Links for 2007-07-30

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IT Manager Role-Based My Site Template datasheets - SharePoint Server - Microsoft Office Online - The IT Manager template focuses on the IT Manager in a maintenance division handling location support. IT Managers oversee the support services provided by the team of IT engineers for Service Level Agreement (SLA) adherence and coordinate with the team f (tags: sharepoint templates MOSS2007)

Using InfoPath and SharePoint to Create Personalized Views - Westin's Technical Log - Systems know who you are, but SharePoint and/or InfoPath solutions rarely take advantage of that awareness. Here is an easy way to create a more personalized experience for your users using built-in functionality of InfoPath and SharePoint. (tags: sharepoint infopath)

Links for 2007-07-29

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Tales From The Field : Fun with RSS - We wanted to use the MOSS out of the box RSS web parts to use feeds from external sources, like CNN, BBC etc., as well as internal sources, a local Community Server. We ran into a few problems: (tags: sharepoint MOSS2007 rss proxy)

TechNet Virtual Labs: SharePoint Products and Technologies - Get first-hand deployment experience through the Virtual Lab series. The Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, and Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 will teach you about installation, organizing content, ma (tags: sharepoint training labs)

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 on HP ProLiant Servers - Performance Summary - Microsoft® Office SharePoint Server 2007 running on HP ProLiant Servers; HP BladeSystem Servers and HP Storage provides capabilities to meet business-critical needs like managing content and business processes; simplifying how people find and share infor (tags: performance sharepoint MOSS2007)

Mark Arend : RSS Viewer web part and authenticated feeds - In B2, configuring the RSS Viewer web part to display an RSS feed from a MOSS site nearly always worked without difficulty. In B2TR, you may encounter a stubborn error “The RSS webpart does not support authenticated feeds” when trying to display an R (tags: sharepoint rss kerberos)

Links for 2007-07-28

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The Open Group Architecture Forum - The Architecture Forum has developed and is evolving a comprehensive enterprise architecture framework to enable businesses to achieve the right balance between IT efficiency and business innovation, while also taking into consideration the constantly cha (tags: architecture)

Architecture Governance - Architecture governance is the practice and orientation by which enterprise architectures and other architectures are managed and controlled at an enterprise-wide level. Architecture governance typically does not operate in isolation, but within a hierar (tags: architecture)

The Zachman Institute for Framework Advancement :: Zachman Framework :: Enterprise Architecture - The Zachman Institute for Framework Advancement (ZIFA) is a network of information professionals who understand the critical role of Enterprise Architecture in the ability of the enterprise to successfully participate in the global economy of the 21st cen (tags: architecture)

Links for 2007-07-27

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Zachman Framework for Enterprise Architecture Poster - Free PDF File - The The Zachman Framework for Enterprise Architecture is a comprehensive classification scheme for descriptive representations (models) of an enterprise. First conceptualized nearly two decades ago by John Zachman, it has evolved to become a universal sch (tags: architecture)

Links for 2007-07-24

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VDD IQware - Hyarchis.Net biedt u die zekerheid. Het op Microsoft.Net ontwikkelde Document Management en Workflow Management systeem biedt een uitgebreid scala aan functionaliteit, schaalbaarheid en robuustheid voor het wijzigen en beheren van documenten in alle vorme (tags: dms)

Links for 2007-07-21

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pshell.info / Uploading Documents To SharePoint - Uploading documents to SharePoint is a common requirement in any SharePoint project. There are many tools at your disposal to accomplish that task but you can also leverage PowerShell in combination with the .NET FrameWork and the SharePoint object model. (tags: sharepoint powershell)

Demo: Configure a SharePoint Server 2007 site to receive e-mail - SharePoint Server - Microsoft Office Online - By configuring your Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 site to receive e-mail messages, you can enable team members to use e-mail to send information, messages, and files directly to different areas of the site. For example, users can send announceme (tags: sharepoint email)

