Don Xml's Grok This

Bil Simser asks the question ''Do SharePoint Developers Want a Developer Version of SharePoint?'', and I've got to say YES.  Yes, Sharepoint desperately needs a version that a developer can use on a desktop OS.  As Bil mentions, Biztalk has this, why not Sharepoint?  Developing on a Virtual Image (VPC or VMWare) so you can run ...

If you are a developer that specializes in Sharepoint (2003 or 2007), or Biztalk (2004, 2006, 2006R2), and lives in the New Jersey, New York City, Conn. area, I'm putting together an informal ''Job Syndicate''.  Basically, a loose network of individuals that will share information about open employee and consulting ...

If you want to find out about Microsoft’s next generation of technologies such as Silverlight, Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Communication Foundation, Windows Workflow, IIS 7, ASP.NET Ajax, and you happen to live near New York City, LA or Denver, well you might want to check out this free full day event.  The dates are: New ...

In re-reading my last post, I think it sounded a little bit too negative.  I've got to say, the people in Barcelona are great.  I'm still amazed that almost all of the locals I've met have done their best to talk to me in English.  I don't know if it has to do with the fact that I'm staying in the tourist area, or that in Barcelona ...

Sharepoint's web services have been around since version 2 (2003), but I never had much use for Sharepoint (except for Team Portals), unitl Sharepoint 2007 (aka MOSS 2007, aka v3). One of my clients had been going down the path of IBM Websphere, but once they saw what came with Sharepoint 2007, well, they decided that the future may be with ...