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Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 top 10 benefits

2008-10-07T18:45:00Z

I took this info from this link http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/HA101655201033.asp.

	Provide a simple, familiar, and consistent user experience. Office SharePoint Server 2007 is tightly integrated with familiar client desktop applications, e-mail, and Web browsers to provide a consistent user experience that simplifies how people interact with content, processes, and business data. This tight integration, coupled with robust out-of-the-box functionality, helps you employ services themselves and facilitates product adoption.

	Boost employee productivity by simplifying everyday business activities. Take advantage of out-of-the-box workflows for initiating, tracking, and reporting common business activities such as document review and approval, issue tracking, and signature collection. You can complete these activities without any coding. Tight integration with familiar client applications, e-mail, and Web browsers provide you with a simple, consistent experience. Modifying and extending these out-of-the-box workflow processes is made easy through tools like Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 (the next release of Microsoft Office FrontPage).

	Help meet regulatory requirements through comprehensive control over content. By specifying security settings, storage policies, auditing policies, and expiration actions for business records in accordance with compliance regulations, you can help ensure your sensitive business information can be controlled and managed effectively. And you can reduce litigation risk for your organization. Tight integration of Office SharePoint Server 2007 with familiar desktop applications means that policy settings are rendered onto client applications in the Microsoft Office system, making it simpler for employees to be aware of and comply with regulatory requirements.

	Effectively manage and repurpose content to gain increased business value. Business users and content authors can create and submit content for approval and scheduled deployment to intranet or Internet sites. Managing multilingual content is simplified through new document library templates that are specifically designed to maintain a relationship between the original version and different translations of a document.

	Simplify organization-wide access to both structured and unstructured information across disparate systems. Give your users access to business data found in common line-of-business systems like SAP and Siebel through Office SharePoint Server 2007. Users can also create personalized views and interactions with business systems through a browser by dragging configurable back-end connections. Enterprise-wide Managed Document Repositories help your organizations store and organize business documents in one central location.

	Connect people with information and expertise. Enterprise Search in Office SharePoint Server 2007 incorporates business data along with information about documents, people, and Web pages to produce comprehensive, relevant results. Features like duplicate collapsing, spelling correction, and alerts improve the relevance of the results, so you can easily find what you need.

	Accelerate shared business processes across organizational boundaries. Without coding any custom applications, you can use smart, electronic forms–driven solutions to collect critical business information from customers, partners, and suppliers through a Web browser. Built-in data validation rules help you gather accurate and consistent data that can be directly integrated into back-end systems to avoid redundancy and errors that result from manual data re-entry.

	Share business data without divulging sensitive information. Give your employees access to real-time, interactive Microsoft Office Excel spreadsheets from a Web browser through Excel Services running on Office SharePoint Server 2007. Use these spreadsheets to maintain and efficiently share one central and up-to-date version while helping to protect any proprietary information embedded in the documents (such as financial models).

	Enable people to make better-informed decisions by presenting business-critical information in one central location. Office SharePoint Server 2007 makes it easy to create live, interactive business intelligence (BI) portals that assemble and display business-critical information from disparate sources, using integrated BI capabilities such as dashboards, Web Parts, scorecards, key performance indicators (KPIs), and business data connectivity technologies. Centralized Report Center sites give users a single place for locating the latest reports, spreadsheets, or KPIs.

	Provide a single, integrated platform to manage intranet, extranet, and Internet applications across the enterprise. Office SharePoint Server 2007 is built on an open, scalable architecture, with support for Web services and interoperability standards including XML and Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP). The server has rich, open application programming interfaces (APIs) and event handlers for lists and documents. These features provide integration with existing systems and the flexibility to incorporate new non-Microsoft IT investments.

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How to pass the K2 context object to a .NET class

2008-10-05T14:17:58Z

Bagaimana caranya parsing k2 context ke assembly kita :

1. Buat class library

namespace ClassLibrary1
{
    public class Class1
    {
        public void SetFolioField(SourceCode.KO.ServerEventContext K2)
        {
            K2.ProcessInstance.Folio = "Testing dari .Net Class"; //update folio
        }
    }
}

note : Register assembly yang telah di buat ini kedalam GAC dan di referensikan ke K2 solution.

