If you are not familiar with SharePoint Saturday events, they are free community-focused SharePoint events dedicated to educating and engaging members of the local technical community.   The first ever SharePoint Saturday Toronto event is being held in Toronto on July 11th, 2009.    We are requesting everyone to register now! Join SharePoint architects, developers, and other professionals that work with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for ‘SharePoint Saturday’, on Saturday, Jul ...[Read More]

The more you use SharePoint, the more potential you see. I know because I’ve been working with it for years. You see past simple collaboration. You see workflow, document routing and approval features. You envision drastic improvements to efficiency.But as your vision take shape and your needs get more sophisticated you begin to realize that you can’t build what you want using SharePoint alone. Again, I know because I’ve been working with it for years. Grr.SharePoint Designer will carry you ...[Read More]

An In-Depth Look at Developing Mobile Applications With Mobile Entrée Custom development for SharePoint can mean many things.  Workflows, master pages, business data catalog implementations, forms services, reporting capabilities, the list goes on and on.  Since 2003, the staple of custom SharePoint applications has been the custom WebPart.  Mobile Entrée takes the WebPart concept of configurable, modular components, and extends that out to mobile devices.  Lets take a look at the similarities ...[Read More]

I'm looking forward to presenting this weekend at SharePoint Saturday Chicago on Saturday, June 13, 2009.   Schedule (PDF) Sessions Thank you Sponsors Speakers Directions   I will presenting SharePoint Branding 101, SharePoint Branding is not impossible. Why deploy a SharePoint site that looks like every other SharePoint site. Applying your corporate brand to your SharePoint site does not have to complex.  In this introductory session, we'll look at some generic SharePoint b ...[Read More]

Ever since customers have started implementing SharePoint 2007, they have had requests they wish are a part of upcoming SharePoint 2010 [out of box] features.  I asked What's on your SharePoint 2010 wishlist and our 2500+ new followers responded with the following: sharepointguide: 140 characters is nowhere near enough to answer that q :-) needs to go modular now, as a platform it is still too complex for its market selvino: About your quick question - In my opinion, MOSS need to be more ve ...[Read More]

Pity the lowly folder. SharePoint document library folders are not feeling the love from all sides. The common argument is that they promote unorganized document management, make filtering difficult, hide content, provide a rigid hierarchy, and don’t take advantage of SharePoint’s strong and flexible metadata capabilities. Folders are horrible, horrible little beasts. And you know what? The general consensus is absolutely correct. Folders are horrible, horrible little beasts. However, the ...[Read More]

SharePoint Buzz has been very fortunate to have the community support it during its recent transition from Wordpress to SharePoint 3.0 based blog - if you'd like more information transition, comment below.   This transition and site would not be possible without our friends and sponsors of SharePointBuzz: Rackspace - if you have SharePoint hosting needs, look no further! SharePoint Mobile Entrée - the Mobile Application Framework for SharePoint SharePoint Ads - graciously serving ads foc ...[Read More]

I will be part of the Quick Hits group at the Toronto SharePoint User Group meeting today.  Besides myself, there will be others who will present short 15 minutes on their topic of choice.  I will be presenting on: SharePoint Branding - From Vision to Design:  In this short presentation, I will discuss tools of the trade, besides SharePoint Designer, as well as issues you might face when designing, developing and branding your company's brand on SharePoint. I will also providing informati ...[Read More]

This article will provide an introduction to Mobile Entrée which is the first ever SharePoint mobile application framework. As we all know, SharePoint is quickly becoming the backbone to the Microsoft Enterprise. This single collaboration utility has grown to become a $1 billion-a-year product for Microsoft. Thousands of companies are earning millions of dollars developing custom software solutions for their customers that integrate within the SharePoint architecture. There is, however, no ...[Read More]

I have the opportunity to speak at the next SharePoint Technology Conference; being held at the Hyatt Regency Cambridge (Boston) hotel this June 22-24, 2009.  As I present more and more in the United States, I  look forward to speaking at my first SPTech Conference. I hear the conference was a great success last year! I will be delivering the following session at SPTech conference: Wednesday, June 24, 2:30pm - 3:45pmSharePoint Branding 101SharePoint Branding is not impossible. Why deploy a ...[Read More]