This Week in Bamboo (November 25th, 2012 – December 1st, 2012)
At Bamboo this week, a minor release of Password Expiration Web Part was released to the storefront with great new features along with the following patches: Tree View Web Part, List Print, Team Calendar, KPI Column and Project Portfolio Dashboard. Please check...How to Reply Directly to a Discussion from the SharePoint 2010 Display Form
As you know, SharePoint provides a powerful social communication tool called Discussion Boards. Think of Discussion Boards like forums, where an initial topic is introduced, and then users can provide feedback (called Replies) to that topic. But how does one keep the...Save $500 on Your SPTechCon Registration
Just one week remains to take advantage of the early-bird pricing for SPTechCon San Francisco. By registering on December 7, you’ll save a whopping $500 on registration for the three-day event, plus an additional full day of pre-conference workshops. SPTechCon...
Announcing Workflow Conductor 3.0 for SharePoint 2010
Workflow Conductor has picked some helpful life skills, like sharing, cleaning up after itself, and dealing with others.
Use the Password Settings Object (PSO) in Bamboo Password Expiration 1.6
Are you enforcing expiration of Active Directory Service account passwords and, as a result, are finding that your external users are having difficulty logging into SharePoint due to expired passwords? If so, you can dramatically cut down on the overhead costs of...Now Available: Complete Videos of All SharePoint Leadership Forum 2012 Sessions
Remember when we mentioned that the sessions at last month’s inaugural SharePoint Leadership Forum (SPLF) had been professionally filmed and would be made available online? Well, we’ve been remiss in spreading the good word, partially because we’ve...Want to Win a Commemorative SPC 2012 T-shirt?
Did you get to spend a week attending Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2012 in fabulous Las Vegas earlier this month? Well, I didn’t. It was a ghost town here at Bamboo Global Marketing Headquarters. Being the newest member of Bamboo’s marketing team,...Sneak Peek at Task Master R3.5 for Project Management
Task Master has been used as a standalone project scheduler as well as an integrated solution in our Bamboo Project Management Central™ application, and has benefitted many customers to date. As organizations gain project management maturity, project...SPC 2012: The Sharing the Point Roundtable Discussion, & Some Ruminations on This Year’s Microsoft SharePoint Conference
I’ve been thinking about how I could summarize my experience at this year’s SPC, and I’ve come to realize –given my Sharing the Point-related activities at this year’s Conference, combined with my blogging of and tweeting from the event, along...SPC 2012: Chris Bortlik’s ‘Overview of the Top 10 Ways that SharePoint Will Help Drive End User Adoption’
On Wednesday afternoon, Chris Bortlik, a SharePoint Collaboration Technology Specialist at Microsoft, presented the final SPC session that I was able to attend. Chris explained that his job involves working with enterprise customers externally, and with the Product...SPC 2012: John Pruitt & Robin Miller’s ‘Building Vibrant Communities in SharePoint 2013’
Microsoft’s John Pruitt and Robin Miller, both of whom are Program Managers on the SharePoint Experiences Team, presented a Wednesday morning SPC session on the new Community site template that’s available in SharePoint 2013. John explained that he and...SPC 2012: Jon Bon Jovi & the Kings of Suburbia Play a Pool Party for SharePoint
Jon Bon Jovi & the Kings of Suburbia brought high-energy covers and classic hits to the SPC 2012 pool party at Mandalay Bay.
SPC 2012: Microsoft SharePoint is Inconsiderate to Ladies
I’d heard that Women in SharePoint weren’t allowed to setup at this year’s SPC (a mixup regarding badge type or something; not cool regardless), but this is getting ridiculous! Seriously though, as a man, I can appreciate the recognition of the...This Week in Bamboo (November 4th, 2012 – November 10th, 2012)
This week in Bamboo, Workflow Conductor Release 3.0 for SharePoint 2010 was released to the storefront with new improvements, new features and some resolved bugs along with the following patches: List Search Advanced, Bamboo Rating Column, Discussion Board Plus and...
SPC 2012: Sharing the Point is About Much More than SharePoint…
What I didn’t expect to learn at lunch was how the STP team is impacting communities in areas of the world that are underserved.
SPC 2012: Dux Raymond Sy’s ‘Lead the Enterprise Social Revolution – 5 Steps to Drive Culture Change’
Asking attendees at his very well-attended SPC session this morning how many of their SharePoint deployments amount to a glorified network share, Dux Raymond Sy said in response to the sea of raised hands that “80% of SharePoint in large organizations is just a...Surrealism at SPC 2012: Jon Bon Jovi, Speaking at Colligo’s STP Africa Luncheon, & More
Here are just a few of the more surreal happenings to occur at SPC 2012 in the last few hours here in Las Vegas… Let’s start with the present and work backward. As I type these words in my hotel room at Mandalay Bay, I can hear Jon Bon Jovi & the Kings...SPC 2012: Dan Holme’s ‘Deployment Wizard: SharePoint 2013 Installation Tips, Tricks, and Scripts’
Following a quick introduction of himself, Microsoft SharePoint MVP Dan Holme began his first SPC 2012 session by explaining to the capacity crowd that “my job is to help you be successful with SharePoint.” Part of helping you be successful includes making...
