A few people have asked me via email about where they should go to learn about SharePoint Foundation 2010 (SharePoint Foundation was formerly Windows SharePoint Services aka WSS). All of the links that are out there directly focus on the full SharePoint 2010 suite and rarely have I seen any SharePoint Foundation 2010 only resources. SharePoint Foundation 2010 as it’s name obviously suggests is the core technology for all of the SharePoint stack. Sure it may not have all the whizzy bang that comes with the ueber versions but implemented well it can be equally useful for your organisation. If you are on a tight budget this is your best option to try out if this kind of technology can be implemented in your organisation. Remember you still need to plan accordingly based on your scenarios you want to use the technology for your business. S ...[Read More]

The biggest SharePoint event to hit New Zealand is only weeks away! If you are still humming and arrhing about getting registered here is my sales pitch to get you registered. I’m a .Net developer/Web Developer I don’t really care about SharePoint.. Well if you are  then you have that attitude you are probably wrong! (Now I don’t want to have a fight on this) but here me out. Over the last two years if you happen to look at Job adverts you will have noticed that one in eight “Developer” positions advertised will have “SharePoint Skills Preferred” or at least a preference given to candidates who are “SharePoint Savvy”. Bottom line is if you are looking to advance your career you will have to learn SharePoint sooner or later. So what’s better than coming to a New Zealand focused SharePoint event so you can talk with these mysterious fol ...[Read More]

The New Zealand SharePoint event of the year is just around the corner and I wanted to highlight the “A” list speaker line up we have this year! Tood Bleeker Todd is the author of numerous SharePoint books and he has been writing about SharePoint since the first version of SharePoint. If you have ever been to one of Todd’s talks on development practices for SharePoint then you definitely don’t want to miss the chance of meeting him and seeing him present! His most famous and widely read books include Developers guide to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and the upcoming Developers Guide to SharePoint Foundation 2010. Todd Bleeker, Ph.D. and MVP, is an industry leader in Microsoft-centric software development, specializing in SharePoint products and technologies. Todd is an innovative, resourceful, and competitive technologist with a ...[Read More]