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Your customers know right where to find you on the Web. Now, easily point them to your physical location with a Google Map located on a SharePoint Server page. Using the Content Editor Web Part, it’s easier to embed a map than you think!

This is an incredibly useful tool, especially for those of you in the real estate industry. Here’s the basic procedure:

• Define the map coordinates at the online map provider’s site
• Copy the code for an embeddable version of the map
• Paste the code into the HTML view of a Content Editor Web Part

How to add a Google Map to a SharePoint Server 2010 page

First, we need to grab the map.

This new add-on to Microsoft’s Office 2010 Outlook Social Connector lets you plug Facebook and Windows Live right into your inbox! Designed to simplify your daily routine, it helps you stay connected with your friends, family and colleagues by letting you view your social network while you’re working with your email.

With Outlook Social Connector, you’ll be able to view status updates, wall posts and profile pictures from right within Outlook. Another great feature is the ability to add “Friends” to Facebook and Windows Live directly from the Outlook People Pane to grow your social network faster.

Interested? Here’s a short video about the additional features of the Outlook Social Connector.

Where to get it

Outlook 2003 and 2007 users can download the latest version from the Microsoft Download Center. Office 2010 users can get the Outlook Social Connector update through Microsoft Update. Feel free to use the Facebook provider download and the Windows Live Messenger provider download or see what  other social networks are available through the Outlook Social Connector provider page.

It doesn’t matter whether your organization has 20 employees or 20,000; when you need certain bits of information, you crave split-second access. However, just like the Rolling Stones warned us, it seems that in the world of search, you can’t always get what you want. Yes, you’ll get what you need eventually but it will cost you valuable time.

For the last decade, search giant Goggle has clearly upped the ante on how easy it is to find what we’re looking for and how fast we expect this information to be in our hot, little hands (or in this case, pulled up on our computer screens, iPods or smartphones). There’s no denying it – our Google-influenced minds can make it seem like your IT team isn’t up to par in the search department. However, there is hope.

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This month, you’ll find information on:

Celebrating 10 Years of Sharepoint Hosting – That’s right, we’ve been hosting SharePoint for an entire decade!  As the first SharePoint hosting provider in the industry, find out where we’ve been, where we are and where we’re going.

New Hosting Reseller Program – After quite a bit of feedback from our existing Resellers, we’ve revamped our Hosting Reseller Program to make it as effortless, yet lucrative, as possible. Find out how to become an Fpweb.net Reseller and increase your ROI!

SharePoint Tip of the Month: Sorting, Filtering and Custom Views for Document Libraries – Tired of sifting and scrolling through loads of unorganized documents in your SharePoint document library. Well sift and scroll no more. Learn how to quickly sort and filter files to make them more manageable.

Fpweb.net Blog Launched - If you’re reading this post then you’re already aware that we have a blog. But if you’d like a little insight on how our blog came to be and who our bloggers are, then check out this article.

New Certifications – Fpweb.net has gone the extra step to add a few certifications and qualifications to our managed hosting services. Find out what it means for Fpweb.net to be Safe Harbor Certified and USAC qualified.

Fpweb.net Calendar of Events – Check out what conferences we will be exhibiting, sponsoring and/or presenting at in 2009.