MOSS

Hello everyone! The last time I popped up on your radar, I mentioned serious SharePoint limitations in Microsoft BPOS (Microsoft SharePoint Online). To clarify, I don’t mean to sound as though I know exactly what is the right fit for you. I mean, as long as you know what you are getting into, go for it. However, I think it would be prudent to compare it to other hosted SharePoint services like Fpweb.net – The SharePoint Hosting Pioneer™ (I get paid a nickel each time I plug it).

Have you ever created a new SharePoint site using the Collaboration Portal template or the Report Center Template then navigated to the sample dashboard and received this ugly error?

Me too. Here’s how my team and I at Fpweb.net resolved the Excel Services Error:

Daily, we get customers who are learning the hard way that Microsoft’s Online Services BPOS (business productivity online service) does have significant limitations when it comes to SharePoint.

I’ve been on the road speaking at SharePoint events quite a bit recently (See you at Microsoft Tech-Ed next week. Booth #552) and have had dozens of conversations with folks running SharePoint internally. I am amazed at how many people don’t know that we can host Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (Soon to be known simply as “SharePoint 2010”) for them. About half say they would have taken a serious look at hosted MOSS had they known it was possible before taking it on-premise. Yes, MOSS is a big bite as most of you already know. The vast balances of folks say they are getting by, but would consider a MOSS provider like Fpweb.net at their next upgrade cycle or hardware refresh.

This past week, I attended the Midwest SharePoint Conference.  There were about 300 people at the conference.  I heard great presentations from Quilogy, Nintex, and Microsoft.  I was probably most impressed with where Nintex has taken their work flow and reporting tools.  They have taken a UI based approach that makes work flows and reporting simple for users.

I also met Nintex co-founder, Brett Campbell.   Brett is an amazingly sharp guy that really understands his customers.  Brett and I were able to key some of our key folks together and push our partnership forward while at the conference.  So in the coming months, expect to see Fpweb.net offering services from Nintex.

As may or may not know, Microsoft SharePoint is a massive development platform with more API’s than the .NET Framework. There are a number of blog entries and webcasts out there, but I thought I would share what has worked well for me in my experience developing solutions on top of the Microsoft SharePoint platform. Here are the tools and applications required prior to setting up your new SharePoint development environment.

What a wild ride this last week has been.  I was scheduled to speak at the SharePoint Conference in Baltimore but had to pull out at the last minute to fly to Seattle and meet with Microsoft. I then flew to D.C. to have lunch at the White House.

Did you know President Obama is a big fan of SharePoint?  Fact: Microsoft SharePoint helped President Obama win the Presidency.  I’ll explain.

Hi everyone,

Long time, no blog, well, I’m back in the saddle and writing again. The Fpweb.net team and I have a busy schedule next week. We are speaking at SharepointConference.org, I am meeting with Microsoft and an ISV in Seattle and then I’m having lunch at the White House. Really cool stuff is being knocked around: Fpweb.net SaaS and SharePoint capabilities, more information on both coming soon. Exciting – and busy times – we are in.

My Seattle trip is prompting this blog post. There are hundreds, if not thousands of Independent Software Vendors (ISV) who have built a solution that sits on top of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007. Most are starting to realize that SaaS is not a fad. Software-as-a-Service is not going anywhere and is particularly attractive in the current economic downturn.