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Monday, April 23, 2012

Three Important Points For Sharepoint 2013 To Learn From Competitors

SharePoint developers’ wonder where SharePoint 2013 will exist in the year 2013, how would it look & function or will it be a better product than its competitors have launched. All these questions can be answered by none other than the Microsoft people with very strict NDAs. After using SharePoint 2010 SharePoint developers expect a little more from Microsoft. Well but what direction Microsoft goes is also a big question. But it doesn’t stop the speculation of SharePoint developers. Let us see 3 important points that SharePoint 2013 should take into consideration from its rival products. These points will give better results for SharePoint customization and development.
  1. Better integration with external (social) platforms: While seeing SharePoint 2010 development developers are pulled in data from external systems by using various methods. They can use external lists, custom codes or specific web parts if needed. But looking at world famous social platforms like Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, SharePoint 2013 needs to learn from them and can improve the way it talks to other platforms. Twitter is the one who leads in this matter because it integrates into a wide number of other sites and apps including your iPhone. While Facebook is still trying to do its best and looking at its success of making itself the defector authentication method on web. Considering improvement prime area should be SharePoint My Sites. This site has so much more potential and is not exploited that much.
  2. Drop box style document management: When we talk of document management system then SharePoint 2010 is best at it. It is core strength of this product. But we have never seen document libraries used consistently by SharePoint developers for mapping to network drives. Thus to get documents into SharePoint is due to its success as DMS. Mapped drives make it easy, but needs sorting out a bit. So we expect some changes in SP2013 with Drop box style apps for whole host of platforms including at least Windows, Mac, iOS and Android. By this style each application would be installed on the appropriate platform and will be connecting for SharePoint Implementation. Of course, user is free to select site and document library as per his wish and those would be created as folders on their file system. Those documents which are dropped into folder will automatically synced to relevant library in SharePoint.
  3. Better Integration of emails: Some clients wish to sync their Outlook Inbox with SharePoint library. SharePoint developers can do this by number of ways of doing something close to it but not a perfect output. Thus you will find internal messaging systems in most social platforms including Facebook. They also give their users to give up on email altogether and stay inside Facebook to send the messages. Similar is the case with Huddle which has introduced a new feature by allowing the users of zimbra to connect directly to their site from within their email client. So SP 2013 needs to do similar with Outlook and Exchange. They do have some degree of integration but doesn’t go far enough. So should opt for building a version of Outlook webmail directly into SharePoint 2013. Further should be made a part of mysite and let users to file content directly into libraries and lists.

Monday, April 16, 2012

Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007 – Technical Notes

By: Clint Jhonson
Hosted Sharepoint 2007 is a newly developed platform that enables a company to centralize all of its activities into one web-based application. The advantages of this choice are numerous, ranging from improved communication to enterprise content management.

The creator of the hosted Sharepoint 2007, as well as of all its predecessors, is the most developed company for computer software in the business: Microsoft. The purpose of this development is to simplify the activities as well as improve the control over them.

Basically, the hosted Sharepoint 2007 is a multitude of websites, wikis, blogs, and many other applications that can be accessed within a browser. Wikis are web pages that can be accessed and the content modified using just a simple mark-up language. The blog is a website that contains regular commentaries or event descriptions, usually displayed in reverse chronological order.

The functionality of hosted Sharepoint 2007 is exposed as task lists or discussion panes, also known as web parts. These web parts consist of web pages that are later hosted in the Sharepoint portal. The sites found on Sharepoint are usually ASP.NET applications.

One of the most important parts of Sharepoint is the Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007. It runs on Windows Sharepoint Services and is meant to improve it, by adding to the core features new ones, such as the web parts mentioned earlier.

The Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007 is the one that provides the opportunity to centralize the activities of a company into a single web-based application. It also provides taxonomy for the corporate data. For those who don’t know what taxonomy is, this consists of the science and practice of classification.

Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007 facilitates the close interaction with other Office applications. The added features include enhanced navigation, hierarchical organization of certain content areas, personalization options, indexed search, Single Sign On – which authenticates users in order to gain control over data –, in-browser rendering and many others.

With the Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007 a user can create document-specific libraries that will provide faster access to the needed data. The close relation between the Sharepoint Server and other Office applications is also shown by the fact that you can even edit documents within the browser.

The Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007 has a lot of improvements when compared to its predecessors. With this infrastructure you will benefit from more specialized document and records management, enterprise and web content management, enterprise search and others. The content that is found here can also be taken offline with the help of Outlook and Access.