2. Parsing K2 Context ke .Net Class dengan menggunakan server event

public void Main(Project_2b407f6aa5a8407fa1224a6db17dfa90.EventItemContext_1245195e18b64c50948bf28edce9a5a6 K2)
        {
            ClassLibrary1.Class1 cls = new ClassLibrary1.Class1();
            cls.SetFolioField(K2.GetServerContext());
        }

Get detail click on this link : http://www.k2underground.com/blogs/fromthebench/archive/2008/08/21/how-to-pass-the-k2-context-object-to-a-net-class.aspx

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New Release Moss SDK 1.4, WSS SDK 1.4

2008-09-29T03:54:00Z

In August in this year Microsoft have been released MOSS SDK and WSS SDK to

download you can click this link :

- WSS SDK 1.4

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=05E0DD12-8394-402B-8936-A07FE8AFAFFD&displaylang=en

- MOSS SDK 1.4

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6D94E307-67D9-41AC-B2D6-0074D6286FA9&displaylang=en

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Training K2 BlackPearl(BP) Infrastructure

2008-09-29T03:22:46Z

Tanggal 24 September ini saya dan 1 rekan saya diberikan training K2 BlackPearl Infrastructure. Kita tahu bahwa K2 BlackPearl adalah satu third party workflow engine yang mempunyai integrasi dengan Moss/Wss dengan baik.

Saya pun menggunakan K2 BP ini untuk solusi di client dengan menggunakan WSS 3.0. Untuk infrastruktur di client kami, kami menggunakan beberapa server yaitu :

1. Server Active Directory (menggunakan Server Active Directory yang ada)

2. Mail Server (di sini client menggunakan Microsoft Exchange)

3. Database Server (dengan SQL 2005 dan Reporting Service)

4. WSS 3.0 + K2 BP + Visual Studio 2005 (haaaarg kapan nich mau ke visual studio 2008 nya)

Tetapi ternyata pada training ini K2 BP dalam di advance untuk sisi infrastrukturnya sehingga kita dapat menghasilkan suatu solusi yang sangat bagus.

Untuk itu bisa dilihat pada gambar di bawah ini :

Ini adalah solusi lab yang diberikan K2 pada saat training dan kita pun masih dapat memasukkan solusi kita yang lainnya karena bila kita lihat pada solusi training ini ADSI di jadikan satu dengan SQL server 2005 dan juga mungkin kita mempunyai mail server (misalnya Microsoft Exchange)

Sekian dulu article tentang training K2 BP nya.

- Happy coding -

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MOSS vs WSS ???

2008-09-24T16:17:15Z

Tadi malam ada yang tanya saya lewat YM (sorry enggak sebut namanya sapa yach..he.he.he). Setelah jelaskan satu persatu dan kayaknya masih banyak yang harus dijelaskan kayaknya kurang mantap bila tidak disertakan link yang dapat mendukung hal itu http://www.milesconsultingcorp.com/SharePoint-Portal-2007-Version-Comparison-between-MOSS2007-and-WSS3.aspx

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Multi Choice field at Moss

2008-09-23T17:26:56Z

Di dalam Moss/Wss kita mengenal beberapa tipe field salah satunya ada Multi Choice yang mana bila kita pilih hal tersebut kita akan diberikan suatu halaman untuk menginput data piihan apa saja yang kita masukkan, setelah itu bentuk yang akan di tampilan di form bisa bentuk dropdown list atau pun radio button, dan juga default data yang kita pilih.

Dibawah ini adalah sample code untuk membaca data dari field Multi Choice dan cara mengupdate field tersebut dengan API Sharepoint yang telah di sediakan.

1. Cara membaca dari field yang tipenya Multi Choise

string url = http://myMossSite;
string listName = "TestList";

    using (SPSite site = new SPSite(url))
    {
        using (SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb())
        {
            SPList list = web.List[listName];

               foreach (SPField field in list.Fields)
              {
                    //check whether field type is multi choice or not
                   if (field.Type == SPFieldType.Choice)
                   {
                       SPFieldChoice choice = (SPFieldChoice) field;
                       foreach (string s in choice.Choices)
                       {

                            //data choice sudah dapat di sini.
                       }
                  }
             }
        }
}

2. Cara mengudate dari field yang tipenya Multi Choice

string url = http://myMossSite;

string listName = "TestList";

string[] choices = new string[3] {"Choice-1", "Choice-2", "Choice-3"};

using (SPSite site = new SPSite(url))
{

using (SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb())
{

SPList list = web.List[listName];

SPField spField = list.Fields["MyChoice"];

                       SPFieldChoice choiceFields = (SPFieldChoice)spField;
                       foreach (string choice in choices)
                       {
                                 choiceFields.Choices.Add(choice);
                       }

choiceFields.Update();
}

}

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Deleting Obsolete Process Instances from K2 [blackpearl] database.

