Collaboration Blog

  • Article

James Kemp's thoughts on SharePoint, Communicator, Groove and other collaboration technologies.

My new blog location ... Introducing ‘The UK SharePoint’ team blog

After careful thought, I have decided to join forces with the rest of the SharePoint team in UK...

Author: James Kemp Date: 01/06/2009

Xbox 360 Avatars in a Content Editor Web Part (using Microsoft Popfly)!

I recently made a nice looking Web Part (shown below) which shows a picture of my Xbox 360 avatar...

Author: James Kemp Date: 12/05/2008

If you work in a healthcare organisation, or just want free Microsoft guidance and software to help...

Author: James Kemp Date: 10/24/2008

How to hide the Quick Launch...

The Quick Launch (a.k.a Current Navigation) is available on SharePoint sites to help users navigate...

Author: James Kemp Date: 09/26/2008

A nice way of increasing adoption of SharePoint within your organisation is to make SharePoint...

Author: James Kemp Date: 09/24/2008

Taking SharePoint Files Offline – When to use Outlook 2007, Groove 2007 and/or OneNote 2007

Aim This blog post aims to compare how Outlook 2007, Groove 2007 and OneNote 2007 enable users to...

Author: James Kemp Date: 09/19/2008

Silverlight Blueprints for SharePoint Released!

Codeplex has recently released the source code for the Silverlight Blueprints for SharePoint project...

Author: James Kemp Date: 09/05/2008

Podcasting Kit for SharePoint (PKS)

A few weeks ago a Tech Preview of the Podcasting Kit for SharePoint (PKS) was made available on...

Author: James Kemp Date: 08/08/2008

"Cloud Services" = SharePoint Online

I recently came across a new product we are creating called SharePoint Online. As the name suggests,...

Author: James Kemp Date: 08/06/2008

Infrastructure Update for Microsoft Office Servers (KB951297) Released = Enterprise Search Features Available!

The SharePoint team has recently announced the release of an Infrastructure Update for Microsoft...

Author: James Kemp Date: 07/16/2008

SharePoint KPI List in Digital Picture Frame!

I have recently seen a very interesting blog post from Edward Wilde who has been able to integrate a...

Author: James Kemp Date: 06/02/2008

Making Web Parts in Visual Studio 2008? Use Smart Templates

If you are looking for a starting point when making Web Parts in the latest version of Visual Studio...

Author: James Kemp Date: 05/16/2008

How to copy entries from a populated Outlook 2007 calendar to a MOSS 2007 Calendar

This post aims to describe how to easily copy several Outlook 2007 calendar entries to a Microsoft...

Author: James Kemp Date: 04/18/2008

Functions for use in a MOSS 2007 column ([Today] [Me] [Other??])

Following the recent questions from my last post I thought it would be useful to highlight what...

Author: James Kemp Date: 03/28/2008

How to see items added to a SharePoint list/library that meet a custom date value?

This post will describe how to create a view of a SharePoint list or library which displays the...

Author: James Kemp Date: 03/19/2008

How to see items added to a SharePoint list/library in the last X days?

This post will describe how to create a view of a SharePoint list or library which displays the...

Author: James Kemp Date: 02/22/2008

Groove 2007 vs MOSS 2007 vs WSS 3.0 vs Communicator 2007 (Part 6)

This posts follows on from Post 5 and is part of a 6 part series of posts. Conclusion After...

Author: James Kemp Date: 02/11/2008

Groove 2007 vs MOSS 2007 vs WSS 3.0 vs Communicator 2007 (Part 5)

This posts follows on from Post 4 and is part of a 6 part series of posts. It is best to use Groove...

Author: James Kemp Date: 02/04/2008

Groove 2007 vs MOSS 2007 vs WSS 3.0 vs Communicator 2007 (Part 4)

This posts follows on from Post 3 and is part of a 6 part series of posts. When to use each product...

Author: James Kemp Date: 01/21/2008

Groove 2007 vs MOSS 2007 vs WSS 3.0 vs Communicator 2007 (Part 3)

This posts follows on from Post 2 and is part of a 6 part series of posts. Product Implementation...

Author: James Kemp Date: 01/18/2008

Groove 2007 vs MOSS 2007 vs WSS 3.0 vs Communicator 2007 (Part 2)

This post follows on from Post 1 and is part of a 6 part series of posts. Collaborative...

Author: James Kemp Date: 01/14/2008

Groove 2007 vs MOSS 2007 vs WSS 3.0 vs Communicator 2007 (Part 1)

This is the first of a series of 6 posts. Aim of post series To compare Groove 2007, MOSS 2007, WSS...

Author: James Kemp Date: 01/09/2008

Hello World

Hello and welcome! This blog has been created by James Kemp, a SharePoint consultant from Microsoft...

Author: James Kemp Date: 01/08/2008