March 2011
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How to configure SharePoint Foundation 2010 email...
To be honest I still can’t understand the branding Microsoft is making for their online services: BPOS or business productivity online standard, Microsoft Online Services and Office 365, (I will call them MSCloud). I guess “All roads lead to Rome”… right?
Problem definition
Our corporate email platform is Exchange Online, a MSCloud service.
Our SharePoint (SP) servers are cloud based...
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Business Opportunity for SharePoint PROs
Originally posted @ NothingButSharePoint.com -Title and some typos are edited in this version.
This article is for any SharePointer looking for business opportunities. It’s not for developers looking for code or power users looking for tips.
A few days ago I participated, as an attendee, in the O’Reilly TOC (tools of change for publishing) Conference. I had high hopes of hearing the word...
January 2011
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Trends that could affect us all
Originally posted at nothingbutsharepoint.com
Can you think of some services or gadgets that changed your perception about the future of technology?
I don’t think the Web is dead but I think it is evolving to its next persona. This article from Wired magazine made me believe that I’m not alone: The Web is Dead.
Do you know why having browser based applications is better than desktop...
November 2010
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Collaboration and enterprise social networking
After a few interesting meetings I come to realize that the concept of collaboration and Enterprise Social Networking (ESN) can be confusing.
In my opinion, social networking tools should enable the negotiation of common interests between individuals. It is a system based on allowing each user to win by relating with others. The system works well because each user understands that tolerance is...
October 2010
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Current trends and SharePoint
Can you find a relationship between what Apple does and SharePoint?
I think the relationship exists in terms of strategy.
Note: When I talk about PC I mean Windows, Mac and other OSs.
During the past event where Steve Jobs launched the new MacBook Air he said a couple of important things: he believes that the new computers are the future and Apple will release a version of the App Store for...
September 2010
2 posts
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Your customer is always right: that is good for...
The customer is always right. Therefore I must think that for some customers a Web site is a source of problems.
I’m having a customer that is willing to change their hosting provider to another one that uses very old technology and holds a lot of security issues. What’s the rationale?
That hosting provider doesn’t offer any authentication method, is static HTML and is...
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B4contact
Today I published B4Contact’s new site. It is an important change for me and I wanted to share it with you.
B4Contact started working for the Slovenian market at the end of the year 2003. Since then a group of young and enthusiastic persons pushed B4Contact to achieve wonderful results. From Piflar multimedia portal, Prazniki.net Christmas competition to the Open Windows campaign for...
July 2010
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SharePoint Foundation 2010 for Test environment
If you are thinking on learning about SharePoint 2010 you probably wish to have a Test environment. For that you will need to define your requirements but so far I understand that for learning purposes the following would sufice:
Single Server installation (DB and SharePoint in the same server)
SharePoint Foundation2010 (replaces Windows SharePoint Services 3.0)
SharePoint comes with it own DB,...
May 2010
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Joel Oleson's SharePoint books selection →
March 2010
2 posts
The future of the browser
If I’m right this post holds between its lines what could be terrible news for companies as Microsoft and Google.
The Web browser and the email client where the king applications we used to experience the Internet and Web. That increased the importance of Web developers and Web designers.
So far the big majority of Company Web sites aren’t valuable et all. Companies are not receiving...
A new era is in formation. Will you participate? →
February 2010
4 posts
WatchA clue about how to drive more traffic to your Web site or Blog.
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SharePoint templates
Imagine building a SharePoint Site for managing a book collection. You would need that Site to store information about: books, authors, publishers, storage locations and meta data (search criteria).
After you finish designing the Site you will start using it and of course you will discover things to improve. SharePoint will make it easy to implement changes.
Now that your Site is a success you...
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January 2010
3 posts
How can SharePoint help you?
SharePoint can help you in the following scenarios:
You need to set a place where to share and manage information within your company. (Intranet)
You need to share information with people from outside of your company. Let’s say a service provider or a customer.(Extranet)
You need to publish a Web site to the internet (public Web site)
SharePoint technologies are the foundation for an...
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What is SharePoint?
SharePoint is a technology that help Web developers to create powerful Intranet sites and public Web sites.
SharePoint includes many services that will help your public Web site and Intranet to be secure, interactive and very useful. It is a good solution for SMBs because those services are already developed and that can save time for building your site.
Intranet: It is a private Web site. A...