It was great speaking at SharePoint Saturday NH last month. My presentation on Advanced SharePoint Document Management with Multi-file Documents is now available. This session focused on implementing advanced SharePoint document management syst ...[Read More]

I was working on upgrading a simple SharePoint application from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010. One of the components was a CustomAction feature that placed a menu item on a list’s toolbar. So I needed to migrate the CustomAction Xml to place ...[Read More]

Microsoft has released Service Pack 1 for SharePoint Foundation, SharePoint Server 2010, and Project Server 2010. You can find them on the Microsoft Download Center or through these direct download links:   Service Pack 1 for SharePoint Founda ...[Read More]

I often help prospective customers decide whether or not they should implement SharePoint or an alternate product. Not long ago the choice was fairly simple, but now there are many options: Drupal, DotNetNuke, Oracle Web Center, Web Logic, Alfresc ...[Read More]

I needed to write a customized approval workflow. I know I could use InfoPath to create custom approval task forms, and I saw many posts showing how this is done. But if I could use the SharePoint Approval Workflow task forms, I could save a lot o ...[Read More]

There are many posts out there extolling the virtues of using metadata over folders for organizing information in SharePoint 2007. I certainly believe that metadata is a great tool for for classifying information, but it is incorrect to ask whethe ...[Read More]

I was thrilled when I first started working with WSS V3 and saw that the list item pages for creating, viewing, and editing list items were actual web part pages. This opened up a way to customize these pages for various lists in a way that was ve ...[Read More]

I was looking for some info on how SharePoint stacked up against Documentum, and came upon Johnny Gee’s article titled Documentum vs SharePoint – Round 2. First I wanted to thank Johnny for a great post and Eric Crone (of ForeFront Partners LLC) for ...[Read More]

Black Blade Associates has just released a new black paper: Enhancing SharePoint Document Management with Virtual Documents. Lack of Virtual Document support is one the most common reasons consumers pass up SharePoint in favor of more expensive docu ...[Read More]

I’ve been a fan of OneNote for several years. I like how easily I can capture some information without worrying about file names or explicitly saving data. Now I’ve found another reason to love OneNote: I can synchronize all of my notebooks across m ...[Read More]