The user profile database in SharePoint is a keystone to social computing using the Microsoft stack. We store information about users in our organization, communities or members of external sites in the user profile database. Earlier today I was asked…

Check out Office 2008 for Mac Service Pack 2 for enhanced SharePoint support.

Download the developer documentation for SharePoint 2010 to get a jumpstart understanding the new features. Download

Microsoft is offering is a sneak peek at SharePoint Server 2010, a collection of feature descriptions and videos made available via this link. You can access a SharePoint Server 2010 Sneak Peek FAQ, an overview of the product, etc.

At the SPtech conference in Boston we helped IT professionals from schools in New England understand how higher learning institutions were using SharePoint. There was a shared interest in deploying SharePoint for student portals and Social networking. As a follow-up…

All Summer I’ll be visiting, consulting and training with students and professionals at colleges and universities. Along the way we’ll even host a few user groups for students on campus. My first stop on the tour was in Jacksonville, Florida….

While my peers and I gathered, shared and socialized at SPTech Conference in Boston this week the Enterprise 2.0 conference was in session across town. Ron Miller posted an interesting interview with a SharePoint director which offers an unbiased view…

I found this great write up describing how to create a custom web part to display tweets from Twitter. I tested the functionality and everything seemed to work as promised. Kudos! Twitter SharePoint Webpart

All Summer I’ll be visiting, consulting and training with students and professionals at colleges and universities. Along the way we’ll even host a few user groups for students on campus.

This week marked the start of my 2009 SharePoint College Summer Tour. All Summer I’ll be visiting, consulting and training with administrators and IT professionals at universities and colleges across the country. Along the way we’ll even host a few…