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InfoPath 2007 training labs

Erika Ehrli has put together a nice list of MSDN training labs for Infopath 2007. Check out her post here, including a link to the Office PIA's

• Lab 1: Publishing an InfoPath 2007 Form Template to a Server Running InfoPath Forms Services

• Lab 2: Deploying and Managing InfoPath 2007 Forms

• Lab 3: Integrating InfoPath 2007 with the Data Connection Library

• Lab 4: Enabling Digital Signatures in InfoPath 2007 Form Templates

• Lab 5: Importing Word Forms into InfoPath 2007

• Lab 6: Using InfoPath 2007 E-mail Forms

• Lab 7: Restricting Permissions to InfoPath 2007 Forms and Form Templates

• Lab 8: Using the InfoPath 2007 Object Model and Visual Studio Tools for Applications

• Lab 9: Designing InfoPath 2007 Forms for Mobile Web Browsers

• Lab 10: Creating and Inserting InfoPath 2007 Template Parts

• Lab 11: Integrating InfoPath 2007 Forms in Web Sites Using Visual Studio

• Lab 12: Using SharePoint Server Workflows with InfoPath 2007

Microsoft Knowledge Network

The KN team blog just announced that the Knowledge Network first release candidate (RC0) is now available for download from the Microsoft Connect Website

SharePoint Pro Online LIVE!

Thanks to Daniel Larson for pointing this out.

There is a free full day, online sharepoint conference coming up.
Agenda:

• SharePoint and Your Business: How WSS and MOSS are Used In the Real World
• Introduction to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 Administration
• Windows SharePoint Services Development for ASP.NET Developers
• Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) v3 Web Part Development
• Making the Most of SharePoint and Microsoft Office Applications
• SharePoint Backup and Restore
• The File Share is Dead: Implementing SharePoint Document Libraries
• Ask the Experts: Live Q&A Panel

It starts at 11am EST, so not sure what time that is in South Africa.

Go check out all the details here

Technical Overview of Excel Services

Great webcast up at MS:
"In this webcast, we look at the new Excel Services, which is part of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. We describe how Excel Services extends the capabilities of Microsoft Office Excel 2007 by allowing broad sharing of spreadsheets, in addition to improved manageability and security. Attend this session to learn how you can reuse spreadsheet models with Excel Services through a scalable server-based calculation service. We illustrate how Excel Services provides a Web-based UI for browser-based access and a Web services API for programmatic access, both of which have robust options for controlling what data is available to users and applications. Also, find out how Excel Services takes advantage of enterprise content management (ECM) features in SharePoint Server 2007, such as enabling you to check in/check out files and providing capabilities for auditing and versioning. "

Get it here

Understanding and Troubleshooting the SharePoint Explorer View

From Microsoft:

"The Explorer View feature that is included with Windows SharePoint Services and is also available in Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server lets users access files stored in the SharePoint database using the familiar Windows Explorer interface. To the end user, this appears to be a very simple and robust feature. In reality, it is the result of a complex series of interactions between many individual components provided by separate Microsoft products.

• Provide an overview of the Explorer View architecture.
• Document the causes and resolutions of problems you are likely to encounter when using the Explorer View in a corporate environment.
• Describe basic troubleshooting steps to be performed before engaging Microsoft Customer Support Services (CSS)."

Download the whitepaper here

Microsoft Office Migration Planning Manager

From Microsoft:

" The Office Migration Planning Manager is a group of tools designed to help administrators during the planning and testing phases of a 2007 Microsoft Office system deployment. The goal of the tool set is to help administrators understand the number and types of Microsoft Office files in their environment and effectively plan for a smooth rollout of the new version of the Microsoft Office system."

Get it here

All 40 Application Templates are ready !!!

[From Microsoft]

 Site Admin Templates: Get all 20 Site Admin templates as a single package download. Available in English only.

Server Admin Templates: Get all 20 Server Admin templates as a single package download. Multiple languages available.

All 40 Application Templates : Get all 40 Application Templates for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 as a single package download. Package only includes English versions.

Site Admin Templates

 Board of Directors

 Business Performance Reporting

 Case Management for Government Agencies

 Classroom Management

 Clinical Trial Initiation and Management

 Competitive Analysis Site

 Discussion Database

 Disputed Invoice Management

 Employee Activities Site

 Employee Self-Service Benefits

 Employee Training Scheduling and Materials

 Equity Research

 Integrated Marketing Campaign Tracking

 Manufacturing Process Management

 New Store Opening

 Product and Marketing Requirements Planning

 Request for Proposal

 Sports League

 Team Work Site

 Timecard Management

Server Admin Templates

 Absence Request and Vacation Schedule Management

 Budgeting and Tracking Multiple Projects

 Bug Database

 Call Center

 Change Request Management

 Compliance Process Support Site

 Contacts Management

 Document Library and Review

 Event Planning

 Expense Reimbursement and Approval

 Help Desk

 Inventory Tracking

 IT Team Workspace

 Job Requisition and Interview Management

 Knowledge Base

 Lending Library

 Physical Asset Tracking and Management

 Project Tracking Workspace

 Room and Equipment Reservations

 Sales Lead Pipeline

Virtual PC 2007

Just went live....

get it here

Sharepoint related Links

• 2 IW related articles on the January Architecture Journal
• Context-Driven Access via Microsoft Office

By Thomas Demmler
You don't have to refactor all of your applications to create composite applications. Learn how one company interfaces with legacy systems by using Information Bridge Framework.

• Building Office Business Applications

By Atanu Banerjee
Many business processes are document-centric. Explore the 2007 Microsoft Office system features as a platform for composite applications with workflow.

• Microsoft Best Practices Analyzer for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and the 2007 Microsoft Office System - creates detailed reports to help administrators achieve greater performance, scalability, and uptime. get it here
• How to buy Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
• Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 products comparison download - This is a detailed excel spreadsheet with comparisons between the different 2007 server editions and SharePoint Portal Server 2003 SharePointProductsComparison.xls (167 KB)
• Community Kit for Sharepoint
  

Power Toys for Visual Studio - Installer

Not sure if anyone has seen this