What is great about this column type is that you can point to all users, specific users within a SharePoint group, an entire group, or just a couple of specific users. No more crazy tricks to assign a document or list item to more than one person.

The loading can take a while at times but its definitely worth wait as the gameplay makes up for it as does the uber cool graphics. I haven't progressed overly far yet but I am enjoying the challenge as the game is not too easy but not so hard that I have to pull my hair out completing the quest events.

The more I play RPG games like this on the console, the more I find myself wishing there was a MMORPG component that allowed me to connect to Live and interact with other players as I could with previous computer based games such as Asheron's Call or WoW. I never thought I would prefer console gaming over the computer but I think the time has come since my current desktop hasn't loaded a game in nearly 12 months. Heck I can even play Q2 on my Xbox 360 now. =-)

From the SharePoint Team Blog:

SharePoint 2003 has a robust security model for grouping SharePoint rights into Site Groups and granting Permissions on sites, lists and libraries to users and/or these groups. Here’s my take on the “Top 5” about what's new in Windows SharePoint Services v3 and Office SharePoint Server 2007:

1) Pluggable Authentication – We build on the new ASP.NET provider model so you can use another directory or database, which may be useful for a secure, large scale internet site with an existing customer database (e.g. CMS scenario). We are adding LDAP support to Office SharePoint Server 2007 both with an authentication provider and direct import into the user profile store for targeting, people search, etc. WSS and SPS SP2 added ADFS support for trust between independent organizations (e.g. a reseller trusting their suppliers' directories on the extranet), and we’ll continue that.

2) Granular Security – You will be able to assign unique permissions to an individual document as well as inheriting from the parent directory or Document Library. This also lets us make the security and inheritance model in a complex site cleaner as part of unifying WSS webs with SPS areas and CMS channels. We are also providing an improved people and group picker throughout SharePoint that will make it easier to add users and groups from AD than in the past.

3) Server-Enforced Policy via Information Rights Management – If you are not familiar with Windows Rights Management Services, check out its integration with the Information Rights Management capabilities in Office 2003. It lets you put a digital envelope around an e-mail or Office document that limits what people can do with it (e.g. edit, copy, print, forward), when the document expires, whether the software needs to check back with the SharePoint server for the latest updates, etc. We utilize this functionality all the time inside Microsoft when sharing confidential training information with our salesforce with an expiration date targeted for when we’ll have public content available. In the next release of SharePoint Server 2007, we’ll have server integration with Windows RMS and the extensibility to integrate with other rights management systems so IRM policies you set on SharePoint Document Libraries on the server will be enforced even after the content has left the site (simplistically, the IRM envelope on the downloaded file will match the server-side ACLs).

4) Pluggable Single Sign-On – SPS 2003 shipped with a secure credential cache, so users would not be prompted for multiple passwords for different back-ends from a “composite application” web part page. While you could write custom code in your web parts to use this cache, general purpose tools like our Data View Web Part did this automatically, saving complexity. In SharePoint Server 2007, we’re making this pluggable, so you can use custom or 3rd-party credential caching systems in addition to the one we ship.

5) Security Trimmed User Interface – In SPS 2003, users do not see search results (from not just SharePoint but Windows compatible file servers, Exchange, and Notes) that they did not have the rights to at least read. We have taken the model across the entire SharePoint interface – users will not see actions, links, content, etc. that they don’t have the rights to at least view. This will not only make the system more secure, but more convenient (no access denied when trying to do an operation on a list). In addition, we have added an explicit login/out link on the SharePoint chrome, which can be handy for developers and IT trying out multiple security contexts.

Crossbow – Building WPF and Windows Forms hybrid applications
Mike Henderlight

Wondering how to take advantage of the power of the next generation presentation technology, Windows Presentation Foundation while preserving your existing investments in Windows Forms? This talk discuss key scenarios for integration between the two technologies, and strategies for building hybrid applications that take advantage of Windows Forms and the Windows Presentation Foundation. We show integration from both application perspectives and demonstrate how each can augment the other.

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In 2003, we were limited to utilizing document library event handlers or third party solutions when it came to workflow automation within the SharePoint environment. While this was fine, it was often a pain point for organizations that had a limited budget or resources for third party tools and add-ons.

SharePoint 2007 will provide many pre-built workflow solutions directly out of the box. However sometimes, within a specific site you may wish to create your own workflows through an easy to use designer. If you have SharePoint Designer 2007 and the latest CTP of WinFX…you can using the built in workflow designer.

SharePoint 1, 2, 3! is a new concept in community-based training being offered to the development community by the development community. SharePoint 1, 2, 3! offers six sessions designed to train developers to install, use, and develop custom software for Microsoft's Windows SharePoint Services. SharePoint 1, 2, 3! is designed to be a start to finish training session that has a 100 level course, a 200 level course, and a 300 level course to get into all aspects of SharePoint. With two types of meetings; a lecture style seminar followed by a hands on lab session, you will be able to try the technology yourself. Starting with the first session (level 100), we will provide a gentle introduction to SharePoint - what it is and how to use it effectively. The second session (level 200) will be aimed squarely at developers and will focus on customizing SharePoint sites, developing and using web parts, and deploying SharePoint sites. The final session (level 300) will dive deep into advanced topics such as connected web parts and the SharePoint Object Model.

For more information or to register for this webcast as well as others we are offering in this series (including some great content directly from the product teams in Redmond) - check out live.ineta.org.

In addition to copying a document out to a different site / library - you can also choose to establish a link to that alternate location so that you can update it in the future if the source document is checked in.

As a SharePoint adminstrator or manager, you will likely reach a point where many sites have been created however since their creation, some have been deleted or moved. SharePoint Portal Server 2003 made it very easy to organize your sites and create links to content. But like most traditional web sites, if you make a link and someone moves or deletes the content...your link is broken and you likely have no idea unless you go back and regularly check your links.

In SharePoint 2007, there is a built in tool that will scan for broken links on demand directly from the actions tab.

As well, if you are an administrator, you can schedule scans of the Site Directory views using the timer service.

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