15 posts from: greg hughes dot net
Interview with the guy who killed Clippy – Nick Simons talks about Microsoft Office Web Apps
(Indexed 2010-04-07):
[Image] Richardand I recently interviewed Nick Simons, a program manager at Microsoft who works onthe Office Web Apps. Hes been there quite a while, and can say (with pride) thathe killed Clippy, that annoying little character that thought he knew what you weretrying to do, but often got it wrong and ultimately got removed from the office suite.In our interview on RunAs Radio this week, Nick discusses Microsofts Office Web Appsand how people can use Office 2010 and the Web Apps to share and coll...(truncated)...
Terrarium 2 - The great developer game and learning tool is back
(Indexed 2008-07-17):
[Image]Severalyears ago I remember when my boss at the time, ChrisBrooks, and others at work set up and ran Terrarium, a .NET v1.0 app that allowedpeer-to-peer networking of machines running code with "bugs" (not the defect kind)in a virtual environment. It was a sort of a survival-of-the-fittest-bug kind of game,and they used it at work to build some fun learning into the process.Fast-forward a few years, and the team at Microsoft that originally built the Terrariumapp has scattered to the wind...(truncated)...
Will there be a 3G iPhone in 60 days? Walt Mossberg says so.
(Indexed 2008-04-06):
Count me in as one of the people who will line up to get a 3G iPhone - whenever it comes out. It looks as if the community has determined via tear-down methodology that the chipset inside the current iPhone is not 3G capable, so a software upgrade doesn't seem likely (something I had hoped might be possible based on early information, but ah, oh well...). The most recent oh-by-the-way rumor/news about a 3G iPhone comes via Walt Mossberg,who says it will available in 60 days. And Walt is certainl...(truncated)...
SharePoint discussion with Bil Simser
(Indexed 2008-02-07):
Richard and I spent about 30 minutes the other day chatting with BilSimser, all-around good guy and MS SharePoint MVP since 2004. SharePoint isa set of technologies I have been involved with since before day one, if that's evenpossible. I remember vividly deploying SharePoint Portal Server 2001 as a secure extranetsite (something it really wasn't intended to do) before it was even released. SharePoint'scome a long, long way since then for sure!It's common for IT professionals to have SharePoint ...(truncated)...
The expanded role and technologies of Business Intelligence
(Indexed 2007-09-26):
We had an opportunity recently to speak with Trey Johnson, Chief Business IntelligenceArchitect at Cizer, about the current state of BI in the industry and some of thenew technologies available on the Microsoft side of things. We also touched on whatbusiness intelligence means these days and some of the things IT professionals needto be thinking about when contemplating a BI project. RunAs Radio Show #25 - 9/26/2007 (31 minutes)TreyJohnson Helps Us Get Business Intelligence Richard and Greg talk...(truncated)...
24 Hours with the Palm Treo 750 Windows Mobile Phone - First Impressions
(Indexed 2007-01-12):
If you sense apattern to my post titles, you're really paying attention. Recently I spent afew weeks using the Samsung Blackjack, a new Windows-mobile smartphone. Within thefirst 24 hours, asI wrote last month, it became clear to me that the phone wasn't going to workfor me, being a power user of mobile technology for critical, fast-paced business.In other words, Crackberry -style. You can read my experiences here,and also know that while I was able to adjust somewhat to the Blackjack,the three ...(truncated)...
Yahoo! and IBM release free enterprise search
(Indexed 2006-12-14):
OmniFindYahoo! Edition is a new release from - yeah you got it - IBM and Yahoo! that companiessmall, medium and large can install and use for free to enable enterprise search ofintranets, file systems, and public web sites.Looks like a partial answer to the SharePoint capabilities offered by Microsoft. Ihaven't tried it yet but will probably take a closer look. It will be interestingto see if this becomes a trend - offering free software to business customers.More info: http://omnifind.ibm.yahoo...(truncated)...
