I first got to play with the next Microsoft operating system a few days before BETT (January 2009) when the public beta was made available. Windows 7 is a vast improvement over Vista, improved speed, file transfer and other new features. Speed As my mobile laptop I have a HP Mininote 2133 with Windows … Continue reading The next Learning Gateway: Windows 7
Over the next 12 months Microsoft have some major releases of their main applications. Many of these build up the elements of the Microsoft Learning Gateway. Over the coming month we’ll have a look at the different products that are currently available for beta and a look at what is yet to come. Here is … Continue reading What coming in the next version of the Microsoft Learning Gateway…
Over the past few months I’ve been working on building a new user group. The Learning Gateway User Group is a new community site for education schools/organisations to blog about what they are doing, share their experiences in the class room and their technical knowledge with the Microsoft Learning Gateway. Of course it’s not all … Continue reading Announcing the 'Learning Gateway User Group'
So last week I was at the first European SharePoint Best Practise Conference in London. I made a few notes while I was there so I thought it was defiantly worth a post for you all. Have the ratio of 5 Web Front Ends per 1 SQL Server If you have user who use SharePoint … Continue reading My Notes from the SharePoint Best Practise Conference
Well tomorrow sees the start of the first (of hopefully many) European SharePoint Best Practise Conference and I feel very lucky not just to be there as an attendee but also as a presenter. I’m currently on my way down to London at the moment on the train and thought I would look at the agenda and … Continue reading My agenda for European SP Best Practise Conference SPBPUK
Well the news of SharePoint Designer become a free download has been on the rumour will for a few weeks now but its official and you can download it from the link below http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=baa3ad86-bfc1-4bd4-9812-d9e710d44f42 Technorati Tags: SPD,SharePoint Continue reading Free Software…SharePoint Designer….Part 1
Yesterday the lunchtime sessions were announced for the European SharePoint Best Practices Conference in London starting on the 6th April. Andrew Woodward (Blog, Twitter) and myself will be having a panel discussion on SharePoint in Education. Come and join the conversation and get involved as we talk all things SharePoint and Eductation. If your not … Continue reading Education Discussion Panel at SharePoint Best Practice Conference
For many schools its that time of year where you find a bit of money in a budget and you have to spend it. Instead of buying a few computers why not to try and get some professional development for yourself. If you have or looking at getting SharePoint in the coming months there are … Continue reading What to spend your end of year budget on…
I don't know about anywhere else in the world but Twitter seems to be going through the roof here in the UK. You go on the radio and someone is talking about twitter or they are getting comments from it, TV shows are talking about, newspapers etc. I've been using twitter since about July 08 … Continue reading Content Editor WebPart: Twitter
Thanks to everyone who attended last night. It was my first involvement standing at the front of a SUGUK event and I really enjoyed it. Thanks to Steve for inviting me to join him at the front. Thanks also to Andrew Woodward for jumping in at the end to help answer some of the question. … Continue reading SharePoint User Group UK: B'ham – Future Topics