MOSS2007/WSS3 SP2 IS OUT

After some rehersals, the SP2 is finally out. You can get it from the following links: Wss http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=79bada82-c13f-44c1-bdc1-d0447337051b MOSS http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=b7816d90-5fc6-4347-89b0-a80deb27a082 Office client http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b444bf18-79ea-46c6-8a81-9db49b4ab6e5&displaylang=en Sharepoint designer http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=88eff285-0b92-45ed-979b-65aa22304dd6   KB Article Links Description of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP2 and of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Language Pack SP2 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953338 Description of 2007 Microsoft Office servers Service Pack …

Article: Automate Web App Deployment with the SharePoint API

I came across an article from MSDN that is very straight to the point and shows you some nice approaches for application deployment in sharepoint. The article with the above name can be found at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc507633.aspx.

MOSS 2007 SP2 is comming [Updated]

According to Computer World (http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9131598&intsrc=news_ts_head): ... Microsoft Corp. has set April 28 as the release date for Office 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) ... Cheers. [UPDATE 2009/04/16] From Service Pack 2 for the 2007 Microsoft Office System due to ship April 28th post from The Office Service Pack team, here is teh list of contents of …

Sharepoint designer is now FREE!

Although a feered tool for a loto f sharepoint developers, IMHO it hás its use and gives you he chance to have a multi-disciplinary team integrated in the same development process. Anyway, if you like it/need it, you can now get I for free from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=baa3ad86-bfc1-4bd4-9812-d9e710d44f42.

My Favorite Visual Studio Addins

As promissed, I've selected some of my favourite extensions that I have in my toolbox. Check them out (by no specific order…): PowerCommands for Visual Studio 2008: a set of useful extensions for the Visual Studio 2008 adding additional functionality to various areas of the IDE. Test Automation FX: The Test Automation FX framework installs …

Sharepoint Artifact development guidelines

If you are starting to develop sharepoint artifacts, take a look at http://MSSharepointDeveloper.com. There is some useful information to get you going in the right direction.

Extend your Visual Studio

If you are developing for Sharepoint, chances are that you are using Visual Studio J. So do I. Having a couple of free time, I was looking for some addins to help me get rid of some boring or repetitive tasks. Take a look at codeplex (www.codeplex.com) and to http://www.visualstudiogallery.com. You will find some valuable …

Track Moss Hotfixes

Here is na intersting link to keep track of: http://mosshotfixes.com/. Find all the fixes released and what they are out for. Thanks to Ricardo Henriques for this one!

Who’s afraid of the BIG BIG SPList?

During a Project intervention, I came accross something that just might sound very, very, VERY scary: big sharepoint lists. There is a mystical number of 2000 ListItems, but this number is not correct. This number is a reference for ListItems per View and not per list. Well, in my scenario, my list was 65.000 ListItems …

Search customization: the Path property

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