Writing on technology, leadership, systems, and execution.https://hello.chandima.net/en-NZhttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/the-cost-of-forgetting/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/the-cost-of-forgetting/Most AI systems forget everything the moment the session ends. Allen Stewart's cognitive engine for science shows what happens when you treat every token as an investment instead of a cost.Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/small-models-real-work/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/small-models-real-work/Three weeks in, what I've learned has less to do with the models and more to do with how I think about tools. Each model has a personality. Quirks. A failure mode you won't find in any benchmark. And a specific job it does surprisingly well.Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/meet-percy-my-ai-sidekick/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/meet-percy-my-ai-sidekick/For the past few years ever since AI hit the mainstream I’ve been thinking seriously about what it means to have an (true) AI assistant that actually *knows* you. Not a chatbot you open a new tab for.Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/the-new-infrastructure-of-work/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/the-new-infrastructure-of-work/Simon Winchester’s Exactly offers a grounded way of understanding the Industrial Revolution that is largely absent from standard accounts. Rather than celebrating steam as a symbol of power or progresFri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/everything-rests-on-first-principles/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/everything-rests-on-first-principles/Most mistakes with technology don’t come from bad tools.They come from skipping the boring parts. Every generation believes its tools are different enough to exempt it from fundamentals. We say this pTue, 16 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/ai-agents-agentic-ai/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/ai-agents-agentic-ai/Almost about a year ago I wrote about AI Agent desiderata, essential attributes for autonomous AI systems that can operate responsibly within business contexts. From multimodal understanding and adaptWed, 29 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/soft-skills-are-hard-skills/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/soft-skills-are-hard-skills/People use the term soft skills as if it refers to something optional. Like the garnish on the plate – decorative, not the meal. That’s always struck me as odd. Because in every company I’ve worked wiMon, 27 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/who-do-we-help/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/who-do-we-help/It’s only natural to begin with “what” when we build the product, or the service. Yet in today’s New Frontier Economy where change is constant and unpredictability is normal starting with the “what” iTue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/the-noise-and-the-drag/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/the-noise-and-the-drag/Decision-making in organizations often stalls due to chaos and inertia, leading to strategic paralysis. Chaos creates uncertainty and fosters reactive behavior, while inertia slows progress with outdaWed, 14 May 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/from-every-desk-to-every-person-celebrating-50-years-of-microsoft/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/from-every-desk-to-every-person-celebrating-50-years-of-microsoft/For five decades, Microsoft has shaped the future of technology and made it accessible to all. As the company celebrates its 50th anniversary this April, I find myself reflecting on the defining momenFri, 04 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/principles/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/principles/Successful people don’t rely on chance… Instead, they operate much like master architects, who carefully design and construct buildings based on fundamental core engineering principles and learn fromMon, 03 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/disrupting-old-models-why-staying-the-same-is-no-longer-an-option/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/disrupting-old-models-why-staying-the-same-is-no-longer-an-option/Organisations that fail to adapt to new technology are like dial-up internet in a hyper-fibre world – outdated, slow, and destined for irrelevance. The journey from “I’ve never heard of it” to “It’s tThu, 09 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/being-strategic/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/being-strategic/“We’re taking a strategic approach.”“Let’s be more strategic about this.” Few phrases in business are as overused and misunderstood as “being strategic”. Too often, it’s a badge of honour, a justificaTue, 10 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/agent-desiderata/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/agent-desiderata/The evolving capabilities of AI powered by advanced large language models are reshaping the way we work. These capabilities are bringing us closer to a future where agentic systems that are autonomousWed, 20 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/the-psychology-of-human-misjudgement/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/the-psychology-of-human-misjudgement/“Spend each day trying to be a little wiser than you were when you woke up” – Charlie Munger, Poor Charlies Almanack. Charlie Munger was a legendary investor and philanthropist. As an investor and vicThu, 31 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/turn-and-face-the-strange/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/turn-and-face-the-strange/In my recent discussion on the AvePoint #shifthappens podcast, one area of discussion was around the fact that most of our current thinking on what AI can be used for is (somewhat) narrow. The fast-evMon, 30 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/genai-impact-discussion-on-shifthappens/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/genai-impact-discussion-on-shifthappens/A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of being invited to talk with Dux Raymond Sy and Mario Carvajal on the AvePoint #shifthappens podcast. We talked about the macro wave changes in technology and theFri, 13 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/ai-blueprint/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/ai-blueprint/The AI Blueprint for Aotearoa (New Zealand) has just been launched by the AI Forum NZ. This blueprint for NZ sets ambitious goals, aiming to establish New Zealand as a world-leading hub for responsiblThu, 25 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/centaurs-and-cyborgs/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/centaurs-and-cyborgs/We had a great session at the gen AI meetup in Wellington, the event was run in a modified journal club format, and we discussed the findings from the working paper “Field Experimental Evidence of theThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/50-thoughts-at-year-50/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/50-thoughts-at-year-50/This week I turn 50, people that I care about have said that’s significant and I should celebrate. I am not a one for much celebration, but I think I will make an exception. I’ve had the privilege toThu, 04 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/cloud-first-hybrid-and-financially-sound-decisions/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/cloud-first-hybrid-and-financially-sound-decisions/A while back I wrote about the Cloud shift. Recently, after speaking with several customers and IT professionals who are still sceptical about cloud adoption, I felt compelled to take an unbiased lookTue, 12 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/reflecting-back/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/reflecting-back/Looking back at 2023 it was filled with a lot of research getting hands on with gen AI initiatives. I am a firm believer in going ‘all in’ if you want to learn something and get the experience by ‘hanThu, 01 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/aotearoa-ai-summit/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/aotearoa-ai-summit/I joined as a contributor to the NZ AI Forum this year. The AI Forum organised the annual summit in Auckland which was attended by a large number of people who had an interest in the developments of AThu, 30 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/education-sector-of-nz-and-ai-impact/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/education-sector-of-nz-and-ai-impact/I got to provide some thoughts on the impact the recent updates in generative AI technology have bought to the education sector. Local journalist Peter Griffin interviewed me on this on behalf of theTue, 31 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/ai-for-good/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/ai-for-good/The last few months have been a great learning experience in completing the AI for Good Specialisation from DeepLearning.AI through Coursera. Created in collaboration with Microsoft AI for Good Lab, tFri, 20 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/ai-for-business-strategy/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/ai-for-business-strategy/With the increasing interest on artificial intelligence (AI) I decided to do a bit of research and also learn and get an accreditation. I already have a general idea of the general technical conceptsThu, 10 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/chain-of-thought/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/chain-of-thought/Recently at the Build conference Andrej Karpathy gave a talk about the current state of large language models, popularised by the release of ChatGPT. The talk centred around particularly GPT models, aMon, 10 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/on-the-run-with-ai/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/on-the-run-with-ai/As a practicing Athletics NZ coach, I have seen a fair number of technical advancements that have contributed to the success of runners. These range from technical advancements made on the manufacturiThu, 22 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/ai-is-here-and-everywhere/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/ai-is-here-and-everywhere/Back to the Future of Business Transformation: Leveraging AI Technology. The recent advancement of generative AI made me reflect on my own career and the leaps we have had in technology over the lastFri, 31 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/the-evolving-role-of-digital-identity/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/the-evolving-role-of-digital-identity/Digital identity is on the verge of a major transformation—one that promises to be more secure, privacy-respecting, and portable. The internet was not originally designed with identity in mind, resultSun, 10 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/confidence-in-being-an-expert/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/confidence-in-being-an-expert/Mainly my way of learning (anything) is to go to first principles of the subject/topic that I am about to learn. That is to break down complicated things to their fundamentals and putting them back agMon, 18 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/joined-microsoft/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/joined-microsoft/I joined Microsoft! Seems a bit surreal! Microsoft is a company that I have admired for most part of my life and the reason behind having an opportunity to start a company of my own in 2008. The roleSun, 20 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/the-new-normal/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/the-new-normal/It’s April 2020, the normalcy I’m so used to—work, plans, even my daily routines—begins to dissolve. There’s a weight in the air, a growing sense of uncertainty that I can’t shake. Level 4 lockdown waMon, 20 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/run-wellington/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/run-wellington/It’s been a few months since I have been back in New Zealand. Something that I am really passionate about is bringing people together on shared interests and building strong communities. Wellington haThu, 10 Mar 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/the-runner/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/the-runner/One of the most inspiring people you can come across in Wellington running circles (excuse the pun) is Michael Browne who is a (now) 83-year-old who likes to run. He likes to run a lot. He is the 1951Mon, 29 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/new-beginnings/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/new-beginnings/As I write this I am on my way to Amsterdam. For those who have been following me I visited Europe last year, this was due to a few things which I won’t go into the details here. Current status is thaThu, 05 Feb 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/a-coruna/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/a-coruna/After Berlin I headed to Galicia, Spain – Galicia is in northern Spain. When you think of Spain you’d immediately think of warm weather with beaches and sun all year around, A Coruña experiences a milFri, 10 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/berlin/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/berlin/I left for Europe for a change of scenery. My first stop was Germany for the Berlin marathon which I had been preparing for over the New Zealand winter. The day of the 41st Berlin Marathon (28 SeptembTue, 30 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/what-i-learnt-from-my-first-job/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/what-i-learnt-from-my-first-job/It was mid-1995, and I stood at the arrivals lounge of the international airport in Colombo, Sri Lanka, clipboard in hand, awaiting a group of visitors. Their flight was delayed, the driver of my tourTue, 10 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/data-literacy-faq/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/data-literacy-faq/In a few recent conversations with some of my peer groups and customers the discussion on the importance of “quality data” and how to identify or manage “quality data” came about. There was concern thTue, 15 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/dawn-of-a-new-day-era/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/dawn-of-a-new-day-era/A few years ago, I wrote about Ray Ozzie’s memo titled “The Internet Services Disruption“. Turns out he did another one as he left Microsoft in 2010 exactly five years after. The departing memo is titMon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/desiderata/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/desiderata/This poem at this point in my life has grounded me on what I need to focus on. The word desiderata mean “things desired,” and the poem offers a gentle, timeless reminders on living with integrity, kinTue, 25 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-training-and-upcoming-events/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-training-and-upcoming-events/There are some great training opportunities for local IT professionals who are looking at up skilling in SharePoint. 