Steve Caravajal's Ramblings
SharePoint, .NET, + just about anything else
Content, Site and Disaster Recovery
Data protection and recovery for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 in small to medium-sized...
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 11/17/2007
Upgrading to MOSS
Here is some recent information for those preparing to upgrade to MOSS from Portal Server 2003....
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 11/17/2007
Securing Office 2007 Desktop Apps
2007 Microsoft Office Security Guide ...The 2007 Microsoft Office Security Guide provides IT...
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 11/13/2007
SharePoint: Managing Users and Security
A white paper that may be of interest to those administrators just getting started with SharePoint...
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 11/12/2007
Enterprise Search
Check out the new Enterprise Search Web site including some new announcements. </steve>
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 11/11/2007
Windows Server 2008 and WSS v3
WSS v3 will be a separate download for Win2008 just like it is for Win2003 (preR2). This is a change...
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 11/11/2007
SharePoint Workflow Resources
A good compilation of workflow-related content can be found here. A portion of the intro is given...
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 11/04/2007
MOSS and Social Computing
SharePointPedia.com is now live. Many kudos to Lawrence and all those involved. If you haven’t heard...
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 11/04/2007
Preview the SharePoint v3 Application Templates
The SharePoint v3 application templates provide several very useful scenarios. If you haven’t taken...
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 11/04/2007
SharePoint Backup and Restore
A new white paper has recently been published so if you’re interested in the topic you might want to...
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 11/02/2007
SharePoint and Web 2.0, Social Networking, etc.
A few blog posts worth reading: Will Microsoft Become Facebook for the Enterprise? Microsoft...
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 11/01/2007
Office 2007 Desktop Applications
Office 2007 Definitely Has Value! "A Look at the Improvements and Shortcomings of Microsoft Office...
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 11/01/2007
IIS 7.0 Webcast
As you forward thinkers get ready, this would be a good cast to check out. TechNet Webcast: How...
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 11/01/2007
Windows Server 2008
For those interested in a good topline assessment of the new OS, you might want to check this out:...
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 11/01/2007
Tools for Troubleshooting: Windows Sysinternals
Recall, Microsoft acquired Sysinternals in July, 2006. I was a big fan of Sysinternal's toolset and...
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 11/01/2007
MOSS and Multiple AD Forests
During a couple of recent POCs, this topic came up so I thought I"d put the reference here so I can...
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 10/31/2007
Email-Enabled Lists in SharePoint
There is growing interest in using email-enabled lists in SharePoint...not a lot of enterprise...
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 10/30/2007
SharePoint 2007 and ADAM
For those interested in using ADAM as a user authentication store for SharePoint 2007 you might want...
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 10/23/2007
Improving MOSS Search Relevancy
Recently I've been investigating the effects of changing the relevancy of MOSS search. If you are...
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 09/24/2007
MOSS as a Development Platform: DoD 5015 Compliance Solution Case Study
Solving business problems by developing custom solutions on top of SharePoint is becoming more and...
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 08/28/2007
Performance Characteristics of using Large MOSS Lists
Steve has published another excellent white paper on the performance characteristics of using large...
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 08/27/2007
MOSS Customization
A really good example of utilizing multiple tools: MOSS, BDC, InfoPath, Forms Server, SharePoint...
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 08/23/2007
MOSS SSO Stuff...
Lately I’ve been spending time configuring and demonstrating MOSS SSO functionality, as well as...
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 08/23/2007
SharePoint SDKs Updated to v1.2
Go get the new MOSS and WSS SDKs. </steve>
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 08/23/2007
Visual Studio Extensions for WSS is Updated
VSeWSS has been revised and a new CTP is available here. For those not familiar with VSeWSS, you can...
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 08/23/2007
WebDAV and Explorer View
If you are trying to use WebDAV and Explorer View and having some difficulties, you may want to...
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 08/15/2007
MySite Customization
This continues to come up during customization discussions. This is a good place to start. Another...
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 08/15/2007
Master Page Reuse Across Applications
Interesting read...ran across this while developing for a recent POC Sharing Master Pages amongst...
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 08/13/2007
Configuring Email-Enabled Lists
Very good white paper on how to do this by Steve Smith... How to configure Email Enabled Lists in...
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 08/03/2007
Tools for the Graphics Design Challenged
Yes, I belong to this illustrious group. On numerous occasions I've been browsing and came across a...
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 07/31/2007
Utilizing Custom Navigation Controls in MOSS
I've blogged before about Telerik and their cross-browser authoring tool for Web Content Management....
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 07/26/2007
Effects on Search After Upgrading from SPS2003 to MOSS
If you are planning to upgrade your SharePoint deployment from SPS2003 to MOSS then you should take...
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 07/15/2007
MOSS Security
This white paper was just published; it provides an introduction to the MOSS security model for...
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 07/14/2007
WCM Training
If you need, or think you need or just want to learn more cool MOSS stuff, you must check out the...
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 07/12/2007
Utilizing MOSS Search Programmatically via the OM or Web Services
Three new good Visual How Tos: Creating Search Queries Programmatically by using the Search Web...
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 07/12/2007
Web Browser Support
If you are using a non-IE browser to access SharePoint these references may come in handy:...
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 07/08/2007
MOSS Search and BI
Extending Enterprise Search Capabilities to your Business Intelligence Applications …and...
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 07/07/2007
Customizing MOSS Search
Two good articles for those working with search: Customizing and Extending the Microsoft Office...
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 07/07/2007
Deploying MOSS Search
A good article has been posted that discusses how to: Plan the end-user search experience Search...
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 07/05/2007
SharePoint OOTB Web Parts
Q: Where is there a listing of SharePoint's OOTB Web Parts? A: You can find a listing here and here...
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 07/05/2007
Office and LOB Application Integration
Check out the InfoWorld article... Microsoft pushes OBAs to take Office to next level Microsoft...
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 07/03/2007
MOSS Multilingual Internet Site
Check out the Swiss International Air Lines Web site at www.swiss.com </steve>
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 07/03/2007
Publish to Excel Services from Excel 2007
During a recent POC, I ran into this with a customer and also had the question come up several times...
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 07/03/2007
Integrating Office 2007 and SAP using VSTO
The VSTO team developed a starter kit for Office 2007 and SAP integration. The documentation and the...
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 07/02/2007
Office 2007 and LOB Integration
An article definitely worth reading and devouring…kudos Scot… Using the Business Data Catalog and...
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 07/01/2007
MOSS continues to gain momentum...
From SearchWinIT.com… SharePoint is bursting local boundaries, study says Microsoft's SharePoint...
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 07/01/2007
Site Templates and Retaining Web Part Configuration Settings
Several folks have asked me about this recently so I thought I would post the answer. Q:Why don't...
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 06/28/2007
Excel 2007 Add-in for Syncing with SharePoint
For those that love the 2-way sync of Excel 2003 spreadsheet data and SharePoint lists and wonder...
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 06/28/2007
Application and Role-based Templates: Business Design and Technical Configuration
Two white papers have recently been published that provide much deeper perspective on the Fantastic...
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 06/28/2007
MOSS and Composite Applications
Check out this white paper. </steve>
Author: Steve Caravajal Date: 06/28/2007