Mart Muller's Weblog

For an internal project, I made a Infopath to WordML converter in Sharepoint. For our case, project references are filled in in InfoPath. Sharepoint translates the XML infopath documents to XML Word documents so they can be used in the Sharepoint Proposal Accelerator. A nice example of Sharepoint Office integration and business innovation. Let's say..be more productive! ;)

From Michael's weblog, which pointed at two Sharepoint webcasts at the beginning of 2005

25.1.2005 - SPS 2.0: Developing Sharepoint Solutions Without WebParts

24.2.2005 - Leveraging the Power of Custom Search and Ranking

Microsoft has released 4 new exams of which 2 of them are Sharepoint related! The exams are partner competency exams, so not valid for MCP. 74-131, Designing a Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution. 74-132, Designing a Portal Solution with Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies (including Microsoft Content Management Server) 74-133, Customizing Portal Solutions with Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies (including Microsoft Content Management Server) 74-135, Developing E-Business Solutions Using Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004

'The Developer Evangelism Contact within Microsoft for Windows Sharepoint Services and Sharepoint Portal Server', as Mike Fitzmaurice calls himself, has started a blog to communicate in the world of blogging. Goal is to get feedback from the community about Sharepoint and the way Microsoft is communicating to Sharepoint developers. Good thing Mike!

Even more easier, mentioned by Patrick Tisseghem (thanks!), Jan Tielens had developed SmartPart, a likewise solution for displaying UserControls in Sharepoint. His version (inclusing a windows installer), supports connectable webparts and has CAS optimization. It's worth testing!

SharePoint Portal Server 2003 does not automatically organize your information into an overall taxonomy for you. Instead, you’ll need to plan and implement your own taxonomy. (A taxonomy is a method of organizing or categorizing information and information resources.) Because each environment is unique, you should take the planning process seriously and understand that installing SharePoint Portal Server 2003 is not the same thing as implementing it....

However this solution has been hanging around quite long on the internet now (somewhere), I would like to mention it because it can make life so much easier! Well, custom webpart development life.. :)

It's finally there, the Microsoft SharePointPSSearch SQL Syntax (Preview)! A preview whitepaper about how to build your SPS search queries. It will probably be added to the SPS SDK in February.

Windows Messenger allows real-time communication with other contacts who are using instant messaging (IM) services including those provided by the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) as offered by Microsoft Office Live Communications Server. Windows Messenger also provides connectivity to the Microsoft .NET Messenger service and is the IM client of choice for businesses in managed environments.