Knowledge Network for SharePoint Server 2007 - Automate information and expert discovery
(Indexed 2006-09-10):
Microsoft has been working on a free add-on for Office SharePoint Server 2007called Knowledge Network (KM). It looks very cool. Knowledge Network is a new add-on for Office SharePoint Server 2007 that manypeople dont know about yet. It automates the discovery and sharing of undocumentedknowledge and relationships, enabling you to quickly locate who knows whom and whoknows what within your constantly changing organization. A videodescribing and showing some of the KN features and how it works is...(truncated)...
The Beauty of Office + SharePoint 2007 - Amanda's blog
(Indexed 2006-07-18):
Amanda Murphy's got a whole slew of great blog posts and screen shots from Office2007 and SharePoint 2007, which is looking more and more to be a great collaborationplatform. Lots and lots of new features and significant improvements over the 2003versions.Check out the list of posts here.Keep on posting more, Amada![Image]greghughes.net weblog - copyright 2006 - licensed under a CreativeCommons License.
When SMIGRATE for SharePoint WSS site backup fails, check for evil slashes...
(Indexed 2006-07-18):
A colleague from Australia IMed me tonight asking for help with a pesky error he wasrunning into when trying to use SMIGRATE for Windows SharePoint Services 2003 to backup a SharePoint site. The error was "ERROR: 6553609 You are not authorized to perform the currentoperation."There's a KB article that addressed that error, but even after followingthe instructions in the KB article, the problem persisted. So we kept trying to figureit out. Permissions on the machine were fine, IE settings were fi...(truncated)...
Use Microsoft CRM v3 data as a SharePoint List
(Indexed 2006-03-13):
Microsoft has released the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 List Web Part. If you've startedusing CRM v3 and you have a SharePoint Portal of Windows SharePoint Services setup,you can use this web part to bring data from CRM v3 into your SharePoint pages tobuild dashboards and information pages for quick, at-a-glance data.You can downloadedit here. From the site and the documentation, here is a brief overview: The List Web Part for Microsoft Dynamics™ CRM allows users toview their Microsoft CRM d...(truncated)...
List of Office 2007 Blogs
(Indexed 2006-02-27):
The Office 12 system release has been formally named"Office 2007" by Microsoft. I'm running Beta 1 software and it's quite interestingand looks like some great changes. The new Outlook is terrific in design. I can'tsay anything (per NDA) on the server side of things, but prepare to be wow'ed.Anyhow, here is a list (from Microsoft) of the MS blogs that cover the Office 12 components.If you know of any others, please post them in the comments.Microsoft Office AccessWhat'sNew in Access 2007 (Eric R...(truncated)...
Running Sharepoint without antivirus software? Shame! Download Sybari's package
(Indexed 2006-01-26):
From Mark Harrison's weblog: [Image]All Windows SharePoint Services customers are entitled to an extended free trial of Antigen for SharePoint. This trial version will be active through June 30, 2006. To download, simply go to www.sybari.com/wss and fill out the form. Antigen for SharePoint allows Windows SharePoint Services users to collaborate without the risk of uploading or downloading infected documents or inappropriate content. The simple and honest fact is ...(truncated)...
48 random things that caught my eye recently
(Indexed 2005-12-10):
I have been awfully busy lately, with lots and lots of work projects, travel for work and personal purposes, and all the rest of life on top of that. As a result, there are over a hundred interesting tidbits of info I set aside with hopes of writing here about them. But since I know in the real world that won't ever happen, here are the 48 random things that caught my eye ad attention long enough for me to save each one - These fall mostly in the tech category: New digita...(truncated)...
SharePoint (WSS and SPS) SP2 updates and documentation available for download
(Indexed 2005-10-19):
SharePoint Portal Server (SPS) 2003 Service Pack 2 is now availableto be downloaded. It contains a significant number of important security fixes andenhancements as well as changes to improve performance and stability. Several previouslyreleased fixes and those from the previous service pack for SPS are included in thisrelease. Download the SPS SP2 files Description of SPS Service Pack 2 List of issues fixed in the service pack (note than some fixes mu...(truncated)...