Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
I returned from SharePoint Conference to find my copy of Professional SharePoint 2007 Reporting with SQL Server Reporting 2008 Reporting Services waiting for me. I happened to get in involoved in some technical editing towards the end of this book. If you are a SharePoint person who knows the basics of Reporting Services and want to learn more about the integration of SharePoint and SSRS then pick up a copy. If you are a SharePoint person who needs to learn SSRS then you Must pick up a copy of this book.
I "officially" met Reza, one of the three authors, in Montreal where he was speaking on SharePoint and Reporting Services integration. I can easily say the Reza knows his SSRS, inside and out. I also know Coskun and Jacob but have not seen them speak. Every time I spoke at same venue as Coskun we spoke during the same time slot.
This book covers topics including:
- Install of SSRS 2008 in integrated mode
- Basic report design
- Business Intelligence Developer Studio
- Creating reports of various complexities such as linked reports
- Deployment of reports
- Management of reports
For myself I found the Deploying Reports to SharePoint, Advanced Deployment Techniques and Managing Reports chapter to be most valuable. Advanced Deployment Techniques includes a great PowerShell script to allow you to easily publish your report. The Managing Reports sections covers topics including unattended report processing, on-demand report execution and subscriptions.
This is one of the few, if not the only, book dedicated to the topic of SQL Server Reporting Services and SharePoint. Many other books contain a single chapter on SSRS and SharePoint . If you are working with SSRS in SharePoint or contemplating integrating SSRS with SharePoint then this book should be on your shelf.
Monday, October 05, 2009
Just spent the last hour booking my flight to SharePoint Conference 2009. I will be there and just might show up speaking at one of the vendor sessions with my old friend Martin. If you haven't been to Vegas or a SharePoint Conference you will be in for a treat. If you do any work with SharePoint at all this is the conference you will not want to miss!
Conference Site: http://www.mssharepointconference.com
Sessions: http://www.mssharepointconference.com/pages/SessionSneakPeak.aspx
Twitter:http://twitter.com/SPConf
In the latest release of SharePoint Patterns and Practices ( Developing SharePoint Applications) the P&P documentation includes a section comparing and the use of SharePoint lists to database tables. It is a short read and worth the time to read since this topic surfaces often in discussions.
While SharePoint lists provides a quick and easy way to store data it does has some limitations and should not be used where a true relational data store is required.
Using SharePoint Lists vs. Database Tables
Monday, July 13, 2009
Head to the SharePoint 2010 Sneak Peek to view three videos of what you can expect from SharePoint 2010! These are quick looks into what SharePoint 2010 might ship with. Trust me there are some amazing demos in these videos.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
For those who are registered for SharePoint Saturday in Chicago you can find the schedule and information at :
http://www.sharepointsaturday.org/chicago/default.aspx
Saturday Schedule
Friday, May 22, 2009
Last night Jeff Teper announced a SP2 issue where a product expiration date was improperly set. After installation the licensing may be set to Evaluation which will cause the farm to stop working after 180 days. MS is working on a hotfix, but in the mean time your farms are fine. Even if you fail to install the forthcoming hotfix your farm will not be accessible to users but your data is safe and secure until the patch is applied.
Soon there will be a KB article (971620) that will explain a manual fix. Expect the KB article in the next day or two.
Attention: Important Information on Service Pack 2
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Please join us for the first meeting of the Central Illinois SharePoint User Group.
The Central Illinois SharePoint User Group provides a venue for anyone who is interested in learning more about Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server. We hope to provide a means for organizations within the Central Illinois region to connect and discuss all areas of SharePoint with the help of some great speakers. If you are thinking about SharePoint, starting with SharePoint or have a long history of using SharePoint we hope you will spend the morning with the group and help spread the knowledge.
Topic: Do you Know SharePoint?
Whether you've spent two minutes or two years with SharePoint you'll get tons of little quirks, tricks, and features you never knew existed out of this presentation. We'll take a journey around the product and point out some of the lesser known features. Did you know you can get your users to enter metadata -- without knowing it?
Speaker: Robert Bogue, MCSE (NT4/W2K), MCSA:Security, A+, Network+, Server+, I-Net+, IT Project+, E-Biz+, CDIA+ is the president of Thor Projects LLC. Thor Projects LLC provides SharePoint Consulting services to clients around the country. Robert has contributed to more than 100 book projects and numerous other publishing projects. Robert’s latest book is The SharePoint Shepherd’s Guide for End Users. You can find out more about the book at http://www.SharePointShepherd.com. Robert has been pleased to be a part of the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) program for the past 5 years. He was most recently awarded for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server. Before that Robert was a Microsoft Commerce Server MVP and before that Microsoft Windows Servers-Networking MVP. Robert is the president of the SharePoint Users Group of Indiana (SPIN, www.spindiana.com). He’s also a member of the board for the Indiana Windows Users Group (www.iwug.net) . Robert blogs at http://www.thorprojects.com/blog You can reach Robert at Rob.Bogue@thorprojects.com.
When: June 10, 2009
Doors open at 8:30 AM
Presentation at 9:00 AM
Open Discussion after presentation
Where: LRS
2451 W Monroe
Springfield, Illinois
LRS Eucation Center
(Directions)
Contact: Darrin Bishop, dbishop@darrinbishop.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/cisug
This is the first Central Illinois SharePoint User Group meeting. We have secured enough room, coffee and breakfast snacks for twenty to thirty attendees. Feel free to send an email to dbishop@darrinbishop.com if you plan to attend so we can ensure we have enough room ,coffee and food for all. Special thanks to Levi, Ray and Shoup, Inc. for providing the meeting space and coffee. This is a community-driven user group. At the first meeting we will be discussing dates and times for following meetings. If morning meetings to discuss SharePoint will be difficult to attend please let us know. This is the community's user group and we will make adjustment to best fit the community's needs. If you are interested in speaking or assisting the Central Illinois SharePoint User Group please send an email to dbishop@darrinbishop.com .
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Windows 7 Release Candidate is available for download today. It looks like you will only be able to download from TechNet or MSDN until May 5. I read somewhere that you would need to do a clean install from a Beta version of Windows 7. I will probably spend the weekend backing up my Dell, wiping it clean and installing Windows 7.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Here are the links to SP2 for WSS 3 and MOSS. Remember to install the WSS SP2 on MOSS before you install MOSS SP2. Lots of fixes and updates to get us closer to SharePoint 2010. MOSS 2007 SP2 contains updates to MOSS, Groove Server, Excel Services, Forms Server, Project Server and Search Server. Make sure you grab the correct platform version -x86 or x64.
WSS 3.0 SP2
MOSS 2007 SP2