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Monday, January 18, 2010 11:29 AM

Toronto SharePoint Camp 2010 - Call for Speakers

The third annual Toronto SharePoint Camp is scheduled for March 20, 2010 . To be considered, please read the Call for Speakers ( attached to this post , below) and submit your abstract(s) using the form provided by midnight on Friday, February 12. This...
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Saturday, October 24, 2009 3:14 PM

SharePoint Testing Strategies

Someone recently asked about test plans and how to test components during development so you can be comfortable they'll perform well when hosted on large farms. The short answer is that you want to create the best simulation you can, and that means creating...
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009 6:04 PM

Upcoming SharePoint events and conferences

Thanks to everyone in the terrific crowd at my TechDays session in Toronto, and to everyone who stopped by to chat throughout the day. While attendees will be able to get the deck, the source code and a recording of the presentation in a few weeks (steps...
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009 6:08 PM

SharePoint Web Part Error: "Could not load the required type"

Solution: Declare the class public. I mean seriously, you missed that? More surprising than not getting any hits for this message on Bing or Google is not catching the problem myself for the past [insert embarrassing amount of time here]. Serves me right...
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Thursday, July 30, 2009 11:25 PM

Building and Packaging SharePoint Solutions

In my last post I described a strategy for: Planning SharePoint Solution Packages . In this post we'll construct a sample solution template, use that template to construct a real solution, package this as a WSP, and finally (once you have many WSPs) wrap...
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009 11:05 AM

Toronto SharePoint User Group Wednesday, July 15: Feature Sets and Alerts

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Wednesday, July 08, 2009 1:25 PM

Toronto SharePoint Saturday coming up July 11, 2009

If you haven’t registered yet for Toronto SharePoint Saturday then you ONLY have a couple days left until the event. The schedule has been posted on the site and can be downloaded directly: SPS TO Schedule . Join SharePoint architects, developers, and...
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Monday, July 06, 2009 9:28 PM

Eli's SharePoint 2007 Resources

What's Here Welcome to my list of SharePoint 2007 Resources! This is a hub for SharePoint 2007 and WSS 3.0 Resources with two advantages: All resources are hand-picked and vetted for quality, and each topic contains a with hand-tuned search designed to...
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Friday, June 19, 2009 6:02 PM

Planning SharePoint Solution Packages (WSPs)

SharePoint architects and developers often wonder how best to design solution packages for long-term ease of use, especially through upgrade cycles. In a survey of SharePoint developers I found a range of strategies from one monolithic WSP to hold everything...
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009 2:04 PM

Toronto SharePoint User Group: May 27 and June 17

This is a heads-up about two exciting TSPUG sessions coming soon: next week on May 27 and next month on June 17. Next Wednesday Bill Brockbank ( Navantis ) is leading a set of "Quick Hits"- these are 15 minute presentations by members on a variety of...
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