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 »May 23
Microsoft has announced a new indexing connector for business intelligence (BI), specifically BI reports created using Excel and/or SQL Reporting Services, including the new tool for analysing massive amounts of data – PowerPivot. The connector creates a dedicated Report tab to query just reports, includes specific refiners filtering search reports, and thumbnails and previews to [...]
Read more »The presentation below contains a walkthrough the basics of what are content types in SharePoint 2010 and what’s new. Enjoy!
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 »Following the problems with travel caused by a certain volcano, I’ll now be presenting at the SharePoint Evolutions conference in London. My session abstract hasn’t made it onto the web site yet so here it is below:
Session: What’s new in SharePoint 2010 for Information Workers
Abstract: We will take a look at the new features in SharePoint Server 2010 from the end-user’s perspective. Starting with a tour of the new user interface we will explore the new search results, social networking features and new ways to organise and classify content within sites. We’ll finish with a peak behind the scenes at the new administration settings and tips to consider when planning to deploy SharePoint Server 2010.
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 |