November 2006 - Posts

• MOSS 2007/WSS V3 Capacity planning articles have been released go check them out!

  Joel Oleson has just released a bunch of links to the freshly released capacity planning articles for MOSS 2007/WSS V3.  These collection of articles are definitely going to fill a nice gap that will help us IT Pros to plan for MOSS 2007/WSS V3 implementations. From Joel's Blog Post:   " Within these docs you'll find data on servers, server topologies, system sizing, figuring out requests per second, understanding performance characteristics and guidance around features, such as folders vs. no folders.  Please use the mechanism to provide feedback.  The perf team needs to know if this meets your needs.  I as well and interested in what your looking for beyond what these papers provide"   This is definitely on the top of my MUST read through carefully list!  Definite kudos to the SharePoint team for providing the community with some great resources in a timely manner this time around :)   Cheers! Posted Nov 22 2006, 06:04 PM by jmedero with no comments

• Let the fun begin Office SharePoint Server 2007, WSS V3, Office 2007, and VISTA Released!!

  Wow what a week this has been for Microsoft with the final release of Office SharePoint Server 2007(MOSS 2007), WSS V3, Office 2007, and Vista.  Its like a geeks christmas in Novemeber!!  I for one plan on rebuilding my Production laptop (yup the one I use everyday) with Vista and the Office 2007 RTM bits.  Then comes the upgrade process for many of my clients who are already using MOSS 2007 or WSS V3 Beta2TR.  I want to send out a congratulations specifically to the SharePoint Team for all of their hard work in keeping their promise with the release date.  I must admit I did have my doubts looking at all of the delays for Vista :). So let the downloads begin! For Office SharePoint Server 2007 everything you need can be found on the SharePoint Team blog Joel Oleson has put together everything you are going to need to hit the ground running:  MOSS 2007/WSS V3 Announcing the RTW of WSS and Office SharePoint Server 2007 Standard and Enterprise Evaluation! Office 2007 Pro (not Pro-Plus) and Vista If you have an MSDN subscription then you now have access to download the RTM bits of these bad boys too whoooohaaaa!!  Sorry I am a bit excited to finally rebuild my laptop its in dire need. Office 2007 is now live and available to all MSDN Premium subscribers from MSDN Subscriber Downloads at http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions.  The following software editions and languages are now available: Office Professional 2007 (English, German, Japanese) Office Project Professional 2007 (English, Japanese) Office Visio Professional 2007 (English, Japanese) Office Groove 2007 (English, Japanese) Office InfoPath (English, Japanese) Office InterConnect 2007 (Japanese) Office OneNote 2007 (English, German, Japanese) MSDN Subscription Out with this in with the really stable bits! Well what can I say the wait is finally over now its time to really get to work....(hmm seems like I am always saying this but here I am putting together this e-mail at 7pm on Friday night!) Cheers! Posted Nov 17 2006, 11:17 PM by jmedero with no comments

• Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools: Visual Studio 2005 extensions!!

  I am just getting settled in Vegas but ran across this and thought I would post it because this is an awesome early Turkey day gift!!  Visual Studio 2005 extensions for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 is long overdue and even though I am not a hardcore .NET developer I have done my fair share of Site Definition, and List Definition development and any and all help sounds good to me!  So go get em while they are hot! Brief Description (Visual Studio 2005 extensions for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, November CTP) Tools for developing custom SharePoint applications: Visual Studio project templates for Web Parts, site definitions, and list definitions; and a stand-alone utility program, the SharePoint Solution Generator.   Overview This Community Technology Preview (CTP) of the Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for Windows SharePoint Services contains the following tools to aid developers in building SharePoint applications: Visual Studio 2005 Project Templates Web Part Team Site Definition Blank Site Definition List Definition Visual Studio 2005 Item Templates (items that can be added into an existing project) Web Part Custom Field List Definition (with optional Event Receiver) Content Type (with optional Event Receiver) Module SharePoint Solution Generator This stand-alone program generates a Site Definition project from an existing SharePoint site. The program enables developers to use the browser and Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer to customize the content of their sites before creating code by using Visual Studio. Donwload them HERE Cheers all! ............... now back to Vegas Posted Nov 06 2006, 11:31 PM by jmedero with no comments

• Vegas Baby!! SharePoint Connections lets get it on!!

  This week I will be in Vegas attending the SharePoint Connections conference.  Lots and lots of great SharePoint MVP's are speaking on some great topics that I am looking forward to.  I will be working at the Microsoft MOSS demo booth: Tuesday Nov.7     5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Thursday Nov.9   12:30PM to 2:15 PM Come stop by and say hello and lets hope that I can answer all your questions ;)   Cheers!   Posted Nov 06 2006, 09:25 PM by jmedero with no comments

• MOSS 2007/WSS V3 official release date Novemeber 30!!

  I have just found out from a reliable source that Microsoft has announced an officila release date that will include products:  Office 2007 system, Vista (yahooo!), and Exchange 2007!!  Please not that Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (gosh thats a lot of typing!)and Windows SharePoint Services V3 will be included as a part of this HUGE release of products. This initial release will only be available to enterprise customers with the general consumer release to be available in the January 2007 time frame.  I don't know about anyone else but I am super excited to see the final polished product!  I am in dire need of a rebuild on my laptop but had decided to not rebuild until the release of Vista because of the pure PITA it is to rebuild ( I really should invest in a imaging product I know :D).  I don't know about you guys but Nov.30 seems like its going to be an early Christmas present for all the geeks in the world :) Here is an article that talks about the upcoming release:  http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/6820/52 Cheers! Posted Nov 03 2006, 01:42 PM by jmedero with no comments