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More Evolution Than Revolution on Display at PDC (Tech News World)
Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference earlier this month had its share of big stories, but none that really shook the world and turned it on its head — and sometimes that’s just fine. Azure and scaling up services got a lot of attention at PDC, as did Office Web Apps and the various kernel improvements made to Windows 7.

Commentary: Project 2010 Enters the Limelight (On Windows)
Ivan Lloyd, director of strategy and innovation at Corporate Project Solutions, discusses the forthcoming releases of Microsoft Project Professional 2010 and Project Server 2010. I was recently asked if I could use only three words to describe the forthcoming release of Microsoft project 2010 and Project Server 2010, and if so, what would they be.

Enhance Office 2010 Beta with Filter Packs (Softpedia)
Microsoft is allowing early adopters of Office 2010 to enhance the first public development milestone of the release with filter packs. Office 2010 (Beta) Filter Packs are currently up for grabs via the Microsoft Download Center at no charge, and they will enhance the way that end users can access information related to documents of the Office productivity suite. Essentially, the Office 2010 (Beta) Filter Packs make it possible for data stored into files produced with the Office System to be searchable and indexable.

Microsoft Office 2010 FAQs: What You Need to Know (PC Advisor)
Last week Microsoft made the beta version of Office 2010 publicly available. The preview, which is not limited to a certain number of users, is free to use and won’t expire until October 31 next year. So where can you get your hands on Office 2010, how do you install it, what do you need to run it, and how do you get rid of it if it’s a can of worms? Fear not, we’ve answered these and your other burning questions.

Google And Microsoft Face Fresh Web OS Challenge (eWeek)
TransMedia, the software maker trying to challenge Microsoft and Google in the world of Web operating systems and collaboration, will on 7 December  launch a fresh version of its Glide operating system with a focus on desktop and Web search. Glide OS 4.0 is a Web operating system and application suite packed into a browser plug-in for Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome or Apple Safari Web browsers. Glide OS essentially wraps desktop functionality around Web content from any computing device powered by an Internet connection.

Google’s Chrome OS Rival to Microsoft Could Become Our Big Brother (The Guardian)
A basic principle of warfare is never to fight on terrain chosen — or dominated — by your enemy. This principle seemed to explain why, as Google rose to challenge Microsoft as the world’s most powerful technology company, the one market it eschewed was that for operating systems. That territory was dominated by Bill Gates & Co and so Google concentrated on building dominance in areas where Microsoft was feeble or non-existent: search, cloud computing, web applications, advertising. It all seemed so sensible.

Interview: Amazon CTO Werner Vogels on Why CIOs Love Clouds (Computer Weekly)
Chief information officers are more comfortable with the idea of cloud computing than they were six months ago. Companies are happy to use the public cloud for software projects, research and development and to run web marketing campaigns. Amazon has been one of the pioneers of cloud computing with Amazon Web Services (AWS), which provides users with a relatively low-cost way to access Amazon’s vast IT infrastructure on a pay-per-use basis. Werner Vogels, vice-president worldwide architecture and chief technology officer at Amazon, has been on a European tour this week to find out from CIOs what they need from the public cloud.

Around the Blogosphere
Pushing Out the Intranet Zone Via Group Policy (Brain Litter)
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you set the Group Policy settings outlined in the reference link below, users will not be able to update their own zones. If you want to push out the Corporate Intranet zones via Group Policy, follow the instructions in this link… http://johnckirk.livejournal.com/224270.html.

Cloning The SharePoint Toolbar for Custom Web Parts (Fear and Loathing)
Trying to match the “SharePoint look” is always a challenge for developers. Recently I had to build a web part that would live along side other “stock” SharePoint web parts. I also needed a functional toolbar for the web part and having it on the same page I wanted a seamless look to the toolbar so it looked just like any other part of the solution.

The New Content Editor Web Part in SharePoint 2010 (blah!bLaH!BLOG!!)
Y’all, the Content Editor Web Part in SP2010 has been totally redone. This is great because I distinctly remember people coming up to me and posing me with the following problem in SP2007 – “I used the content editor Web Part on my intranet to maintain some content, and now when I share this content over the extranet (different URL), all the URLs are now broken!”. Well fear not! The content editor Web Part in SharePoint 2010 has been new-i-fied. And I’m glad that it has been because seriously, it is a very useful Web Part. Business users love the simplicity it offers. So what’s new in SP2010’s CEWP?

SBS 2008, Hewlett Packard, WSS3, Search Server 2008 Express and a UPS – Oh the Pain! (Clever Workarounds)
In the words of Doctor Smith from lost in space, while everyone else was in Vegas having a grand old time, I was at a client site, having to come to grips with the beast known as Windows Small Business Server 2008. I rarely work with SBS2003 and had never used SBS2008 until now.