Microsoft CRM 3.0 SDK - Welcome to the Microsoft CRM 3.0 Software Development Kit (SDK). This SDK contains a wealth of resources, including code samples, that are designed to help you build powerful vertical applications using the Microsoft CRM platform. (tags: microsoft crm)

Resource Management in MSMQ Applications - Learn how to manage resources in your Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) applications by avoiding resource bottlenecks in memory, disk and network as well as abiding by MSMQ and system limitations. (6 printed pages) (tags: msmq microsoft)

Wrox::Wrox Article : Developing Sharepoint Server 2007 Publishing Sites the Smart and Structured Way - The latest release of the SharePoint platform, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007, introduces new capabilities to the SharePoint platform: hosting content-centric Web sites on SharePoint and providing a robust publishing infrastructure. This p (tags: sharepoint)

Creating SharePoint document library folders from CSV file - Ian Morrish - WSSDemo Blog - I had to create hundreds of folders in an Enterprise Document Library template based site based on a CSV extract from a CRM system. I did not have server access to had to think of a remote solution. Creating local folders and then using the drag and dro (tags: crm sharepoint)

Linksys support chat

Linksys support 1: Hi, my name is Linksys support 1.
How may I help you?
You: Hi, I'm using a wrt54g an have lately some problems that the internet connection is dropped. I use Vista Ultmate but also my XP machine has the same problem. Figured out that when I reset to factory defaults connection is restored. Problem keeps coming back after some time mostly after reboot.
Linksys support 1: Do you know what firmware version is currently being used on the router?
You: v4.30.9. After this firmware flash product id changed to WRT54GL. I 'm not using any Open Source firmware. This is only original published Linksys firmware
Linksys support 1: Please look at the bottom of the product for the FCC IDYou: q87-wrt54gv2
Linksys support 1: Is the issue with the wired and wireless computer?
You: Mainly with the wired connection. Wireless is not an issue
Linksys support 1: Did you try hard reset and reconfigure the router?
You: Yes i tried this.
Linksys support 1: Can you confirm the firmware version of router?You: v4.30.9
Linksys support 1: I see.*****
Linksys support 1 Has Disconnected
Session 2
You: Hi Sam
Linksys support 2: Thank You for Contacting Linksys Live Chat Support. My name is Sam, How may I help you today?
You: Hi, I'm using a wrt54g an have lately some problems that the internet connection is dropped. I use Vista Ultmate but also my XP machine has the same problem. Figured out that when I reset to factory defaults connection is restored. Problem keeps coming back after some time mostly after reboot.
Linksys support 2: Before we begin, I need to ask a few questions that will help me assist you better.
You: Firmware is v4.30.9. After this firmware flash product id changed to WRT54GL. I 'm not using any Open Source firmware. This is only original published Linksys firmware
Linksys support 2: Okay.
Linksys support 2: May I know which Country are you based in?
You: Netherlands
You: FCC ID is q87-wrt54gv2
Linksys support 2: Okay.
Linksys support 2: Thank you for the information.
Linksys support 2: So the model number of the router is WRT54G v2, right?
You: Yes correct
Linksys support 2: And you have installed the firmware of WRT54GL, right?
You: I was not aware of this. I 'm pretty sure that it was firmware for the WRT54G. But after the flash it indicated an extra L.
Linksys support 2: It seems that you have installed the firmware of WRt54GL. Linksys support 2: However we can try to install the firmware of WRT54G v2 and that may resolve the issue.
You: OK i'm familliar with the procedure. Do you have the link of the firmware for download ?
Linksys support 2: Yes.
Linksys support 2: Kindly download the firmware from the following link. ***** URL Received: http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_CASupport_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1166859837401&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper&lid=3740137314B270&displaypage=download#versiondetail
You: OK Sam, thanks , I'will flash it and we will see. Is this a downgrade firmware ?
Linksys support 2: Peter, one more thing.
You: Yes?
Linksys support 2: You also need to reset the router after firmware upgrade.
You: Hard reset I presume ?
Linksys support 2: Yes.
Linksys support 2:
1. Press and hold the reset button for 30 seconds.
2. Then, unplug the power keep holding down the reset button for another 30 Seconds.
3. Plug back the power back in, and keep holding down the reset button for 30 Seconds.
4. Release the reset button.
You: OK thanks.
You: Have a nice day
Linksys support 2: Welcome.
Linksys support 2: Be sure to visit our Knowledge Base located at http://www.linksys.com/kb. The site contains troubleshooting tips, how-to instructions, as well as solutions to common issues relating to all Linksys products.
Linksys support 2: Thank you for giving us an opportunity to serve you through Live Chat Support. For your records, a transcript of this chat session will be e-mailed to you. Feel free to contact us if you require further assistance. Thank you for choosing Linksys and have a great day!

