The Understanding SharePoint Journal is a periodical focusing on building understanding of various aspects of SharePoint, including development, customization, usage, business intelligence, workflow, business process automation, and other topics.
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This post was written by furuknap on February 17, 2009
Web part development is perhaps the most commonly used development technique in SharePoint. In fact, a major idea behind SharePoint comes from the digital dashboard announced by Microsoft in 1999 and consisting of a web part based application platform in which users can customize the application using web parts. In this issue of Understanding SharePoint [...]
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This post was written by furuknap on October 28, 2011
SharePoint Content types are arguably the most powerful feature of SharePoint and are used widely throughout successful SharePoint projects. In the USP Journal issue “SharePoint Content Types for Business Users” you will learn the why and how of SharePoint content types. You’ll learn both the theory and best practices and also explore how to build [...]
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This post was written by furuknap on December 14, 2010
Since SharePoint 2010 launched in April 2010, members of the USP Journal mailing list have requested an updated version of Beginning SharePoint Development targeted at SharePoint 2010. The truth, however, is that despite the initial appearances, much of what you know about SharePoint development from the 2007 version still applies to SharePoint 2010. So, rather [...]
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This post was written by furuknap on November 15, 2010
We’re proud to announce that USP Journal issue 2/2 is now available for purchase. This issue covers workflows in SharePoint Designer 2010. SharePoint Designer 2010 offers powerful workflow authoring options, but building such workflows can be bewildering. This issue targets beginning developers and business users looking to save organizations time and money by automating business [...]
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This post was written by furuknap on September 20, 2010
Today, I released a new free report to the free content section of this website. The report is targeted at business analysts and managers who want to know whether to go with SharePoint or not. I’ll show you strengths and weaknesses of SharePoint, show some sample scenarios in which you would or would not use [...]
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This post was written by furuknap on March 9, 2010
Arno Nel, a long-time friend and founder of SharePointMagazine.net, has just launched his new SharePoint social site called spoint.me. spoint.me has a ton of features and I’m not going to bore you with those, but what’s important is this: There’s a USP Journal group at spoint.me. Inside that group is a set of forums where [...]
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This post was written by furuknap on March 3, 2010
It’s been a full year since Understanding SharePoint Journal launched. On February 23rd 2009, USPJ was born after a reader of my blog posted a simple question. Now, one year later, thousands of readers have learned about SharePoint through USPJ. Now, one year later, we’re running full speed toward bringing the world’s first SharePoint academy [...]
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This post was written by furuknap on February 23, 2010
I’ve just launched the first issue of volume 2 of USP Journal, titled Introducing SharePoint 2010. This issue, spanning a massive 180 pages, is the first independent book on SharePoint available on the market. Throughout this issue, I’ll introduce you to SharePoint 2010 whether you are a developer, an administrator, or an end-user (Sorry Mark, [...]
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This post was written by furuknap on February 10, 2010
So, I’ve been scheming and working in dark cellars for the last few weeks working on a new service that’s going to rock your boats. It’s called the Understanding SharePoint Journal Academy, or USPJA for short. USPJA is an online university style academy dedicated to providing SharePoint training for developers, administrators, and business users on [...]
This post was written by furuknap on February 2, 2010
