Capturing the Current User’s Manager in MOSS Using SPServices and GetUserProfileByName

I had a question today about how to get the current user’s manager and put the value into a Person or Group column in a list. This one only works in MOSS or SharePoint Server 2010 (not WSS 3.0 or SharePoint Foundation) because the UserProfileService Web Service is only available there. The code is relatively…

Office 2007 / WSS / MOSS SP2 Is Available

I’m unlikely to unearth better details on this than good ‘ole SharePoint Joel. Check out Joel’s post for all the dirt. If, though, you’re like me and you just say “Gimme the downloads!” here are the key bits: 2007 Microsoft Office servers Service Pack 2 (x86) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=B7816D90-5FC6-4347-89B0-A80DEB27A082 2007 Microsoft Office servers Service Pack 2 (x64)…

Microsoft SharePoint “14” is now Microsoft SharePoint 2010

The official press release came out today and Tom Rizzo followed up on the Microsoft SharePoint Team Blog.  The name itself doesn’t probably mean too much (except that the MOSS acronym will no longer work – MSP2kX anyone?).  The other important piece of information in the release is the general release timeline: Exchange 2010 will…