Even in small organizations, lots of things happen that are too quickly forgotten. Who worked on that project last year? Where did we store the document that outlined this procedure? Didn’t the CEO tell us that we should focus on margin this quarter? One way to capture this type of activity or knowledge is through…
In Sharepoint 2003, creating custom site definitions required diving into the file system, copying obscure directories, editing XML files, etc. Now, in MOSS 2007, you can create custom site templates from the MOSS interface. Create a site using whatever out-of-the-box starting template you want. Then configure it by adding or removing whatever Web Parts you…
I saw a slideware software demo today that really impressed me. (I can’t disclose the source, as it was a confidential preview of an upcoming release.) Suffice it to say that the product will live in the the workflow space. What really got to me was how far applications like this have come. Most people…
“Look at a man’s Sharepoint sites and you will see software. Work a day in a man’s Sharepoint sites and you will know the man.” – Me (with an assist from NJB) paraphrasing someone much more quotable Don’t ever trust software for what it (or its makers, or its proponents) claim it can do. I can preach…
I finished up my first Web service today using Visual Studio 2005 and C#. As I do whenever I start with a technology that’s new to me, I turned to the Web to try to find a good example. After quite a bit of searching, I found this article to be a great starting point. It makes the…