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May 17
Building an Online Catalogue with SharePoint 2013
by  James Milne on 17/05/2013 12:42 PM

Over last few months I have been really getting into SharePoint Catalogs. I see these as a real game changer when it comes to WCM and publishing content for your WWW site. These aren't just for product catalogs because but they can be a new way of looking at "Master Lists" in SharePoint. When you Publish a list as a Catalog the columns are automatically promoted as Managed Properties. This alone will save you a ton of time!

Overview

SharePoint 2013 provides a number of enhancements in the areas of content management and keywords and taxonomies. In this session, we will explore how we can create an online catalogue and use term sets to guide your navigation through your content. This technique will allow you to create catalogues or knowledge base within a single site.

[Download SPSat Slides] | [Download SPCAU Slides]

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Dec 03
TWO Chances to own a HALO 4 Collector’s Edition Xbox 360
by  James Milne on 3/12/2012 5:38 PM

 

 

We're giving you not one but TWO chances to win a Collectors Edition Xbox Console!
Simply download the new Windows Server 2012 or System Center 2012 trial to enter.

Windows Server 2012 has reinvented the way we construct and run large datacenters
while System Center 2012 helps you confidently deliver IT as a service for your business.

 

 

The prize, valued at $449 includes:

 
  • An exclusive, custom-designed Xbox 360 console
 
  • Two exclusive controllers inspired by the game
 
  • A standard edition copy of "Halo 4"
 
  • A wired headset
 
  • A massive 320GB hard drive
 
  • Built-in Wi-Fi
 
  • Xbox LIVE tokens for exclusive "Halo 4" in-game and avatar marketplace downloadable content.

 
 

 
 

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Nov 14
MilCIS – Replicating SharePoint Content over Low Bandwidth
by  James Milne on 14/11/2012 7:03 PM

I've posted my slides from the MilCIS Conference online so the people who could not make it to the session can share the slides.

 

http://www.myriadtech.com.au/blog/James/Downloads/Presentations/MilCIS%202012/MilCIS%202012%20-%20Replicating%20SharePoint%20Content%20in%20low%20bandwidth%20scenarios.pdf

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Nov 06
Mmm.. Nice..
by  James Milne on 6/11/2012 5:02 PM

Apparently the first HP ElitePad to hit Australian shores.. its it really nice.. and it runs an Intel Atom CPU!

 

And its soooo thin.. its like an iPad but better

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Oct 12
Import an Existing database into Access Services 2013
by  James Milne on 12/10/2012 9:43 PM

This is one of the demos I delivered at the Gold Coast TechEd. I have had a few people ask me to post a video on how to do this. As you will see it is really easy and well worth looking into.

You can try this right now using the Office 365 Preview.

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Sep 15
TechEd 2012: That’s a wrap!
by  James Milne on 15/09/2012 5:38 PM

Working the Hand On Labs was a blast.. with over 280 Labs available the attendees were presented with more content than you could ever want. I had a number of delegates that were over whelmed with their choices of labs. It was great to see so much SharePoint content available.

The picture above depicts the main "Hands On Lab" which had over 280 labs for the students to undertake. There were also 3 other rooms for "Instructor Led Labs".

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Jul 16
PPTFlex!
by  James Milne on 16/07/2012 6:53 PM

If you are a fan of presentation products like Prezi then you are going to love pptFlex from Microsoft. PptFlex will bring your boring PowerPoint Presentations to life!

Watch the video: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/showcase/details.aspx?uuid=32597464-245d-4254-834e-8475fb516a83

And download the free plugin: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=28558

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Jul 16
Azure AppFabric Training Kit
by  James Milne on 16/07/2012 6:18 PM

Understanding AppFabric is critical to creating a platform that will perform quickly and efficiently. Lucky enough Microsoft has released an AppFabric Training Kit.

You can download heaps of great content from http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=7956

Overview

Windows Server AppFabric is a set of integrated technologies that make it easier to build, scale and manage Web and composite applications that run on IIS. Windows Server AppFabric targets applications built using ASP.NET, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), and Windows Workflow Foundation (WF). This training kit will take you through all the parts of AppFabric and how to develop applications using the capabilities AppFabric provides. The training is broken up into two classes as follows:

  • AppFabric Hosting Services
    This 2 day class contains recorded lectures, demos and hands-on-labs targeted at the .NET developer who wants to learn about building services and using the capabilities in AppFabric to host and manage both code based services built using Windows Communications Foundation and Workflow Services using Windows Workflow Foundation. A significant proportion of the class deals with building long running workflow services and dealing with state, correlation, and the management of these services. This class contains 11 modules.
  • AppFabric Caching Services
    This 2 day class contains recorded lectures, demos and hands-on-labs targeted at the .NET developer who wants to understand the AppFabric distributed cache, how to program against the cache and how the cache works so that they can use the cache to build more scalable and better performing applications.
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Jun 18
Clean up your VM.. or you wont get any pudding..
by  James Milne on 18/06/2012 9:09 AM

When you are working with your VMs don't you hate how they seem to just keep getting bigger and bigger.. especially when you are not installing extra software. This always bothers me and I am always looking for ways to make my VMs smaller.. I've written scripts, used the windows system cleaner (cleanmgr ) and run 3rd party tools and I just manage to reclaim a few more bytes.

Recently I found "System Ninja" from "Singular Labs" which is a free tool for cleaning up "Junk" files from your computer. I know what you are thinking.. with a cute name like "System Ninja" it probably installs spyware and then crashes your system, but if you can look past the kitschy name, it's an awesome tool and it will save you heaps of space!

I have run this on a number of my VMs both at home and at work and on each occasion it has found tremendous amounts of "junk" that I have happily removed from my VM without any negative impacts.

This screen shot is a typical example where System Ninja has found over 6GB. After removing this junk from my VM everything still worked as expected but my VM was a LOT smaller!

I am finding System Ninja typically finds between 2GB and 6GB on the various systems I have been testing.

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Jun 04
The Future of Managed MetaData
by  James Milne on 4/06/2012 11:57 AM

At the annual Australian SharePoint Conference I presented "The Future of Managed MetaData" from the perspective of what it can provide an Enterprise and how they should use this new technology to meet their Information Management needs. The slide deck is now online for your viewing pleasure.

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