3grow are hosting a great training...Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-information-architecture/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-information-architecture/There are many courses/classes that claim to “Teach Information Architecture and SharePoint” however these are full of platitudes and usually is...Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/office365-and-sharepoint-online-e2-80-93-coming-june-28th/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/office365-and-sharepoint-online-e2-80-93-coming-june-28th/This is something I am quite excited about! There are some great resources for anyone wanting to know about what Office365 offers. I’m going to point...Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/thanks-to-the-sharepoint-community-for-a-great-5-years-and-here-e2-80-99s-to-the/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/thanks-to-the-sharepoint-community-for-a-great-5-years-and-here-e2-80-99s-to-the/Although I’ve not been able to blog as frequently as I liked I've managed to be part of the ever growing NZ SharePoint community and the wider overseas...Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/new-zealand-sharepoint-conference-2011-e2-80-93this-year-it-e2-80-99s-even-bigge/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/new-zealand-sharepoint-conference-2011-e2-80-93this-year-it-e2-80-99s-even-bigge/If you haven’t yet heard the New Zealand SharePoint community is hosting its third SharePoint Conference in Wellington on March 16th and 17th! If you...Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/configuring-rbs-for-sharepoint-e2-80-93step-by-step-guide/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/configuring-rbs-for-sharepoint-e2-80-93step-by-step-guide/Via the team @knowledgecue and @ckukltd you can get hold of this step by step guide. This is a collaborative effort with Steve Smith of Combined...Fri, 04 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-upgrade-best-practices-and-lessons-learned-from-msit-team-video/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-upgrade-best-practices-and-lessons-learned-from-msit-team-video/If you’ve followed some of my previous posts and presentations on SharePoint upgrade or are about to plan an Upgrade the following Video (link below)...Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-server-updates-for-sp2010-aka-cumulative-updates-e2-80-93should-i-app/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-server-updates-for-sp2010-aka-cumulative-updates-e2-80-93should-i-app/Since the release of SharePoint Server 2010 (RTM) in April 2010 the following Cumulative Updates have been released.Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-branding-and-design-e2-80-93is-not-hard-just-get-on-with-it/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-branding-and-design-e2-80-93is-not-hard-just-get-on-with-it/Previously on my blog i posted how to get the most out of working with the branding aspects of SharePoint in 2007. Now with SharePoint 2010 the story...Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/verifying-people-search-results-in-sharepoint-2010/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/verifying-people-search-results-in-sharepoint-2010/If you are installing and or configuring SharePoint 2010 and want to make sure that the people Search capability in SP2010 is enabled make sure to...Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/getting-rid-of-pesky-guid-based-sharepoint-service-databases/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/getting-rid-of-pesky-guid-based-sharepoint-service-databases/In some cases where SharePoint deployments that have been carried out by resorting to the “Wizard” you’ll most likely end up with service and content...Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-2010-upgrade-deep-dive-e2-80-93-teched-2010-session-notes-and-final-o/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-2010-upgrade-deep-dive-e2-80-93-teched-2010-session-notes-and-final-o/Wow! TechEd is over and demo gods were kind and I actually was able to run two complete demos of In-Place upgrade and a Database attach upgrade on...Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-2010-and-sql-server-databases-e2-80-93-what-are-they-why-are-they-the/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-2010-and-sql-server-databases-e2-80-93-what-are-they-why-are-they-the/Some eons ago.. I wrote a blog post about the same topic on SharePoint 2007 which still gets a fair few hits and one of the comments on that post...Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-foundation-2010-learning-resources/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-foundation-2010-learning-resources/A few people have asked me via email about where they should go to learn about SharePoint Foundation 2010 (SharePoint Foundation was formerly Windows...Thu, 20 May 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/new-zealand-sharepoint-conference-2010-e2-80-93-why-you-should-attend/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/new-zealand-sharepoint-conference-2010-e2-80-93-why-you-should-attend/The biggest SharePoint event to hit New Zealand is only weeks away! If you are still humming and arrhing about getting registered here is my sales...Mon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/eyjafjallajokull/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/eyjafjallajokull/So, I just got back from a trip to Europe which started in Barcelona to Paris where I almost got stuck and could have missed the SharePoint Evolutions Conference in London where I was scheduled to speMon, 03 May 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/navigating-the-cloud-shift/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/navigating-the-cloud-shift/As I write this, I’m approaching it from the perspective of someone who observes and is part of the evolving Microsoft Partner ecosystem and how Microsoft is evolving their product and service offerinFri, 02 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/pra-and-ediscovery-in-sharepoint-2010/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/pra-and-ediscovery-in-sharepoint-2010/Via the SharePoint ECM Team.Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/pra-compliance-and-records-management-in-sharepoint-2010/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/pra-compliance-and-records-management-in-sharepoint-2010/Continuing on from my last post here are some more details about In-Place Records management in SharePoint 2010.Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/pra-compliance-and-sharepoint-e2-80-93-what-myths/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/pra-compliance-and-sharepoint-e2-80-93-what-myths/There is much talk about PRA (Public Records Act) Compliance and it usually comes up in so many conversations that I’ve been having. Lot of the times I...Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/elite-skills/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/elite-skills/A few months ago we were presented with an opportunity to help create a programme for Microsoft. The local (and international) SharePoint deployments have had some challenges due to various factors inWed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-2010-beta-demo-virtual-machine-e2-80-93-available-now/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-2010-beta-demo-virtual-machine-e2-80-93-available-now/Microsoft has released a demo virtual machine consisting of Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 Beta. The download titled “2010 Information Worker...Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/online-resources-for-sharepoint-2010/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/online-resources-for-sharepoint-2010/With the momentum growing for the next release of SharePoint there are quite a large number of pre-release (Beta) resources available now to get a head...Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/hello-2010-and-sharepoint-events-for-the-year-ahead/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/hello-2010-and-sharepoint-events-for-the-year-ahead/It’s been a while since my last post and some of you may have thought that I’ve given up on the blog. No I haven’t and I really should not be making...Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-2010-beta-available-now-for-download/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-2010-beta-available-now-for-download/SharePoint 2010 Beta is now available for download.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/planning-for-sharepoint-2010-e2-80-93-upgrade-planning-part-4-e2-80-93-using-pre/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/planning-for-sharepoint-2010-e2-80-93-upgrade-planning-part-4-e2-80-93-using-pre/Please refer to my previous three posts on Upgrade Planning for SharePoint 2010 – These previous posts outline some important scenarios for your...Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/planning-for-sharepoint-2010-e2-80-93-upgrade-planning-part-3/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/planning-for-sharepoint-2010-e2-80-93-upgrade-planning-part-3/Please read first two posts in this series. Planning for SharePoint 2010 Part 1, Planning for SharePoint 2010 Part 2.Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/planning-for-sharepoint-2010-e2-80-93-upgrade-planning-part-2-moving-the-databas/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/planning-for-sharepoint-2010-e2-80-93-upgrade-planning-part-2-moving-the-databas/Please read Part 1 of this post series before you continue.Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/planning-for-sharepoint-2010-upgrade-planning-and-guidance-ofc306-teched-nz-sess/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/planning-for-sharepoint-2010-upgrade-planning-and-guidance-ofc306-teched-nz-sess/Here is a detailed outline of what I discussed and presented at my TechEd session on Wednesday 16th September in Auckland – New Zealand titled Planning...Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/internet-services-and-business-disruption/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/internet-services-and-business-disruption/Recently I came across a memo that Ray Ozzie had written back in 2005 when he joined Microsoft as Chief Software Architect. Ray joined Microsoft in April 2005 after Microsoft acquired his company, GroMon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/what-version-of-sharepoint-search-is-capable-of-doing-what/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/what-version-of-sharepoint-search-is-capable-of-doing-what/I got the following question from a mate of mine recently. I’ve edited the message to only contain the bits that I am blogging about..Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/the-first-nz-sharepoint-conference/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/the-first-nz-sharepoint-conference/Thinking about this now since I’ve had some time to reflect and read some of the comments and feedback on attendees, I feel relieved and elated we were able to pull this off successfully. Here are a fFri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/building-wcm-sites-on-sharepoint-e2-80-93-get-the-adventureworks-demo-modules-an/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/building-wcm-sites-on-sharepoint-e2-80-93-get-the-adventureworks-demo-modules-an/Well the product has been on the market for a few years.. and I see so many people struggle with getting some of the basics of SharePoint right. If you...Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/why-you-should-think-about-using-sharepoint-exchange-and-ocs-online/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/why-you-should-think-about-using-sharepoint-exchange-and-ocs-online/Microsoft recently made available in New Zealand the following online services to all partners and clients under the BPOS banner (Business Productivity...Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/notes-about-sharepoint-service-pack-2/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/notes-about-sharepoint-service-pack-2/Well it’s been a while since I’d been able to blog. With my full time job and also organising the first ever New Zealand SharePoint Conference it has...Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/teched-2009-e2-80-93-australia-and-new-zealand-call-for-content/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/teched-2009-e2-80-93-australia-and-new-zealand-call-for-content/Via Andrew Coates and Paul QuirkThu, 14 May 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/starting-and-owning-a-company/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/starting-and-owning-a-company/The idea of what it means to own a company never entered my mind when I wanted to start Knowledge Cue. Below is a note that I had made and emailed my business partner around 2008 when we started. <staSun, 10 May 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/new-zealand-community-sharepoint-conference-2009-is-official/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/new-zealand-community-sharepoint-conference-2009-is-official/We are extremely happy to announce that we have now finalised the dates and details for the first ever New Zealand SharePoint Conference.Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/new-zealand-community-sharepoint-conference-2009-register-your-interest/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/new-zealand-community-sharepoint-conference-2009-register-your-interest/Yes! We are finally doing this. This will be the premier SharePoint Conference targeted specially towards a New Zealand audience. Currently we have...Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-webinar-by-michael-sampson-via-colligo/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-webinar-by-michael-sampson-via-colligo/I posted about Michael's book Seamless Teamwork back in November.Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/new-zealand-sharepoint-user-group-update-and-ispa/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/new-zealand-sharepoint-user-group-update-and-ispa/Been a while since I made a post about how our local SharePoint Community was shaping out. Over the last few years the community has grown from...Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-is-on-the-intranet-top-ten-list-again/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-is-on-the-intranet-top-ten-list-again/I was just looking through the 10 best Intranets of the 2009 report from Jakob Nielsen and 5 out of the Top Ten Intranets have been developed using...Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/support-models-for-sharepoint-deployments-whos-responsible-for-what/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/support-models-for-sharepoint-deployments-whos-responsible-for-what/One of the important aspects when a SharePoint project has been initiated and completed (successfully or otherwise) is who supports what in terms of...Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/seamless-teamwork-great-job-michael/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/seamless-teamwork-great-job-michael/I finally got my copy of Michael Sampson's new book "Seamless Teamwork".Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-planning-and-governance-session-notes/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-planning-and-governance-session-notes/Thanks to everyone who came to my session at the Christchurch SharePoint User Group and Matt (Btw Matt is doing 1 post a day about SharePoint related...Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/troubleshooting-event-2436/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/troubleshooting-event-2436/Recently after I had configured a SharePoint farm I ran into this little error relating to the Search indexer. Found out this was related how the...Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-post-sp1-infrastructure-update-august-cumulative-updates/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-post-sp1-infrastructure-update-august-cumulative-updates/Previously I posted about the major post SP 1 SharePoint Infrastructure Update which was released July and notes on some issues that were discovered...Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/k2-blackpearl-101-training-in-wellington-new-zealand/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/k2-blackpearl-101-training-in-wellington-new-zealand/K2 provides business application modelling software which integrates with SharePoint 2007 when you want to take workflow and business driven process...Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-migrations-and-upgrades/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-migrations-and-upgrades/A few people have asked me how to approach migrations and upgrades for previous versions of SharePoint.Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-dr-planning-some-practical-options-to-consider/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-dr-planning-some-practical-options-to-consider/One part of SharePoint deployments that sometimes tend to fall on the way side is planning and providing a viable and practical option for recovering...Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/seamless-teamwork-by-michael/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/seamless-teamwork-by-michael/I’ve been able to have an early look at Michael’s book he’s writing “Seamless Teamwork”. Michael recently reached out to me for help in setting up a SharePoint Enterprise environment so he could captuThu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/compliance-ecm-and-the-sharepoint-platform-sharepoint-user-group-session-wlg-nz/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/compliance-ecm-and-the-sharepoint-platform-sharepoint-user-group-session-wlg-nz/Mark Orange (SharePoint MVP) will be presenting on Thursday 25th September at the Wellington SharePoint User Group.Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/installing-sharepoint-today-please-consider-x64-before-you-go-ahead-and-hit-setu/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/installing-sharepoint-today-please-consider-x64-before-you-go-ahead-and-hit-setu/Over last few months I've been reviewing and helping a few customers deploy SharePoint. One of the things that surprised me is that in some cases where...Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/have-you-tried-photosynth/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/have-you-tried-photosynth/Photosynth allows you to synth multiple photos together and create an immersive view. I just tried this out with a few photos I took while in Motueka....Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/farewell-patrick/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/farewell-patrick/It is with a very sad heart that I have to say farewell to a dear friend whom I have known for a long time. Patrick Tisseghem of U2U Belgium has passed...Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/teched-new-zealand-sharepoint-sessions-and-resources/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/teched-new-zealand-sharepoint-sessions-and-resources/Thanks to everyone who came to the SharePoint sessions at TechED. This year we had some great speakers from overseas and some of the best local...Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/wellington-sharepoint-user-group-august-session/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/wellington-sharepoint-user-group-august-session/This month we have Eben Illingworth from Nintex presenting an informative session at the Wellington user group.Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/i-am-planning-a-sharepoint-project-is-it-any-different-from-typical-software-dev/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/i-am-planning-a-sharepoint-project-is-it-any-different-from-typical-software-dev/A friend of mine asked me this the other day.. and I was glad that I was asked this question. (Let's just say my friend was relatively new to...Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-infrastructure-architecture-resources/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-infrastructure-architecture-resources/This page contains a list of guidance and best practice topics for planning and architecture for the deployment of SharePoint. I will update this list...Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/how-do-i-list-all-my-sharepoint-sites-in-the-site-gallery/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/how-do-i-list-all-my-sharepoint-sites-in-the-site-gallery/When you create a site collection in SharePoint based on the OOTB starter template "Collaboration Portal Template" you get a series of sub sites such...Sat, 09 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-tracks-at-teched-new-zealand-and-speaker-lineup/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-tracks-at-teched-new-zealand-and-speaker-lineup/A few days ago Darryl posted on his blog about the Office System Track being finalised. Essentially the SharePoint tracks get slotted under Office.Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/speaking-at-the-annual-strategic-intranet-summit-in-wellington-new-zealand/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/speaking-at-the-annual-strategic-intranet-summit-in-wellington-new-zealand/I am presenting a session about SharePoint Planning and Governance at the 8th Annual Strategic Intranet Summit held on 21st and 22nd of August 2008 in...Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-developer-tour-coming-soon-to-a-city-near-you/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-developer-tour-coming-soon-to-a-city-near-you/Big Kudos to Matt Smith for organising the upcoming SharePoint developer tour in New Zealand by SharePoint developer whiz kid Gavin Barron !Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/infrastructure-updates-for-sharepoint-kb951297-moss-and-kb951695-wss/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/infrastructure-updates-for-sharepoint-kb951297-moss-and-kb951695-wss/Via the ECM Team and SharePoint Team BlogWed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/july-wellington-sharepoint-user-group-meeting-special-guest-from-the-uk/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/july-wellington-sharepoint-user-group-meeting-special-guest-from-the-uk/This month we have Craig Carpenter (MCSA, MCSE, MCT) visiting speaker from the UK presenting at the user group. Craig is here in Wellington this week...Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-my-sites-should-you-deploy-them-in-your-organisation/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-my-sites-should-you-deploy-them-in-your-organisation/The concept of My Sites in SharePoint is often ignored in deployments due to the lack of understanding of the value that My Sites add when an...Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-content-deployment-myths/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-content-deployment-myths/When using SharePoint for creating and maintaining content rich web sites the content deployment API provides a way of moving content from a source...Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/recently-released-post-sp-1-updates-for-sharepoint/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/recently-released-post-sp-1-updates-for-sharepoint/As most of you know SharePoint Service Pack 1 was released some time ago which included some must have updates for your deployment. If you still have...Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-content-deployment-api-article-series/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-content-deployment-api-article-series/If you are deploying SharePoint you should take some time and read the following WSS/MOSS Content Deployment article series from Stefan. He covers the...Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/visual-studio-2008-extensions-for-wss-v1-2/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/visual-studio-2008-extensions-for-wss-v1-2/The wait is over for developers who now want to start developing for SharePoint on Visual Studio 2008. Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools: Visual...Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/managing-team-based-sharepoint-development-scenarios/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/managing-team-based-sharepoint-development-scenarios/If you are starting on a SharePoint development you will need to start thinking about how you will manage and provide a team based development...Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/search-deployment-guidance-part-3-with-notes-from-the-sharepoint-ug-session/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/search-deployment-guidance-part-3-with-notes-from-the-sharepoint-ug-session/In the previous two posts in this series I showed some ideas and thoughts on how to approach your SharePoint Search deployment. This third post is a...Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-administration-toolkit/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-administration-toolkit/About one month ago (April 30th 2008) Zach Rosenfield (SharePoint Program Manager - Infrastructure) announced on his blog about the availability of the...Sat, 24 May 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/speaking-at-wellington-sharepoint-user-group/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/speaking-at-wellington-sharepoint-user-group/I will be presenting at the SharePoint User Group meeting in Wellington on 28th May (Wednesday) 2008.Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/worldwide-telescope/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/worldwide-telescope/Wow! This is ueber cool if you are into space imagery and what not.Sun, 18 May 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/notes-and-resources-from-sql-user-group-session-on-sharepoint/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/notes-and-resources-from-sql-user-group-session-on-sharepoint/First of all thanks to SQL Server User Group leaders Adrian Engelbrecht and Clive Trott for the invitation to speak and to Ron van Moorsel of Prophesy...Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/visual-studio-extensions-for-sharepoint-e2-80-93-developer-user-guide-released/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/visual-studio-extensions-for-sharepoint-e2-80-93-developer-user-guide-released/Via [Paul Andrew ]Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/teched-nz-tickets-are-going-fast/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/teched-nz-tickets-are-going-fast/Before it's going going gone.. head over to the early bird registrations and get yours today!Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/speaking-at-the-wellington-sql-server-user-group-nz/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/speaking-at-the-wellington-sql-server-user-group-nz/I will be presenting at the Wellington SQL Server User Group on 15th May 2008 (Thursday).Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-search-deployment-guidance-part-2/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-search-deployment-guidance-part-2/In my last post titled "SharePoint Search Deployment Guidance" I highlighted some points on which you will need to start planning for. In this post I...Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-search-deployment-guidance/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-search-deployment-guidance/Recently I have been working with a few clients to come up with solutions to a range of Search scenarios. As a result of this I learnt quite a bit...Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/ambulance-waiting-at-the-end-of-the-cliff/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/ambulance-waiting-at-the-end-of-the-cliff/Get the picture? This is common place when it comes to SharePoint projects (or any other projects) that have gone off the rails and you are called in...Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-sessions-for-teched-2008-new-zealand/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-sessions-for-teched-2008-new-zealand/This year TechEd 2008 is being held in Auckland from 1st to 3rd September. Darryl recently posted on his blog asking for what sessions you want to see...Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/wellington-sharepoint-user-group-april-session/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/wellington-sharepoint-user-group-april-session/The next Wellington SharePoint User Group will be having a session on Wednesday the 30th of April at Microsoft Wellington offices.Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/mvp-summit-2008-the-week-that-was/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/mvp-summit-2008-the-week-that-was/Last week I was in Seattle to attend the Global MVP Summit for 2008. This was my first year at MVP Summit and second year being a SharePoint Server...Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/seattle-for-mvp-summit/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/seattle-for-mvp-summit/So, I visited Seattle again! Sooner than I thought, this time to attend the MVP Summit. I got to meet all the other SharePoint MVPs from around the world. We had some fantastic sessions with the SP PrSun, 20 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/moving-sharepoint-search-index-location/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/moving-sharepoint-search-index-location/Typically in most default SharePoint installs the physical index used by the Search crawler is saved under C:/Program Files/Microsoft Office...Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/mistakes-you-should-not-be-making-when-customising-sharepoint/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/mistakes-you-should-not-be-making-when-customising-sharepoint/Most of the time I always come across common mistakes that has been incurred in the process of sites being branded or customising SharePoint. So here...Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/setup-sharepoint-my-sites-via-managed-path-in-own-content-db/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/setup-sharepoint-my-sites-via-managed-path-in-own-content-db/Consider the following scenario:Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-content-types-for-the-masses-ug-session-resources/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-content-types-for-the-masses-ug-session-resources/Last evening we had our Wellington SharePoint user group session and the topic was "Content Types". Mark (OJ) introduced the concept of Content Types...Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/wellington-nz-sharepoint-user-group-march-session/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/wellington-nz-sharepoint-user-group-march-session/Bit of a late notice, but if you can make it today (26th March 2008) we are having a session on Content Types.Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/installing-performancepoint-server-for-demos/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/installing-performancepoint-server-for-demos/Recently I have been involved with running a POC using PerformancePoint (PPS). The first POC was scoped to identify how to leverage MOSS and...Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/doing-a-new-moss-or-wss-install/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/doing-a-new-moss-or-wss-install/If you are you should be now using the slipstreamed MOSS SP1 and WSS V3.0 SP1 installers available for download.Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/external-collaboration-toolkit-for-sharepoint/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/external-collaboration-toolkit-for-sharepoint/This toolkit is provided via the Solutions Accelerator program for organisations who require creation and management of SharePoint sites for external...Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/starting-knowledge-cue/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/starting-knowledge-cue/I registered a company today (18th March 2008); this is both daunting (scary) and exciting. Here’s a bit of why and what. I am now officially working as an independent SharePoint consultant under my oTue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/march-sharepoint-ug-wellington-nz/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/march-sharepoint-ug-wellington-nz/Topic: SharePoint Content Types for the massesFri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/seattle-visit-for-spc-2008/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/seattle-visit-for-spc-2008/So, I got to visit Seattle (finally)! I have always wanted to visit Seattle and of course why not take the opportunity when the SharePoint Conference is being held there! The conference was a great evTue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-conference-2008-is-a-wrap/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-conference-2008-is-a-wrap/So I am back in Windy Wellington after the Seattle trip. The conference was a great event with the opportunity to see and experience the best...Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/office-live-workspaces-beta/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/office-live-workspaces-beta/If you want to share and collaborate online Office Live Beta workspaces are now available.Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/cksebe-2-0-goes-live/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/cksebe-2-0-goes-live/The CKS team has released the CKS:EBE (Enhanced Blog Edition) 2.0 today. These guys have done a terrific job! Well done all.Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/silverlight-for-sharepoint-blueprint-now-available/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/silverlight-for-sharepoint-blueprint-now-available/At the SharePoint conference Bill Gates announced the availability of Software + Services blue prints. One of the early releases of these upcoming blue...Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/gear-up-for-sharepoint/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/gear-up-for-sharepoint/Just announced at the SPC Conference is a site with guidelines for starting your SharePoint Project!Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/microsoft-online-services-deep-dive-session/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/microsoft-online-services-deep-dive-session/I was at the session presented by John Betz and Todd Wanke titled "Deep Dive into Microsoft's Next Generation Online Services for Communication and...Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-online-services/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-online-services/At the SharePoint Conference Microsoft announced the availability of hosted Exchange and SharePoint service offerings. Currently in Beta you can now...Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/bill-gates-keynote-at-spc2008/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/bill-gates-keynote-at-spc2008/If you cannot attend the SharePoint Conference in Seattle but want to see the keynote speech from Bill gates you can view this live online!Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sql-database-guide-for-sharepoint-deployments/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sql-database-guide-for-sharepoint-deployments/The document outlines the following topics and is highly recommended for all administrators and DBA's who need to maintain a SQL server farm for...Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-conference-in-seattle/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-conference-in-seattle/I will be traveling to Seattle for the Microsoft SharePoint Conference which is now SOLD OUT!Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/february-sharepoint-user-group-session-resources/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/february-sharepoint-user-group-session-resources/My top SharePoint must have add-ons from CodePlex are as followsThu, 28 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/february-wellington-sharepoint-user-group-nz/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/february-wellington-sharepoint-user-group-nz/This month we have Zac presenting on Community Kit for SharePoint (CKS) and what's available as part of CKS when deploying SharePoint.Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-training-for-the-desktop/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-training-for-the-desktop/Want to learn about SharePoint aka:MOSS at a leisurely pace? No access to a Server with MOSS installed? No to Worry you just download this self...Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/michaels-new-white-paper-on-sharepoint-for-collaboration/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/michaels-new-white-paper-on-sharepoint-for-collaboration/Michael Sampson has published his white paper titled "The 7 Pillars of IT-Enabled Team Productivity: The Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Analysis" that he...Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/troubleshooting-event-18456/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/troubleshooting-event-18456/In some MOSS environments you may encounter this error. The Event is noted on the event log as:Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/capacity-planning-tool-for-sharepoint-and-platform-hygiene/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/capacity-planning-tool-for-sharepoint-and-platform-hygiene/If you are planning to deploy a new SharePoint server or need to re-evaluate your server hardware because of performance issues then you need to get...Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/visual-studio-2005-wss-extensions-user-guide/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/visual-studio-2005-wss-extensions-user-guide/Over the past few weeks our team has been working on creating a user guide and sample code for developers to get started on developing with the Visual...Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/cross-site-configurator-for-sharepoint-released/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/cross-site-configurator-for-sharepoint-released/The Cross Site Configurator is now available for download on CodePlex.Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-deployment-guide-and-why-you-should-apply-sp1/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-deployment-guide-and-why-you-should-apply-sp1/The following new technical content is now available on TechNet. One of the best one's that I highly recommend is the SharePoint Deployment Essentials...Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/search-presentation-at-bay-of-plenty-sharepoint-user-group-nz/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/search-presentation-at-bay-of-plenty-sharepoint-user-group-nz/The Bay of Plenty SharePoint User Group in New Zealand was kicked off yesterday at the Envision IT offices. I was invited to present at this inaugural...Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/upcoming-events-sharepoint-fba-and-news-update/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/upcoming-events-sharepoint-fba-and-news-update/So we are almost one month into the new year and already Darryl and Co are almost ready for the great big New Zealand road trip.  From the sneak...Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/moss-public-web-site-how-we-did-it/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/moss-public-web-site-how-we-did-it/Ari has blogged about the Fly Buys web site we designed and developed for Loyalty New Zealand using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS). His post...Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/thanks-provoke-its-been-a-blast/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/thanks-provoke-its-been-a-blast/Last year was a blast and this year is going to be even better, a few of you may already know that I have left Provoke Solutions where I enjoyed being part of a great team specialising in SharePoint sThu, 10 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/new-zealand-sharepoint-user-group-events-in-2008/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/new-zealand-sharepoint-user-group-events-in-2008/Season’s Greetings to everyone and best wishes for the new year.Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/moss-intranet-one-of-top-10/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/moss-intranet-one-of-top-10/One of the projects that we designed and delivered has been just announced as one of the best ten Intranets on the Nielsen Norman Group's "Intranet...Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/migrating-mcms-content-to-moss/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/migrating-mcms-content-to-moss/I thought I'd share my thoughts and details on migration of MCMS (Microsoft Content Management Server) content to MOSS. Back in the day I used to work...Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/service-pack-1-for-moss-and-wss-is-out-what-now/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/service-pack-1-for-moss-and-wss-is-out-what-now/As you most probably are aware by the recent high number of posts in the SharePoint Community the service packs for WSS and MOSS are available for...Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/december-wellington-sharepoint-user-group-event/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/december-wellington-sharepoint-user-group-event/The next user group is scheduled for 13th of December at Intergen Limited. This month’s session will be presented by Tamlyn Kemp of Intergen.Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/accessibility-kit-for-sharepoint-aks-1-0/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/accessibility-kit-for-sharepoint-aks-1-0/The AKS Kit 1.0 is a set of samples and building blocks that can be used in your new SharePoint deployments. The AKS Kit can be now downloaded from...Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/are-you-maintaining-your-server-farm/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/are-you-maintaining-your-server-farm/I was recently called into do some reviews of several server farm deployments. As part of our services we offer server health checks for current...Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/fly-buys-is-online-powered-by-moss/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/fly-buys-is-online-powered-by-moss/This is one of the busiest web sites in New Zealand and our team worked on designing and deploying this brand new site using MOSS over the last 7 weeks.Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/microsoft-discovery-event-series-nz/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/microsoft-discovery-event-series-nz/](https://www.chandima.net/Blog/Lists/Posts/Attachments/99/msdiscovery1.jpg)Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/moss-and-new-zealand-public-records-act/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/moss-and-new-zealand-public-records-act/Some time ago I highlighted the Records Management capability of MOSS and my thoughts on how MOSS can be leveraged for compliance with the New Zealand...Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/announcing-microsoft-search-server-express-free/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/announcing-microsoft-search-server-express-free/The Enterprise Search blog has also more info: http://blogs.msdn.com/enterprisesearchWed, 07 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-user-group-wellington-nz-events/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-user-group-wellington-nz-events/The Wellington SharePoint User Group has the following upcoming events in November, December and January 2008.Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/troubleshooting-events-6398-6482-and-7888/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/troubleshooting-events-6398-6482-and-7888/I did a MOSS build recently and came across these three errors on my production 64bit based server farm. This error occurs in different formats. If you...Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/happy-bday-spug/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/happy-bday-spug/The New Zealand SharePoint User Group celebrated it's 1st anniversary last evening. We have been running regular monthly sessions since August 2006 and...Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/microsoft-and-face-book-sign-agreement/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/microsoft-and-face-book-sign-agreement/Now this was something that I thought was about to happen! Great stuff, read the article here!Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/speaking-at-business-connect-2007/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/speaking-at-business-connect-2007/](https://www.microsoft.com/nz/events/connect/default.mspx)Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/cks-intranet-extranet-edition-and-forms-authentication/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/cks-intranet-extranet-edition-and-forms-authentication/The CKS team and Zac has been working to get the forms authentication component of CKS Intranet and Extranet edition released. The Pre-Beta release is...Sun, 14 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/wiki-or-workspace/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/wiki-or-workspace/I was reading Michael's daily report and this caught my eye "Word vs Wiki in SharePoint" [http://www.michaelsampson.net/2007/10/enterprise-co-4.html ]Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/does-your-sql-server-look-like-this-after-a-sharepoint-install/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/does-your-sql-server-look-like-this-after-a-sharepoint-install/The below screen shot was from a SQL server where SharePoint was installed. Notice the database names. Now if this was a managed SQL server environment...Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-conference-2008-call-to-action/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-conference-2008-call-to-action/](https://www.mssharepointconference.com/Pages/SPC2008.aspx)Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/new-service-packs-released-for-wss-2-0-and-sps-2003/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/new-service-packs-released-for-wss-2-0-and-sps-2003/Microsoft® Windows SharePoint® Services (WSS V2) Service Pack 3 (SP3) represents a major evolution in security for Windows SharePoint Services. It...Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/web-content-management-wcm-sites-with-sharepoint/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/web-content-management-wcm-sites-with-sharepoint/A reader of my blog who read my last blog post on "Help Training and How to on SharePoint?" has asked me the following question.Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/more-sharepoint-training-content/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/more-sharepoint-training-content/Following up from my previous post on SharePoint training here are some more great training resources now available!Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/help-training-and-how-to-on-sharepoint/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/help-training-and-how-to-on-sharepoint/I get asked by clients and co-workers about how to do various things with SharePoint when SharePoint has being deployed or planning is underway for a...Sun, 02 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/brightstar-conference-on-intranets-and-portals-conference-thoughts/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/brightstar-conference-on-intranets-and-portals-conference-thoughts/I got back from Auckland on Wednesday evening after delivering my talk with Murray Wills of Maxsys on the MOT deployment of MOSS intranet.Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/brightstar-conference-on-intranets-and-portals/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/brightstar-conference-on-intranets-and-portals/I got back from Auckland on Wednesday evening after delivering my talk with Murray Wills of Maxsys on the MOT deployment of MOSS intranet. The conference had a great lineup of speakers, and the two daThu, 30 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/7th-annual-strategic-intranet-and-enterprise-portal-management-conference-in-auc/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/7th-annual-strategic-intranet-and-enterprise-portal-management-conference-in-auc/](https://www.brightstar.co.nz/nz/7th-annual-strategic-intranet-and-enterprise-portal-management-2.html) I will be attending and presenting a session...Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/visual-studio-extensions-for-windows-sharepoint-services-1-1-ctp-release/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/visual-studio-extensions-for-windows-sharepoint-services-1-1-ctp-release/Developers who are already building SharePoint solutions should check out the latest CTP. This has been posted on the SharePoint Designer Team blog.Wed, 22 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/ofc-418-moss-deployment-and-advanced-administration-topics-from-teched-nz/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/ofc-418-moss-deployment-and-advanced-administration-topics-from-teched-nz/It's been a bit late but here are some resources from my presentation of OFC 418 that I co-presented with Brendon. I have collated a list of links for...Mon, 20 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/zamdes-user-group-at-teched-nz/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/zamdes-user-group-at-teched-nz/If you are interested in Silverlight and WPF the "ZAMDES" user group will be having it's inaugural meeting in Auckland at TechEd! Time 4PM. Meet near...Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/ofc-304-upgrade-and-migration-session-resources-from-teched-nz/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/ofc-304-upgrade-and-migration-session-resources-from-teched-nz/Just finished my first session at TechEd New Zealand "OFC 304 Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Upgrade...Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/xamlgirl-at-teched-nz/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/xamlgirl-at-teched-nz/Yes the rumor is true! Xamlgirl will be at TechEd New Zealand this year! Who is Xamlgirl? Good question..Sat, 11 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/most-read-sharepoint-posts-on-my-blog/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/most-read-sharepoint-posts-on-my-blog/I did a quick check of my logs for the period of 1st May 2007 to 1st August 2007 and these are the most read "SharePoint" posts on my blog. I get about...Fri, 10 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/browser-support-and-accessibility-in-sharepoint/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/browser-support-and-accessibility-in-sharepoint/Quite often when doing WCM publishing sites on SharePoint aka: MOSS it is always the case that there is a requirement to support multiple browsers and...Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/planning-for-moss-document-management/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/planning-for-moss-document-management/If you are then you'll need to start here. Basically Microsoft has provided these as "Guidelines" to start planning for your DM implementation with...Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/moss-ecm-or-ecm-moss/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/moss-ecm-or-ecm-moss/No it's an equation but something that seem to confuse a lot organisations. Reading this article from AIIM it shows why you should look at your...Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-developer-session-at-net-ug-in-wellington/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-developer-session-at-net-ug-in-wellington/Zac from my team is doing a session on "Developing with Windows SharePoint Services v3.0" at the Wellington .Net user group on Wednesday 1st of August...Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/stuff-i-wouldnt-want-to-live-without/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/stuff-i-wouldnt-want-to-live-without/Ok now that Joel has tagged me to this I have to write about the stuff...Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/new-zealand-sharepoint-user-group-is-going-down-south/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/new-zealand-sharepoint-user-group-is-going-down-south/Yes, the SharePoint User Group which started officially at last year's TechEd has now expanded to Christchurch.Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/joel-is-my-hero/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/joel-is-my-hero/I am talking about Joel Oleson who else... Yes he is.. not because he can stack red bull cans, but because he knows what he is talking about.. I am...Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/new-zealand-teched-2007-sharepoint-sessions/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/new-zealand-teched-2007-sharepoint-sessions/This year NZ TechEd 2007 is sold out once again! This year there are 11 tracks and I will be presenting 3 sessions on the "Office System" track....Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/enterprise-search-from-microsoft/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/enterprise-search-from-microsoft/Microsoft has launched a new web site targeting customers who are looking for a Search solution. See how your users can look for "Structured" and...Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/go-team-new-zealand-not-the-boat-team/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/go-team-new-zealand-not-the-boat-team/For those of you who are in the know a team of "best of the best" in New Zealand web monkies are off to Sydney to take on an all OZ challenge in...Thu, 19 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/how-to-get-over-the-quote-ootb-syndrome-quote-for-moss-wcm/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/how-to-get-over-the-quote-ootb-syndrome-quote-for-moss-wcm/I rarely rant, but in some cases I have very little choice. As it seems I had little choice but to rant at this question, statements that I was...Thu, 19 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-july-user-group-wrap-up/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-july-user-group-wrap-up/Last night we had Michael present his "SharePoint for Business" seminar in Wellington.Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/michael-sampson-in-wellington/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/michael-sampson-in-wellington/Michael will be in Wellington next week. He will be presenting the white paper he has published to the Wellington SharePoint User Group.Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/why-should-you-care-about-managing-your-sharepoint-deployment/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/why-should-you-care-about-managing-your-sharepoint-deployment/Before you deploy SharePoint into your organisation you need to plan on how you would manage your deployment. The most important aspects of managing...Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/microsoft-roundtable-you-know-you-want-it/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/microsoft-roundtable-you-know-you-want-it/Pretty cool and slick. I had the privilege of a demo of this working and it's kick-assFri, 06 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-upgrades-and-migrations-there-is-no-quote-silver-bullet-quote/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-upgrades-and-migrations-there-is-no-quote-silver-bullet-quote/This post will be of interest to most of you who are doing migrations and upgrades from WSS V2, SPS 2003 to WSS V3 and MOSS 2007. I previously talked...Thu, 05 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/upcoming-sharepoint-events-in-july-and-august/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/upcoming-sharepoint-events-in-july-and-august/The last month has been very busy for me. Some of you may have noticed that I had only done only 3 posts. I have a few posts/articles that I am writing...Tue, 03 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/june-wellington-sharepoint-user-group/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/june-wellington-sharepoint-user-group/The last few weeks have been pretty hectic and I almost missed organising the June user group event. Thanks to Mark and Ben at 3months.com and Brendan...Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/provoke-on-the-msdn-sharepoint-blog/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/provoke-on-the-msdn-sharepoint-blog/It is not everyday that a little company like ours get front page news on one of the most visited SharePoint technical sites on the planet. Thanks to...Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/virtual-teched-2007-site-on-moss/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/virtual-teched-2007-site-on-moss/Orlando is the place to be for TechEd 2007. Check out the TechED 2007 virtual site built using MOSS with Silverlight integration. Zac is there and you...Mon, 04 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/upgrades-and-migrations-now-is-the-time-to-get-it-right/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/upgrades-and-migrations-now-is-the-time-to-get-it-right/Over the past few months, weeks, days I have been involved in planning, architecting (is that a word?) migrating and implementing various SharePoint...Thu, 31 May 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/notes-from-the-may-sharepoint-user-group-meeting/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/notes-from-the-may-sharepoint-user-group-meeting/Last week at the Wellington SharePoint User Group I did a repeat presentation on the customisation options available for changing the look and feel of...Wed, 30 May 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/microsoft-sharedview-beta/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/microsoft-sharedview-beta/Latest offering from Microsoft to work from anywhere and collaborate with remote users.Tue, 22 May 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/spcapac-wrap-up-post/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/spcapac-wrap-up-post/The SharePoint Asia Pacific conference is a wrap. JFri, 18 May 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/spcapac07-wrap-up/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/spcapac07-wrap-up/The SharePoint Asia Pacific 2007 conference that was in Sydney is a wrap.  The three days I was at the conference went so fast. Angus Logan and his team from Microsoft Australia did a remarkable job oFri, 18 May 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/spcapac-strategy-day-keynote/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/spcapac-strategy-day-keynote/The SharePoint Asia Pacific Conference in Sydney. I Just attended the keynote speech given by Derek Burney, Mike Fitzmaurice and Ryan Duguid. Derek is the GM of the SharePoint Platform and Tools groupMon, 14 May 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-for-business-a-six-step-strategy/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-for-business-a-six-step-strategy/Michael's collaboration firm has published the white paper "SharePoint for Business: A Six Step Strategy for Achieving Collaboration Success and...Wed, 09 May 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-apac-conference-and-recent-articles/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-apac-conference-and-recent-articles/I have been getting ready for my presentation at the APAC conference. I will do a solo session on customization options of SharePoint which is titledTue, 08 May 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/questions-on-sharepoint-and-sql-server/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/questions-on-sharepoint-and-sql-server/I got asked the following questions by a DBA (database administrator). Whilst I could give some answers to these questions I am looking for answers...Thu, 03 May 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/wish-i-was-mixing-at-mix07/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/wish-i-was-mixing-at-mix07/Mix07 is happening in Las Vegas right now! I had a blast at Mix06 last year. This is year it just didn't fit well with my work schedule and I didn't do...Tue, 01 May 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/notes-from-april-sharepoint-user-group-meeting-showcasing-a-moss-intranet/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/notes-from-april-sharepoint-user-group-meeting-showcasing-a-moss-intranet/The following is an overview of the presentation Ari Bakker and I did at last user group event. Unfortunately we didn't have enough time to showcase...Sun, 29 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-posts-from-the-provoke-team/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-posts-from-the-provoke-team/Our team at Provoke have started blogging. Ari and Zac have the following SharePoint developer related posts. If you are a developer starting out on...Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/wellington-sharepoint-user-group-april-meeting/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/wellington-sharepoint-user-group-april-meeting/The Wellington SharePoint User Group meeting will be held on 26th of April (Thursday) at 6PM. This month we will be featuring two real world New...Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-and-meridio-at-aiim-conference-in-boston/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-and-meridio-at-aiim-conference-in-boston/"AIIM Conference & Expo is the largest and most important annual gathering of information management professionals, featuring an educational program...Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/introducing-sisu/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/introducing-sisu/Sisu software is the latest start up at Wellington's creative HQ technology Hub which hosts great start-ups like Zoomin. ( http://www.zoomin.co.nz ).Sat, 14 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/project-manager-for-provoke/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/project-manager-for-provoke/According to Zef I am on a rampage.. so we are on a growth sprout and we want to grow our PM team at the moment...Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/fba-feature-on-codeplex-and-what-e2-80-99s-happening-with-it/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/fba-feature-on-codeplex-and-what-e2-80-99s-happening-with-it/If you didn't know some time ago me and my team built a proof of concept for providing a Forms Based Authentication (FBA) feature for WSS/MOSS....Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/presenting-at-sharepoint-asia-pacific-conference/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/presenting-at-sharepoint-asia-pacific-conference/As some of you know the SharePoint Asia-Pacific Conference is scheduled to be held in Sydney on 15-16th May. This is the premier event for you if you...Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-deployments-who-should-be-involved-what-should-be-considered/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-deployments-who-should-be-involved-what-should-be-considered/Before you start your SharePoint deployment you should include the following people from within your organisation in a planning session.Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/mvp-award/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/mvp-award/Most Valuable Professional (MVP) is a recognition given by Microsoft to exceptional technology experts who actively share their knowledge with the community. I received my MVP award confirmation lastMon, 02 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/fresh-from-the-oven-wrap-up/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/fresh-from-the-oven-wrap-up/The Fresh from the oven (FFTO) debut in Wellington is a wrap.Sat, 31 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/last-pieces-of-the-pie-delivered-by-cj/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/last-pieces-of-the-pie-delivered-by-cj/Thanks to CJ we (Wellington SharePoint User Group) have successfully concluded our overview presentations on the 6 slices of the MOSS pie. CJ (Chris...Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/knowledge-network-release-candidate-0/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/knowledge-network-release-candidate-0/Knowledge Network is a Technical Preview add-on to Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) enhancing enterprise search for people by automating the...Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/asia-pacific-sharepoint-conference-and-fresh-seminar-update/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/asia-pacific-sharepoint-conference-and-fresh-seminar-update/It is only a few days for the local Fresh from the oven seminar series. We (Provoke) are now ready to deliver our two half day sessions.Sat, 24 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/electronic-records-management-survey-report/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/electronic-records-management-survey-report/AIIM has the following survey report available for download.Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-hosting/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-hosting/The following providers provide hosting solutions for SharePoint.Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/how-do-i-develop-for-sharepoint/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/how-do-i-develop-for-sharepoint/This is a common question that I get asked quite a bit from developers who are now starting to use SharePoint.Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/introducing-youtxt/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/introducing-youtxt/YOUTXT is a free online service that allows you to create information and share it via TXT.Thu, 08 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-asia-pacific-conference/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-asia-pacific-conference/I have had to hold off blogging this as it had to come officially from Microsoft :-)Wed, 07 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/e2-80-9csearch-e2-80-9d-is-that-the-solution-to-all-your-problems/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/e2-80-9csearch-e2-80-9d-is-that-the-solution-to-all-your-problems/Basically if you are not aware Google has a new "appliance" that can be literally "plugged" in to your server rack and hey presto you have Google...Tue, 06 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/the-cost-of-free/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/the-cost-of-free/Having a recent conversation with one of my customers prompted me to write this post. The conversation was primarily based around how IT would like to...Tue, 06 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/fresh-from-the-oven/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/fresh-from-the-oven/SharePoint for the masses! We (Provoke Solutions) are running a series of SharePoint seminars starting from 29th of March 2007. The first seminar will...Sun, 04 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/ecm-session-at-the-user-group/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/ecm-session-at-the-user-group/Last Wednesday's SharePoint UG session on ECM has hit the right marks on many fronts. I was just reading Michael's blog and he has a thorough write up...Fri, 02 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/bpio-is-a-wrap/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/bpio-is-a-wrap/The BPIO event in Sydney is a wrap. I must say that this event was one of the best workshops hosted by Microsoft that I have been to so far. Karl Sands...Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-community-kit-user-group-edition/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-community-kit-user-group-edition/It is my pleasure to announce that the New Zealand SharePoint user group is now using the CKS 1.0 edition. Thanks to Ian Morrish of Microsoft New...Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/application-templates-the-next-20-out-now/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/application-templates-the-next-20-out-now/The rest of the templates from the fantastic 40 are now available for download. These are server admin templates which provide enhanced functionality...Fri, 23 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/free-sharepoint-add-on-tools/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/free-sharepoint-add-on-tools/Colligo Reader enables you to easily download content from SharePoint sites to your laptop - so you can access the content offline, rather than having...Fri, 23 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/off-to-sydney-for-bpio/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/off-to-sydney-for-bpio/I will be attending the Business Productivity Infrastructure Optimisation (BPIO) University partner training event hosted by Microsoft Australia over...Thu, 22 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/new-books-on-my-book-shelf/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/new-books-on-my-book-shelf/Just got these from Amazon.comTue, 20 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/wellington-sharepoint-user-group-session/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/wellington-sharepoint-user-group-session/The new and enhanced content management capabilities in MS Office SharePoint Server 2007 comprise three areas:Mon, 19 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/how-to-setup-and-configure-forms-based-user-administration-feature-release-1-0-b/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/how-to-setup-and-configure-forms-based-user-administration-feature-release-1-0-b/Chandima Kulathilake, Zachary SmithThu, 15 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/the-last-ever-post-on-digitalmelon/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/the-last-ever-post-on-digitalmelon/Yes, it has been planned and now it's official..Mon, 05 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/forms-based-user-administration-feature-release-beta-1-0/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/forms-based-user-administration-feature-release-beta-1-0/The latest release of the Forms based login is now available on CodePlexFri, 02 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/the-nz-sp-user-group-is-born/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/the-nz-sp-user-group-is-born/With my keen interest in Microsoft SharePoint and being inspired by attending Mix06 this has been something I’ve been working in the background. Thanks to the Microsoft team for helping to get this ofTue, 22 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/thank-god-its-monday/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/thank-god-its-monday/Well, I usually don't rant about things.. but today was an exception. It all started with a phonecall at 7.30am from our support desk which went along...Mon, 14 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/creatingacontentmanagedwebsiteusingsharepoint2007beta2/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/creatingacontentmanagedwebsiteusingsharepoint2007beta2/Ok, so I have got the MOSS 2007 Beta 2 whizzing inside my virtual PC. I have been tinkering with settings and created my first site collection for a...Sat, 15 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/digitalmelon-chan-s-blog-monday-june-19-2006-entries/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/digitalmelon-chan-s-blog-monday-june-19-2006-entries/The guys at ProjectX aka [http://www.zoomin.co.nz ] have been busy. They have also created the Australian site  [http://www.zoomin.com.au/ ]. Well...Fri, 23 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/digitalmelon-chan-s-blog-wednesday-june-14-2006-entries/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/digitalmelon-chan-s-blog-wednesday-june-14-2006-entries/I am participating in the Harbour Capital 10K Run on June 25th. [http://www.harbourcapital.co.nz/ ]Fri, 23 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/create-a-new-area-in-a-moss-2007-content-managed-web-site/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/create-a-new-area-in-a-moss-2007-content-managed-web-site/In my first article I showed how to create a web application and a new site collection to host a Content managed web site.Mon, 19 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/digitalmelon-chan-s-blog-friday-june-09-2006-entries/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/digitalmelon-chan-s-blog-friday-june-09-2006-entries/If you read the title and wondering what the heck I am on about.. just read on..Mon, 19 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/digitalmelon-chan-s-blog-tuesday-june-06-2006-entries/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/digitalmelon-chan-s-blog-tuesday-june-06-2006-entries/This is my second article on MOSS 2007 Beta 2 and using Web Content Management features. In this article I will be discussing how to create a new area...Mon, 19 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/zopto-com-and-mapping-apps/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/zopto-com-and-mapping-apps/The guys at ProjectX aka [http://www.zoomin.co.nz ] have been busy. They have also created the Australian site  [http://www.zoomin.com.au/ ]. Well...Mon, 19 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/fund-raising-for-cure-kids/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/fund-raising-for-cure-kids/I am participating in the Harbour Capital 10K Run on June 25th. [http://www.harbourcapital.co.nz/ ]Wed, 14 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/scrums-pigs-and-chickens/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/scrums-pigs-and-chickens/If you read the title and wondering what the heck I am on about.. just read on..Fri, 09 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/add-an-area-to-a-moss-2007-content-managed-site/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/add-an-area-to-a-moss-2007-content-managed-site/This is my second article on MOSS 2007 Beta 2 and using Web Content Management features. In this article I will be discussing how to create a new area...Tue, 06 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/moss-2007-error/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/moss-2007-error/OK, I just logged into my VPC instance of my MOSS 2007 and pointed my browser to the Central Administration URL and this is what it's telling me.Tue, 06 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/soccer-anyone/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/soccer-anyone/This is cool. With the upcoming Soccer Worldcup 2006 in Germany we are always going to be distracted somewhat from "work". So this nifty little tool...Tue, 06 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/wss-v3-0-beta-2-online-course/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/wss-v3-0-beta-2-online-course/This is now available on the Microsoft elearning web site. This multimedia course has the following objectives.Tue, 06 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/create-a-content-managed-site-with-moss-2007-beta-2/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/create-a-content-managed-site-with-moss-2007-beta-2/I have witten an article on how to create a MOSS 2007 (Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007) content managed web site. This article shows how to...Mon, 05 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/save-as-pdf-from-office-2007-not/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/save-as-pdf-from-office-2007-not/Well this is not really good is it now.. Apparently Adobe is not happy with the "Save as PDF" feature implemented in Office 2007 to make things easy...Mon, 05 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/newzealandteched2006officesystemtracks/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/newzealandteched2006officesystemtracks/No comments posted yet.Sat, 03 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/installingmoss2007beta2/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/installingmoss2007beta2/I have successfully installed MOSS 2007 Beta 2 on a VPC image and I thought I'd share my install experience with you. Here are the steps that were...Fri, 02 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/igothaackedbysubtext/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/igothaackedbysubtext/Yes, finally I have made the update to my Blog which I had been planning for a long time. Had a few minor "glitches" doing the migration to Subtext but...Thu, 01 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/its-beta-2-time/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/its-beta-2-time/With the official public release of Office System 2007 Beta 2 there is a lot of blog posts on new features and download links to all available servers.Thu, 25 May 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/wssdemo-com-on-v3/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/wssdemo-com-on-v3/Ian Morrish (wssdemo.com) has made the move to V3 of WSS. Check out his new site here : http://www.wssdemo.comWed, 24 May 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/vietnam-and-china-tour-april-may-2006/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/vietnam-and-china-tour-april-may-2006/I have created a Travel blog using MSN spaces here. http://spaces.msn.com/digitalmelon/Sat, 22 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/singapore-day-1-2/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/singapore-day-1-2/Arrived in Singapore on the 10th April. Now Vietnam awaits. I am pretty excited about this trip/holiday. I will be away from the blog for a while but...Wed, 12 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/microsoft-office-sharepoint-server-2007-product-guide/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/microsoft-office-sharepoint-server-2007-product-guide/Chris Johnson has posted about MOSS 2007 here > MOSS = Microsoft Office SharePoint Server http://blogs.msdn.com/cjohnson/archive/category/12742.aspxWed, 29 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/mix-06-wrap-up/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/mix-06-wrap-up/The Mix 06 conference is a wrap. Between time spent at sessions and meeting some very cool and interesting people I was busy and really wish had more...Thu, 23 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/mix-2006-las-vegas/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/mix-2006-las-vegas/Tim Oreilley of Oreilley MediaThu, 23 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/mix-06-day-02/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/mix-06-day-02/Day 02 started with an awesome Keynote speech from Joe Belfiore. Lot of cool stuff for the web and media center as well as the Xbox....Wed, 22 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/mix06-las-vegas-reporting-live/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/mix06-las-vegas-reporting-live/Finding the venue room proved to be a tricky one. The Venetian is huge and unless you plan your way you will get lost (well if you'd not been here that...Tue, 21 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/day-1-las-vegas/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/day-1-las-vegas/Arrived in Las Vegas around 8pm local time (US).  This been my first trip to the US I wasn't sure what to expect. All I can say is everything looks big.Mon, 20 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/mike-fitz-is-back-and-hes-talking-about-wsrp/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/mike-fitz-is-back-and-hes-talking-about-wsrp/A very good read indeedTue, 14 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/karapoti-challenge-20k/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/karapoti-challenge-20k/Saturday 18th February, got all my gear together got the Mountain Bike in the car and drove to Karapoti Park. This was my first ever Mountain Bike...Wed, 22 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/the-volvo-ocean-race-is-almost-here/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/the-volvo-ocean-race-is-almost-here/Havent been blogging for a while, been busy with our SharePoint production deployment and other stuff..Thu, 16 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-team-blog/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-team-blog/Microsoft SharePoint Team has started blogging: http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/portal-webcasts-in-january-2006/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/portal-webcasts-in-january-2006/Via Stefan's and Eileen Brown's blogs.Wed, 11 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/folders-vs-metadata/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/folders-vs-metadata/Bil Simser and few others have been discussing about folders and metadata in SharePoint.Mon, 09 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/service-delivery-portal/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/service-delivery-portal/This will be the last post for the year of 2005. It has been an year full of new experiences in life as well as work.Tue, 27 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/today-is-the-king-kong-wellington-premiere/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/today-is-the-king-kong-wellington-premiere/A perfect warm summer day in Wellington greeted the stars of King Kong. I made my way down to Courtney Place and had the deja-vu feeling that I have...Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/zoom-in/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/zoom-in/New Zealand based mapping technology. Go check it out:Tue, 29 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-disaster-recovery-article-on-technet/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-disaster-recovery-article-on-technet/This article written by Jeff Centimano highlights some of the options available for SharePoint disaster recovery.Fri, 25 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/been-a-bit-left-behind-lately/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/been-a-bit-left-behind-lately/Yes, have got a bit behind blogging.. various reasons.. Anyways looking forward to the week end allready.Thu, 17 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/enterprise-windows-sharepoint-services-deployments/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/enterprise-windows-sharepoint-services-deployments/This Microsoft TechNet resource page highlights case studies and guidelines for enterprise WSS deployments. (20,000+).Tue, 08 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/xbox-site-update/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/xbox-site-update/In case you haven't noticed the Xbox site has been updated. Some cool videos from the new upcoming 360 games as well. Check out the Project Gotham 3 video!Thu, 27 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/dilberts-blog/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/dilberts-blog/Dilbert has started his own Blog, http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/Wed, 26 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/how-to-add-a-wss-weblog-blog-using-frontpage-2003/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/how-to-add-a-wss-weblog-blog-using-frontpage-2003/This article shows how to create a WSS Blog by using the built in FrontPage blog template.Wed, 26 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/world-usability-day-in-wellington/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/world-usability-day-in-wellington/“Making it Easy for E-Govt”Wed, 26 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sps-sharepoint-portal-server-service-pack-2/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sps-sharepoint-portal-server-service-pack-2/SharePoint Portal Server Service Pack 2 is now available for downloads from the Microsoft downloads site.Thu, 20 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-mis-information-article-feedback/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-mis-information-article-feedback/A so called “research” company [Ferris] has this to say about SharePoint (http://ferris.typepad.com/ferrisresearchweblog/2005/10/sharepointisn.html)Mon, 17 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/wwf-vs-biztalk/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/wwf-vs-biztalk/No I am not talking about huge muscle bulgy guys having a go at BizTalk in a ring or arena whatever you wanna call it..Thu, 13 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/halo-comes-to-town/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/halo-comes-to-town/Hot off the press, Halo the movie will be shot in Wellington, New Zealand by Director Peter Jackson.Thu, 06 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/world-mountain-running-championships/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/world-mountain-running-championships/Man what a day for runners.. (Sunday 25th) it was just fantastic and the crowd support was the best I have seen in any event..Mon, 26 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/mcms-manager/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/mcms-manager/This a very cool tool for MCMS administrators.Thu, 22 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/wss-v3-feature-list/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/wss-v3-feature-list/Overview of core Windows SharePoint Services v3 capabilities and platform additions.Thu, 22 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/a-day-in-dilberts-life/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/a-day-in-dilberts-life/For more dilbert comics go to http://www.dilbert.comTue, 20 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/mcms-vnext-information/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/mcms-vnext-information/With PDC comes news about MCMS and what to expect from Vnext.Tue, 20 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/office-12-preview-site-updates/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/office-12-preview-site-updates/With PDC 05 in progress the Office 12 preview site has some new articles on new functionality and features.Thu, 15 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/windows-sharepoint-services-2-0-sp2-beta-in-windows-server-2003-r2/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/windows-sharepoint-services-2-0-sp2-beta-in-windows-server-2003-r2/Information about WSS 2.0 SP 2 Beta available for download on Microsoft.Thu, 15 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/wss-v3-its-all-out/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/wss-v3-its-all-out/Posts from Mike Fitz, CJ (Chris Johnson) and a few others..Thu, 15 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/hide-address-book-button-on-wss-sps/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/hide-address-book-button-on-wss-sps/In some instances where you have a WSS install in an enviornment which does not have Outlook Address book features you may want to hide the “Address...Wed, 14 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/common-security-pitfalls-for-web-part-developers/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/common-security-pitfalls-for-web-part-developers/Jan's written a very good post about Web Part development and security issues that web part developers need to understand.Tue, 13 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/mike-fitz-is-letting-the-cat-out-of-the-bag-well-not-literally/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/mike-fitz-is-letting-the-cat-out-of-the-bag-well-not-literally/Here's a post from Mike about what to expect from ASP.Net 2.0 web parts and what “Not” to expect.Tue, 13 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-explorer-free-tool-from-ontolica/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-explorer-free-tool-from-ontolica/A free tool for exploring the object model of a SharePoint Portal 2003 installation. It allows you to view and modify all the properties, including the...Tue, 13 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/telerik-content-editor-web-part-for-sharepoint/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/telerik-content-editor-web-part-for-sharepoint/This web parts adds more functionality such as inserting images from a Picture Library among other things and is a superb replacement for the standard...Mon, 12 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/how-to-display-a-single-document-library-in-another-wss-site/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/how-to-display-a-single-document-library-in-another-wss-site/I have come across this question in many situations when project teams want to share various documents which exist in other sites or sub sites.Wed, 07 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/mcms-and-sharepoint-workflow-accelarators-from-skelta/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/mcms-and-sharepoint-workflow-accelarators-from-skelta/Announcing the worldwide launch of Skelta CMS Accelerator - Express Edition (Free), a completely integrated out-of-the-box workflow solution for...Wed, 07 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/smartpart-1-1-released/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/smartpart-1-1-released/Jan Tielens' has released SmartPart 1.1.Wed, 07 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/one-portal-to-rule-them-all/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/one-portal-to-rule-them-all/I have been reading Point2Share best practice articles and I must say that Daniel has a very good point when saying that most organisations need only...Tue, 06 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/xbox-360-details/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/xbox-360-details/Just came across this on Amanda's blog. (http://blog.funknstyle.com) The Xbox 360 looks pretty awesome.. Don't know New Zealand release dates but hope...Tue, 06 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/blog-dedicated-to-internet-explorer/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/blog-dedicated-to-internet-explorer/Everything you want to know about Internet Explorer and what is planned for the next release. I saw the new Phishing filter features in action at...Fri, 02 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/teched-rocks/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/teched-rocks/This year was a blast... heck ya Go The Feelers (http://www.thefeelers.co.nz), Tech fest was just rockin..Thu, 01 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/wireless-teched-2005/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/wireless-teched-2005/Just setup wireless access at teched, looking like an extreme geek blogging while sitting in the Keynote room. Looks like this year is going to be mega...Tue, 30 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-portal-server-2003-discovery-kit/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-portal-server-2003-discovery-kit/Just found this on the MS site.Fri, 26 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sptool-bar/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sptool-bar/This is really cool from James Milne. Adds Printer Freindly, Email Link and other options to SPS pages.Fri, 26 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/teched-2005-auckland-new-zealand/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/teched-2005-auckland-new-zealand/Will be at TechEd from Monday next week. According to MS, TechEd 2005 is fully booked this year. I will be attending the following sessions.Fri, 26 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/disabling-the-new-folder-icon-in-a-document-library-wss/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/disabling-the-new-folder-icon-in-a-document-library-wss/Recently a project that I was working had a specific requirement where the client did not want "Folders" from being created in Document Libraries. They...Tue, 23 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/best-practice-artcles-on-point2share/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/best-practice-artcles-on-point2share/Thanks to Daniel McPherson for his latest articles on best practice.Wed, 17 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-sites-are-data/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/sharepoint-sites-are-data/This is Mike Fitz's Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/mikefitz/Wed, 30 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/what-makes-a-weblog-a-weblog/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/what-makes-a-weblog-a-weblog/A very interesting article on the subject of weblogs by Dave Winer. Go and read it, it's worth it.Fri, 25 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/mcms-rapid/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/mcms-rapid/Thank you to those that attended todays MCMS.Rapid webcast. Great that we had over 120 attendees.Tue, 15 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/migration-manager-from-metalogix/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/migration-manager-from-metalogix/From: Angus Logans BlogMon, 14 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/what-a-good-sharepoint-consultant-ought-to-know/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/what-a-good-sharepoint-consultant-ought-to-know/What SharePoint consultants Ought to KnowFri, 25 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/best-of-antispyware/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/best-of-antispyware/Until Microsoft purchased Giant sofware and released it's own AntiSpyware tool I was using SpyBot search and destroy. I downloaded the beta version of...Wed, 16 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/latest-version-of-the-sharepoint-sdk-available-on-msdn/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/latest-version-of-the-sharepoint-sdk-available-on-msdn/Browse/View the SDK in the MSDN Library:Wed, 16 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/tsunami-appeal-cricket-match-update/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/tsunami-appeal-cricket-match-update/Yes, we had the Tsunami appeal cricket match vs the Whitby cricket club. It was a great day with so many people turning out to watch the game.Wed, 16 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/mcms-web-author-enhancement/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/mcms-web-author-enhancement/ITHit has released some enhancements to standard MCMS web author enviornment.Mon, 14 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/wellington-rugby-7s/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/wellington-rugby-7s/Wellington hit the party mood today with scores of people dressing up in costumes to see the IRB Rugby sevens. I saw 10 people all dressed up as Chefs...Fri, 04 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/microsoft-solution-accelerator-for-intranets/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/microsoft-solution-accelerator-for-intranets/Microsoft® Solution Accelerator for Intranets builds on the Microsoft Solution for Intranets (MSI) version 1.5 by introducing a flexible,...Thu, 16 Dec 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/macawsharepointskinner/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/macawsharepointskinner/MacawSharePointSkinner is a tool designed to enable non-intrusive modifications to the visual and functional design of SharePoint. The tool can be used...Thu, 16 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/wss-and-sps2003-service-pack-1/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/wss-and-sps2003-service-pack-1/The SPS2003 and WSS service packs are now available from the Microsoft web site.Mon, 06 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/so-you-want-security-on-your-desktop-hah/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/so-you-want-security-on-your-desktop-hah/Everyone complains and moans about Windows security for the desktop and the OS is riddled with bugs. Windows XP SP 2 gives you a whole bunch of...Thu, 02 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://hello.chandima.net/blog/welcome-to-my-blog/https://hello.chandima.net/blog/welcome-to-my-blog/The very first post on digitalmelon.com - August 2004.Thu, 19 Aug 2004 00:00:00 GMT