Update 26-8-2007

All this didn't solve the problem and i decided to buy a new router. Went for a cheap offer of a Netgear WGR614 v7.

End of problem.

Links for 2007-07-20

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Adventures in SPWonderland - SharePoint/Powershell Quickie: Upload a directory of files in 4 lines - Heres 4 lines of code to upload a whole directory of files, in this case pictures, to a SharePoint document or image library. (tags: sharepoint powershell)

New Booklet: Working With Microsoft Dynamics CRM - A couple of months ago the CRM product team started work on a new 84-page CRM booklet which fills the gap between the between the product datasheets (available for download here) and books such as "Microsoft CRM for Dummies" and "Working with Microsoft Dy (tags: crm documentation tutorial)

15 Seconds : Protecting Your Web Application Against Dangerous Requests - In this case, one of the most common ways to pass parameters from an ASP page to another is via the QueryString. This method is very easy to implement, and sometimes it is the only viable method to accomplish certain tasks. Unfortunately, the method comes (tags: querystring asp.net)

Links for 2007-07-18

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Using the BizTalk Server Administration Console - The BizTalk Server Administration Console is a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) that you can use to manage and monitor BizTalk Server, and that you can use to deploy and manage your BizTalk Server applications. The left side of the BizTalk Server Admini (tags: microsoft biztalk)

Links for 2007-07-15

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Guardian Information Systems - Microsoft CRM 3.0 SDK - Welcome to the Microsoft CRM 3.0 Software Development Kit (SDK). This SDK contains a wealth of resources, including code samples, that are designed to help you build powerful vertical applications using the Microsoft CRM platform. (tags: crm sdk)

Guardian Information Systems - Microsoft CRM 3.0 SDK - This class represents an activity that tracks the delivery of a letter. The activity can contain the electronic copy of the letter. (tags: crm webservice)

Integrating Your Web Site into Microsoft CRM - Sales persons were having to manually copy information out of e-mails generated by our Web site and paste that information into forms within the CRM system. Obviously, this is not a model of efficiency. So, we decided to look into the possibility of havin (tags: crm webservice api)

UPC Nederland - Internet - Internet Extra's - Draadloos internet van UPC is als veiligste getest (Consumentenbond, november 2006)! De router heeft namelijk voorgeprogrammeerde beveiligingsinstellingen en een dubbele firewall. U hoeft dus niet bang te zijn dat anderen ongevraagd gebruikmaken van uw in (tags: upc wireless netgear)

Download details: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 Server MP for MOM 2005 - The Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 Server Management Pack for MOM 2005 monitors the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 Server Application event log and performance counters. This management pack includes event rules for the Microsoft CRM Server, Exchange Router, and (tags: crm mom performance monitoring)

Links for 2007-07-14

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http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=652292756477&c=0.4087335 - CIC demo (tags: cic voip)

FTP directory /pub/network/ at ftp.linksys.com - Linksys WRT54G Original firmware versions (tags: router firmware linksys)

Download PDF Image Extraction Wizard - This FREE utility allows you to easily extract images from PDF documents! (tags: toolbelt)

Links for 2007-07-13

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Microsoft Dynamics CRM Team Blog : New Whitepaper: Optimizing the Performance of MS Dynamics CRM 3.0 - This white paper discusses how to optimize the performance of your Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 system. You’ll learn how re-indexing, de-fragmenting, and regularly maintaining your databases can increase the speed with which Microsoft Dynamics CRM accesse (tags: crm performance tuning)

