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
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 you [...]
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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 online. Even [...]
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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, I [...]
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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
I just released the 8th issue of Understanding SharePoint Journal Volume 1. This time, I will teach you a powerful method of SharePoint development that may very well revolutionize the way you develop SharePoint solutions.
Throughout 88 pages you learn about the following aspects of SharePoint development:
The conflict of developer control versus user [...]
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This post was written by furuknap on January 26, 2010
I’ve now drawn the names of the winners of the testimonial competition from the virtual hat.
If you didn’t win, don’t worry, I’ll make sure to hold equally cool competitions later
Congratulations to the grand prize winner: Danny Chin!
Danny will be my guest at the SharePoint Technology Conference in February and receive a full [...]
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This post was written by furuknap on January 25, 2010
You may know that I’m making the trip over to San Francisco in January to attend the SharePoint Technology Conference. I hope to see many of you there, and I’m definitely going to see one of you.
A lot.
Here’s the deal.
USPJ is sponsoring the event this year as a media sponsor. That means I’m [...]
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This post was written by furuknap on December 21, 2009
I’m happy to announce, albeit a bit late, that a new subscription series on SharePoint 2010 is now available.
The new series, titled Introducing SharePoint 2010, will guide you through what’s new in SharePoint 2010 over a series of six shorter issues. These issues are released 2-3 weeks apart and are 25-30 pages long [...]
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This post was written by furuknap on December 7, 2009
