First SharePoint 2010 Book Is Here! USP Journal Volume 2, Issue 1

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

Professional SharePoint Development Now Available

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

Testimonial Competition Winners

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

Introducing SharePoint 2010 Now Available

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

Learn SharePoint Workflows in Visual Studio 2008 – No Code Required!

Introducing SharePoint Visual Studio Workflows is the name of the first Visual Studio workflow issue of Understanding SharePoint Journal. In this issue, I will introduce you to the Visual Studio workflow authoring experience. and show you various aspect of developing workflows for SharePoint in Visual Studio 2008.
Even better; you won’t need to write any code. [...]

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This post was written by furuknap on November 2, 2009

Last Chance to Get SharePoint 2010 Beta Series

With the SharePoint Conference 2009 (#SPC09) well underway, tons of new information has been made available to both attendees and outside observers.
Surprising to most is that the release date for the first public version of SharePoint was delayed. The original target, confirmed no more than two weeks ago in a conversation with Microsoft, was [...]

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This post was written by furuknap on October 21, 2009

SharePoint 2010 Beta Series Issue 3 Available

The third issue of the SharePoint 2010 Beta series is now available to subscribers. This issue covers new information discovered about SharePoint 2010 in the last few weeks.
However, I am also going to start posting information I have found out from behind the scenes, and tell you what I really know about SharePoint 2010.
In [...]

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This post was written by furuknap on September 22, 2009

New Free Bonus Issue – SharePoint Troubleshooting

I am very pleased to introduce the next author for Understanding SharePoint Journal. Ayman El-Hattab is a SharePoint developer and speaker. He is a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer as well as a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist in SharePoint. Ayman writes articles about SharePoint and its related technologies for online magazines and speaks at numerous user [...]

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This post was written by furuknap on September 7, 2009

Issue 6 – SPThemes and SPSampleData Explained Released

Issue 6 of Understanding SharePoint Journal is now available.
Understanding SharePoint Journal presents two new solutions, SPThemes and SPSampleData, designed to teach you new aspects of SharePoint development.
SPThemes seeks to overcome some of the weaknesses of the default SharePoint themes solution. Utilizing supportable techniques, SPThemes allows for custom themes, site collection scoped themes, and personal themes [...]

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Second Issue of SharePoint 2010 Beta Series Out Now!

The second issue in the controversial SharePoint 2010 Beta series of Understanding SharePoint Journal has now been released to subscribers.
In the second SharePoint 2010 Beta subscription issue of Understanding SharePoint Journal, you will, among other topics, learn about

Visio 2010 and Workflow
Updates on expected SharePoint 2010 release date
Themes support [...]

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This post was written by furuknap on August 11, 2009