Abstract: Cool Content links to write-up from Lori Gowin about out-of-the-box vs. SPDvs. custom code and froma social computing presentation at Enterprise 2.0. Category: Branding;Cool Content;Social Networking Published: 11/6/2009 8:31 PM # Comments: 0.. more »

The SharePoint IT Pro content team is proud to announce the launching of our new SharePoint Server 2010 (Beta) Tech Center and our related set of . In addition, we have launched the We will keep this content up to date with timely information to help you design, build, and deploy SharePoint sites and solutions. We have launched these sites with an .. more »

Weve just finished creating a new downloadable book for SQL Server database administrators who support SharePoint environments. If you work with one of those lucky folks, you may want to point them to: SharePoint guidance for SQL Server 2008 database administrators (Downloadable book) Weve also updated a number of our other articles to refer to .. more »

Now that SharePoint 2010 is on the horizon, there have been a lot of questions about what the differences are between PerformancePoint Server 2007 and PerformancePoint Services 2010. While most of the feature upgrades surround architectural changes, several...(read more).. more »

The new Business Intelligence Resource Center for SharePoint Server 2010 is a TechNet site for information about business intelligence in SharePoint Server 2010. The following is some of what is is included in the TechNet resource center. IT professionals Excel Ser.. more »

Kolby Hoover Welcome to SharePoint Designer 2010! As Todd Haugen mentioned in his latest blog, weve got a number of wonderful features this release and were really excited to get them into your hands. This is a follow-up blog to dive into the new shell, or user interface, of SPD 2010. I think this is one of the greatest enhancements for the 2010 .. more »

Abstract: Friday's Cool Content: SharePoint 2010 -- videos, videos, videos Category: SharePoint 2010 Published: 10/30/2009 5:15 PM # Comments: 0.. more »

Many times, the metrics that make up your key performance indicators are not simple values from a data source. In PerformancePoint Server 2007 you could create two kinds of KPI metrics: Simple single value metrics from any supported data source or Complex...(read more).. more »

The poster, Getting started with business intelligence in SharePoint Server 2010 , is a review of all the business intelligence (BI) services in SharePoint Server 2010 (Beta) and can be downloaded in Visio , PDF , and XPS file formats. You will notice...(read more).. more »

The server-packages of October 2009 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 are ready for download. October 2009 Cumulative Updates introduce more rules on Pre-Upgrade Checker, which can help customers to prepare the upgrade of their SharePoint farm to SharePoint 2010. Windows SharePoint .. more »

Welcome to the world of Time Intelligence for Microsoft Performance Point Services! Dynamically analyzing your data with respect to time has never been easier. From dissecting historic performance, to calculating Year over Year metrics, to analyzing Year...(read more).. more »

Im Norm Warren, IT Pro writer for SharePoint Server 2010 business intelligence. I also write for and used to write for The following are some of my impressions of my first SharePoint Server 2010 conference. I remember the first SharePoint Server 2007 book I picked up. Surprisingly, it had a chapter on the first chapter. As I spent time with .. more »

As you probably know, Visual Studio 2010 was announced last week and it contains a lot of great features and project templates for SharePoint developers. Below is a short overview for some of the SharePoint development related features and project templates. With all new SharePoint project templates you can leverage new configurable deployment .. more »

Communications Manager). Is there one space with a lot of activity? Best to let that activity complete and then reevaluate. Is there no space activity? That could indicate a communications problem, and grooveclean probably will not fix it. One thing grooveclean will never fix is an error message on start up or some sort of system error message. A.. more »

Louise Snow on the Ribbon: post on this blog, weve implemented the Ribbon and Backstage View in Office SharePoint Workspace 2010. You will see the Ribbon in all your newly created 2010 workspaces, as well as workspaces created with Groove 2007 that you want to continue using in SharePoint Workspace 2010. Workspaces created in versions of Groove .. more »

Abstract: Here is the inaugural episode and one of the first public demos of an Access Services application running in the browser. Category: SharePoint 2010;Building Solutions Published: 10/26/2009 1:40 PM # Comments: 0.. more »

We'd like to know how you use the posters we have up on TechNet: SharePoint Server 2010: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263199(office.14).aspx  SharePoint Server 2007: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263199.aspx, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc287835.aspx Do you print t.. more »

The Analytical Scorecard is scenario we really took seriously with PerformancePoint Services for SharePoint 2010. Building a great scorecard to manage your business at a glance is a powerful tool for sure. Making that tool flexible enough to answer questions...(read more).. more »

If you are in Toronto & Mississauga this week, then you are luck to get Canada's First Look at SharePoint 2010. is presenting An Overview of SharePoint 2010 SharePoint 2010 is being unveiled this week at the Microsoft SharePoint Conference. This session will provide an overview of the product with a particular focus on whats new for developers. The .. more »

Getting started with business intelligence in SharePoint Server 2010 , is a review of all the business intelligence (BI) services in SharePoint Server 2010 (Beta) and can be downloaded in file formats. You will notice that PerformancePoint Server 2007 is integrated into (Beta), to add business intelligence features such as dashboards, scorecards, .. more »