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Is SharePoint 2010 a Compliant Records Solution? (IDM)
Microsoft SharePoint has changed the game on traditional Enterprise Content Management (ECM) vendors. Whilst this might now be old news for many in the ECM industry, what may be more surprising is just how many organisations are already using SharePoint 2007 for records management purposes and the huge number of organisations who have expressed their intention to use SharePoint 2010. This is in spite of a considerable section of the Records Management industry expressing concerns that SharePoint 2007 is not compliant with ISO 15489.

How Microsoft Crowdsourced the Making of Office 2010 (Wired)
For several years, Denise Carlevato has studied millions of mouse clicks and keystrokes made by anonymous computer users from all over the world. Her objective: to make Microsoft Office better fit the way millions of people work. Months before Microsoft rolled out the latest version of its productivity suite, Office 2010, 9 million people downloaded its beta version to test the software and provide feedback. As part of the program, Microsoft collected 2 million comments from beta testers. An additional 600 people participated in Microsoft’s Virtual Research Lab, where Carlevato and her colleagues could observe how people were using new features.

Microsoft: Azure’s Showing Business Allure (CNET)
Microsoft’s cloud-computing push, Windows Azure, was only launched six months ago and while it is still early days for the technology, Azure has already attracted thousands of users and could prove central to the software giant’s technology plans.

Windows Phone 7 in Trouble? MeeGo DOA? (InfoWorld)
If I believed in conspiracy theories, I’d say that Windows Phone 7 is a failure six months before its expected availability. And the Nokia-Intel MeeGo operating system will be dead on arrival, if it’s ever released. Let’s start with Windows Phone 7. Touted earlier this year as the successor to the much unloved Windows Mobile platform, Microsoft has gone largely silent on Windows Phone 7 since then, all but ignoring its great hope to stave off the iPhone at its recent TechEd conference. (And according to a recent CNET report, Microsoft is sticking with its earlier decision not to include copy and paste — sheesh!) In the meantime, Microsoft has announced three other mobile operating systems.

Microsoft Calls Out Google Over Docs Support (ChannelWeb)
Microsoft and Google have been squabbling over which company’s products offer the best value for customers, and now Microsoft has opened a new front in the battle: customer support. Microsoft says it has a long history of delivering support by phone and e-mail as well as through online community sites like Microsoft Answers, which is staffed by Microsoft MVP partners. Google, in contrast, doesn’t offer much in the way of support to its customers, according to Microsoft.

Microsoft Admires How Apple Products ‘Just Work’ (ChannelWeb)
Microsoft has zeroed in on what makes Apple products so popular that people will wait hours in line just for a chance to purchase them. But will this realization be reflected in the next version of Windows, or just used as a compass for product development down the road?

The Need for Real Security in a Virtual World (ComputerWorld)
In a recent column, my counterpart, Mathias Thurman, wrote about securing virtual desktop environments. My company is going through the same exercise of evaluating VDI as a replacement for traditional desktops. As Mathias pointed out, the concept of virtualising the applications that run on the system does not substantially change the threat landscape, nor does it modify the countermeasures we put in place to protect against those threats.

Around the Blogosphere
Understanding and Troubleshooting SharePoint 2010 Technology Features and Services (Get the Point)
Out of the proverbial box, SharePoint 2010 provides a plethora of features and services. You could say: “A feature is just a feature and a service is just a service”. But when that SharePoint feature needs to be activated and that SharePoint service must be started, then they move to the top of the list. And did you know there are at least 94 SharePoint features and services in a fully-configured SharePoint installation?

SharePoint 2010 – Ajax Panel in Web Part’s Editor Part (SharePoint Blues)
Have you ever wanted to have conditional property setting possibilities in your custom web parts? I have. The scenario has been that I would have wanted to render a control to web part property setting based on some other property selection – i.e. if user selects something from web part’s properties, something else would emerge to be selected from or filled in. When developing over SharePoint 2007 I had an idea how to do it with Ajax but never had the time to make it happen as in SharePoint 2007 you wouldn’t have ASP.NET 3.5 and Ajax web server extensions available in your web application by default. 

SharePoint Job Listings*
SharePoint Consultant / Solution Designer – Reston, VA
Bamboo Solutions is currently interested in recruiting a SharePoint® Consultant / Solution Designer to work at our headquarters in Reston, Virginia. The SharePoint Consultant / Solution Designer position will require an experienced, client-facing business professional who provides a variety of information directly to clients for their ongoing SharePoint-related programs, new initiatives, strategic plans. In addition to a strong technical understanding of MS SharePoint and how SharePoint can be used to solve business problems, the Consultant/Solution Designer must have a strong customer service orientation and be experienced contributor who remains current on SharePoint industry and customer trends. The SharePoint Consultant/Solution Designer will value team-work and can work effectively in both the implementation and client-acquisition phases of a project.

