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From today I will be working for a new company called " Sparked ". This company is currently one of the fastest growing IT companies on next generation web solutions based on Microsoft SharePoint Technology. With already a group of 12 highly specialist people since May 2008 we are creating innovative web solutions around Microsoft SharePoint Technology for a wide range of customers. Sparked is appointed to Information Worker Partner by Microsoft. The new world of work causes organizations...
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Bander, a friend who i have met in Dubai, has written a really great post about configuring Office SharePoint Server 2007 with Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server. I always like these great walk-throughs with pictures because it gives a clear view of how to do it. This post is especially interesting for newbies around SharePoint. Installation is something you need to know a lot about. The following posts are published by Bander: Part 1: http://i-bander.com/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=19 Part 2: http...
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I have been to the Microsoft Home at the campus in Redmon beginning this year. I was one of the lucky people from the group to get a tour through the house. Too bad it was forbidden to make any pictures, so i never blogged about it. But thanks to Paul Thurrott there is finally a blog post with pictures (Yes!!!!) of the Microsoft home. As Microsoft describes the future as follow: "Located on Microsoft Corp.'s Redmond, Wash. campus, the Microsoft Home is a concept facility that models technology...
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It seems that Microsoft IT has released a document regarding speed and optimalization with SharePoint. Especially around increasing availability and decreasing the render time of sites. As stated on the blog of Nick Mackechnie : " Microsoft IT Showcase is pleased to announce the publication of SharePoint Performance Optimization: How Microsoft IT Increases Availability and Decreases Rendering Time of SharePoint Sites , which discusses how Microsoft IT discovered opportunities to enhance SharePoint...
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Thanks to the Microsoft Enterprise Search blog I noticed a great post by Matthew McDermott . The post is actually a 4 part posting on how to make the SharePoint Search to render images in the results page. Not only does this make searching images much easier, it’s also a very thorough step-by-step tutorial on how to customize results using the built in Web Parts and XSL – it’s well worth a read. SharePoint Image Search (Part 1) SharePoint Image Search (Part 2) SharePoint Image Search (Part 3) SharePoint...
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Bander, a friend who i have met in Dubai, has written a really great post about configuring Office SharePoint Server 2007 with Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server. I always like these great walk-throughs with pictures because it gives a clear view of how to do it. This post is especially interesting for newbies around SharePoint. Installation is something you need to know a lot about. This post is part 1 of the installation. Keep an eye at his blog for the next parts to come. http://i-bander.com/Lists...
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More and more companies start using "The new world of work" as a fully new insight in their own practices and processes. Organizations understand the need to have this insight. Especially in the Netherlands it is a hot item. But not for a short time. There are a lot of parties having sessions around "The new world of work". The following sessions are free and smart to attent to (for the dutch people). Octobre 7th 2008 Qurius is organizing an event around "The new world of...
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This downloadble content contains four chapters which describes installation of windows shared services 3.0 on Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Configuration and installation from the command line. This is s must have for all you guys starting with WSS 3.0 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc288653.aspx
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Thanks to IFilters its possible to search through a variety of content within SharePoint. IFilters are plugins that allow the Windows Indexing Service and the newer Windows Desktop Search to index different various file formats so that they become searchable. Without an appropriate IFilter, contents of a file cannot be indexed. Captaris has released an IFilter especially for TIFF files. It uses full-text OCR recognition techynology to translate it to searchable content. Thanks to the blog post of...
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Microsoft has released an article regarding optimalization of MOSS content management sites for search engines. As organization to create awareness at your public and customers you need to be found in search engines. MOSS provides functionality to realise this. But still you need some extra rules to think off. As stated in the article: " Search engine optimization is the process of optimizing sites and pages for search engines to result in better relevance and ranking for the site. The standard...
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A lot of companies around the world are going through changes in their organization. Caused by changes in demands, customers and people working for them. The new world of work is a great concept which enlightens their view and helps them to go through that change. Also tools like Factor 4 and Business Productivity Infrastructure Optimalization from Microsoft will help to define the companies maturity level and steps to reach a higher level. Almost any company is based on information. Information...
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Last wednesday, Patrick Tisseghem, a great icon in the SharePoint community passed away. This is a big loss for the community. My condolecenses to his wive, children, family and friends. http://weblogs.asp.net/jan/archive/2008/09/05/patrick-tisseghem-passed-away.aspx
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Search administrators can improve the relevance and presentation of search results by carefully planning the end-user search experience. The goal of such planning is to create a search experience that enables users to quickly find the information they need. This article contains information that can help Shared Services Provider (SSP) administrators and site collection administrators optimize the end-user search experience. The first section of this article discusses: The search user interface for...
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This movie created by e3unlimited gives you a great view on how the world is changing in behaviour, people, and work. To be part of that world with your organisation you need to change together with that world. Your employees over ten years have other demands and use other ways to communicate. They are not related to your office place and need freedom to work. By closing your eyes for the future and not anticipating on the demand you could become out dated. its time to think differently. Thanks to...