I was just reading an article on SPTech by David Rubinstein written yesterday which is hinting the SharePoint 15 public beta will line up with the SharePoint Conference in Las Vegas in November - makes sense to me. Rewind the clock to the SharePoint conference in Vegas (2009) when they pulled the covers off SharePoint 2010.... Continue Reading →
Microsoft Wiki on Upcoming Enhancements to Office 365
One major shift from SharePoint on-premise to SharePoint via Office 365 from an Administrators point of view is that you now don’t get a chance to test/evaluate enhancements and the impact they will have on your users / applications that you have built on top of SharePoint. With SharePoint on-premise you could always apply the... Continue Reading →
Free SkyDrive Upgrade from 7GB to 25GB
This week Microsoft launched the Windows application for SkyDrive allowing local synchronisation and Windows Explorer integration of SkyDrive. In competition with DropBox, Apple and Google pending cloud storage offerings Microsoft is leading the pack with offering 7Gb of free storage in SkyDrive for new customers. It is existing users of SkyDrive that I’m calling out... Continue Reading →
SharePoint 15 (SharePoint 2013) Screenshots
The following screenshot emerged on Timur Sahin blog with comments that it is from the public beta. Click on the image to enlarge.
How to Convert A SharePoint 2010 Web App from Classic Mode Authentication to Claims Mode
Today I found myself in the following scenario; I had created a new Web Application with an authentication type of Claims Mode, and just using Windows Integrated Authentication (NTLM). I then extended the web application to a new zone (on which I was going to enabled Forms based authentication). To my surprise, when I tried... Continue Reading →
Microsoft Product Release Schedule Leaked (including SharePoint 15 and Office 15)
The following slides were leaked yesterday by Maarten Visser (chief executive of Meetroo, an IT solution provider). Although no word on the slides authenticity has come out of Microsoft, respected IT journalist Mary-Jo Foley has backed the slides stating they were confidentially distributed by Microsoft to selected partners. What does this means for SharePoint... Continue Reading →
Nokia firing all cylinders for Windows Phone marketing in Australia
Since the Australian launch of the Lumia range earlier this month, Nokia seems to have done more Windows Phone marketing in Australia than any other device manufacture and Microsoft combined. If carrier sell-outs are any indication, it’s working. via Nokia firing all cylinders for Windows Phone marketing in Australia – istartedsomething.
Nokia Lumina 800 (WP7) Finally Arrives at Telstra
Finally the long awaiting Nokia Lumina is available in Australia through Telstra shops and also online. Other Australian carriers have made the Lumina 800 available in previous weeks, but today sees Australia’s largest carrier (Telstra) coming on board with the phone. Read more about the Lumina 800 on the Telstra site
Behind the Scenes of OnePlaceMail R6.1
From a development perspective we were able to achieve some really nice integration with Outlook UI as part of this release. One of the highlights was the Recent Locations tracking and exposing this in the Outlook navigation pane. As you save emails/attachments using OnePlaceMail those locations are exposed as Recent Locations in the Outlook as... Continue Reading →
OnePlaceMail Release 6.1 now available for download
Today we made OnePlaceMail R6.1 publically available for download from the Scinaptic website. As with previous releases, R6.1 is available in both the Enterprise Edition and the (Free) Express Edition. Here are the direct links to the relevant information: R6.1 Express Edition (Free) download R6.1 Enterprise Edition download R6.1 Highlights OnePlaceMail Release 6.1 is focused... Continue Reading →
Cameron Dwyer 