http://sharepointskills.co.uk Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:00:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Normalizing any data is the key to successful database development. There are many techniques and approaches to this but the main aim is always to divide the given data into the smallest logical groups and avoid any duplication of any kind. The main thing is we to understand how the data ... http://sharepointskills.co.uk/?p=88 Application templates are out-of-the-box custom scenarios tailored to address the needs and requirements of specific business processes or sets of tasks in organizations of any size. They also provide a starting point for partners and developers looking to build deeper SharePoint-based solutions. The templates make use of Windows SharePoint Services ... http://sharepointskills.co.uk/?p=78 “Title” column could be very annoying and confusing esp. if you don’t have any Text based columns in your List (you cannot change datatype of this column) or else while updating lists programmatically. Let’s say you renamed “Title” Column to “Employee Name” (using list settings web interface) but when you ... http://sharepointskills.co.uk/?p=56 The quest for this started in an effort to be more organised and trying to have everything in one place. In my case it was my iPod Touch. In our office I realised that we are restricted to install iTunes which would have made things pretty easy but continuous ... http://sharepointskills.co.uk/?p=47 Sharepoint offers 3 different ways to customise your website: 1. Through the browser using the admin panel but this is limited to some extent 2. Sharepoint Designer 2007: Gives to 90% of all the possiblities to customise 3. Visual Studio 2008: The most comprehensive though not for beginners or intermediaries, but all the ... http://sharepointskills.co.uk/?p=43 Image by Getty Images via Daylife You can now benefit from a complete business intelligence solution without any further investment in standalone versions of PerformancePoint Server. As Microsoft Sharepoint Server 2007 has been joined in by the PerformancePoint Server 2008. Microsoft announced that they are moving the scorecard, dashboard, and analytic functionality ... http://sharepointskills.co.uk/?p=32 The migration has always been an issue with MOSS as dear Microsoft never provided us with a migration tool. Well here is one way of migrating the document libraries. If you dont have the budget and time to go for a third party software this might help you. If you have ... http://sharepointskills.co.uk/?p=6 I want to describe the development process involved in creating a web part for a Sharepoint site, hopefully to dispel the belief that it’s difficult and time-consuming. What I want to demonstrate is that it’s actually very simple - no more difficult than creating a custom control in ASP.Net 2.0 ... http://sharepointskills.co.uk/?p=12 "How do to get users to buy in to SharePoint and start using it?" Getting users to switch to using any new application can be tough. To get your user's to visit your portal, there has to be content there that the user needs or wants. I recommend starting with ... http://sharepointskills.co.uk/?p=10