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My Silverlight & MOSS Session – Download the Presentations

Hi, I got a lot of requests for posting my Silverlight & MOSS presentations from the session we had last month. I've added some more info in the slides so that you can go even deeper (especially the .Net developers) when you go over them now. Well, what are you waiting? Go and Light up the MOSS!!! Links: http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/files/folders/222803/download.aspx http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/files/folders/222799/download.aspx Bye, Adir Ron. P.S. – All of the demos are already published...

Light up The MOSS: Silverlight and SharePoint

How To: SharePoint API on Non SharePoint machine

Hi, Yesterday, I had a customer that queried me about using the SharePoint API from a non-SharePoint machine. A fairly legitimate question. From the developer's perspective, SharePoint contains many capabilities and libraries that could be used in applications outside the SharePoint world. In our scenario, the customer created a Silverlight application on a different web server and wanted to retrieve personal user data stored in one of the HR MOSS Lists. The solution in this case is very straight...

My Upgrade Solutions using MOSS 2007 Enhancements Session

Hi, Just finished the Session of using MOSS 2007 Enhancements Session. This session covered most of the Codeplex/Microsoft solutions dedicated to the MOSS 2007 enviroment. I already got a lot of requests so I'm attaching it to this blog. Can also be downloaded here if you can't download it form the blog itself. Use it wisely J Bye, Adir

Light Up The MOSS: My Silverlight and SharePoint session

Hi, Yesterday, I gave a session in the Israeli Office User Group about Silverlight & SharePoint integration. I have to say that the feedback was AMAZING. I'm attaching the Session's presentation: "Light Up The MOSS" so you can download and go over the links. By the way: A full day about Silverlight & MOSS is planned for January. It'll be very comprehensive and much more low level than the User Group. It'll be on the Events section of Microsoft very soon but for now...

MOSS Full Template Code for Content Migration (and a word about Language limitations)

Hi, Just a little something that can help the poor guys that had to use Export/Import or Content Migration methods instead of the straight-forward and hassle-free Backup/Restore. As you may have noticed, Content Migration features around WSS Sites some major limitations. The two large one you should remember are that Content Migration an only import data from sites that consist of the same language as the entire target site collection and are using the same site template . That means that even if...

Integration with SharePoint help – Can we do it?

Hi, It's been a while since I posted. As you may imagine, August/September are not popular months to spend in the office (or in the Office Server). However, I'm back and packed with loads of new information. This post will address a very hot issue in MOSS – how to customize the SharePoint Help? When you think about it, everything else in SharePoint is fully customizable. It would be fair to assume that a customized portal needs many changes in the Help section to document the branded features...

Convert Word to PDF inside a MOSS Workflow

Hi, MOSS Workflows are great for Document Management process. There are many OOTB DMS templates in MOSS and you could leverage those activities with SharePoint Designer. I had a customer that wanted a process that used the Docx file format for authoring/approving the document and convert it to PDF file format before sending outside of the organization. My first idea was to use the Office 2007 capabilities in converting Word to PDF. You can do it easily in the Save As dialog so coding this shouldn't...

How To: Export SharePoint list to SQL Server

Hi, Recently, I've been hearing more and more requests for a utility that takes SharePoint lists and creates a SQL Server database to represent it. Usually, the desire is for a tool that would export the data from one repository to the other without having to deal with conflict resolution or updating. Sounds like a legit need, isn't it? Well, guess what - you already have a utility for doing this. Even two to be exact. Both of them reside well within the Office 2007/MOSS 2007 synergy: Data...

TIFF iFilter for MOSS 2007

Hi, At long last, it looks like the issue of having no TIFF iFilter for MOSS 2007 may finally be getting addressed! It has been almost a year since MOSS 2007 (and MOSS for Search) was released and still no viable solution for a TIFF iFilter. In the upcoming Microsoft Office SharePoint Conference 2008, Captaris Software is scheduled to announce several new products form MOSS including the TIFF iFilter. Here's a quote from the Press Release: TIFF iFilter: The Captaris TIFF iFilter automatically...

Search Server 2008 – Many Launch Updates

Hi, It's been a while since we talked about the new Search Server 2008 - I've assembled a list of updates regarding the product so we'll know where we stand. As always when talking about releases – this information is no subjected to many changes so be prepared if you're planning your deployment based on this information: The first issue is of course the release. As you know, we are still in the RC version for several months now with no change. Well, the wait is almost over. The official...

SharePoint 2007 Post-SP1 Hotfixes update

Hi, It's been a while since the official release of SP1 for MOSS 2007 but god knows there is still work to be done on the product's many issues. Well, I guess Microsoft never rests since the next wave of publicly available hotfixes was just announced: The Post SP1 rollups and the Blackout Package. The Post SP1 rollups package is already available for download. It contains all of the fixes that were built during the Service Pack Lockdown timeframe (also referred to as SPLock if you ever heard...

Large Files in MOSS 2007 – (and a bit about IMM…)

Hi, There are two questions I constantly hear when talking about using MOSS as a DMS (Document Management System): What is the recommended size for uploading files in doc libraries? Is there any best practice around storing video and CAD files (150MB +)? Well, time to sort this one out. Let's start with the facts today: MOSS 2007 has uses 50MB as the default upload file size to a Doc library. Of course, you may change this (up to the max 2GB) but bear in mind that performance could become an...

Tech Ed 2008 - הנה זה בא!

היי, חד פעמית ולכבוד Tech Ed הקרב ובא - פוסט שלם בעברית! אז האמת היא שהשנה מדובר בטקאד מיוחד מאוד בשבילי - בפעם הראשונה אני "חוצה את הקווים" באופן רשמי והופך למרצה מן המניין. לתומי חשבתי שזה יהיה עוד הרצאה כמו עשרות ההרצאות שהעברתי בשנה וחצי האחרונות בנושא ה-Office/MOSS מתוקף תפקיד ה-MRD ל-Office אבל אני חייב להודות שיש בטקאד משהו שונה ודי מרגש. יכול להיות שזה ההיקף של האירוע, אולי זה כל ההיסטוריה שיש לי איתו (הפעם הראשונה שראיתי את Sharepoint לפני אי אלו שנים טובות :-) וכמובן שיש סבירות...

How To: Add Meta Tags to Pages in MOSS 2007

Hi, Here's a nice one to jump start the week: Meta Tags (or in particular "Meta Tags in MOSS 2007"). As you may have noticed, MOSS isn't too friendly with adding/changing Meta Tags for its Aspx pages. Not such a big issue if you're implementing an inner organizational portal but once you think about the Web – you might consider tagging your pages in ways to reflect in search engines. Well, after researching this issue a bit, I've found a nice little way to work around this...