Role-Based Templates for SharePoint My Sites

you can download the template for role base site
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8248ab85-3ef7-4dd2-a5a6-2615683f6f6d&DisplayLang=en

How bill gate use MOSS

Bill gate tells how sharepoint is helping in getting best ideas out from employees.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102402071033.aspx

Taxonomy/Tagging Starter Kit for SharePoint Server

Taxonomy based tagging is provided in the kit described below.

http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2007/01/22/taxonomy-tagging-starter-kit-for-sharepoint-server.aspx

STSADM: Out of Memory issue in PublishAllItems

This is known issue when '-includesubsites' operator is used.
Latest version resolve same.

MOSS Governance

MOSS provide so much that proper Governance is needed to utilise it fully.
Read more here
http://www.intranetjournal.com/articles/200611/ij_11_27_06a.html

Ldap Authentication

the sample file for configration are available here
http://blogs.msdn.com/selvagan/archive/2008/01/26/form-based-authentication-sample-code.aspx

Moss IIS Dynamic compression not recomended.

For performance reasons static compression can be used in MOSS but dynamic compression is not suggested. read more here http://blogs.msdn.com/joelo/archive/2006/07/19/671789.aspx

Forms Authentication

After creating extending application you will need to add the user in extended application from base application accessible via windows application.
http://www.simple-talk.com/dotnet/windows-forms/configuring-forms-authentication-in-sharepoint-2007/

MOSS is XHTML compliant.

Be cautious before recomending....Office SharePoint Server, by default, is not XHTML compliant
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727371.aspx

Form and windows Authentication

An extended application need to be created for extranet giving authentication by SQL database.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb975135.aspx

SharePoint Silverlight Browser

TrippleWood : A SharePoint Silverlight Web Part which displays SharePoint Documents and Pictures in a rich Silverlight flow control.
http://www.triplewood.com/triplewood/html/SharePoint2007.aspx

DoD 5015.2 Certified

:) MOSS is now DoD 5015.2 Certified.
http://blogs.msdn.com/ecm/archive/2007/05/30/microsoft-office-sharepoint-server-2007-is-dod-5015-2-certified.aspx

Performance Measurement for SharePoint

One of the critical information needed to speed up the MOss is finding out the slow subsets. Its very tough to get the granular performance metrics. here is one tool which helps.

http://www.binarywave.com/blogs/eshupps/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=93

21 feb 2007

Top Sharepoint commercial products

Why third party sharepoint
component?

Component development is fiercly competative area where not all provider understand the myraid ways a requirement is translated in application. Check out very carefully before finalizing one perticular supplier.

• Quicker development time.
• enterpise standard are enforced
• ease of use.
• features of component
• track record of the provider company in terms of continuity of the company
• user interface provided by the component
• lower maintainance cost
• low margin of error
• Cross browser support is very important
• support provided by the compnay in terms of sample code etc.
• XML output that is rendered using developer-defined XSLT and CSS
• provide sophisticated sets of personalised and contextual properties.
• integrated menus
• support to integrate with other enterprise tagging tools
• extensiblity
• flexiblity
• web service interface
• inteface to integrate with other webpart
• Web service interface
• interaction with users of other site
  

Dungas chart for sharepoint

if you are looking for charts, Dungas are best. Some of the graphs type included are
Renko,
Kagi,
Point and Figure,
3 Line Break,
Radar,
Range Column,
Spline Range,
Gantt,
Box,
Error Bar Chart,
Fast Line Charts,
Polar Charts,
Pyramid Charts and Funnel Charts
The charts have over 508 Accessibility Compliance.
Dungas application are known for the smooth user inteface, lower margin of error, quicker development time.
http://www.dundas.com/Products/Chart/SharePoint/index.aspx

KWizCom Tagging feature

Buyer can avail this in both bundels wss and moss. Autocomplete is one feature which helps end user a lot. The tag cloud can be viewd in index view too along with regular clould view. New tags are added to list automatically. This works with IE and firefox so is cross browser compatible. if allowed ananymous user can also tag item and we can tag from word too. The repository of the tag is one centralised for whole organization. Last but not the least you can recieve email notification based on tags too.
http://www.kwizcom.com/ProductPage.asp?ProductId=517&ProductsubnodeId=518

Integrity Webpart Bamboosolutions

List will not longer be contrainst in terms of primary foreign key. Do you want to implement realtionship in list. Some of the feature provided by bamboosolutions are..

