) and help partners gain