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Finally joined Twitter
Paul Papanek Stork
Many people know that I've avoided joining Twitter for a long time. But I finally got an offer I couldn't refuse. I'm here at the New Zealand Community SharePoint conference and was on an expert's panel earlier today with Paul Culmsee, Chandima Kulathilake, Joel Oleson, and Steve Smith. Before the questioning started Joel was giving me a hard time because I was the only panelist not on Twitter. Then he gave me a choice. Either join Twitter or join him in eating some Kina (Sea Urchin - [read].
Posted: Thu, Jul 2nd '09 |
I've finally joined Twitter
Paul Papanek Stork
Many people know that I've avoided joining Twitter for a long time. But I finally got an offer I couldn't refuse. I'm here at the New Zealand Community SharePoint conference and was on an expert's panel earlier today with Paul Culmsee, Chandima Kulathilake, Joel Oleson, and Steve Smith. Before the questioning started Joel was giving me a hard time because I was the only panelist not on Twitter. Then he gave me a choice. Either join Twitter or join him in eating some Kina (Sea Urchin - [read].
Posted: Thu, Jul 2nd '09 |
Renewed as an MVP!
Paul Papanek Stork
I'm in New Zealand this week speaking at the first New Zealand SharePoint Community Conference. Since they are on the other side of the international date line it means that yesterday was July 1st here, but I had to wait until July 2nd (July 1st in North America) to find out whether I was re-awarded or not. I was on pins and needles all day long waiting for my renewal email. I had to keep telling myself it wasn't really July 1st yet.
Anyway, the good news is that I have received an MVP [read].
Posted: Wed, Jul 1st '09 |
Hot Fix for SP2 available!
Paul Papanek Stork
Occasionally when you install Service Pack 2 on a MOSS installation it will reset the license code so that SharePoint thinks it is an evaluation copy that will expire in 180 days. It doesn't actually break any functionality, at least not until the 180 days is up. But it can be a bit disconcerting if you look at the licensing. You can read more about the problem in the following KnowledgeBase article:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971620
The SharePoint product team issued a Hot Fix [read].
Posted: Fri, Jun 26th '09 |
Speaking at the New Zealand Community SharePoint Conference 2009
Paul Papanek Stork
I'll be traveling halfway around the world next week to speak at the New Zealand Community SharePoint Conference in Wellington, New Zealand. I'm really looking forward to the trip, even if it is the middle of winter in New Zealand right now. My wife and I plan to stay in New Zealand for a week after the conference ends to do some sightseeing. I just got a new Digital SLR camera that I'm hoping to try out so you may even see some pictures if you stay tuned.
Abstracts for my talks are [read].
Posted: Tue, Jun 23rd '09 |
SP2 is coming
Paul Papanek Stork
In all the excitement about the establishment of a name and broad dates for release of the next version of SharePoint it would be easy to overlook the upcoming release of a mere service pack. But don’t miss out on the release of this one. Each time Microsoft has released a service pack or update for SharePoint there has been a marked improvement in functionality and stability. SP2 will be no exception and the Office Service Pack team just announced that the it will be available on April [read].
Posted: Thu, Apr 16th '09 |
It's OFFICIAL, SharePoint Server 2010!
Paul Papanek Stork
SharePoint Server 2010!
The first official comment on a prospective ship date for the next version of SharePoint was released by Microsoft today. In an interview with Chris Capossela, senior vice president of Microsoft’s Information Worker Product Management Group, it was announced that the next wave of Office products currently known as Office 14 by most people will be released starting in the second half of 2009. The first product to be released will be Exchange 2010 which enters public [read].
Posted: Wed, Apr 15th '09 |
FREE Intro to SharePoint Development Training
Paul Papanek Stork
FREE is GOOD Right?
I just noticed that my last several posts have all been about FREE offers. First it was the announcement that SharePoint Designer could be downloaded for free starting April 2. Then it was an offer to try out a free online seminar to see if you wanted to attend an online conference. In these tough economic times free is always good right?
This time its a FREE online training class to provide you with an Intro to SharePoint development. The class also gives you a cha [read].
Posted: Thu, Apr 9th '09 |
FREE SSWUG.ORG Community Event!
