It is my pleasure to announce that the New Zealand SharePoint user group is now using the CKS 1.0 edition. Thanks to Ian Morrish of Microsoft New Zealand for the help and setup of the site. The current web site will be redirected to the new home at: http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/sharepoint/worldwide/nz/default.aspx. New Zealand is now part of the global community portal for SharePoint. I mentioned in the previous UG session announcement about the SharePoint community portal. So watch the UG site for some exciting content and links related to SharePoint events around New Zealand.WSS  SharePoint  ...[Read More]

Colligo Reader enables you to easily download content from SharePoint sites to your laptop - so you can access the content offline, rather than having to copy files one by one through a browser. Colligo Reader is completely free for individual users and very simple to use. Reader is a client-only application - no server modifications are required. The install package is just 4.1MB in size, so it takes less than a minute to install (no license keys are required). Colligo Reader works with all shipping versions of SharePoint, including Windows® SharePoint® Services (WSS 3.0 & 2.0), Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server (MOSS 2007), and SharePoint® Portal Server (SPS 2003). http://www.colligo.com/products/sharepoint/reader_home.asp RAD Controls (These guys rock when it come's to WYSIWYG editor tools) I have used these in all my p ...[Read More]

The rest of the templates from the fantastic 40 are now available for download. These are server admin templates which provide enhanced functionality with workflows along with customised lists and libraries. The previous 20 released were site admin templates. You may ask, what is the difference between a site admin template and a server admin template? Basically a site admin template is created using browser based customisations in a WSS site and saving that to the template gallery. You can see this in Site administration for the site collection. Then this is available within the site template gallery. A server admin template is when you create a new site definition of an existing one and modifying this for greater functionality. This allows more flexibility in building enhanced solutions based on the WSS platform. For example the ...[Read More]

I will be attending the Business Productivity Infrastructure Optimisation (BPIO) University partner training event hosted by Microsoft Australia over in Sydney next week. (February 26th to 28th) This is an instructor lead 3 day workshop focused on the following capabilities Unified Communications and Collaboration Enterprise Content Management Business Intelligence The agenda for this unique 3-day workshop includes: BDM Customer Campaigns, BPIO Maturity Model, CES Methodology, and Search Unified Communication & Collaboration with Hands-On Learning to create a Solution Briefing. Enterprise Content Management with Hands-On learning to cross-sell and up-sell multiple BPIO capabilities. Business Intelligence capabilities with hands-On learning for best practices with proof of concept projects. This is aimed at Microso ...[Read More]

This year's technical briefing dates have been announced. There is an Information Worker track with a focus on SharePoint. The Wellington event will be on 14th of March. Auckland 7th March and Christchurch 21st March Ryan Duguid and Ian Morrish will be presenting the following sessions. SharePoint Deployment Whether you've already got SharePoint and want to upgrade or are looking to implement SharePoint 2007 into a fresh environment, you'll need to know what's involved and how to manage it. Come and learn from the best and get it right the first time. - Ian Morrish (www.wssdemo.com) A Developers Overview of SharePoint 2007 Why build from scratch when you can build on SharePoint? In this session we will talk about the out of box functionality that you don't have to build as well as how to extend and customise SharePoint usi ...[Read More]

Just got these from Amazon.com Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Administrator's Companion by Bill English This is one "the" books that you should get if you are implementing SharePoint 2007. I also have the 2003 version which I have used extensively for reference when Implementing Portal Server 2003. Available from Amazon.com Developer's Guide to the Windows SharePoint Services v3 Platform by Todd Bleeker Good resource if you are a developer starting out on developing WSS V3 applications. ...[Read More]

Topic: Enterprise Content Management Enabled by Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 The new and enhanced content management capabilities in MS Office SharePoint Server 2007 comprise three areas: Document Management Records Management Web Content Management Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Enterprise Content Management capability provides an integrated solution to manage, publish and protect documents, email messages, records and web content, and for automating collaborative business processes. Come and see these feature areas and capabilities at the next user group meeting. Presented by: Mark Orange (Intergen) Date: 28th February 2007 (Wednesday) Note change in venue for this session. Infinity Solutions Level 9 PWC Tower 113-119 The Terrace. Start 6PM Refreshments provided. Please RSVP to: join@sha ...[Read More]

This WSS site is now running the Beta 1.0 release of the Forms authentication. I welcome everyone to register on the site and try out the features.   Create an account to try out the Application Templates. You will get access to the "Demo" section where you can try out some of the recently released Application Templates.   Enjoy!   Chandima ...[Read More]