Customer Effective:Â Blog - By default CRM does not add indexes to CRM customized entities. (OK, it adds the primary key but that is it). So if you have a customized entity, and created some views to access this data, and then shove a lot of data into these entites, your users may r (tags: crm custom indexes performance tuning)

UK Microsoft Dynamics CRM Blog : Large Scale CRM Customer Deployments & Scalability Benchmarks - In addition to case studies, it is also important to have accurate server hardware sizing for project costing purpose, as well as benchmarking the performance of the system under a representative workload. To help with this task, we will soon be releasing (tags: crm performance indexes tuning)

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 updates and hotfixes - The following table lists the updates that have been released for general distribution. To view the specific article that is associated with the update, click the link to see the Microsoft Knowledge Base article that is listed in the table. To download on (tags: crm patches hotfixes)

Download details: Update for Internet Explorer for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (KB923996) - When visiting a Web page that uses a custom pop-up object, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 can close unexpectedly and generate an error in the Mshtml.dll file. (tags: crm ie bugfix patches)

Gustaf's MS CRM & SharePoint Blog: Simple CRM and SharePoint integration example - The integration I created was to automatically create a workspace when a new account was created. The following steps describe how this was made possible: (tags: crm SharePoint2007 sharepoint)

Gustaf's MS CRM & SharePoint Blog: Kerberos / Trust Delegation - As some of you might have experienced the easiest way to deploy MS CRM 3 is to have SQL Server and SQL RS on the same machine, this will let you duck from a lot of problems, so if you don't know better and have no reason not to, choose this setup. (tags: kerberos crm)

BTS Bits : Using Microsoft BizTalk Dynamics CRM Adapter â€" Part 1 - Recently, I have been working on an integration project where few exiting systems were getting integrated with Microsoft CRM System 3.0. We architected to use BizTalk CRM adapter to synchronize and integrate data with CRM system. We could not locate a goo (tags: biztalk crm)

Gustaf's MS CRM & SharePoint Blog: Backup of SharePoint - Backing up SharePoint is not just backing up the databases and hoping for the best. Best Practice is actually using the tool stsadm and create backupfiles that can be then be backed up to tape (or similar). So, how to create a script that takes backup? (tags: sharepoint backup)

Microsoft Dynamics CRM Team Blog : Released: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3 Server Management Pack for MOM 2005 - Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 Server Management Pack (mp) enables automated monitoring and alerting administrators for some service availability, performance, or configuration issues with Microsoft CRM 3.0 deployment. The MP can be customized to better meet (tags: crm mom)

Customer Effective:Â Microsoft CRM Customization - Microsoft CRM customization is designed for maximum flexibility and low total cost of ownership. Microsoft CRM adapts easily and affordably to meet business and industry-specific needs for mid-market companies. (tags: crm)

Download details: Performance and Stress Testing Toolkit - The Microsoft Dynamics™ CRM 3.0 Performance and Stress Testing Toolkit is a tool that was created by the Microsoft® CRM product team to formalize performance testing of Microsoft CRM 3.0. This toolkit facilitates load testing for particular customer sc (tags: crm)

Over View - Microsoft CRM creates over 120 entities when you install the software, and you can add an almost unlimited number of custom attributes to the customizable entities. However, you will most likely want to track business data that does not fit neatly into on (tags: crm)

Links for 2007-07-10

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Microsoft Dynamics Snap for Microsoft CRM 3.0: Sonoma Partners - As part of the Microsoft CRM integration with Microsoft Office, Microsoft offers Microsoft Dynamics Snap which is a collection of software programs that "snap" in to Microsoft Office 2003. (tags: crm snap office microsoft)

Links for 2007-07-09

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SharePoint Content and Resources - Here is the rundown of Technical Articles, Visual How-to Screencasts, and their accompanying downloads published over the last couple of weeks on MSDN. (tags: sharepoint)