Paul Papanek Stork
Recently I Bloged about the upcoming SSWUG SharePoint Virtual Conference where I will be presenting 3 talks. I even provided a VIP discount code that will save you $10 off the cost of the conference. VIP code: SPVPSTSP09
But maybe you're not sold on the idea of attending a virtual conference. Maybe you don't want to pay even a discounted price just to find out you don't like the virtual format. Well here's your chance. The SSWUG is sponsoring a Free, yes I said FREE, virtual communi [read].
Posted: Tue, Apr 7th '09 |
SharePoint Designer is now FREE!
Paul Papanek Stork
No, this is not an April Fool's Joke that is just a day late. The image above comes from the SharePoint Designer Online Office Site and as the download link shows SharePoint Designer is now a FREE download. You can find an open letter from Microsoft here that explains the change. The key points as explained by the letter are these:
Starting on April 1, 2009, Microsoft is making SharePoint Designer 2007 available as a free download.
Customers with SharePoint Designer 2007 Software [read].
Posted: Thu, Apr 2nd '09 |
SSWUG Spring vConference
Paul Papanek Stork
I spent last Friday in Tucson, AZ recording three sessions for the upcoming online SharePoint conference being hosted by the SSWUG. In these times of tight budgets and restricted travel this is just the conference you need to learn more about SharePoint. Even better I can provide you with the following VIP code, SPVPSTSP09, which will get you a $10 discount when you register for the conference. Even better the VIP code can be used in combination with other codes like early bird or alumn [read].
Posted: Fri, Mar 13th '09 |
I've got a NEW BLOG Address
Paul Papanek Stork
The Cobbler's Kids are finally getting shoes!
Have you ever noticed that sometimes the people who work with technology are the last ones to have time to use it? Well that's the way its been for us at Mindsharp since the release of SharePoint 2007. None of us really liked the Blogging software we were using, but nobody had time to install and configure a new Blogging engine based on SharePoint 2007. Finally after more months than I would like to count we've finally had enough time to get our [read].
Posted: Sat, Feb 7th '09 |
SharePoint Best Practices Conference - February 2-4, 2009
Paul Papanek Stork
I just got back from the second SharePoint Best Practices Conference, and if anything this was even better than the first. Of course the weather was wonderful. I left Cleveland on Sunday with it snowing and arrived in San Diego to sunny temperatures in the 70s. The hotel staff were terrific, the other speakers were knowledgeable, and there were lots of attendees looking for answers. I did two presentations and promised that I would post my slides as soon as I got home. They'll also be comin [read].
Posted: Sat, Feb 7th '09 |
Microsoft Extends SharePoint Virtualization Support to Hyper-V
Paul Papanek Stork
Microsoft announced today that it will be offering Support for MOSS SP1 and WSS SP1 running under any Virtualization Software that meets the requirements of the Microsoft Server Virtualization Validation Program (SVVP). As of now Microsoft will support SharePoint running on Hyper-V in a Server 2008 environment and running on Virtual Server 2005.
This is also an important announcement for those who want to run SharePoint on Vmware. Although they aren’t currently listed on the SVVP website [read].
Posted: Tue, Aug 19th '08 |
Adding Custom Web Part Page Templates
Paul Papanek Stork
I was recently asked whether it was possible to add custom Web Part Page templates to the Create page in SharePoint 2007 or whether the interface was limited to the eight existing Web Part Pages and required you to replace one of those. I knew this was possible in SharePoint 2003 and that there was an MSDN article entitled Creating Custom Web Part Page Templates for Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies that explained how to do it. But since I had never tried it in 2007 I decided to i [read].
Posted: Tue, Aug 19th '08 |
Guest appearance on the GeekSpeak Internet Radio Show
Paul Papanek Stork
I've been invited to do a return guest spot on MSDN's GeekSpeak Internet radio show August 6, 2008. The show is broadcast every Wednesday from 12:00-1:00PM Pacific time (3:00-4:00PM Eastern). I'll be talking about Branding using master pages in SharePoint. The abstract for the talk and registration link are listed below.
Making SharePoint not look like SharePoint – SharePoint’s use of ASP.NET master pages makes it possible to completely change the branding of your SharePoint site [read].