These are just a few of the features and advantages that this application can provide for a company. If you want to know more information regarding Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007, be sure to visit the website hostedex.com.

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Even though the details presented here are few, there is no doubt that if you were to choose hosted Sharepoint 2007 for your company, the activities would be significantly improved. The website mentioned afore will shed some light over any questions you may have regarding Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007.
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Creating Applications Using Sharepoint

By: Elena Gredasova
I. Introduction

Clients often contact us with the need for Corporate Portal or Website. Usage of Microsoft SharePoint platform is one of the easiest and convenient ways to solve their tasks. In the article I’ll try to briefly describe the powerful tool for creating the similar solutions.
Microsoft SharePoint is a web-oriented platform for collaboration and documents management. The solution can be used to create different web-sites with shared documents or dedicated applications (i.e. Wiki, blogs, forums). SharePoint functionality is presented to the User by control elements that display the data which can also be edited. Such webparts are placed on pages which in turn are placed on the Portal and are available to the User via browser.
SharePoint is presented in two main products:
- Windows SharePoint Services;
- Microsoft Office SharePoint Server.
1.1 Windows SharePoint Services
Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) – is a platform for deployment and content management by Microsoft. WSS has the following features:
- is a basis of files and folders;
- gives basic option for information search;
- gives content management system;
- management of access rights definition;
- gives an option for webpart extension.
After the application deployment the standart or customized webparts can be used. Blogs, private address books, documents store websites, internet shops, news websites, pages with audio and video players can be easily created with the help of the applications. All the above functionality can also be combined on the single portal. Our developers can alter any website component per your requirments.
The Lists can be set up to display various document types in different views as per the User's specific tasks. Microsoft SQL Server is used as DBMS for applications based on SharePoint.
1.2 Microsoft Office SharePoint Server
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) is the best component for integration SharePoint functionality into MS Office applications. It expands Windows SharePoint Services with new options. If a document have to be saved as parts of web-applications, the solution to use is MOSS. Client Office applications (including Word, Excel, Outlook, InfoPath) can be easily used in composition of Corporate solutions, build on SharePoint. All MOSS functions can be extended by our developers for a wide range of products realization: from the simple web-panels to the complex web-applications.
2. SharePoint advantages
SharePoint products and technologies give the wide range of advantages not only for developers, but also for separate users and organizations of any level:
- Full functionality of the portal right after the installation
All SharePoint Server options are available right after the installation. Though the set of Server options is wider and includes news, catalogues, topic areas, private web-sites- "my site", supposed audience selection, tools for searching and viewing employees, work groups and information as well as web-sites creation that gives the necessary structure for building a single workspace. SharePoint is based on Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services, that is why tools of Windows SharePoint Services for co-working will be available at once.
- Performance and scalability
SharePoint Server supposes the following flexible means of deployment that provides distributed structure and optimal work of the portal: SharePoint supports server farms creation with distributed task servers, database severs, search option and option of indexation by different external services. Shared Services could provide from the single center and employ on the several portal farms the services like search or support of private web-sites. Besides SharePoint Server can serve up to 1,000,000 Users simultaneously registered in Active Directory, and it has capacity of 250 pages per second.
- Private sites ("My sites" section)
Private site is a site which may have a private view where User stores data inaccessable to others, i.e. unfinished documents, private pieces of news and weblinks; and a general view where data for other Users is stored, i.e. presentations or finished reports. Information in the general view of private sites can be indexed by Administrator with the help of catalogue services, i.e. Active Directory, which provides Users with an option to search for the information and examples to help them complete their tasks, within all the company.
Single signon system
Singe signon allows the users to receive personal data from any system part with just a single login to the system. When Users login the portal, SharePoint saves User data in a secure place. When the portal applications require information from other business-applications, i.e. system of planning company resourses, CRM system of third-party providers, SharePoint uses User data with verifying them in Active Directory. So the User doesn’t need to login into external business-application.
- Flexibility, personalization, adaptation of web-component based pages.
SharePoint provides additional web-components and flexible means of their management, which allow Users to set up portal pages in the necessary way with simple drag-and-drop of the components to the page. In Microsoft Office FrontPage there is a complete support of web-components and web-component based pages including adding, editing and setting up of web-components, web-components zone and differents web-component pages;
- Subject parts
SharePoint provides for subject sorting, which is highly intuitive when searching for survey of random data from documents and people information to web-sites on base of Windows. A document or link can be refered to several subjects, subject parts may contain documents stored in SharePoint, as well as links to the information from outher sources. Management policy has hierarchical distributed structure that allows experts in this field to create and maintain the most favourable parts.
- Active Directory untegration with Microsoft Office products
SharePoint scan through Active Directory catalogues, gathering User data. Users can manage information about them in the portal and get alerts when other Users publish or change information.
SharePoint makes Users’ work more comfortable regardless of the application they use. The User can create and maintain web-sites, i.e. website of the document working area, add news and events to SharePoint web-sites on the portal and get alerts with the help of web-browser.
- Search
SharePoint allows Users to search by key words in the whole text and in the document properties. Users can search for not only the information, but also other people, work groups and web-sites of the portal.
- Key features of Windows SharePoint Services
Private websites, workgroup websites and subject areas of the SharePoint portal has all the features of Windows SharePoint Services document libraries, supporting version alert, simple routing and confirmation mechanism. Users can check in and check out documents or return to previous document versions using their usual applications.
SharePoint provides a wide range of calendar events, addvertisemnets, links, tasks and also an option to define new lists (which serves as a flexible tool for different tasks solving). Additionally SharePoint provides with web-sites creation, uses meeting web-sites and document workspace right from the applications of Microsoft Office group. The websites created with the help of checked templates make it easier to conduct discussion and meetings, improving co-working of the work groups and companies.
Besides SharePoint provides a list of additional facilities:
- Has a custom design option;
- Has an option of IE, FireFox, Safari, Opera browsers usage;
- Has wide options of User rights distribution;
- Has a high safety level of the data transfer.
3. Creating applications using SharePoint
Process of web-application development using SharePoint is similar to the process of application development using more traditional means (i.e. PHP). Nevertheless, product development stage goes much faster and as a result cheaper to the Client.
Simplified process of web-applications creation with the use of SharePoint can be given with the following set of actions:
- SharePoint deployment and web-site creation by default;
- After Windows SharePoint Services deployment the web-site is created by default;
- Web-sites collection for the application with a template is created by default;
- Then there is a creation of the necessary types, lists and user groups;
- User rights are defined for the lists. The full safety of User information is provided.
- Necessary application components (i.e. wikis, blogs, calendars, etc.) are added and set up.
- Web-site interface is setup per Client’s wishes.

