Migrating SharePoint Applications; Pros & Cons of Microsoft’s Cloud Strategy; Microsoft + Ford Mustang = MicroStang?

SharePoint Daily Logo Today is your last chance so don’t forget to stop in and talk to Tom, Julie and Jen in the Bamboo booth at AIIM Conference 2012. Tom will also be part of a Group Therapy session on “Necessary Tools in the Virtual Worker Toolkit” at 1:30 at Table B in the Solution Lounge. - Dooley

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SharePoint Applications: Migration Planning (CMSWire)
I’m in the middle of a series on how to build and deploy successful SharePoint document management applications, with the goal of migrating end-users off of the most prevalent legacy document management system out there: that unholy trinity of shared drives, hard drives, and email. In this post, we’ll dive deeper into migration planning, one of the most challenging parts of the process.

All Aboard (AIIM)
I am sure Bryant would let me off the hook for skipping this blog entry, since I’ll be at the AIIM Conference the day my post is due, but something just happened that I want to share. Last week, I talked about how we were planning to demonstrate some of SharePoint’s capabilities to a newly formed group in our company that has a lot of content to create and make available to others. Last Friday, we conducted the tour. I need to point out that there were six us of in a virtual meeting using Microsoft Lync, sharing voice, video and my screen. I should also add that this was the first time we used the video conferencing features of Lync. We got everyone hooked up and the train left the station for all points SharePoint.

6 Pros And 3 Cons Of Microsoft’s Cloud Strategy (InformationWeek)
Microsoft this week outlined a clear plan to deliver its Dynamics enterprise resource planning (ERP) software as cloud-delivered services. Microsoft has some credibility here, drawing on its experience delivering Dynamics CRM Online. But is it moving fast enough with its cloud strategy, and will the company really change its Microsoft-biased ways?

Outlook 15 Gets Ready for Touch Tablets (PCWorld)
The next version of Outlook, part of Office 15, is all about touch and unification with other Microsoft products including native Hotmail and social networking integration, a new feature called Peek, a Windows Phone-style “People” menu, and touch optimization. That’s my takeaway from Paul Thurrott’s look at the Outlook 15 preview, as part of the Windows-focused blogger’s sneak peek at the next version of Microsoft Office. While Outlook 15 is still a traditional desktop app, several changes appear to be preparing the way for users to access the program on a touch tablet.

2012 Ford Mustang Becomes a MicroStang Thanks to West Coast Customs – Video (AutoGuide)
While Apple successfully continues to campaign a clean and subtle design for all of their products, and Google embraces the open-source world, it seems like Microsoft is a bit lost. Outside of its Kinect and Xbox 360 video game system, the once tech giant has become an afterthought in most people’s minds. But in the past couple of years, the company has been working hard to change that image. Its new Windows Phone 7 can’t officially be declared a bust yet, and their upcoming Windows 8 is supposed to revolutionize how we use a PC. In an attempt to be hip and to show off all its new technology, Microsoft teamed up with West Coast Customs to build a 2012 Ford Mustang that it calls the MicroStang.

Around the Blogosphere
SharePoint 2010 Install Guidance (Todd Klindt’s SharePoint Admin Blog)
In the last week I’ve been asked for this information a few times, so I decided to go ahead and blog it. I’ve been hesitant to put out an official blog post on this, because I don’t think it’s ready for prime time. But, it keeps coming up, so here it is, the steps I follow when I install SharePoint 2010.

Install SharePoint Server 2010 on Windows 7 x64 (ITPro)
If you want to install WSS v3 / MOSS 2007 on Windows 7 you have to made some changes. When you try to install in a “normal” way, it will fail and receive a big error:

#MSPC12 Experiences Day One and the CPS Presentations #PC324 #PC301 (SharePoint (and Project Server) Shenanigans)
I’m sitting in my hotel room right now totally buzzing from the day I have just experienced at the Microsoft Project Conference 2012. A whole host of emotions and states have run through from nerves and waking up at 3am this morning to joy and more academic interest in the sessions that I have attended today. Nerves? you may ask. Well you see today was my first ever presentation to an audience at a conference! Now I am a consultant by trade and do presentations at clients all the time.

Creating an InfoPath Form Ribbon (SharePoint 365)
In my last few posts I showed how you could create a more professional looking forms using views and picture buttons. In this post I am going to extend that idea slightly by showing how you can using picture buttons and views to create the illusion of a navigation ribbon on your form.

Download Dux Raymond Sy’s New White Paper ‘Proven Practices for SharePoint Requirements Development’ & Be Entered to Win a Pass to the SHARE Conference (The Bamboo Team Blog)
As a co-presentation with Innovative-e, Bamboo is proud to announce today the availability of a new white paper by SharePoint MVP and PMP Dux Raymond Sy. Drawing on his years of experience with SharePoint, project management, and client engagement, the topic of Dux’s comprehensive white paper is Proven Practices for SharePoint Requirements Development. Addressing topics such as Assessing and Prioritizing Business Needs, Business Process Gap Analysis, Defining Measurable and Traceable Requirements, Key Steps to Developing Requirements, and Effectively Writing Requirements, Dux clearly outlines each of the steps necessary for successful SharePoint requirements development.

This Week in Bamboo (March 11th, 2012 – March 17th, 2012) (The Bamboo Team Blog)
If you’ve already checked out the latest version of Project Management Central for SharePoint 2010 (released a couple of weeks ago), now it’s the latest version for SharePoint 2007′s turn. A minor release of Project Management Central R3.0 for SharePoint 2007 was launched to our storefront this week with a new feature leveraging Workflow Conductor, and with many resolved bugs. For more details about the new release, please see the release announcement blog post by our Product Manager. For a complete list of details regarding this week’s releases, please see below.

SharePoint Job Listings*
Sr. .NET Developer – With SharePoint – Los Angeles, CA
Our client is looking for a Senior .NET Developer in Downtown Los Angeles, California. This individual needs to be able to work in a very fast paced environment with an emphasis on iterative development. The Developer needs to have a proven history of working well with business groups directly. This individual will need to also support existing applications; so product support experience as well as development is essential. SharePoint .NET info path Form building is required. There will also be a lot of enhancements / tweaking in SharePoint 2010. The company uses Soap and Ajax for enhancements and VB.NET. There are a number of new sites and applications that need to be written in .NET.

SharePoint .NET Developer – Lynnwood, WA
The SharePoint Developer is responsible for designing, developing, testing, supporting, and maintaining internal SharePoint solutions with a variety of customizations. Create documentation for usage of custom applications to meet business requirements. Understand principles in developing maintainable code as well as assessing time needed to accomplish development tasks. Must have the ability to communicate effectively in a team environment. Work with the SharePoint team in maintaining the overall strategic architecture of the company’s enterprise SharePoint 2010 environment. This role provides the opportunity to grow into further responsibility for analyzing requirements, business processes, defining architecture and overall strategy with the rest of the SharePoint team.

Microsoft Updates
Migrating Managed Metadata in SharePoint Server 2010 (MSDN)
Learn how to use the Managed Metadata Service application to migrate managed metadata among Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 development, testing, and production environments.

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