SharePoint Conference 2012: Notes from the Keynote
The keynote at SharePoint Conference is always inspiring and jam-packed with information. This morning’s keynote in Las Vegas for SPC 2012.
Greetings from Booth #941 at SPC 2012 in Las Vegas!
SPC 2012 officially began yesterday evening with an opening reception in the Exhibit Hall, welcoming 10,000 attendees with food, drinks, gifts to bring home, and new products on display from Microsoft and SharePoint vendors. The theme for this year is Share More Do...How to Show Custom Navigation in SharePoint 2013
As you know, the User Interface in SharePoint 2013 is different from the User Interface in SharePoint 2010. So, if you just jump straight into a 2013 site, you may encounter many changes that will prove difficult to navigate. In this article, I will show you how to...SPC 2012: A Preview of Bamboo Nation’s Coverage & Activities, Part 2 of 2
As I wrote in part one of my SPC preview, this year's event is shaping up to be the biggest and best one yet (much like SharePoint 2013 itself, come to think of it). In this second part of my preview of anticipated Bamboo Nation SPC coverage, we'll take...How to Configure a Discussion Board List in SharePoint 2013 for a Facebook Style
SharePoint 2013 adds many new features to Lists, and in this article, we’ll take a look at how to use the Discussion Board list in SharePoint 2013. I think that Facebook is probably very familiar to most of you, and users can easily understand how it presents...This Week in Bamboo (October 28th, 2012 – November 3rd, 2012)
At Bamboo this week, the following patches were released to the storefront: Calendar Plus Web Part for SharePoint 2010 version and List Search Simple Web Part for both SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010 versions. Please check out the new features and...SPC 2012: A Preview of Bamboo Nation’s Coverage & Activities, Part 1 of 2
Another SPC is almost upon us, and I can already sense that this year’s show is going to be the biggest and best one yet. Word on the street is that attendance may break 10,000, which is just mind-boggling. There’s so much going on this year that...How to Show Windows Security to Log On to a Site in SharePoint 2013
SharePoint 2013 adds many new features, including improvements to Lists, Sites, and Pages, as well as a variety of changes pertaining to user interface and locations. In some cases, these changes can cause difficulties in using your sites. In this article, we...How to Create a Web Part Page in SharePoint 2013
SharePoint 2013 adds many new features, including improvements to Lists, Sites, and Pages, as well as a variety of changes pertaining to user interface and locations. In some cases, these changes can cause difficulties in using your sites. In this article, we...
Bamboo Solutions Introduces New Product Releases and Participates in Partner Sessions at SharePoint Conference 2012
Bamboo Solutions® will actively involve customers and prospects in discussions and demonstrations during the SharePoint Conference 2012 in Las Vegas. (PRWEB) NOVEMBER 05, 2012 Bamboo Solutions, the leading provider of solutions for Microsoft® SharePoint®, today...
How to Change Regional Settings on My Site in SharePoint 2013
SharePoint 2013 adds many new features, including improvements to Lists, Sites, and Pages, as well as a variety of changes pertaining to user interface and locations. In some cases, these changes can cause difficulties in using your sites. In...SPLF 2012: Ed Hild Introduces ‘the New Microsoft Office and SharePoint 2013’
Delivering the final session of the inaugural SharePoint Leadership Conference, we were honored to have Ed Hild, Technology Architect at the Microsoft Technology Center in Reston, Va, offering a guided tour of the new Microsoft Office and SharePoint 2013. Ed began...SPLF 2012: Anders Johnsson’s Closing Remarks
We hope that you've found our Leadership Forum informative and that along the way you've had a chance to meet and talk to other people who, like you, believe that SharePoint holds great promise for enterprise business applications. In addition to the...
Sneak Peek at the New Features in the Upcoming 3.5 Release of Data-Viewer Web Part for SharePoint 2010
The Bamboo Data-Viewer Web Part for SharePoint 2010 displays SharePoint list/library, SQL table/view, Bamboo List Rollup or Business Data Catalog data without the need for creating a data view which requires the use of SharePoint Designer. Like the data views you can...Enter to Win a Free Pass to the European SharePoint Conference 2013
Was this morning’s announcement of a contest to get on the VIP list for Bamboo’s SPC party in Vegas next month not enough excitement for your Monday? How does a chance to win a free pass to the European SharePoint Conference 2013 in February strike you?...
