Since showing how to embed PDF documents into SharePoint web pages, a few people have been asking how to do the same with Office documents. The answer depends on what version of SharePoint and Office you are using (and licensed for). Here are some of the different methods possible…
Read more »A few years ago, I published an infographic showing the history of SharePoint, to help decypher the different twists, turns and acquisitions that influenced what went into (and out of) SharePoint. (May get round to doing an update on that sometime…)
A related product has also had a few twists and turns of its own – PerformancePoint. The clue is in the name, it’s in the same family of products as SharePoint and originally targeted performance management solutions. Here’s its life story so far…
Read more »With the release of SharePoint Server 2010 and Office 2010 earlier this year, a new set of applications also arrived – Office Web Applications. Office Web Apps are browser-based versions of Office, enabling you to create, view and edit presentations, spreadsheets and documents using just a web browser.
Two questions keep coming up in SharePoint conversations with clients – What’s the licensing for Office Web Apps? Can I create documents using just Office Web Apps with SharePoint or do I still need Office to be installed?…
Read more »One of the new features with SharePoint 2010 is the option to add-on FAST for advanced indexing and search capabilities. The short presentation below gives an idea of the extras you get with FAST versus just using SharePoint. The focus is on internal indexing/search solutions. FAST offers a lot more over SharePoint for use with public facing web sites but that’s a whole other scenario.
Read more »This week I presented at the SharePoint Evolutions Conference and one of the sessions I delivered was an interactive tour around some of the new and improved features being introduced in SharePoint 2010, from the end-user’s perspective. Here’s a presentation that summarises some of the demonstration:
Read more »With the next release of SharePoint, Microsoft has been changing some names and adding to the product range. Starting with the basics:
| What’s it called? | What does it do? |
| SharePoint Foundation Service | Provide a web-based platform for storing and collaborating on documents and other activity-related information. Previously called: Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) |
| SharePoint Server | Full web-based platform for information management, search and collaborative working including personalisation and integrating other applications into a single user interface. Previously called: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) |
| SharePoint Workspace | Client for offline co-creation/collaboration on SharePoint content from remote locations/across firewalls. Previously called: Groove |