2008-09-22T18:34:36Z

Didalam API K2 BlackPearl tidak ada satupun method yang dibuat oleh K2.Net untuk menghapus instance yang ada. Sampai saat ini hanya redirect activity yang dapat dilakukan dalam API K2 BlackPearl tersebut.

Tetapi ada satu article yang menarik dari Johnny Fang yang dapat menghapus instance tersebut langsung ke dalam database K2.

Untuk lebih jelasnya dapat dilihat pada link ini : http://www.k2underground.com/blogs/johnny/archive/2008/04/15/deleting-obsolete-process-instances-from-a-k2-net-2003-or-k2-blackpearl-database.aspx dan untuk download codenya bisa di klik pada link ini : http://www.k2underground.com/blogs/johnny/attachment/23186.ashx

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Download New MS Filter Pack (2007 Office System Converter)

2008-09-22T18:08:32Z

For default Moss / Wss already have facility to do searching and searching which is done can from list whatever available and also document already being uploaded on Moss / Wss.

Now Microsoft already submit new installer for update ability to search new extension. Specific document formats are .docx, .docm, .pptx, .pptm, .xlsx, .xlsm, .xlsb, .zip, .one, .vdx, .vsd, .vss, .vst, .vdx, .vsx, and .vtx.

For download this IFilter you can click this link : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=60C92A37-719C-4077-B5C6-CAC34F4227CC&displaylang=en

For detail info Knowledge Base Article you see this :

Office SharePoint Server 2007 - Office SharePoint Server 2007 registration steps
Search Server 2008 - Search Server 2008 registration steps
SharePoint Portal Server 2003 - SharePoint Portal Server 2003 registration steps
Windows SharePoint Services v3.0 - Windows SharePoint Services v3.0 registration steps
Exchange Server 2007 - Exchange Server 2007 registration steps
SQL Server 2005 - SQL Server 2005 registration steps
SQL Server 2008 - SQL Server 2008 registration steps

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Enable Session on Moss/Wss

2008-09-22T18:06:34Z

We have known that Moss / Wss as a default Session is disable/switched off. For enable session you can update your web.config site.

1 .Update

into

<add name="Session" type="System.Web.SessionState.SessionStateModule"/>

2. Update

into

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Simple WebPart To Load UserControl

2008-09-22T14:44:54Z

If you want to create a webpart to load usercontrol may be you can click on this link

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/sharepoint/WebPartGeneral.aspx. I have been posting the code too on that codeproject.

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Checking the current user's permission on a web site or a list by code

2008-08-11T10:02:00Z

SPWeb has a "CurrentUser" attribute which gives you a SPUser object. the GetAssignmentByPrincipal function of the RoleAssignments collection of the SPWeb object will get you what roles the current user has.

here is an example:

SPWeb web = SPControl.GetContextWeb(this.Context);

SPRoleAssignment assignment = web.RoleAssignments.GetAssignmentByPrincipal((SPPrincipal) web.CurrentUser);

StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("");

foreach (SPRoleDefinition role in assignment.RoleDefinitionBindings)

{

sb.AppendLine(role.Name);

sb.AppendLine(role.BasePermissions);

sb.AppendLine("--------------------------------------");

}

This sample will give you a string with all the information. if you want to check if a use is allowed to add list items

note - don't dispose of the SPWeb object in the example above, since it comes from the context.

another note - this checks the web site permissions - not the permissions for a specific list. if you want to check a list you will have to get the roles from an SPList object. in the following example I am doing the same for the announements list in the current site:

SPList list = SPControl.GetContextWeb(this.Context).Lists["Announcements"];

SPRoleAssignment assignment = list.RoleAssignments.GetAssignmentByPrincipal((SPPrincipal) web.CurrentUser);

StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("");

foreach (SPRoleDefinition role in assignment.RoleDefinitionBindings)

{