Posted: Thu, Jul 24th '08 |
Branding Talk for the Cleveland SharePoint User Group
Paul Papanek Stork
I will be speaking at the Cleveland SharePoint User Group on Wednesday, July 23rd. The meeting will start at 4:00pm. My topic will be "SharePoint Branding”. Here's a brief description of the talk:
• SharePoint BrandingSharePoint’s use of ASP.NET master pages makes it possible to completely change the branding of your SharePoint site. In this talk I will describe how SharePoint uses master pages. I'll also demonstrate building a new master page from scratch and converting a [read].
Posted: Wed, Jul 23rd '08 |
I'm a New SharePoint MVP
Paul Papanek Stork
I just got the email a few minutes ago and had to share the news. I’ve been named a SharePoint Server MVP for as of today, July 1, 2008.
I owe a big thank you to Todd Bleeker who nominated me and to anyone else who added a good word or endorsement to the process along the way. I am incredibly EXCITED and hope to continue to live up to the honor that has been bestowed on me. [read].
Posted: Tue, Jul 1st '08 |
SharePoint Best Practices Conference - September 15-18, 2008
Paul Papanek Stork
Ever wondered whether the way you've designed, implemented and continue to support your SharePoint installation is the best way possible? Or could there be easier, better, more efficient ways to get things done?
Almost every SharePoint practitioner I've met has wondered the same thing at one time or another. Well here is your chance to find out. Join some of the brightest SharePoint experts in the business to discuss just what are SharePoint's Best Practices.
The first, and to the best of my k [read].
Posted: Thu, Jun 26th '08 |
Win a free e-Book about ASP.NET
Paul Papanek Stork
Manning Publishing is giving away ebooks on .NET....
Starting on June 19, 2008 Manning Publishing is launching the ".NET Daily Drawing.” This promotion will run until July 17,2008. Each day’s lucky winner can choose one free .NET ebook of their choice. On the last day of the drawing, Manning will award one lucky winner... the entire Manning .NET library! (That’s nearly a $3000 value...)
Click the banner below to enter your name for the daily drawing. [read].
Posted: Thu, Jun 26th '08 |
Speaking at the Cleveland SharePoint User's Group
Paul Papanek Stork
I will be speaking at the Cleveland SharePoint User Group on Wednesday, May 28th. The meeting will start at 4:00pm. My topic will be "SharePoint Content and Infrastructure Deployment”. Here's a brief description of the talk:
• SharePoint Content and Infrastructure DeploymentDeploying a custom SharePoint Web site can be confusing due to the array of tools available. This is complicated even more because some tools are only appropriate in certain circumstances. In this session we [read].
Posted: Tue, May 20th '08 |
Adding Useful Visual Studio External Tools
Paul Papanek Stork
We add a couple of External Tools to our Visual Studio 2005 environment when teaching SharePoint classes to simplify some two common tasks encountered when developing for SharePoint. The first tool generates a unique Globally Unique Identifier (GUID) and places it in your clipboard so that you can paste it directly into Features or Solution manifests. The other tool can retrieive the Public Key BLOB and Token from a signed dll so that you can use them in custom webpart or dwp files, safe contr [read].
Posted: Wed, May 14th '08 |
Speaking at the Central Ohio SharePoint User Group in May
Paul Papanek Stork
I will be speaking at the Central Ohio SharePoint User Group on Thursday, May 15th. The meeting will be from 5:30-7:30pm. My topic will be "SharePoint Content and Infrastructure Deployment”. Here's a brief description of the talk:
• SharePoint Content and Infrastructure DeploymentDeploying a custom SharePoint Web site can be confusing due to the array of tools available. This is complicated even more because some tools are only appropriate in certain circumstances. In this sessi [read].
Posted: Mon, May 12th '08 |
I Love Cleveland Winters....
Paul Papanek Stork
Living in Cleveland is always fun, but sometimes winters here can get interesting. This weekend is no exception. On Friday morning when I went out to run some errands at 10:00AM we had NO SNOW. The following picture was taken at 8:00 AM this morning.
That's right. The official details are about 17” of snow in about 15 hours. The last time we had snow like this was LAST Easter. But that was only 16” of snow. Oh yeah and this week, its supposed to reach 50 degrees by Thursday [read].
Posted: Sun, Mar 9th '08 |
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