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Thursday, June 25, 2009 2:41 PM

Enterprise Search from Microsoft - Comparison

Microsoft has three main offerings in the enterprise search space, from small scale search to solutions that are scalable to support extremely demanding search challenges. The table below, taken from the Microsoft Enterprise Search website , gives an
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Thursday, June 25, 2009 2:18 PM

Qualities of Successful Enterprise Search Solution

There are numerous components of an enterprise search solution that will determine whether or not it is successful:   Results Relevancy   The results returned must be relevant for the users' needs. Providing relevant search results in an enterprise
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Thursday, June 25, 2009 1:40 PM

The Need for Enterprise Search

  We all use search everyday - particularly on the Internet. We take it for granted as the starting point to find information, from a variety of different sources. We also expect search results to be timely, relevant and ordered. This standard of
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009 2:40 PM

Exciting Office 2010 Announcements!

As well as announcing the Exchange 2010 beta availability , other exciting Office 2010 news has recently been announced by Microsoft.   The next wave of Office products will include Office 2010, SharePoint Server 2010, Visio 2010 and Project 2010.
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009 12:32 PM

Benefits of being a Microsoft Partner - Registered, Certified and Certified Gold

There are numerous benefits of being a Microsoft partner , including: Building networks within Microsoft and with other Microsoft partners Access to Microsoft software and in-depth product information Promote your offerings on Microsoft.com   There
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009 9:26 AM

Internet Sites built on SharePoint Server 2007

When they hear 'SharePoint', most people think intranet, but did you know some fantastic Internet sites are built on SharePoint Server 2007?   Below are some of my personal favourites:   Penguin Spinebreakers Great use of embedded videos, search
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009 8:54 AM

SharePoint Server 2007 - Customising the Look and Feel of Sites

In this demo, recorded by Chris Parkes , a fellow PTS, we look at how the look and feel of SharePoint Server sites can be customised using the sample master pages, available to download here . Chris shows the 4 styles, each available in different colours,
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009 8:44 AM

SharePoint Server 2007 - People and Personalisation

In this demo, recorded by Chris Parkes , a fellow PTS, we look at how SharePoint Server can be used to find information about people within an organisation, including what distribution list memberships and colleagues you have in common.   Chris demonstrates
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009 8:36 AM

SharePoint Server 2007 - Collaboration

In this demo, recorded by Chris Parkes , a fellow PTS, we look at how SharePoint Server can be used as a collaboration tool.   Chris creates a new SharePoint site based on the team site template, using the site creation wizard within the SharePoint
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009 5:34 PM

SharePoint Server 2007 - Business Processes and Forms

In this demo, recorded by Chris Parkes , a fellow PTS, we look at how SharePoint Server can make use of InfoPath forms and workflow to improve and simplify business processes.   Chris first creates a Forms Library on a SharePoint site, to store completed
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Monday, June 15, 2009 6:18 PM

Project Management for Microsoft SI Partners - Timesheets

As many Microsoft partners (particularly SI partners) organise their customer engagements into short to medium term projects, they may benefit from some of the capabilities provided by the Microsoft Enterprise Project Management solution. The purpose
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Monday, June 15, 2009 5:13 PM

Project Management for Microsoft SI Partners - Project Workspaces

As many Microsoft partners (particularly SI partners) organise their customer engagements into short to medium term projects, they may benefit from some of the capabilities provided by the Microsoft Enterprise Project Management solution. The purpose
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Friday, June 12, 2009 4:02 PM

Project Management for Microsoft SI Partners - Resource Allocation and Visibility

As many Microsoft partners (particularly SI partners) organise their customer engagements into short to medium term projects, they may benefit from some of the capabilities provided by the Microsoft Enterprise Project Management solution. The purpose
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Friday, June 12, 2009 12:47 PM

Office and SharePoint; Better Together - Part 6: Slide Libraries

In this series of blog posts, I will be highlighting some of the integration between Office 2007 and SharePoint Server 2007. If this topic interests you, I highly recommend reading the Microsoft Office Programs and SharePoint Products and Technologies
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Friday, June 12, 2009 12:29 PM

Office and SharePoint; Better Together - Part 5: Workflows on Documents

In this series of blog posts, I will be highlighting some of the integration between Office 2007 and SharePoint Server 2007. If this topic interests you, I highly recommend reading the Microsoft Office Programs and SharePoint Products and Technologies
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Friday, June 12, 2009 12:23 PM

Office and SharePoint; Better Together - Part 4: Document Versioning

  In this series of blog posts, I will be highlighting some of the integration between Office 2007 and SharePoint Server 2007. If this topic interests you, I highly recommend reading the Microsoft Office Programs and SharePoint Products and Technologies
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Friday, June 12, 2009 12:07 PM

Office and SharePoint; Better Together - Part 3: Document Metadata

In this series of blog posts, I will be highlighting some of the integration between Office 2007 and SharePoint Server 2007. If this topic interests you, I highly recommend reading the Microsoft Office Programs and SharePoint Products and Technologies
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Friday, June 12, 2009 11:55 AM

Office and SharePoint; Better Together - Part 2: Document Check In/ Check Out

In this series of blog posts, I will be highlighting some of the integration between Office 2007 and SharePoint Server 2007. If this topic interests you, I highly recommend reading the Microsoft Office Programs and SharePoint Products and Technologies
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Friday, June 12, 2009 11:35 AM

Office and SharePoint; Better Together - Part 1: Document Workspaces

SharePoint is an amazing product - it acts as a collaboration, portal, search, content management and business intelligence tool. However, as with most Microsoft technologies., SharePoint's capability and functionality is significantly increased when
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Thursday, June 11, 2009 10:11 AM

SharePoint is the Answer!

Some time ago, my colleague Jess Meats recorded a parody quiz show to highlight some of the key features of SharePoint. It's well worth watching if you have 3 minutes to spare and fancy a little light relief!  
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