Steve Fox's OBA Ramblings
All Things SharePoint, Office and Azure Development
SharePoint connections europe
I’ve spent the last few days in Europe. Last week, I was in Lisbon presenting at a local SharePoint...
Author: Steve - Azure Date: 01/18/2010
SharePoint Solution using BCS: Part II
In my initial post on this, I created a read-only application that used a Web service. The original...
Author: Steve - Azure Date: 12/29/2009
Sharepoint 2010 development using bcs
One of the big features for SharePoint 2010 (and for building OBAs) is the Business Connectivity...
Author: Steve - Azure Date: 12/25/2009
Sharepoint 2010 and office 2010 Beta developer kits RTW
Just a quick note to let you all know that you can now download a full SharePoint and Office 2010...
Author: Steve - Azure Date: 12/25/2009
Adding images to the sharepoint 2010 hive
I’ve had this question a few times, so I thought I’d post a super-quick blog entry on it. The...
Author: Steve - Azure Date: 12/25/2009
Tweeting from SharePoint 2010 Visual Web Part
I’m still trying to get into the whole Tweet thing, so in an attempt to dig into it a little I took...
Author: Steve - Azure Date: 12/01/2009
Business connectivity services at pdc
Yesterday, I presented a session on BCS and walked through an end-to-end example. I showed service...
Author: Steve - Azure Date: 11/19/2009
office and sharepoint 2010 at pdc 2009
It’s been long awaited, but Office and SharePoint 2010 Beta 2 was finally announced today at the PDC...
Author: Steve - Azure Date: 11/18/2009
SP Connections Decks
This week I was at SharePoint Connections in Vegas and ran through a few sessions on SharePoint...
Author: Steve - Azure Date: 11/11/2009
VSLive Virtual SharePoint 2010 Conference
I participated in a virtual conference this week that was all about SharePoint 2010. I presented a...
Author: Steve - Azure Date: 11/07/2009
SAP TechEd 2009 Office & SharePoint session
I did a session this morning that discussed integration between SAP with Office and SharePoint 2010....
Author: Steve - Azure Date: 10/28/2009
SAP TechEd 2009
Fresh off the heels of SPC, I’m in Vienna at the annual SAP TechEd conference. We wanted to attend...
Author: Steve - Azure Date: 10/27/2009
Office & Sharepoint Development at PDC
The Professional Developer Conference (PDC) is quickly approaching, and if you have not registered...
Author: Steve - Azure Date: 10/25/2009
SharePoint 2010 SDK live
If you’re looking to get some in-depth information about SharePoint 2010, a current version is...
Author: Steve - Azure Date: 10/22/2009
Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 goes live
Today, the release of Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 was announced. For those of you who are Office and...
Author: Steve - Azure Date: 10/19/2009
office and SharePoint 2010 conferences
Wow, what a busy time…conference season is right around the corner, and there’s lots of interesting...
Author: Steve - Azure Date: 09/29/2009
PDC Registration is Now Open!
The PDC will once again be held this year in Los Angeles, and registration is now open! For those of...
Author: Steve - Azure Date: 08/04/2009
SharePoint 2010 Developer Sneak Peek
Today, MS published a sneak peek for SharePoint 2010, which you can find more information about...
Author: Steve - Azure Date: 07/13/2009
Announcement: Silverlight 3 is now RTW...
You can check out more info on how to get up and running on the Silverlight site:...
Author: Steve - Azure Date: 07/11/2009
WCF Services and SharePoint: Integrating SharePoint Web Parts and WCF Services Hosted in IIS
I was asked a couple of times recently about WCF and SharePoint—i.e. how do you integrate a WCF...
Author: Steve - Azure Date: 07/08/2009
Retrieve SharePoint List Data with XLINQ using VS 2010 Beta 1
One of the key things you’ll likely want to do with SharePoint is interact a lot with lists. In...
Author: Steve - Azure Date: 06/17/2009
OBA Sample Application Kit for SAP & Siebel Released to Web
Over the past few months, we’ve received some very positive feedback on the OBA Sample Application...
Author: Steve - Azure Date: 06/08/2009
Quick Announcement: ODC is being Wrapped into SPC
Hey gang, Just a quick announcement, if you attended the Office Developer Conference (ODC) last year...
