Techdays 2007 Presentations

Techdays Presentations available

Go here for the original list

• Overview of Networking in Vista
• Enterprise Content Management
• Introducing System Center Operations Manager (formerly known as MOM)
• End to End Service Orientated Monitoring with System Center Operations Manager 2007
• Forefront Client Security
• Windows Vista: Application Compatibility
• Next Generation software deployment with Microsoft SoftGrid Application Virtualization
• Technical Drilldown into System Center Configuration Manager (formerly known as SMS v4)
• Windows Vista Client Manageability Overview
• Exchange Server 2007 Deployment and Migration Strategies
• Performance Point Server
• Security Fundamentals in Windows Vista
• Collaboration (SharePoint 2007 and Groove)
• SQL Server Integration Services Deep Dive
• Windows Deployment Services Technical Drilldown
• Performance Enhancements in Windows VISTA
• SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services: Report Architecture and Controls
• Forefront Security for Messaging & Collaboration

MOSS web service query tool & MOSS07 Test Data Population Tool

SharePoint 2007 Test Data Population Tool


MOSS web service query tool

Joel does a great job once again with "Sample Data for Capacity Planning". What is really interesting was the report Joel ran on Microsoft team sites across 1TB of data. 62% of these sites were 5MB or below. There were an everage of 47 users per site, half of which were Contributers. 50% of all templates were Team Sites, while only 7% were blank.

Joel also pointed out The SharePoint 2007 Test Data Population Tool (WSSDW.exe) which is a capacity planning and performance testing tool that populates data for testing SharePoint deployments.

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Mauro Cardarelli chats about a nifty MOSS web service query tool. Im sure its been posted before, but get it here if you want it.

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Write Your CAML Queries in C# using CAML.NET - John Holliday chats about a great tool posted on CodePlex where you can write your CAML queries in .Net :

Translates to:

Go get the tool here

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Using a SharePoint List as an Authentication Provider: Part 1 and Using a SharePoint List as an Authentication Provider: Part 2- now this is something that i dont think i would use, but think its a really geeky cool idea. Check out Willy Rust's blog post:

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Randall posts about 10 Office Visual How-to Screencasts Now Published for MOSS!

Search

• Creating a Custom Search Page and Tabs in the Search Center of SharePoint Server by Patrick Tisseghem, U2U
• Creating and Exposing Managed Properties in the Advanced Search Page of SharePoint Server Enterprise Search by Patrick Tisseghem, U2U
• Creating and Exposing Search Scopes in SharePoint Server 2007 Enterprise Search by Patrick Tisseghem, U2U
• Creating Content Sources to Crawl Business Data in SharePoint Server 2007 Enterprise Search by Patrick Tisseghem, U2U
  

Business Data Catalog (BDC)

• Refining Business Data Catalog Search with Scopes by Ryan Femling, 3Sharp
• Using Business Data Catalog Actions to Pass Parameters to InfoPath 2007 Browser Forms by David Gerhardt, 3Sharp
• Filtering one Business Data Catalog List from Another by Using Associations in SharePoint Server 2007 by John Peltonen, 3Sharp (previously announced)
• Creating Business Data Catalog Entities in SharePoint Server 2007 by John Peltonen, 3Sharp (previously announced)
  

Excel Services

• Creating Managed-Code UDFs for Excel Services by Joel Krist, Akona Systems
• Retrieving Excel 2007 Workbooks or Snapshots Using Office SharePoint Server 2007 Excel Services by Joel Krist, Akona Systems (previously announced)

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Cant remember who originally posted this, but there is a nice article on MSDN on doing Team based development in MOSS.

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The Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Team Blog announces "WSS 3.0 for Hosters Solution Kit now available on CodePlex"

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Published Thursday, April 26, 2007 9:13 AM by ArnoNel Filed under: Sharepoint, Office, Information Worker, Productivity

Arno Nel 2.0 - the Strategic Architect

Arno Nel on Architecture, Sharepoint and the Microsoft Office System, Web 2.0, Web Development and Productivity

http://arnonel.com/blogs/arnonel/archive/2007/05/11/sharepoint-2007-document-and-records-management-resource-list-update.aspx

Sharepoint 2007 Document and Records Management resource List (update)

Document and Records Management Definition

Document Management

According to Wikipedia :
"A document management system (DMS) is a computer system (or set of computer programs) used to track and store electronic documents and/or images of paper documents. The term has some overlap with the concepts of Content Management Systems and is often viewed as a component of Enterprise Content Management Systems and related to Digital Asset Management.