Using the action sequence, our developers can shortly create web-applications starting from Corporate web-sites to internet-portals with wide functionality.
Note: SharePoint is a powerful tool which enables creation of web-sites and a big number of applications that use web-interface.
In the next chapter the process of creation of the specific web-application using SharePoint (documents circulation) will be described.

You can read next chapter on the blog of Enterra company http://techzone.enterra-inc.com
Feel free to visit the website of software development company Enterra http://www.enterra-inc.com
and contact me directly if you have any question elena.gredasova@enterra-inc.com
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Saturday, April 14, 2012

This is a DoFollow Blog on SharePoint

My blog is now a DoFollow Blog on SharePoint.

I converted my Blogspot blog from NoFollow to DoFollow.

There are many reasons why I converted my blog from nofollow to dofollow. The major benefit of a Dofollow Blog is that when you comment on it, you get a Backlink to your blog and I hope you already know what backlinks are.

Friday, April 13, 2012

Installing SharePoint Server 2010 on Windows 7 x64

Introduction

This post is targeted towards understanding workaround for installation of SharePoint Server 2010 on Windows 7 X64 machine. The procedure remains the same for installing SharePoint Foundation 2010 as well. This will save a lot of hassle and cost on hardware/software as dual boot to load Windows Server 2008 is not needed.

P.S. If you looking for article on installation of WSS v3 / MOSS 2007 on your client OS, you had to use all undocumented tips and tricks.



There is also a tool from Bamboo Solutions which makes life easier.

SharePoint Server 2010 is not directly supported on Windows 7, there is a modifying to be done to config file to run the installation without any error.

Requirements
  • Process Explorer (Download)
  • SharePoint Server 2010 installer
  • Windows 7 x64 as OS
Installation

If you try to install SharePoint on Win 7 OS you'll get the following error when trying to install SharePoint.




Does this means the product is not supported by Windows 7? It's not the case. You need to tweak config file to make it compatible. The challenge is to find the location where the setup is running from. Start up Process Explorer while the installer splash screen is running and you'll see the following:




So it seems that the installer was unpacked in C:\Program Files (x86)\MSECache\oserver2010. You can browse to that directory now.
  • Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\MSECache\oserver2010
  • Go to the Files folder
  • Go to the Setup folder
  • Open config.xml
  • Add the following line before the closing </configuration> tag
<Setting Id="AllowWindowsClientInstall" Value="True"/>

Once you've modified the config file, you'll be able to install SharePoint Server 2010 on your Windows 7 OS.