Get Active Project – Extending Visual Studio SharePoint Development Tools Tip #1 (Waldek Mastykarz)
One of the things that I very often needed, while creating Visual Studio SharePoint development tools extensions, was a reference to the current project. No matter whether you want to add a reference or a new project item, a reference to the object that represents the current project is the first part of the solution.

Update on Microblogging Functionality for SharePoint (SharePoint Blank)
A few months ago, I wrote a blog that sent up a test balloon to gauge interest in Bamboo’s potentially developing Twitter/Yammer-like microblogging functionality for SharePoint.  Since Bamboo was bound by a nondisclosure agreement regarding our participation in Microsoft’s Technical Adoption Program (TAP) for SharePoint 2010, what I couldn’t say at the time was that microblogging is among the new social features in SharePoint 2010.  In brief, microblogging functionality comes to SharePoint out-of-the-box in the form of status updates which are not only entered and surfaced on a users’ profile page, but are also surfaced in the feeds of colleagues who are following that user.

SharePoint Job Listings**
SharePoint Administrator – MOORESTOWN, NJ
This position is responsible for providing technical leadership in support of the corporate deployment of SharePoint portal technology. In this role you will: Participate in research, requirements definition, planning, design and execution of SharePoint projects. Define and implement developer best practices and procedures for all SharePoint tools and architectures. Document and maintain troubleshooting guides, support procedures and developer guides. Work extensively with the client community to identify user requirements and recommend solution options. Deploy all SharePoint new functionality and assist users in deploying their own Web parts. Troubleshoot SharePoint application issues.

SharePoint Architect Job Description – Fairfax, VA
Seeking a well-qualified, experienced and talented SharePoint Architect. The SharePoint Architect will play a central role in the complete solution lifecycle including: presale efforts and responding to RFP’s, conducting business strategy and technology planning sessions, designing solutions and envisioning follow up work. The implementation role may include software architecture, development, customization, integration as well as technical project management for various teams.

Microsoft Updates
Backup Domain Controller in a Small Business Server Domain (Microsoft Support)
This article discusses having a backup domain controller (BDC) in a Microsoft BackOffice Small Business Server domain model. First, what is a BDC? According to page 3 of the “Concepts and Planning Guide” for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, a BDC is defined as follows:

Bamboo Partner Events*

• December 2, Online, CTMS and eTMF: Connecting Clinical Systems  with SharePoint – NextDocs
• December 3, New York, New York, SharePoint Winter Expo 2009 – DataLan
• December 5, Washington, DC, SharePoint Saturday – Innovative-e, Mobile Entrée
• December 9, Online, SharePoint for Enterprise Content Management – DataLan
• December 9, Online, SharePoint Synergies: Enhancing Your Sites – West Monroe Partners
• December 10, Iselin, New Jersey, SharePoint for Intranets, Extranets, and Public Websites – DataLan

• January 14, Online, Boost Business Results with SharePoint – StreamLogic

 

SharePoint Events**

• December 1, Online, Project Management Using SharePoint Webinar
• December 2, Online, Bamboo SharePoint Project Management Central Webinar
• December 2, Online, Bamboo SharePoint Project Management Central Webinar
• December 2, Online, Bamboo SharePoint Project Management Central Webinar
• December 2, Online, Project Management Using SharePoint Webinar
• December 3, Online, Project Management Using SharePoint Webinar
• December 3, Online, Bamboo 101 – Calendar Plus Web Part Webinar
• December 3, New York, New York, SharePoint Winter Expo 2009
• December 5, Washington, DC, SharePoint Saturday
• December 9, Online, SharePoint for Enterprise Content Management
• December 9, Online, Bamboo SharePoint Project Management Central Webinar
• December 9, Online, Bamboo SharePoint Project Management Central Webinar
• December 9, Online, Project Management Using SharePoint Webinar
• December 9, Online, Bamboo SharePoint Administration Webinar
• December 10, Online, Project Management Using SharePoint Webinar
• December 10, Online, Bamboo 101 – Chart Plus Web Part Webinar
• December 10, Iselin, New Jersey, SharePoint for Intranets, Extranets, and Public Websites
• December 12, Kansas City, Kansas, SharePoint Saturday
• December 15, Online, Bamboo SharePoint Project Management Central Webinar
• December 16, Online, Bamboo SharePoint Project Management Central Webinar
• December 16, Online, Bamboo SharePoint Project Management Central Webinar
• December 16, Online, Bamboo SharePoint Project Management Central Webinar
• December 16, Online, Project Management Using SharePoint Webinar
• December 17, Online, Project Management Using SharePoint Webinar
• December 17, Online, ‘What’s New from Bamboo?’ Webinar
• December 17, Online, Bamboo SharePoint Project Management Central Webinar (Sprache des Webinar: deutsch) (German Language) 

 

• January 9, Virginia Beach, Virginia, SharePoint Saturday
• January 14, Online, Boost Business Results with SharePoint

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