Ameet Phandis wrote a terrific article on writing custom site definitions that somehow slipped under the radar when it was published on ASPAlliance in January. In the article, Ameet copies an SPS definition (SPSTOC) as his starting point, most articles use STS to begin. Nice work!

In this fascinating series , a dozen people talk about how they organize their work. For Bill Gates , it's Three monitors to organize the desktop, Outlook and SharePoint, a Tablet PC with OneNote, and a whiteboard. More in the series (click on a name to bring up the gallery, then use the navigation to...

MS Press has another SharePoint book, and like the Resource Kit they've posted a few chapters online for your convenience. Chapter 18: Advanced Design Techniques Chapter 19: Beginning Web Part Development Chapter 21: Creating Custom Administration Tools About the author: Jim Buyens has written more than...

All sessions presented at PDC 2005: http://commnet.microsoftpdc.com/content/downloads.aspx SharePoint 2006 presented at PDC 2005: (the links retrieve the Powerpoint .ppt files from the above site) COML01 Case Study: Revolutionizing Microsoft Axapta—Harnessing Web Services, Workflow and SharePoint COML01_Ehrenberg...

After a year and 32065 web views, I've reorganized and moved the SharePoint resource page into an article. In addition to giving it a more sensible URL, the switch reflects the fact that this is a continuously updated resource and not a one-time posting. I've also added hand-tuned searches , making it...

A while back I griped about the lack of team sites that meet actual scenarios ; today I'm pleased to report that Microsoft just released a pile of great sites that fit the bill nicely . It sets a great precedent and demonstrates what's possible, and I hope to see more collections like it sprout online...

Today's question: Hi Eli! Do you have a recommended tool for problem and usage reporting? I have used WebTrends in the past but I'm not sure this will work well in SP. Your advice and experience is appreciated! Michelle Hi Michelle, Basically, the way(s) SharePoint serves pages -- and therefore the IIS...

Just in from Scott Howlett of iMason are two terrific WebCasts, one tomorrow (Tuesday, January 25) and one in February. Tomorrow's topic appears to cover accessing SharePoint as a service, and promises a healthy bit of usable code to download. February's session covers search and indexing, an important...

When did Virtual PC become an essential app? It seems like I'm in it daily for SharePoint development and working with new Whidbey bits. A service pack is available, and in addition to helping VPC work better with XPSP2 and SMS, it contains the coolest buzzword of the day, a "Virtual Disk Precompactor...

What's Here Welcome to my new and improved list of SharePoint Resources! This is a hub for SharePoint Resources with two advantages: All resources are hand-picked and vetted for quality, and each topic contains a with hand-tuned search designed to return the latest content which you can then filter...