Author: Steve - Azure Date: 06/07/2009
Another Office Customization with Beta 1 – Excel Add-in with Custom Task Pane
I recently downloaded the Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 and have been playing around with the different...
Author: Steve - Azure Date: 06/02/2009
Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 & OBAs: Actions Pane, Word Content Controls & SharePoint List Integration
Last week, the Visual Studio (VS) 2010 Beta 1 was released to the public. I’m personally very...
Author: Steve - Azure Date: 05/31/2009
Ramblings from Tech Ed USA 2009
This past week I attended and worked at TechEd 2009 in Los Angeles. You can check out all of the...
Author: Steve - Azure Date: 05/15/2009
Some OBA Ramblings at Collaborate 09!
So I’ve been here in sunny Orlando for the past few days attending the Collaborate 09 conference, a...
Author: Steve - Azure Date: 05/06/2009
SharePoint 2007 SP 2 Has Shipped
Some great news: SharePoint 2007 Service Pack 2 shipped today. Note that SP 2 should be considered...
Author: Steve - Azure Date: 04/28/2009
Silverlight and SharePoint Made Real…
I’ve written and talked about this convergence of technology quite a bit, and I’m pumped to see a...
Author: Steve - Azure Date: 04/14/2009
Using Media Streaming Services to Integrate Silverlight with SharePoint
One of the cool things about the Media Streaming Services is that you can circumvent some of the...
Author: Steve - Azure Date: 03/28/2009
DevConnections SharePoint 2009 Presentations Posted
Hey gang. A few of you that attended DevConnections asked me to post my decks for you, so I’ve...
Author: Steve - Azure Date: 03/24/2009
My Minimal Master Page from DevConnections Orlando, 2009
I’m down in Orlando at DevConnections, 2009, and one of the requests I got in my session this...
Author: Steve - Azure Date: 03/23/2009
Twitter & Office Client?
My colleague, John Durant, wrote an interesting little blog on how to integrate the Office client...
Author: Steve - Azure Date: 03/18/2009
VSeWSS 1.3 Post-Install Configuration
If you’re trying to install VSeWSS 1.3, the latest version of the Visual Studio Extensions for...
Author: Steve - Azure Date: 03/18/2009
Silverlight, SharePoint, Services…Oh Yeah!!!
The last blog post I wrote was on interacting with SharePoint using services. One of the things that...
Author: Steve - Azure Date: 02/14/2009
Web Services and SharePoint: How do I do it?
When building an OBA, you’re often going to want to either integrate with the native Web services...
Author: Steve - Azure Date: 02/08/2009
Learn how to integrate PeopleSoft, Outlook and MOSS
Office Business Application (OBA) development is growing in importance thus continues to be an...
Author: Steve - Azure Date: 02/07/2009
Silverlight RTM and SharePoint Blueprints Ship on Codeplex
Today, additional SharePoint and Silverlight Blueprints on CodePlex were uploaded to include two...
Author: Steve - Azure Date: 01/08/2009
Announcing SharePoint for the Web Development Series
For those that are looking for more SharePoint development resources, we'll be launching a series of...
Author: Steve - Azure Date: 11/30/2008
SharePoint Connections Deck
I'm just wrapping up my week here in Las Vegas for SharePoint Connections, and one of the requests I...
Author: Steve - Azure Date: 11/13/2008
End-to-End Sales Forecast OBA Released To Web!
It's been a while, but I wanted to let all you OBA developers out there know of something cool that...
Author: Steve - Azure Date: 10/24/2008
Use Silverlight to Enhance your SharePoint-Based OBAs with the Silverlight Blueprints for SharePoint
Silverlight Blueprints for SharePoint Released to CodePlex! Today we released the source code for...
Author: Steve - Azure Date: 08/19/2008
A couple of interesting vids done by my colleagues...
Here are a couple of vids done by my colleagues (technical evangelists for Dynamics). They call...
Author: Steve - Azure Date: 08/13/2008
Create Your First OBA: Part 5
Hey gang, It's been a while since I've posted, but I've been on the road. I attended TechEd 2008...
Author: Steve - Azure Date: 08/12/2008