Records Management

According to Wikipedia:
"Records Management, or RM, is the practice of identifying, classifying, archiving, preserving, and destroying records. The ISO 15489: 2001 standard defines it as "The field of management responsible for the efficient and systematic control of the creation, receipt, maintenance, use and disposition of records, including the processes for capturing and maintaining evidence of and information about business activities and transactions in the form of records".

The ISO defines records as "information created, received, and maintained as evidence and information by an organisation or person, in pursuance of legal obligations or in the transaction of business". The International Council on Archives (ICA) Committee on Electronic Records defines a record as, "a recorded information produced or received in the initiation, conduct or completion of an institutional or individual activity and that comprises content, context and structure sufficient to provide evidence of the activity. While the definition of a record is often identified strongly with a document, a record can be either a tangible object or digital information which has value to an organization. For example, birth certificates, medical x-rays, office documents, databases, application data, and e-mail are all examples of records."

Enterprise Content Management

According to Wikipedia:
"Enterprise Content Management (ECM) is any of the strategies and technologies employed in the information technology industry for managing the capture, storage, security, revision control, retrieval, distribution, preservation and destruction of documents and content.

ECM especially concerns content imported into or generated from within an organization in the course of its operation, and includes the control of access to this content from outside of the organization's processes.

ECM systems are designed to manage both structured and unstructured content, so that an organization, such as a business or governmental agency, can more effectively meet business goals (increase profit or improve the efficient use of budgets), serve its customers (as a competitive advantage, or to improve responsiveness), and protect itself (against non-compliance, law-suits, uncoordinated departments or turnover within the organization). In a large enterprise, ECM is not regarded as an optional expense, where it is essential to content preservation and re-usability, and to the control of access to content - whereas, very small organizations may find their needs temporarily met by carefully managed shared folders and a wiki, for example. Recent trends in business and government indicate that ECM is becoming a core investment for organizations of all sizes, more immediately tied to organizational goals than in the past: increasingly more central to what an enterprise does, and how it accomplishes its mission".

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What is Sharepoint 2007?

From Microsoft: "Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is an integrated suite of server capabilities that can help improve organizational effectiveness by providing comprehensive content management and enterprise search, accelerating shared business processes, and facilitating information-sharing across boundaries for better business insight. Office SharePoint Server 2007 supports all intranet, extranet, and Web applications across an enterprise within one integrated platform, instead of relying on separate fragmented systems. Additionally, this collaboration and content management server provides IT professionals and developers with the platform and tools they need for server administration, application extensibility, and interoperability."

For More Information:

• SharePoint Server Home
• Product Information
  • Overview
  • Top 10 Benefits
  • Compare Features
  • How to Buy
  • Try Now
• Help and How-to
  • SharePoint Server 2007 Help
  • SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Help
• Related Products and Technologies
  • Forms Server
  • SharePoint Server for Search
  • SharePoint Designer
  • Windows SharePoint Services
  • Forefront Security for SharePoint

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Essential Sharepoint 2007 Content and Links

Essential Sites

• Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Product Guide
• Microsoft Office System 2007 Pricing Information
• Sharepoint Community Portal
• Sharepoint 2007 Developer Portal
• Download the SharePoint Server 2007 SDK
• View the SharePoint Server 2007 SDK Online
• Book: 7 Development Projects with SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
• Download: Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

Essential Blogs

• Microsoft Records Management Team Blog : A blog about the business challenges we are all facing and the opportunities to address these challenges using technology, as we encounter the problems of records keeping, planning, retention, disposition, litigation response, holds, and so on.
• Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Team Blog: The official blog of the SharePoint Product Group
• Microsoft Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Team Blog
• Angus Logan's Portals Blog
• Arno Nel - The Strategic Architect
• Better ECM
• Joel Oleson's SharePoint Land
• Lawrence Liu's Report from the Inside
• SharePoint Developer's Blog
• Andrew Connell [MVP MOSS]
• Bill English Blog
• Daniel Larson's Developer Blog
• Fear and Loathing
• harbar.net
• Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - Blog about Design, SharePoint, and CSS
• hello its liam [MVP] (trainbloggin)
• John Holliday's SharePoint Reflections
• JOPX on SharePoint 2007 (MOSS and WSS V3 ), Office and SOA
• Patrick Tisseghem's Blog [MVP SharePoint]
• Shane Perran's SharePoint Customization Blog
• The Boiler Room - Mark Kruger, SharePoint MVP

Essential Books

Other Links (tbc)