SharePoint Administrator – Windsor Mill, MD
(Very similar to a SharePoint Project Manager or SharePoint Business Analyst) – This person will serve as the primary SharePoint Site Owner and Designer responsible for site planning, development, and administration. They will be meeting with end user to gather their requirements, interpret their needs and must be able to determine from a technical standpoint what aspects of SharePoint to use. They will function as the 1st level support for the SharePoint site responding to customer inquiries, problems, and issues. This person will do the installation, maintenance, and configuration of the SharePoint server. They will be the liaison between the developers and the end-users. Responsible for customize this server for the end-users. They don’t need to have any hardcore technology experience, but an in-depth understanding of SharePoint.

Microsoft Updates
Icons in Datasheet view for lists in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 are not displayed correctly when you have Microsoft Office 2003 Client installed. (Microsoft Support)
Consider the following scenario. You have Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. You have Microsoft Office 2003 with Service Pack 3 and the Windows SharePoint Services Support installed on a Windows machine. You open a SharePoint list in Datasheet View, the Icons for Folder and Items are not rendered.

SharePoint Events*

• June 30, Online, Bamboo SharePoint Project Management Central Webinar
• June 30, Online, Bamboo PM Suite Webinar
• June 30, Online, Bamboo Workflow Conductor Webinar
• June 30, Online, Best Practices in Leveraging Microsoft Project 2010 with SharePoint 2010
• July 7, Online, PM Suite Webinar – Building Blocks for Implementing Your Own Project Management Solution
• July 7, Online, Bamboo SharePoint Project Management Central Webinar
• July 7, Online, Workflow Conductor – Automating Business Processes Webinar
• July 8, Basingstoke, England, SharePoint 2010 – Social Computing and Collaboration
• July 14, Online, Workflow Conductor – Automating Business Processes Webinar
• July 14, Online, Bamboo SharePoint Project Management Central Webinar
• July 14, Online, PM Suite Webinar – Building Blocks for Implementing Your Own Project Management Solution
• July 20, Reading, England, SharePoint 2010 – Overview and Introduction
• July 20, Reading, England, SharePoint 2010 – ECM and Records Management
• July 21, Online, Bamboo SharePoint Project Management Central Webinar
• July 21, Online, Bamboo SharePoint Project Management Central Webinar
• July 21, Online, SharePoint Administration Webinar
• July 21, Online, Workflow Conductor – Automating Business Processes Webinar
• July 21, Online, Bamboo SharePoint Project Management Central Webinar
• July 24, Chicago, Illinois, SharePoint Saturday
• July 28, Online, Workflow Conductor – Automating Business Processes
• July 28, Online, Bamboo SharePoint Project Management Central Webinar
• July 28, Online, PM Suite Webinar – Building Blocks for Implementing Your Own Project Management Solution Webinar
• July 31, New York, New York, SharePoint Saturday
• August 5, Basingstoke, England, SharePoint 2010 – Internet Development
• August 7, Denver, Colorado, SharePoint Saturday
• August 14, Columbus, Ohio, SharePoint Saturday
• August 18, London, England, SharePoint 2010 – Overview and Introduction
• August 18, London, England, SharePoint 2010 – Social Computing and Collaboration
• August 24-27, Washington, DC, SharePoint Best Practices Conference
• August 28, Baltimore, Maryland, SharePoint Saturday
  
• September 8, Basingstoke, England, SharePoint 2010 – Overview and Introduction
• September 8, Basingstoke, England, SharePoint 2010 – Internet Development
• September 11, San Francisco, California, SharePoint Saturday
• September 16, Anaheim, CA, SharePoint Intelligence
• September 23, Basingstoke, England, SharePoint 2010 – ECM and Records Management
• September 23, Denver, Colorado, SharePoint Fest
• October 20-22, Boston, Massachusetts, SPTechCon

SharePoint Training*

• Online, Enterprise Social Computing at Deloitte
• June 30, Online, Live Meeting: Introduction to SharePoint – Mindsharp
• July 5-9, Online, Online Administrating Office SharePoint Server 2007 – Mindsharp
• July 6-9, Online, Online Office SharePoint 2007 Power End User from Minneapolis – Mindsharp
• July 12-15, Minneapolis, Minnesota, SharePoint 2010 Power End User Beta – Mindsharp
• July 12-15, Online, Online SharePoint 2010 Power End User Beta – Mindsharp
• July 12-16, Online, Online SharePoint Server 2010 Administrator Beta – Mindsharp
• July 19-22, Washington, DC, Office SharePoint 2007 Power End User – Mindsharp
• July 19-23, Washington, DC, SharePoint Foundation 2010 Developer Beta – Mindsharp
• July 26-30, Minneapolis, Minnesota, SharePoint Designer 2010 Beta – Mindsharp
• July 26-30, Huntsville, Alabama, Administrating Office SharePoint Server 2007 – Mindsharp

* Please contact Chris Dooley (chris.dooley@bamboosolutions.com) to be included in SharePoint Daily.

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