Infotech Canada’s has released 10 free SharePoint themes, courtesy of their Team Tools.
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Microsoft has released updates for both Windows SharePoint Services and SharePoint Portal Services.
You can find more information here:[From Andrew Connell]
Go play with Applications for Windows SharePoint Services courtesy of Bil Simser. Bil has created demo sites for each of the 30 SharePoint applications Microsoft released earlier this month. Very cool.
Arpan Shaw’s announced the development of the SharePoint Portal Server Discovery Kit, to help customers and partners “understand the value that SharePoint Portal Server provides over Windows SharePoint Services”.
It will contain:
1) A very detailed build book to walk you through building a SPS server
2) A whitepaper and
3) 6 self-paced labs with detailed explanation
It’s not released just yet, though. UPDATE: It’s available for download now.
OfficeZealot has released Podcast #7 in which Chris Kunicki talks with SharePoint MVP Jan Tielens.
John Durant summarizes nicely:
1) A very brief intro to SharePoint
2) Description of what you need to get started with SharePoint development generally
3) Discussion of WebParts and the GAC; deployment issues
4) SmartParts
5) Security
6) Workflow
7) Community resources
8) The value of SharePoint Portal Server
I love FabriKam 3.1. I’ve always had a hard time finding the right user account to use, though. A lot of them are pretty locked down (which is a good thing). The solution? Use BrianC / P@ssw0rd. This is Tip number one from John Peltonen.
If you’re not familiar with FabriKam 3.1, it’s a Microsoft Office learning / testing / play virtual machine (it requires VirtualPC 2004 or Virtual Server 2005). It’s an instant working environment that includes Microsoft Windows Server 2003, SQL Server 2000, BizTalk Server 2004, Office 2003 Professional Edition, Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server, Visual Studio .NET 2003, and all of the custom solutions and components, and have an instant test environment for learning about these solutions and components.
It’s a free download if you’re a MSDN subscriber. If not, you can order it on DVD.
One of the 30 new WSS Applications released by Microsoft is the Legal Document Review.
This application for Windows SharePoint Services is for company legal departments to post legal documents and templates, communicate requirements and processes, and provide contact information. It also features a legal document review tool for managing, prioritizing, and tracking employee requests to review contracts and documents.
A preview can be found here.
Microsoft has released 30 new WSS templates. Office Zealot has descriptions and download links. There’s also a website that shows off the new templates. So much easier than downloading, installing, testing, and then uninstalling the ones you don’t want!