SharePoint Use Cases

Paul Grenier is witting an impressive series on EndUserSharePoint.com on how to use JQuery to improve SharePoint look’n’feel. Few weeks ago I emailed him with a challenge: “…create a script to resize EWA [Excel Web Access] web part automatically to match content inside.”.
Excel Web Access web parts are great, but if you are using them [...]

In previous post of the series, I blogged about classic mistakes and best practices for SharePoint development. In this post I am going to focus on the following best practice:
The best practice approach - Development lab
In last few years I managed a number of SharePoint based projects and most mistakes I mentioned in my [...]

I have published two new articles on EndUserSharepoint.com.
KPIs for the Masses: A Dashboard based upon a date-time field
In my the first two articles of this series, Visual Indicators for the Masses and Embed KPIs as a List View, I discussed ways to create simple KPIs in WSS. This article will show how to make calculations [...]

I already blogged about setting up a SharePoint team, and I am going to explain the technical side of that in this post.
Here are the classic mistakes and best practices on how to setup development environment for a SharePoint team.
Environment 101

Mistake - Installing SharePoint on a developer workstation
It is nice to have all the [...]

My first blog post at End User SharePoint has been published (Mark thank you for inviting me).
SharePoint comes with really cool web parts for presenting key performance indicators, but these are only available in the Enterprise edition. If you are running Windows SharePoint Services or SharePoint Server Standard, it is not available. Which SharePoint technology [...]

As SharePoint grows in complexity there are many new tools and add-ons being released everyday. That’s why we desperately needed a community site that would allow all vendors to publish information about their products. Thanks to Inna Gordin now we have one
SharePointReviews.com is an independent product directory that provides SharePoint power users, developers [...]

I have been following End User SharePoint blog by Mark Miller for a while now. Mark is building a great site which is focusing on SharePoint value for end-users. It is an unique place which provides valuable information on how you can utilize out-of-the-box functionalities. You can also participate in forums, workshops, subscribe to monthly [...]

In Part 1 of this post I outlined a use case for using list items counter. In this post I will describe how you can create such a web part.
Prerequisites:

Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007
One contacts list (or any other list) with some sample data
Basic knowledge of HTML and XSLT

Step by step guide

Open the page you [...]

A customer recently approached me with a simple request: how to show total number of employees on his home page.
They are using a SharePoint Contacts list as a central phone book for their company. It is an interesting use case and I will try to provide more details about it in future posts.
Although you can [...]

An anonymous reader asked:
Do i need cals for read-only users sharepoint server 2007?
SharePoint does not recognize a read-only license. You will need to buy a CAL for each user that is accessing your data. Each client computer accessing Office SharePoint Server 2007 or Office Forms Server 2007 requires a valid CAL. There are two [...]