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Changes to C# Course

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:12:28 +0200

I have started an ambitious project to create a public C# course with screen casts. I posted a few lessons up to experiment and learn. Thanks for the feedback I received. Here is the link to the course http://brett.maytom.net/courses/cs.

New free tool to import PSTs into O365 (Exchange Online)

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:49:18 +0200

Exchange Online allows you to move mailboxes from your on-premise Exchange implementation into Exchange Online (and visa-versa), but it doesn't have a feature to import those PST files sitting on your user’s PCs into Exchange Online. Well, not until last week anyway, when Microsoft released a PST import tool which is designed to do just that.

Move your user’s PSTs into Exchange Online or Exchange on-premise with this new tool called “PST Capture”.

Check it out and download it here on the Exchange Server team’s blog

Michael

Refocusing on Office 365 in South Africa

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:58:47 +0200

As you may have noticed, by regular SharePoint articles, have not been regular at all. Over the past few months, I have been refocusing my time on Office 365 for South Africa. Going forward my posts will contain SharePoint content, but mostly for SharePoint Online (a service within Office 365) as well as Exchange Online, Lync Online and the services, current and future which sit in the Office 365 service from Microsoft.

With that, I will start by saying that we at Microsoft South Africa are very excited about the interest that our customers have shown in the service thus far and are looking forward to the commercial availability of the service for South Africa later this year.

If you are interested in giving the service a test drive, please visit www.office365.co.za and sign-up for a trial account.

With that, let me sign off.

I hope to have a local South African dialogue with you, so please get in touch and ask questions and provide comments.

Regards,

Michael (Office 365 for the Enterprise Guy)

SharePoint 2010 Compatibility With Google Chrome

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:03:31 +0200

Seems that more and more clients are being allowed to have alternative browsers in their companies, and Chrome is a firm favourite. If you’re using SharePoint 2010, there are a few things that don’t work : Importing a spreadsheet Upload … Continue reading →

What is Microsoft .NET?

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:11:19 +0200

Microsoft .NET In this screencast I will discuss What the .NET Framework is Describe the Common Language Specification Describe the Common Language Runtime Identify the benefits of .NET Framework Class Library Explain how applications are compiled to a common intermediate language Discuss the different .NET versions Look at the Mono Project

Structuring Multiple Projects

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:16:02 +0200

Working as a consultant the number of projects one works on becomes pretty large quickly. Without a clear way to structure the storage of the projects ones file management becomes a mess very quickly. I have always had challenges with how to store my projects and have had to continually adapt as technology changes and [...]

Installing Visual Studio 2010

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:51:11 +0200

Installing Visual Studio 2010 In this screencast I will discuss The different versions of Visual Studio 2010 Give a demonstration on installing Visual Studio Applying Service Packs to Visual Studio Starting Visual Studio and choosing your first-time run environment settings Changing your environment settings

Episode 53 – Ruven Gotz on Metadata, Search, Being Disconnected and More

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:35:53 +0200

In this second ‘teaser’ show leading up to the Share Conference in Johannesburg, Ruven Gotz discusses the topics he will be presenting on, including his keynote on better understanding metadata – what it is, why it’s important and how to get more of it! We also discuss the Search enhancements in SharePoint 2010, working disconnected [...]

Insert a Hotspot using SharePoint Designer 2010

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:28:33 +0200

There are a few things that power users can do in SharePoint Designer (SPD) that are perfectly harmless. Inserting hotspots onto images is one of them. This doesn’t mean you can unleash yourself onto SPD with gay abandon, please make … Continue reading →

“The workbook cannot be opened” Error on Document Library

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:48:40 +0200

Today one of my support colleges ran into this error when one of the busines users tried to open up an excel document through Office Web Apps. After a couple of minutes of debugging, it came down to a simple access issue. After running the powershell script below, all seemed to be happy again… $webApp [...]

About the C# Programming Course

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:05:17 +0200

About the course This screencast is the first in a series of on the basic programming fundamentals and syntax of C#. This topic gives an overview of the course, the prerequisites and some learning guidance. Have a look and let me know what you think

Document Management, Email, Messaging, Collaboration Solutions for Small to Medium Businesses

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:48:09 +0200

Start up, micro, small or medium sized business? Teeny IT budget? Battling to share documentation and calendars? No inhouse IT skills? Don’t feel like buying Office licenses for everyone? Tired of trying to keep up with installing the latest software? … Continue reading →

Information Worker Expands to Durban!

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:16:02 +0200

We are very pleased to announce that Information Worker (IW) is expanding to Durban. SurfPoint here we come! In case you don’t know, IW is a South African SharePoint user group currently in its 5th year. We host events monthly in … Continue reading →

WCM in SharePoint–Page Content Column

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:26:09 +0200

A bad workman always blames his tools and in the case of SharePoint, I have run into people from time to time that are, let’s just say, less than thrilled about some of SharePoint features. A message I have across the board is this; Be sure that you are using the correct part of SharePoint [...]

Episode 52 – Dux Raymond Sy Talks on Delivering SharePoint Success

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:10:32 +0200

Dux will be keynoting at the upcoming Share conference in Johannesburg late in February. In this episode, he discusses some of the key ideas he will be covering in his keynote address, like how to gain executive buy-in and improve adoption as well as other interesting topics like using SharePoint for project management. Show Links: Share Conference [...]