The long-awaited SharePoint 2010 Beta was finally released this week. It has set the entire community on fire! Many new features have been added and existing ones improved. I will be posting a series of blog posts next few weeks as the adventures take place. Stay tuned!
Before you start installing the beta in your sandbox environment, you will need to have the 64-bit hardware ready. Below is a list of the minimum requirements:
- Windows Server 2008 64-bit with Service Pack 2 (SP2) or later OR Windows Server 2008 R2
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005 64-bit with SP2 or later OR SQL Server 2008 64-bit
- Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 with SP1
Level 1 Internet browser options running on the Windows operating system:
- Internet Explorer 7 32-bit
- Internet Explorer 8 32-bit
- Firefox 3.x 32-bit
Level 2 Internet browsers options:
- Internet Explorer 7 64-bit
- Internet Explorer 8 64-bit
- Firefox 3.x on non Windows operating system
- Safari 3.x
For the complete and updated list of prerequisites for installing SharePoint Server 2010, see “Determine hardware and software requirements (SharePoint Server 2010)” (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=166546) on the Microsoft TechNet Web site.
The Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2007 Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Modeler Add-in enables effective integration of Microsoft Office Visio 2007 and Microsoft Office Project Standard 2007 by providing a new approach to creating, editing and modifying project plans graphically in Visio 2007. The WBS Modeler offers the ability to manage project elements in a graphical view, and to layout a WBS in Visio 2007.
The WBS Modeler can either be used to visualize and edit an existing project plan or to create a new project plan in Microsoft Office Visio 2007 Professional and then export it to Microsoft Office Project (2003+) to carry out the next planning steps.
The WBS Modeler Add-in has 5 main features:
- Once installed, the WBS Modeler can be accessed directly within Visio.
- Existing project plans created with Microsoft Office Project can be imported directly into Visio.
- Visualize selected phases or an entire project plan dynamically in Visio 2007.
- Project plans can be edited directly within Visio 2007.
- Visually compare and review Visio diagram edits against the original project plan.
Follow the link below and go to the Visio toolbox for more information:
http://visiotoolbox.com/downloads/addins/WBS%20Modeler%20Add-In_51.aspx
Sick of Vista? Relief is on the way!
Microsoft on Wednesday announced retail pricing for Windows 7 that’s at or below comparable Windows Vista prices, while also offering a chance for people to preorder the software at a substantial discount, between June 26 and July 11.
The offer, however, is limited in both duration and by the number of copies Microsoft is willing to sell, although Microsoft would not specify that figure. The upgrade will be available at Amazon, Best Buy, Microsoft’s own store, Office Depot, OfficeMax, Costco, Staples, Wal-Mart and several other retailers.
Make sure to preorder your copy now while the supplies last!
My colleagues often ask me how to get hands-on experience when a sandbox environment is not available. Fortunately, Microsoft has thought about this and made the Virtual Lab series available FREE on TechNet.
TechNet Virtual Labs: SharePoint Products and Technologies
TechNet Virtual Labs: Microsoft Office 2007 System
Through these VM sessions, you get first-hand experience in SharePoint technologies and Office 2007 system. You will learn and practice installation, organizing content, managing user permissions, creating Web Parts for custom tasks, and much more. Enjoy and welcome to SharePoint-land!
I am extremely pleased to have been picked as one of those speakers at the upcoming SharePoint Saturday DC in the Microsoft Reston office.
Join SharePoint architects, developers, and other professionals that work with Microsoft SharePoint Technologies for ‘SharePoint Saturday’, on Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 at the Microsoft Technology Center on Sunset Hills Road Reston, VA. SharePoint Saturday will be an educational, informative & lively day filled with sessions from respected SharePoint professionals & MVPs, covering a wide variety of SharePoint-orientated topics. SharePoint Saturday is FREE, open to the public and is your local chance to immerse yourself in SharePoint!
If you do a lot of copy and paste operations in MS Word 2007, you probably have asked for an easy way to control whether the formatting should be perserved in the destination document. That feature is actually built-in. Until I discovered this feature today, I had to use the old faithful NotePad as an intermediate step!
Below are the steps to change the configuration:
* Click on the Office Button in the upper left cornner
* Click on Word Options > Advanced
Scroll down to “cut, copy, and paste” section
* Change the first four setting as you see fit
