Today, Lightning Tools announced the release of their new Business Connectivity Services tool – simply called Meta Man! Meta Man is again a standalone application. This means you do not need to Visual Studio installed to use it. If you need to connect SharePoint 2010 or SharePoint 2013 to MS SQL Server, Oracle, ODBC data sources …
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I’m starting to line-up a few speaking engagements for 2013. The first I am confirmed for is the ARMA meeting on February 28, 2013. The topic will be The value of Information Architecture and Content Taxonomies; defined, value and approach. More information to come; as I learn it… Hope to see you there! Tweet
I ran across a situation today where a client wanted to store and manage dates that were earlier then 1900. The out of box SharePoint Date/Time metadata column doesn’t allow this. Without custom coding, your only option is to store this data as a single line of text. As you could imagine, there is problems …
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I am speaking at the SharePoint Summit 2012 (Toronto) Conference this year! I am delivering 2, 3 hour tutorials on Monday, May 14th. Tutorial 1.3 – Architecting Information for SharePoint 2010 Regardless of the industry your organization is aligned with, if your goal is to use Microsoft SharePoint 2010 as an Intranet and/or Document Management …
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I have been asked to speak at the Inland Empire SharePoint User Group meeting this next Tuesday, 5/24/2011. I would like to thank Rod Lawrence and Brian Kelly for asking me to do this; I always enjoy it and am looking forward to it. My session will focus on Intranet implementation critical success factors, information …
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