• Forums - SharePoint - Enterprise Content Management: Topics about document management, records management, and web content management capabilities in SharePoint products and technologies.
• Microsoft Enterprise Content Management (ECM) whitepaper

Download Links

• Windows SharePoint Services 3.0!!
• Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Language Pack
• Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 x64
• Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Language Pack x64
• Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Trial Version
• Webcast Code: Developing SharePoint Workflows Using Visual Studio 2005
• Starter Kit: Workflow Developer Starter Kit for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
• 7 Development Projects with SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

Application Templates Available for Download

Package Downloads

• Get all 40 Application Templates available in English
• Get the 20 Application Templates available in multiple languages
• Site Admin Templates
  • Board of Directors
  • Business Performance Reporting
  • Case Management for Government Agencies
  • Classroom Management
  • Clinical Trial Initiation and Management
  • Competitive Analysis Site
  • Discussion Database
  • Disputed Invoice Management
  • Employee Activities Site
  • Employee Self-Service Benefits
  • Employee Training Scheduling and Materials
  • Equity Research
  • Integrated Marketing Campaign Tracking
  • Manufacturing Process Management
  • New Store Opening
  • Product and Marketing Requirements Planning
  • Request for Proposal
  • Sports League
  • Team Work Site
  • Timecard Management
• Server Admin Templates
  • Absence Request and Vacation Schedule Management
  • Budgeting and Tracking Multiple Projects
  • Bug Database
  • Call Center
  • Change Request Management
  • Compliance Process Support Site
  • Contacts Management
  • Document Library and Review
  • Event Planning
  • Expense Reimbursement and Approval
  • Help Desk
  • Inventory Tracking
  • IT Team Workspace
  • Job Requisition and Interview Management
  • Knowledge Base
  • Lending Library
  • Physical Asset Tracking and Management
  • Project Tracking Workspace
  • Room and Equipment Reservations
  • Sales Lead Pipeline

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Planning Document and Records Management with Sharepoint 2007

Plan document management

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 includes document management features that you can use to control the life cycle of documents in your organization — how they are created, reviewed, published, and consumed, and how they are ultimately disposed of or retained. The articles in this chapter will guide you in planning the document management features of your solution based on Office SharePoint Server 2007.

The articles in this chapter include:

• What is document management? includes an introduction to document management in the enterprise, along with a description of the document management planning process recommended in this planning guide.
• Identify document management participants and stakeholders describes the creation of a document management planning team.
• Analyze document usage provides guidance on determining the types of documents used in your enterprise and analyzing the stages in the documents' life cycles.
• Plan document libraries describes using document libraries to organize documents in your enterprise.
• Plan content types (Office SharePoint Server) describes planning content types, which are the Office SharePoint Server 2007 mechanism for defining and sharing the attributes of documents, list items, and folders.
• Plan versioning, content approval, and check-outs provides guidance on planning content control in Office SharePoint Server 2007, such as by using versioning, check-in and check-out, and approval for publishing content.
• Plan Information Rights Management describes how to plan Information Rights Management on documents stored in document libraries so that you can control which actions users can take on documents when they open them from libraries in Office SharePoint Server 2007.
• Plan workflows for document management describes how to use the Office SharePoint Server 2007 workflow feature to design document-related processes.
• Plan information management policies describes planning and implementing enterprise policies that will help your organization comply with regulatory and legal obligations, in addition to best practices such as auditing documents and retaining them properly
• Plan enterprise content storage contains information to help solution planners and designers properly plan and configure a large-scale enterprise content management solution based on Office SharePoint Server 2007 so that it performs well while providing the features needed by site users.

Plan records management

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 includes records management features you can use to help your organization meet its regulatory and legal requirements and manage its corporate knowledge.

The articles in this chapter include:

• What is records management? reviews the elements of a records management system and provides an overview of records management planning.
• Identify records management roles (Office SharePoint Server) helps you identify members of your organization with the range of records management–related roles and skills to support planning and implementing a records management solution based on Office SharePoint Server 2007.
• Develop the file plan (Office SharePoint Server) provides guidance on determining the types of records in your organization and on creating a file plan to specify retention periods, disposition plans, and other information for each record type.
• Design the Records Center site (Office SharePoint Server) describes how to plan the document libraries, metadata, policies, and other features of a Records Center site, the Office SharePoint Server 2007 site you use to implement your file plan and manage records.
• Plan how records are collected (Office SharePoint Server) helps you plan how electronic and hard-copy records in your organization should move to the Records Center site.
• Plan physical records retention describes planning tasks related to retaining physical records by using Office SharePoint Server 2007.
• Plan e-mail message records retention describes planning tasks related to retaining e-mail messages by using Office SharePoint Server 2007.