• establish primary foreign key ralationships
• cascading delete on master item

http://store.bamboosolutions.com/ps-5-5-list-integrity-web-part-release-20.aspx

Digital time-stamping of sharepoint Data

Imagine a digital time-stamping of the data with long-lasting, objective proof of the time, date and content integrity of their electronic records. If this altered at any stage in the business process, if the data is changed, they are identified ensuring the regulatory and legal defensibility of electronic records within the SharePoint platform.. read more here

Work flow (K2) K2.com

If you need a serate server for workflow i.e. I mean the requirement to extend workflow is significant K2 blackpoint is one of the solution. http://www.k2workflow.com/solutions/collaboration/sharepoint.aspx
It comes with built in report. Yes The process between sites and sever can also be managed by same. k2 Black perl is enterprise version with more rich feature.

Group Email Web Part BambooSolution

Sometime the administrators need to send bulk emails to all users. Group Email Web Part helps in achiving same. other key feature of the web part are

• Sending mail to perticular list.
• utilises exsisting templates
• Filters via specific view

http://store.bamboosolutions.com/ps-40-2-group-email-web-part.aspx

Product: Scanning Enabler (darkblueduck)

Scaning Enabler is product from DarblueDuck.com. The main feature of the product is to scan the documents and save the images in the sharepoiint. This can be used extensively by hospitals, leagal matter. 100% sharepoint based technology. Meta tags can be inserted along with barcodes etc.
http://www.darkblueduck.com/Products/ScanningEnablerWSS.aspx

Digital time-stamping of sharepoint Data

Imagine a digital time-stamping of the data with long-lasting, objective proof of the time, date and content integrity of their electronic records. If this altered at any stage in the business process, if the data is changed, they are identified ensuring the regulatory and legal defensibility of electronic records within the SharePoint platform.. read more here

6 jan 2008

Sharepoint logging Spy

Realy nice tool

Sharepoint Logging Spy is a real time diagnostic application for MOSS 2007 which allows a sharepoint administrator to view (and save to disk) the ULS Log & Event log entries from multiple machines in a sharepoint farm through a single console. NOTE - There is a known issue with Event Log Entries not being displayed from remote machines. Sharepoint Logging Spy also allows the administrator to view the historic ULS logs on the farm using the same interface.


http://www.codeplex.com/sharepointloggingspy

Community Server for sharepoint

Features and capabilities of CommunityServer on Sharepoint plateform
http://sharepointworks.com/pages/css.aspx

Workflow with infopath thin client support(/www.captaris.com)

Captaris workflow works with infopath, support thin client and based on sharepoint object model. This is pure extention of MOSS way of embracing workflow. Even reports are now supported in the workflow. http://www.captaris.com/workflow/index.html

Tagging :TMCore SharePoint Module

Key Features:

• Navigate and search based on classification
• Ontology can be chnaged without impacting the running system
• Extention point to integrate info from other system
• ISO standard topic maps
• Search knowlege not content

http://www.networkedplanet.com/products/sharepointmodule/

Sharepoint, WebSphere , asp.net, Java integration

Mainsoft has come with a concept where multiple technologies can live side by side. and this is all not through web service. Some of the key features are

• Security: Role based security between all different application servers
• Workflows: simple and integrated.
• Navigation: unified and integrated

http://www.mainsoft.com/products/vmw_wps.aspx

SharePoint Explorer for WSS3

Lars wondeerful tool for exploring the MOSS
http://blog.mondosoft.com/ontolica/archive/2007/02/15/SharePoint-Explorer-for-WSS3.aspx

MOSS Theme generator

Very, very nice tool. Light weight and extremly easy to use.
http://www.elumenotion.com/Blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=4

MOSS SharePoint CSS registration :

Even if you register the CSS files in different order ... they are included in alphabetical order. Common class may give un expected result if this is not taken in account.

Sharepoint history

Really intresting.
Joel Oleson has put together the history of sharepoint.
http://blogs.msdn.com/joelo/archive/2007/12/28/7-years-of-sharepoint-a-history-lesson.aspx

Integrating Web Communicator

Microsoft Office Communicator Web Access (2007) Authentication Guide is released.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb969632.aspx

What is SharePoint?

The beta version of microsoft sharepoint shows that the work flow foundation is supported !!