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November 2006 - Posts

  • SharePoint and Groove Bidirectional Syncing with MS Project and MindManager

    Those series of articles I wrote about SharePoint and Groove web services have finally turned into a real project. Well, still in Beta, but getting close enough for both demos and downloads.
    The product works with both SharePoint 2003 and 2007, as well as Groove 2007.

    Demo #1 shows TeamDirection publishing MindManager topics and subtopics to a SharePoint server-- and a hosted one at that (free publicity for you, Apptix). Team members then use their browser to update an assigned task in the task list. TeamDirection gathers the latest data and reports back to MindManager. We still have to package it nicely with our site layout, but you can get a direct, sneak peak here.

    Demo #2 is similar, but this time TeamDirection publishes MS Project tasks and subtasks to a Groove workspace. Groove doesn't actually ship with a Task List, so TeamDirection provides one for you. It's similar to the SharePoint Task List, and only people with proper permissions can update their tasks. Once again, TeamDirection gathers the latest data and reports back to MS Project. Again, nice packaging to follow, but you can get a direct, sneak peak here.

    These demos show TeamDirection Project Plus 2007. If you like what you see, go download the beta here and share a task or topic today.

    And yes, that's my voice narrating. Sorry about that.

  • Welcome Microsoft Tech Ed 2006

    If you got here via the Groove presentation at Microsofts Tech Ed conference in Barcelona, here are the links you'll be interested in. If you got here by any other means, I think you'll still be interested in these links. They show you how to get started using Groove (and SharePoint) web services in clear and understandable language. It worked for me!

    Part I -- Starting to Talk
    Part II -- Comparing SharePoint and Groove Web Service Constructs
    Part III -- Working with Tools
    Part IV -- SharePoint Lists and Groove Forms Interaction

    These four steps form the basic working blocks of our TeamDirection application.

    Happy Coding!




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