Links for 2007-07-08

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iPhone hacked already - iPhone hacked already (tags: mobile smartphone apple)

Update Rollup 2 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 is available - This article describes the details about Update Rollup 2 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0. This article also describes the hotfixes and the updates that are included in Update Rollup 2 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0. (tags: crm microsoft patches)

c360 Import Manager for Microsoft Dynamics CRM - c360 Import Manager is a powerful data import tool built specifically for Microsoft Dynamics CRM. Import Manager makes it possible to import data from one or more data sources, create new records of a given entity in the CRM database, and create relations (tags: crm tools microsoft)

http://www.bredemeyer.com/pdf_files/ProcessGuide_8_5x11.PDF - Architecting Process Guide (tags: architecture)

Links to Enterprise Architecture Sites - Resources for Enterprise Architects (tags: geao architecture enterprise)

the::unwired - REVIEW: The Windows Vista Windows Mobile Device Center - As you might have heard already, with tomorrows Windows Vista launch, the Microsoft ActiveSync client will be replaced by the Windows Mobile Device Center. ActiveSync will not work on Windows Vista PCs anymore but the required sync-client should become a (tags: mobile activesync wmdc)

Medische Banenbank - Contact

Medische Banenbank - Contact
http://www.medischebanenbank.nl/contact/

Screen clipping taken: 7-7-2007; 22:27

Links for 2007-07-05

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Developing Office SharePoint 2007 application - The Code Project - SharePoint Server - Microsoft Windows SharePoint services (aka WSS) and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, are two magnificent technologies in the current web programming world. Microsoft defined the former one as Built on Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Windows Sha (tags: sharepoint MOSS2007)

Links for 2007-07-04

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Instellingen voor je toestel (tags: vodafone)

Links for 2007-07-01

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Research Online, Purchase Offline - Though the Internet has become an essential product research tool for the average consumer, the majority of purchases still occur offline. Studies and polls show that consumers enjoy the wealth of information that the net has to offer, but prefer to comp (tags: marketing trends)

Download details: Microsoft Windows Mobile Device Center 6.1 for Windows Vista (32-bit) - This new version of the Windows Mobile Device Center contains key improvements and new features to support Windows Mobile 6 devices. The Windows Mobile Device Center 6.1 is only supported on Windows Vista. (tags: windows mobile wmdc)

Synchronizing Windows Mobile with Vista â€" Windows Mobile Device Center - This new version of the Windows Mobile Device Center contains key improvements and new features to support Windows Mobile 6 devices. The Windows Mobile Device Center 6.1 is only supported on Windows Vista. (tags: mobile windows sync)

Palm - Support - WebSphere Everyplace Micro Environment Download - Download WebSphere Everyplace Micro Environment v5.7.1 for your Palm device. (tags: treo650 palm jvm)

Gmail: Help Center - Can I use the Gmail application on my Treo? - We don't officially support the Gmail application for Palm Treo devices at this time. You're welcome to try it out on your own discretion. Your Treo will need a Java Virtual Machine installed - most new Treos come with this pre-installed, and show an IB (tags: treo650 palm google gmail)

We pikken het niet langer

Goede service leveren aan klanten is moeilijk. Als die klanten ook nog eens zelf steeds moeilijker worden, omdat ze veeleisender zijn, individualistischer en ongeduldiger, dan is het niet verwonderlijk dat de kloof tussen verwachte en geleverde service steeds groter wordt. Robert Kroon neemt in zijn boek ‘wij pikken het niet langer’ slechte service onder de loep. Hij beoogt een boek te schrijven voor ondernemers en managers die de service van hun bedrijf willen verbeteren.

Complete recensie

Travel agency website (again)

In my company there is a constant demand for a flexible, appealing website that is generating traffic and will increase the turnover.

The current site is n't matching this demands (?) so the quest for a new design/structure is starting all over again.

I stumbled upon this template (looks nice in my opinion)

Windows Mobile Device Center

Microsoft Windows Mobile Device Center (only on Vista)