Owen Allen - The MOSS Garden
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VB.Net Debugging Chat (Feb 17, 2004)
As more and more customers begin projects with MCMS and SPS, more and more Visual Basic.Net...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 02/16/2004
E-Biz in Malaysia
Darien Nagle is another E-Business Technology Specialist with a blog for MSFT - this time in...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 02/15/2004
CMS Sample Site for C#
The WoodGrove sample application (C#) for MSCMS has been updated and re-released on microsoft.com....
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 02/10/2004
CMS Wizardry
EContent has mentioned the newest MCMS speed-site-creation tool, the MCMS Wizard. It's good to see...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 02/03/2004
CMS Connector for SharePoint - Available Now!
The CMS Connector for SharePoint is now available. Why is this needed? This is an important piece in...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 02/02/2004
Shortcut Key madness
Scott Cate has published a list of shortcuts for the [Windows] key on your keyboard. Very cool. I...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 01/21/2004
Webcast: Productivity and Collaboration using SharePoint Technologies
Have you ever asked yourself one of the following questions? “Why it is now called Windows...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 01/21/2004
MS Virtual PC 2004 45-Day Trial Version
Available for download from microsoft.com: the 45-Day Trial version of Virtual PC 2004. This is the...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 01/16/2004
MSCMS Standard Edition
Microsoft Content Management Server - Standard Edition (MSCMS SE) has been available for a little...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 01/14/2004
New Year Resolutions from an IT Group?
The Microsoft Operations and Technology Group (OTG), is the IT group that handles operations for MS...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 01/14/2004
Update to MCMS FAQ
An updated version of the MCMS FAQ has ben published.
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 01/10/2004
Security - 8 Rules and Dana Epp
Dana Epp is a Security consultant and has an interesting article about breaking into an XP system....
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 01/10/2004
Amped for Christmas
Santa brought a copy of Amped2 to my home for Christmas this year, and right away my son wrested the...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 01/01/2004
Compaq iPaq h4150 review
PDAntic.com review of the h4150 IPAQ. Mighty tasty. I know the device is small, but it made me...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 01/01/2004
What does it take to be a Jedi?
Steve Maine's got a good take on the next generation of Code Jedis.
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 12/14/2003
Merry Chr--, oh sorry, Happy Holidays
Shamelessly lifted from shawn's blog. Use this to brighten your snow day. (Shake the thing...)
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 12/11/2003
Source Code Available for MCMS 2002 Book
The source code for the examples in one particular MCMS 2002 book has been released. You can find...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 12/11/2003
WS-E example for BizTalk Server
Implementing Secure Business Transactions Across Organizations MSDN (November 2003, Online Book)...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 12/11/2003
Online Books for Windows Server Products
Periodically, Microsoft and Microsoft Consulting augment the documentation for Windows Server System...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 12/11/2003
ASP.Net EXPOSED
I attended the Redmond version of ASP.Net Exposed tonight. It was originally scheduled for 3 hours,...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 12/08/2003
Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) Management Pack for Windows SharePoint Services
Also available on MS Download Center. Find it here.
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 11/25/2003
Windows Sharepoint Services Administrator's Guide
Version 1.2, released 18 Nov 2003. Find it here.
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 11/25/2003
PDC 2003 Sessions for BizTalk Server posted...
Many PDC 2003 Sessions are posted publicly at this time....
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 11/23/2003
MCMS Service Pack 1a
This was released over a week ago, which is just about par for the blog. (parblog). Microsoft...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 11/17/2003
Hands-On Labs for BizTalk Server 2004
At PDC this year, a set of Hands-On Labs was made available for BizTalk Server 2004. These are now...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 11/17/2003
Acronym of the day... "KFU"
KFU. Knowledge-Free User. \Knowl"edge Free Us"er, n. 1. One who uses, but does not know. [usage]...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 11/17/2003
What the...? A real-live BOOK for MCMS?
I'm a week late, apparently. I watch the new book release sites for day after day after day for new...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 11/10/2003
MCMS on the loose
Two more MCMS-focused sites/blogs/hobbit holes......
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 11/10/2003
What would it take for you to change your seat?
A little story about a bunch of soldiers trying to get home for a short leave, and the other airport...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 11/03/2003
In Defense of Microsoft
"What did the taxpayers get for their money from the DOJ investigation? Nothing. What consumers got...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 10/30/2003
Microsoft's IM strategy is tough to beat
Remember the first time you used ICQ? And then it seemed like all of your friends used AOL IM? And...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 10/26/2003
Open Text acquires IXOS
Another CMS company acquired... The feeding frenzy is upon us.
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 10/22/2003
IBM - Content Manager Express
Cnet describes IBM's extended push into the Content Management market with the release of Content...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 10/22/2003
STEFAN!
Stefan is online and blogging. (Thanks for the heads-up, Arpan) This is great news for anyone...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 10/22/2003
.Net Without a Reservation?
Wow. I'm usually not one to stoke the Java vs. .Net Battle Fires (well, not on certain 3rd...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 10/22/2003
MS CMS Standard Edition
A couple of news stories have surfaced about a Standard Edition of Microsoft Content Management...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 10/10/2003
Workflow, Work flow, Business Process
There's a lot of talk these days about Workflow and Business Process. Am I being redundant? Am I...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 10/02/2003
Pocket PC
Uh, Hello... My name is Owen, and I'm an addict... a gadget addict, that is. I guess the tablet will...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 09/16/2003
I want my Tablet PC....
Looks like the Tablet PC is finally available in a usable format. Check out the Acer TravelMate...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 09/14/2003
Ready, Set, Translate. err... or Auto Translate...
This concept of instant translation enabling collaboration around the world is amazing and very...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 09/11/2003
Never Forget
I don't have words to describe how I felt this morning while watching and listening to youth read...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 09/11/2003
Back in the Saddle
Has it really been a month? Honest, I wasn't lost in the park for the entire month. A lot has been...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 09/11/2003
What the... is Capitol Reef Park?
I'm taking a couple of vacations days this month -- where “vacation” is loosely translated to only...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 08/08/2003
MS CMS 2002 SP1 RELEASED!
Service Pack 1 for MS CMS 2002 has been released to the web, and is available for download. This is...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 07/28/2003
Standard Edition of MS CMS
I have not heard any internal announcements about the available date of the Standard Edition of MS...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 07/28/2003
Gasp! - Switching from Linux to Windows?
Who ever heard of such a thing? Is Netcraft reading it's results table backwards??? Check out a...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 07/20/2003
CMS Workflow...
...Finally... Choices are good. There is now a workflow model and samples available for MS CMS...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 07/19/2003
MGB Day One
Yesterday was Day One of the Annual MS Global Briefing - targeted towards Field Sales and Consulting...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 07/18/2003
MSFT and blogs (Scoble-d)
Scoble describes why employee blogging is a big deal at Microsoft. I'm still not sure what to do...
Author: Owen Allen1 Date: 07/13/2003