Posted by Scott on January 17, 2012
There are a few different ways to present YouTube videos to users in a SharePoint 2010 portal. The trusty Silverlight Media Player web part (if you want to rip the media down locally) or a content editor linked to an external file are both viable options. But for the common page editor/content owner, those aren’t the most user friendly options available.
Enter the Page Viewer web part (aka the iFrame web part). How does this technological wonder better our lives? Watch and learn.
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Posted by Scott on January 10, 2012
SharePoint Saturday Virginia Beach 2012 is a wrap and it was a great time. Thanks to all who came out to attend the session with Dan Usher and I on Pitfalls of Migration to SharePoint 2010.
Organizations of all sizes are begging their technical departments to setup SharePoint 2010 so that they’re able to make use of some of the capabilities introduced within the SharePoint 2010 platform. While designing, implementing, configuring and deploying a system in and of itself has its own set of challenges, migrating into that shiny new SharePoint can be even more difficult.
In this session, Scott and Dan will share some of their experiences and lessons learned tips, tricks and pointers for ensuring that you’ve considered the various aspects of challenges that arise during a migration effort. Further, as a bonus they’ll share how to not fall prey to some of these pitfalls but rather be able to show that you’re a well rounded professional that’s thought things through before pressing the enter key.
Posted by Scott on December 6, 2011
It is possible to use Lync for Mac 2011 with Microsoft Online Services (despite what Microsoft will tell you).
The following configuration steps will allow you to connect to the BPOS OCS servers:
- Install the Lync for Mac 2011 client.
- Open the preference pane and select the Account tab.
Click the Edit… button under the Server Settings heading.
- In the Advanced Server Settings dialog, enter pool1.oconline.microsoftonline.com:443 in both the Internal Server Name and External Server Name fields.
- Close the preference pane and select the Microsoft Lync window. Enter the following information:
- Email Address: user@contoso.com
- User ID: RED001\user_contoso.com
- Password: Your password
- Click Sign In and …
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Posted by Scott on November 6, 2011
SharePoint Saturday Richmond is a wrap. Thank you to those who attended my sessions (and a special thanks to Dan Usher for allowing me to present with him). I apologize for the brevity of the Managed Metadata session, but there’s only so much disappointment I can dole out at once.
Trials and Tribulations of Managed Metadata
Pitfalls of Migrating to SharePoint 2010
