Category: Solutions

  • Visio Stencils Update for SharePoint / Search / Office

    Just in case you didn’t hear, Microsoft has published a new set of Visio templates for SharePoint Server 2010, Project Server 2010, Search Server 2010 and other Office Products. They’re available now on the Microsoft Download Center at: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=88e03d22-8f42-4c9d-94ef-d8e48322d677 Just drop them in your My Documents > My Shapes folder and they’ll show up in…

  • Visio Stencil for Office IT Pros…

    So this definitely isn’t something new, however I feel that it comes up from time to time when folks notice that I’m working with a stencil set that they don’t have since it’s not out of the box available for Visio. If you’re looking for the Visio stencil used with all of the SharePoint 2007…

  • What makes my work flow…

    There are a couple of different techniques that I use to try to keep on task and pressing ahead while working in the world of SharePoint Engineering.  A few of these include… Headphones – If you’re working on a client site and you’ve got to focus, definitely consider getting a pair of in-ear headphones or…

  • Charting it up… The story of my life…

    If you’re a vigilant reader of XKCD.com, then you more than likely already saw this, but it cracks me up to no end… For those of you that like to graph everything, if you’re in the SharePoint or asp.net world, I’d recommend Dundas Chart.  If you’re into utilizing web based APIs, Google Charts is pretty…

  • WSSv2: Photo Library Pet Peeve

    I give Microsoft credit for having developed a highly usable framework for the Windows SharePoint Services v2 platform, however I do have to say that they left a lot of room for improvement between v2 and the newly released v3 (which is highly improved in many aspects). For those who have not yet upgraded, I…