SharePoint Training

I was in San Diego last week attending a training class on Microsoft Office Sharepoint Services (MOSS) 2007, which is why I didn't have time to post anything. The course was a Planning, Information Architecture, and Design (PAD) workshop entitled 5-Days to a Successful MOSS Deployment, and was a fantastic class. The course was delivered by Bob Mixon, a SharePoint MVP, and experienced consultant. This course offers the perfect blend of soft and hard skills training that provide an effective framework for creating a successful SharePoint solution. Both technical and non-technical staff alike will benefit from the course's holistic approach to implementing and using SharePoint effectively.

Course info: http://tinyurl.com/3b2v7l
Bob Mixon's site: http://www.bobmixon.com

Redacted!

So, my first post (after the introduction) isn't as cool as I thought. After reading this article:

I discovered that the updates and transforms don't apply when doing a group policy based deployment. Boo!

http://tinyurl.com/2sgbdd

Netflix Offline

Lifehacker posted an article referencing instructions on how to take Netflix streaming movies offline using a GreaseMonkey script. Now, I personally don't even have a Netflix subscription, and many of you might know that I have a fairly extensive DVD Collection of legally purchased or otherwise acquired titles, but for those of you that might be interested in such a thing, the how-to is here:

http://tinyurl.com/24xb7r

Caution: salty language may appear on the target site, and I make no warranty or guarantees on the software required in the how-to.

Update: After reading quite a few posts in the thread, it looks like NetFlix may be suspending the accounts of users who are doing this, so proceed at your own risk.

Slipstreaming Office 2007

This week I've been working on slipstreaming Service Pack 3 into our Office 2003 network install package. We're not quite ready to upgrade to 2007 yet, but I've been looking at the deployment process, especially since Service Pack 1 just came out. I came across this blog posting on the Microsoft Wow blog. Apparently, you just throw the updates into a folder and they're applied during the install as a post-install task, rather than having to update the binaries used in the installation. It consumes more space, I assume, but it's a heck of a lot easier.

Check out the article here.

http://tinyurl.com/2v4lh8