I am delighted to announce that a book I have co-written is getting published today! João Ferreira, a Microsoft MVP from Portugal, and myself have written “Hands-On Microsoft Lists“, edited and published by Packt Publishing. The target audience for our book are people who have used Office 365 and SharePoint before, and now want to learn more about how they can leverage Microsoft Lists. Microsoft Lists is an extremely flexible Details
(P)Review of “Creating and Implementing Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Real-World Projects”
Ever since I first read about the book “Creating and Implementing Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Real-World Projects” by Jennifer Mason, Christian Buckley, Brian T. Jackett, and Wes Preston, I was eagerly expecting its release as I was hoping for it to keep its title’s promise – describing how to implement SharePoint solutions that have a practical use. After seeing the Table of Contents on Safari Online, I just had to purchase Details
Passed 70-667 exam “Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Configuring”
Today, I took the Microsoft SharePoint exam “Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Configuring” (70-667), and managed to pass it within 20 minutes (50 questions) with a passing score of 950. I’m definitely not someone with lots of SharePoint administration experience, I never managed a server on my own except for my own virtual machines, so I didn’t quite know how well I’d do in this exam. As you can see, my knowledge Details
The SharePoint 2010 Handbook–new book available
In June this year, Paul Beck was looking for people who want to contribute a chapter to a SharePoint 2010 book created by the community. Seeing this as a good chance to share some of my experience with others, I wrote a chapter, in total we had 13 authors and thus 13 chapters. The book was just published and is now available on Amazon.com as well! To give you Details
Review of Effective Time Management – Using Microsoft Outlook to Organize Your Work and Personal Life
In their book Effective Time Management – Using Microsoft Outlook to Organize Your Work and Personal Life, the authors Lothar Seiwert and Holger Woeltje provide a practical guide to using Outlook (as well as OneNote) to create a time-management system. Simply said, they teach you how to become more structured and organised when using Outlook to manage email, tasks, and appointments. What I really like about this book is that Details
Review of Microsoft SharePoint 2010: Deploying Cloud-Based Solutions
Phil Wicklund’s (@philwicklund) book Microsoft SharePoint 2010: Deploying Cloud-Based Solutions came out just last month, and due to my interest in Office 365 I had to purchase it more or less immediately (as usual, ebook so that I can read it on my Kindle; also, I get it immediately and don’t have to wait for it, being in Singapore you sometimes need to order from the US). It has been Details
Review of Microsoft Project 2010 Inside Out
I’ve had the ebook of Microsoft Project 2010 Inside Out by Teresa Stover, Bonnie Biafore, and Andreea Marinescu on my laptop and my Kindle for quite some time now, but only now I can finally write a review about it. Consisting of more than 1200 pages, this book basically contains everything you need to know about using Project 2010 to manage projects. Not only does it cover the fundamentals, but Details
Free Office 365 ebook now available in mobile formats
After I wrote my review of the book “Microsoft® Office 365: Connect and Collaborate Virtually Anywhere, Anytime” by Katherine Murray, Microsoft made it available for free in PDF format. After it was promised that additional formats will be available soon, you can now download the ebook in the formats .epub and .mobi (the latter is the format you need to read it on your Kindle; most other devices should be Details