[via Mark Harrison] Mark has taken the time to explain how the MCMS 2002 concepts map to the Office 12 version of MCMS: Posting -> Page (see below) Channel -> Site (see below) Template -> Page …

I’ve only been using the Windows Live Messenger 8.0 Beta for a few weeks now. I’m not a heavy IM user (esp in the last few weeks I’ve been unable to connect during normal business hours), but …

[via SharePoint Team Blog] Gerhard Schobbe, Group Program Manager for the CMS Team, added a lengthy comprehensive post to the SharePoint Team Blog today that goes into the details of how Microsoft …

MSDN now has Chapter 5 from our Advanced MCMS Development book online: » Chapter 5: Searching MCMS with SharePoint

[via ScottGu] Scott Guthrie points to a new client utility by Cristian Civera for examining the viewstate on pages running locally. From the download site: ViewStateAnalyzer is a tool for ASP.NET 2 …

[via Keith Richie] Keith is adding a some new features to the SPUserUtil and SPSiteManager soon… one to watch. » SharePoint Utilty Suite v2

[via Brian Knight] Brian Knight, SQL Server MVP, is co-sponsoring a free launch event for SQL Server & Visual Studio.  If you missed the Orlando, FL event in December and you live in NE Florida, …

[via brian @ Geekdojo] Do you use Cropper? The major issues I used to hit (add-ins didn’t work at times, when using ALT+TAB would screw it up to where I needed to restart it) have been resolved, and …

JetBrains has released an update to my favorite NNTP/RSS/ATOM posts/feeds.  The biggest changes: much more performant (see: lower memory consumption) and ability to edit the fonts in the various list …

I’ve been remiss in mentioning a new Project Server blogger that recently found his way to the blogsphere.  Scott Wagner’s Project Server 201 blog has been up and running since mid-November... I’ve …

[via Lawrence Liu] Lawrence introduced us to the new SharePoint team blog. Hopefully it will be more active than the WCM blog which had a single “hello world” post to be followed by a sole “CMS 2002 …

Surprisingly, I didn’t have many requests last time… so here we go again after getting re-upped by the beta gerbils… Comment away (send me your email)… I’ve got another 10+ to give… first come, …

[via SharePoint Thoughts] Maurice dropped the news that wppackager was going to be pulled from service soon. Some Web Part developers rely on this tool to deploy their WP’s, others deploy with CAB’s, …

[via Heather Solomon] I’ll join the ranks of pointing to a new article just as all the other SharePointers have done… Heather’s posted a great article explaining SharePoint UI customization as well …

Future co-worker, Mark Schneider, has a fantastic entry into the blogsphere with his take on why MS Project Server 2003 isn’t more widely used/discussed as well as a top ten list on why you should …

[via MCMSFAQ] Spence has posted yet another fantastic article about CMS 2002 + SP2.  This one deals with the Web Application Projects and the nuances with the necessary CMS virtual directory. » …

People usually start the New Year with a resolution; this time I’m doing something different. What better way to start the New Year than with a change… Those of you in the Office Server community, …

I don’t have many (less than 5)… but if you want one, contact me. I don’t want to see “I want one”… I want to hear how much you use Messenger, where you use it (work/home/mobile), and get creative ( …

Last night @ the monthly JAXDUG meeting, we hosted a presentation by Jonathan Goodyear (aka: The Angry Coder) which was focused on Visual Studio .NET 2005 Debugging (mainly the new stuff… like …

[via Angus Logan & MCMSFAQ] The Telerik guys are blogging @ http://blogs.telerik.com

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