Planning Worksheets

• Analyze document usage worksheet
• Content type worksheet
• Document libraries worksheet
• Document library for retaining records worksheet
• Document management stakeholders and participants worksheet
• Record categories worksheet
• Records management stakeholders and participants worksheet
• Records routing table worksheet

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Sharepoint 2007 Document and Records Management: Help and How-to

Document management

• Business Document Workflow
  • Introduction to workflows
  • Add or change a workflow for a list, library, or content type
  • View workflow tasks
  • View the status of a workflow in progress
  • Use a Disposition Approval workflow
  • Use a Collect Feedback workflow
  • Use a Three-state workflow
  • Use a Collect Signatures workflow
  • Use a Translation Management workflow
  • Use a workflow to manage content approval for a library
  • Use an Approval workflow
• Maintaining versions of files or items
  • Introduction to versioning
  • Enable and configure versioning for a list or library
  • Check out and edit a file
  • Check in a file
  • Require check-out for files in a library
  • Undo check-out and discard changes to a file
  • Specify who can view drafts
  • View the version history of an item or file
  • Restore or delete a previous version of an item or file
  • Copy a file to another library
  • View or change the information about a file or folder in a library
  • Specify a Send To destination for a library
  • Use a workflow to manage content approval for a library
• Content types
  • Turn on support for multiple content types in a list or library
  • Create a site content type
  • Introduction to content types
  • Change a content type for a list or library
  • Change a site content type
  • About publishing-enabled content types
  • Change the workflow settings for a site content type
  • Add an existing content type to a list or library

Information management policies

• Create an information management policy for a site collection
• Change or remove an information management policy
• Share information management policies between site collections
• Configure features of an information management policy
• Introduction to information management policies
• Exempt an item or document from an expiration policy
• Insert a barcode or label into a document
• Search for a document or item by using its barcode or label
• Specify information management policies for a list, library, or list content type
• View the information management policy statement for a document
• View the barcode information for a document or item
• View the label information for a document or item

Records Management

• Information Rights Management
  • Apply Information Rights Management to a list or library
• Records Center
  • Introduction to the Records Center site
  • Configure a Records Center to accept content from other sites
  • Add records to the Record Routing list
  • Manually send a document or item to the Records Center
  • Create a hold to suspend records
  • Demo: Add a library to a Records Center site

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Document and Records Management Webcasts

• TechNet Webcast: Compliance and Records Management (Level 200)
• TechNet Webcast: Extending Search Capabilities with Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Level 300)
• Microsoft Partner Information Worker Practice Builder Session
• Microsoft Webcast: Improve Productivity and Communication Using Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Level 100)

