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July 2006 - Posts

• Browser support in WSS v3

  On the Sharepoint team blog, Troy Starr (one of the testers on the WSS Team) blogged about the added browser support in the upcoming version of WSS. It's a very good article to read, especially if you are considering using WCM (in MOSS) and want to know Read More... Posted Thursday, July 20, 2006 7:47 AM by Porint | 0 Comments Filed under: Office System 2007

• Need Sharepoint Training Resources?

  Arpan Shah has put up a list on his blog with 10 steps on how to get you up to speed with Sharepoint Technology. Click here In his list he refers to a few clinics which are offered as a ILT course; our company is offering these courses. Look at this page Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 18, 2006 7:27 AM by Porint | 0 Comments Filed under: Office System 2007

• Upgrade possibilities if you have deployed a Beta 2 WSS v3 or Sharepoint Server

  If you are testing a Beta 2 version of WSS v3 or Sharepoint Server you cannot upgrade it directly to RTM (when RTM is released). You will need to upgrade to Beta 2 Technical Refresh first (The B2TR is going to be released pretty soon). Read the Sharepoint Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 18, 2006 7:22 AM by Porint | 1 Comments Filed under: SharePoint Portal Server, Office System 2007

• Office "Silver" skin

  Jensen Harris just put online official screenshots of _another_ beautiful skin for the Office 2k7 client applications. It is called silver and to quote Jensen: “This color scheme was designed to provide a very neutral canvas on which to do your Read More... Posted Monday, July 17, 2006 9:02 PM by Porint | 0 Comments Filed under: Office, Office System 2007

• Visual Studio 2003 SP1 release date announced

  Lee Coward (what's in a name..) announced today the release date for the Visual Studio 2003 Service Pack 1. It's going to be available for download from the 15th of August. Update 16-08-06: it's here! click Read More... Posted Monday, July 17, 2006 8:31 PM by Porint | 0 Comments Filed under: General .NET Development

• Office Web Components "RoadMap"

  When I came back from the TTT event in Paris I blogged about OWC being discontinued. Today, The excel team put up a blog posting about the future of OWC in the new Office timeframe. It is still not being shipped with Office 2007, but it will be supported Read More... Posted Monday, July 17, 2006 8:26 PM by Porint | 0 Comments Filed under: Office System 2007

• What if you cannot find a feature in Word 2007?

  Then you might want to use this beautiful flashmovie! It allows you to select the desired feature in the Word 2003 interface, from there it shows you where you can find it in Word 2007. Click here Read More... Posted Thursday, July 13, 2006 2:57 PM by Porint | 2 Comments Filed under: Office System 2007

• Custom resolutions with RDP

  Ever wanted to connect with RDP but use a custom resolution? This article tells you how: click In a nutshell: Edit the .rdp file with notepad. Note: While typing this blogpost I am listening / viewing NASA TV and just overheard one of the astronauts saying: Read More... Posted Monday, July 10, 2006 8:43 PM by Porint | 1 Comments

• BizTalk 2006 User documentation update

  The guys in Redmond updated the BizTalk 2006 documentation! Core documentation can be downloaded here: click Installation, upgrade and configuration guides : click And last but not least: New code samples : click Read More... Posted Monday, July 10, 2006 9:32 AM by Porint | 0 Comments Filed under: BizTalk

• Workflow developer starter kit for WSS v3 And VSTO InfoPath 2007 Beta Support

  If you want to start creating your custom workflows in WSS v3, download the Workflow developer starter kit from Microsoft here: click here And if you want to create Infopath 2007 forms you need to download this VSTO Update: click here Read More... Posted Friday, July 07, 2006 1:23 PM by Porint | 0 Comments Filed under: Office System 2007

• InfoPath 2007 and Sharepoint Developer roadmap posters

  Microsoft released two developer posters for you, so put them on the wall above your bed :-) One poster contains the Managed (!) object model of InfoPath 2007, the other one shows the developer roadmap for Sharepoint products and technologies. Download Read More... Posted Friday, July 07, 2006 1:18 PM by Porint | 0 Comments Filed under: General .NET Development, Office System 2007

• ODF Support announced for Office 2007

  From Brian Jones blog : “Today we are announcing the creation of the Open XML Translator project that will help translate between the Office Open XML formats and the OpenDocument format. ...” Microsoft is supporting a Translator project which Read More... Posted Thursday, July 06, 2006 11:14 AM by Porint | 0 Comments Filed under: Office System 2007