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007 – the Basics

What is Sharepoint? A rough explanation would be a platform used for document management developed by the computer software giant Microsoft. The main use for it is for hosting websites that can be used for access of shared documents and workplaces. Other applications can also be accessed through it, among which we can name blogs and wikis, as well as others from within a browser.

The word Sharepoint commonly makes reference to either Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007 or Windows Sharepoint Services. There are many other applications that can be related to the Sharepoint family, but mainly the term refers to these two.

In order to understand I should explain what both the Sharepoint Server 2007 and the Sharepoint Services mean. The second one is a free add-on for Windows Server which can provide the base collaborative infrastructure because it supports the editing of documents based on HTTP and HTTPS.

Other advantages of the Windows Sharepoint Services include the organization of documents in specific libraries facilitating their access, wikis and blogs. You can also embed web parts into Sharepoint pages in order to improve the functionality for the users. Among them we can name alerts, discussion boards, to-do lists, workflows and many others.

This brings us to the topic at hand: Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007. A component of the Microsoft Office server suite, this is built on the Windows Sharepoint Services and adds more functionality to it. Better document management, navigation features, enterprise search are just some of the numerous advantages the Sharepoint Server 2007 presents for its beneficiaries.

These products appeal to companies and businesses in particular that conducts numerous daily activities. They provide the much needed control through user friendly interfaced software. In order to benefit from all of these platforms and applications, you have to choose a web host.

Once you have chosen your host, you will be able to share the information using the largest infrastructure available on the planet: the internet. The hosted Sharepoint 2007 applications will give a CEO access to the activities undertaken at each moment in the company.

The hosted Sharepoint 2007 applications also improve the collaboration between various departments of your company. They will conduct daily activities much faster than before, saving your company’s time and money, an essential part of business.

The host for these services should be chosen with great care. The best choice would be of a company that has experience and has hosted Sharepoint 2007 applications throughout its activity. Another important factor would be the provided support.

If you are interested in such a company and have trouble finding it, be sure to visit the website hostedex.com. Here you will find a team that has experience and provides great support for the hosted Sharepoint 2007 applications in its activity.

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Bottom line is that the Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007 is a must have for any large company. Choosing it and a reliable company that has hosted Sharepoint 2007 in its activity will improve the overall productivity of your business.
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Thursday, March 15, 2012

How to Uninstall McAfee Security for Microsoft SharePoint Instantly and Effectively

By: Tina Ellis
Why you need to Uninstall McAfee Security for Microsoft SharePoint?
Are you feeling frustrated by finding the answer of how to uninstall McAfee Security for Microsoft SharePoint? Due to its high- engineered and good quality detection technology, McAfee Security for Microsoft SharePoint has become one of the most popular virus removal tools. It is designed to provide you with absolutely reliable, efficient and professional methods to safely and quickly scan and remove viruses and spyware from your PC, forcibly keep spyware and viruses at bay, and effectively stop unsolicited and virus-infected emails from spreading across various systems. Although McAfee Security for Microsoft SharePoint is quite beneficial for your PC, due to certain reasons, you may want to uninstall McAfee Security for Microsoft SharePoint from your system.
How to Uninstall McAfee Security for Microsoft SharePoint in Windows XP operating system?
To uninstall McAfee Security for Microsoft SharePoint from your Windows XP operating system, perform the following steps:
  1. Run the Start menu, and then go to Control Panel.
  2. In the Control Panel, double-click on the Add or Remove Programs.
  3. Scroll through the list displayed in the Add or Remove Programs box and select one of the Symantec, Norton, or Live Update options listed.
  4. Select the Remove or Change/Remove button to start the uninstall process.
  5. Repeat the process for related entries included in the list.
  6. Exit the Add or Remove Programs option and restart your computer if it does not restart automatically.
  7. Search for and remove all Symantec and Norton folders from your system.
How to Uninstall McAfee Security for Microsoft SharePoint with Only One Click?
Due to the fact that the technology of McAfee Security for Microsoft SharePoint is so complicated, to remove McAfee Security for Microsoft SharePoint directly from the system is not an easy task. Even if you are a computer professional, to clean the leftovers of the removal process of McAfee Security for Microsoft SharePoint proves to be very dangerous. If you want to uninstall McAfee Security for Microsoft SharePoint within few clicks, I highly recommend you to install the best uninstall tool to safely and easily uninstall McAfee Security for Microsoft SharePoint.
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