Other Sharepoint Webcasts

• TechNet Webcast: SharePoint Products and Technologies Security from Service Accounts to Item-Level Access (Level 200)
• Microsoft Webcast: Infrastructure Optimization (Part 11 of 11): Empower People to Find Information and Expertise with Enterprise Search
• TechNet Webcast: Upgrading and Migrating to Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Level 200)
• TechNet Webcast: Disaster Recovery Strategies for SharePoint Server 2007 (Level 200)
• TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft IT Manages Enterprise Search with SharePoint Server 2007 (Level 300)
• TechNet Webcast: Searching Company Network Resources Using SharePoint Server 2007 (Level 200)
• TechNet Webcast: Extending SharePoint Server 2007 Search Capabilities by Exposing Data with the Business Data Catalog (Level 300)
• TechNet Webcast: Installing and Configuring Search in SharePoint Server 2007 (Level 300)
• TechNet Webcast: Security for SharePoint Products and Technologies (Level 200)
• TechNet Webcast: Planning for and Deploying SharePoint Server 2007 (Part 2 of 2) (Level 200)
• TechNet Webcast: Installing and Configuring Basic Search with SharePoint Server 2007 for Search (Level 300)
• TechNet Webcast: SharePoint Server 2007 Search Technical Drilldown (Level 200)
• TechNet Webcast: Planning For and Deploying SharePoint Server 2007 (Part 1 of 2) (Level 200)
• TechNet Webcast: Installing and Configuring Windows Desktop Search in the Enterprise (Level 300)
• TechNet Webcast: Planning for and Deploying Search in SharePoint Server 2007 (Level 300)
• TechNet Webcast: Planning Deployment of Search Solutions for the Enterprise: Security, Performance, and Compliance Considerations (Level 300)
• Microsoft Webcast: Enterprise Search at Microsoft with Office SharePoint Server 2007
• TechNet Webcast: Disaster Recovery Planning for Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Level 200)
• Momentum Webcast: Collaborating in the Global Marketplace with Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Level 100)
• TechNet Webcast: Adding Rich Reporting to SharePoint Server 2007 with SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services (Level 200)
• TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft IT Manages the World's Largest Windows SharePoint Services Deployment (Level 300)
• TechNet Webcast: Upgrading and Migrating to Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Level 200)
• TechNet Webcast: Planning for and Deploying Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Part 2 of 2) (Level 200)
• TechNet Webcast: Planning for and Deploying Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Part 1 of 2) (Level 200)
• TechNet Webcast: Best Practices for Developing, Deploying, and Maintaining Forms Solutions (Level 200)
• TechNet Webcast: Disaster Recovery Strategies for SharePoint Server 2007 (Level 200)
• TechNet Webcast: An In-Depth Look at Search Technology in Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Level 200)
• MSDN Webcast: Enabling a New Generation of Dynamic Applications Through Service-Oriented Architecture (Level 200)
• TechNet Webcast: Real-Time Collaboration and Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Level 200)
• TechNet Webcast: Integrating the Business Data Catalog and Business Applications Using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Level 200)
• MSDN Webcast: Office SharePoint Server 2007 Business Data Catalog (Part 2 of 2): Developing Web Services (Level 200)
• TechNet Webcast: Planning for and Deploying Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Part 2 of 2) (Level 200)
• TechNet Webcast: Planning for and Deploying Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Part 1 of 2) (Level 200)
• TechNet Webcast: An In-Depth Look at Windows SharePoint Services and Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Level 200)
• TechNet Webcast: SharePoint Security from Service Accounts to Item-Level Access (Level 200)
• TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft IT Deployed and Architected SharePoint Server 2007 (Level 300)
• TechNet Webcast: Build Great Looking Sites Using Web Content Management Features in Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Level 200)
• Microsoft Forefront and How It Can Help You Deliver Layered Security
• TechNet Webcast: An In-Depth Look at Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Level 200)
• Introduction to Building Executive Dashboards in SharePoint 2007 (with Microsoft Business Intelligence Platforms)
• TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Office Excel Services Technical Overview (Level 200)
• TechNet Webcast: An In-Depth Look at SharePoint Server 2007 Search Technology (Level 200)
• Momentum Webcast: A Sneak Peek at Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, the Cornerstone of the 2007 Office System (Level 100)
• TechNet Webcast: Infrastructure Topics in SharePoint Products and Technologies: Administrative Architecture and Planning for Deployment (Level 300)
• TechNet Webcast: Planning for and Deploying Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Part 2 of 2) (Level 200)
• TechNet Webcast: Planning for and Deploying Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Part 1 of 2) (Level 200)

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Other Document and Records Management Content (tbc)

Document Management

• Content Types: Community Documentation
• What are Content Types? (by Martin Kearn)
• What are Content Type IDs?
• What are Content Types? (by Ted Pattison)
• Creating & Using Site Columns in WSS [Webcast]
• Creating & Using Content Types in WSS [Webcast]
• Introduction to Content Types
• Andrew May's WebLog : What Are Content Types, Anyway?
• A Marvellous Point : What are Content Types?
• Using Content Types in Windows SharePoint Services (version 3)
• The Windows SharePoint Services Content Type Object
• Mart Muller's Sharepoint Weblog - [SharePoint 2007] What are ...
• Creating and Using Content Types in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
• Ton Stegeman - SharePoint 2007 weblog : Using a SharePoint 2007 ...
• Ton Stegeman - SharePoint 2007 weblog : Document templates and ...
• Todd's Teched 2006 SharePoint Content Type Demos
• SharePoint 2007: Deployment Tips: Defining custom content types ...
• Creating and using Custom Site Content Types in Microsoft Office ...
• Wrox::Wrox Article : Creating Content Type Metadata for SharePoint ...
• SharePoint: Modify SharePoint Content type order programmatically
• SharePoint: InformationPolicy - content types - challenges
• Can we create a Sharepoint content type via API or Web Services ...
• More SharePoint Workflow Quirks – Tasks, Debugging, Content Types ...
• 10 Issues (and Resolutions) for SharePoint+Workflow
• Introducing Content Types for Windows SharePoint Services Virtual Lab
• Content Types – Best new SharePoint 2007 Feature « Look alive ...
• Steve Hansen : SharePoint Server Content Type field binding to ...
• SharePointShow Guide to the Best SharePoint Links
• Do you know about content types in SharePoint 2007? - The ...
• Displaying SharePoint Content with Flash - Angus Logan

