SharePoint SP2 updates Office Integration with FBA

Technorati Tags: Office,SharePoint According to a new blog post from SharePoint Ranger Steve Peschka (I assume) at http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/05/13/update-on-sharepoint-forms-based-authentication-fba-and-office-client.aspx, there are just a few things that have to properly align.  You need to have Service Packs installed on both the SharePoint Farm and the client that Office is installed on (both Office and OS).  This may… Continue reading SharePoint SP2 updates Office Integration with FBA

Microsoft releases Search Engine Optimization Toolkit (SEO)

First, I think that this idea is brilliant.  It’s about time that Microsoft released a tool to help admins improve Web Site relevance.  Unfortunately, this SEO Toolkit is for IIS 7 only.  Unfortunately again, the SEO Toolkit is an IIS 7 add in – which means that it is only useful for folks that actually… Continue reading Microsoft releases Search Engine Optimization Toolkit (SEO)

Account Creation Mode not in SharePoint Foundation – deprecated with WSS 3.0

According to Microsoft’s doc Creating Shared Hosting Solutions on Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 available at office.microsoft.com/download/afile.aspx?AssetID=AM102157711033 "Also note that account creation mode is a deprecated feature of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. Although this feature is supported through version 3.0, the product team recommends that customers plan to move off of it at their earliest convenience."… Continue reading Account Creation Mode not in SharePoint Foundation – deprecated with WSS 3.0

Adding processors to Windows Server 2008 SharePoint environment on Hyper-V

Dave Bowman: Hello, HAL do you read me, HAL? HAL: Affirmative, Dave, I read you. I had a couple of Windows 2008 Server Virtual Machines that we were running as SharePoint development on Virtual Server that I decided to migrate to the Windows 2008 Hyper-V.  The migration went very smoothly and the servers were back… Continue reading Adding processors to Windows Server 2008 SharePoint environment on Hyper-V

Visual Studio 2010 to offer better SharePoint support

From Somasegar’s blog… In Visual Studio 2010, we’re going to expand Sharepoint support in two key areas.  First, Visual Studio 2010 will deliver a broad set of project templates, designers, and deployment infrastructure that will make any .NET developer instantly more productive on the SharePoint platform.   Second, we are exposing an extensibility API that will… Continue reading Visual Studio 2010 to offer better SharePoint support

Introducing Exchange Online

Today’s topic is Microsoft Exchange Online. I’ve been using the Exchange Online Beta for a good while now, and it is great! I love everything from the super simple web based interface to managing accounts and settings to the fact that it includes full spam filtering and virus scanning. Exchange Online comes in two flavors… Continue reading Introducing Exchange Online

What is(are) Microsoft Online Services? And what is BPOS?

Microsoft Online Services is the hosted service offering by Microsoft. You can label this as SaaS (Software as a Service), but Microsoft actually seems to prefer S+S (Software plus Services). However you slice it, Microsoft is offering their products in several distinct flavors. First, you can get Microsoft’s server-based products on-premise. This means that you… Continue reading What is(are) Microsoft Online Services? And what is BPOS?

Making SharePoint Accessible, WCAG, Section 508

Microsoft, in collaboration with HiSoftware, developed and support the Accessibility Kit for SharePoint® (AKS) along with a partner and customer community to get you started on the road to Web accessibility with an accessible platform and framework from which to launch your SharePoint 2007 portal or intranet site. Lawrence Liu announced the availability of the… Continue reading Making SharePoint Accessible, WCAG, Section 508