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Easy Tabs Rock – v5 Beta is looking really good

Yippee! Easy Tabs 5 is out (in Beta, your mileage will vary) and looking good. I’ve actually deployed it in house, in production as I plan to simply replace the textfile holding the script with the final version when he has finished his masterpiece – one upload, all tickety-boo. So What? Easy Tabs is a …

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SharePoint is not a tool, it is a Framework

I made this slide/picture for a customer the other day to try and demonstrate visually how SharePoint could/should/would be the GO TO platform for all upcoming and future business processes (try it in SharePoint first, then look at other products if the need came up) and eventually retrofit existing projects/processes into SharePoint as well. Anyways, …

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MVP Expert Chat tomorrow/Wednesday!

As per the following link (http://blogs.msdn.com/b/wp-content/uploads/brainlitter/brainlitterarchive/sharepoint/archive/2010/06/17/live-chats-to-learn-more-about-sharepoint-with-the-mvp-experts.aspx), there will be an MVP expert chat that yours truly will be taking part of. Hope to see you there!   Join the event by going here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/chats/default.aspx   Event Description Q&A with the SharePoint MVP ExpertsDo you have tough technical questions regarding SharePoint for which you’re seeking answers? …

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Book Coming…

Whew, look at that. 4 posts in June and this is the first for July. Tsk tsk… What can I say? It’s summer, we took a family work/play trip to Bermuda and then celebrated our 15th Wedding Anniversary by taking a cruise to Alaska. Pile in-between both of those, lots of work, some gigs and …

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SharePoint 2010 Adobe PDF iFilter integration instructions that work

Nice, concise and works. This is relevant to SharePoint Server 2010. Note, at this writing, Foundation is not supported with PDF (see bullets below).   SharePoint 2010 PDF Setup Guide: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/wp-content/uploads/brainlitter/brainlitterarchive/sharepoint/PDFiFIlterSharePoint2010.aspx   Subject to change: Why SharePoint Foundation can’t do PDF Search I’m still seeking official clarification but at this time… Support for iFilters are …

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Calculated Columns Reference

Don’t mind me. Just stumbled across this great reference tonight for Calculated Column syntax examples and had to bookmark it for myself (or maybe you too). http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointtechnology/HA011609471033.aspx   And for a list of Calculation Operators: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointtechnology/HA011608661033.aspx?pid=CH011711541033   Great examples in there for stuff like:   Conditional Formulas Data and Time Formulas Math Formulas Test Formulas …

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