Records and Information Management

• Records Management Community Documentation
  • Records Management Feature: Content Types
  • Records Management Feature: Document Information Panel
  • Records Management Feature: Information Management Policies (Part I)
  • Records Management Feature: Information Management Policies (Part II)
  • Records Management Feature: Expiration Policies
  • The Business Side - Overview of RM Policy and Implementation Challenges
  • The Business Side - Know the Regulations and Know your Organization
  • The Business Side - Make sure the policy is broad, yet specific
  • Records Management Feature: Auditing
  • Records Management Feature(s) – Barcode and Labeling Policies
  • Records Management Feature -- Declaring Records in SharePoint Sites

Published Friday, May 11, 2007 7:14 AM by ArnoNel Filed under: Sharepoint, Office, Information Worker, Productivity, Architecture

Application Templates for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsserver/sharepoint/wssapps/templates/default.mspx

Application Templates for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

Application templates are out-of-the-box custom scenarios tailored to address the needs and requirements of specific business processes or sets of tasks in organizations of any size. They also provide a starting point for partners and developers looking to build deeper SharePoint-based solutions. The templates make use of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 capabilities and are compatible with Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 to help make customization easier. Application Templates for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 are separated into two groups, site admin templates and server admin templates, providing the right combination of integration with the platform and ease-of-deployment within an organization. Site admin templates are custom templates (*.stp files) that are easy for any SharePoint site administrator to install into the template gallery without requiring server administration access. Available in English only. Server admin templates are site definitions (*.wsp files), enabling tighter integration and enhanced functionality within the Windows SharePoint Services platform. They require a server administrator to install. Available in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese (BR), Japanese, Korean, Hebrew, Chinese (simplified), and Chinese (traditional). Read an Application Template Overview datasheet (.doc, 1.09MB)

Application Templates Available for Download

Package Downloads Get all 40 Application Templates available in English as a single download. Registration is required. Get the 20 Application Templates available in multiple languages as a single download. Available languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese (BR), Japanese, Korean, Hebrew, Chinese (simplified), and Chinese (traditional). Registration is required. In addition to the packages, you can also download the application templates individually from the list below.

Site Admin Templates Board of Directors Business Performance Reporting Case Management for Government Agencies Classroom Management Clinical Trial Initiation and Management Competitive Analysis Site Discussion Database Disputed Invoice Management Employee Activities Site Employee Self-Service Benefits Employee Training Scheduling and Materials Equity Research Integrated Marketing Campaign Tracking Manufacturing Process Management New Store Opening Product and Marketing Requirements Planning Request for Proposal Sports League Team Work Site Timecard Management

Server Admin Templates Absence Request and Vacation Schedule Management Budgeting and Tracking Multiple Projects Bug Database Call Center Change Request Management Compliance Process Support Site Contacts Management Document Library and Review Event Planning Expense Reimbursement and Approval Help Desk Inventory Tracking IT Team Workspace Job Requisition and Interview Management Knowledge Base Lending Library Physical Asset Tracking and Management Project Tracking Workspace Room and Equipment Reservations Sales Lead Pipeline

Application Template Resources

Business Area Groupings To help put the application templates into the context of specific processes or sets of tasks, this list categorizes the templates into different business areas within an organization to showcase their benefits. Application Template Resource Center The resource center provides information for getting the most out the Application Templates for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, including information on learning the basics of application templates, working with SharePoint sites and customizing with Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007.

Other Enhancements for SharePoint

GroupBoard Workspace 2007 template An additional Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 application template, GroupBoard Workspace 2007 creates a space for a group or team to connect and share information in a collaborative environment, improving team efficiency and productivity. The template helps track team member whereabouts and status, and includes a built-in timecard list, organization chart, meeting scheduling and more. Role-Based Templates for SharePoint My Sites Provide a personal portal and dashboard data relevant to your role with these extensions to the My Site functionality in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Sample Master Pages Download a set of four sample master pages that are compatible with the Application Templates for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. With master pages, apply a unique style to SharePoint sites from a single source that has all page design and layout elements. Solutions Directory Check out these template-related solutions available from Microsoft partners. Are you a Microsoft partner interested in profiling your solution? Register your solution today.