MCMS 2002
Microsoft Content Managment Server 2002
I caught this over at AC's blog. Joel Oleson has made available a case study looking at a few areas in migration: (Navigation, Search, Summary pages, Deployment scripts, Form login screens and Developing the approval workflow). They also present some best practices in migration.
» Improving an IT Self-Help Portal User Experience - Technical Case Study
[via AC]
Need a place to hold-up for awhile and absorb all things Microsoft Web Content Management? Well, stop your looking by golly. Andrew Connell has built the Wal-Mart of WCM Resources - and has done a fine job at it. When you first walk in (er, click in) the eye-candy is appealing. Yeah, this is where it's at - hands down. Book mark it, Add it to your favorites, pass the word around and wake the kids.
Andrew Connell's Web Content Management Resource Site - *** The Definitive Source ***
I thought I'd relay some references that I've read on Andrew Connell's blog this morning.
Great SharePoint 2007 Web Part series by Sahil
MOSS 2007 and WSS v3 SDKs available for download
MSDN SharePoint Migration Center now live - including MCMS migration/upgrade information!
**NOW AVAILABLE**: MCMS 2002 Assesment Tool
If you are going to TechEd 2006 in Boston, be sure to catch Andrew Connell and Heather Solomon when possible:Find more on Where Andrew Will Be at the following link: TechEd: CMS to WCM Migration TheaterHeather Solomon's whereabouts can be found here: TechEd: BOF Session and TechEdConnect
Andrew Connell has posted another informative piece on using virtual machines more efficiently. These are invaluable tips when working with large environments such as SharePoint and MCMS (or WCM). AC has been burning the midnight oil the past few months since starting with MindSharp. I'm sure he has become quite the guru in Virtual PC and Virtual Server environments out of necessity.
Read it or bookmark it later by clicking here...
Making sure your virtual machines are running at the peak performance...
I've been quite busy lately and was out of town when Andrew Connell gave his debut webcast. If you are interested or currently doing MCMS development you'll want to check this out.
MSDN Webcast Follow-up: The Evolution of WCM in MOSS 2007 (links, references, & additional questions answered)
[via ScottGu]
One of the things we did with ASP.NET 2.0 was to work very closely with the SharePoint and CMS teams within Microsoft to enable much richer architectural and developer integration than we had with previous releases.
Read the entire posting over at...
» SharePoint 2007 -- Built on ASP.NET 2.0
Andrew Connell is needing your vote to have a Birds Of A Feather Session at TechEd 2006 this year.
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Migrating your Content Management Server 2002 sites to Web Content Management in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Web Content Management (WCM) in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is a significant upgrade from Content Management Server 2002 (CMS). The most significant change is the change to using Windows SharePoint Services as the underlying platform for WCM. The tradeoff: no backward compatibility with the CMS Publishing API (PAPI)! No fear, in this BoF session we'll discuss best practices for current CMS site development,...
In a previous posting I gave my farewell to AC from our company. I also predicted that there would be good things in store for his future. Well, here's step one for the former colleague known as “AC”. Andrew was included in Wally McClure's ASP.Net roundtable Podcast. With so much coming up with Office Sharepoint Server 2007 and Web Content Management (WCM), the fields are ripe for harvest. In a side-note, I believe I heard Bayer White's name during the round table also. Anyways, Go Andrew Go! It's good to hear your laugh in the background :o)
It's been a while since I've posted anything MCMS related. That's because I've been in the InfoPath / Sharepoint integration development fast lane. So, I thought I'd just take some of AC's (MVP MCMS) recent postings and refer to them...
How did Microsoft ever come up with the plan to integrate CMS into SharePoint in O12? Gerhard tells!
Mark maps MCMS 2002 -> MCMS vNext (aka: WCM) terminology
MCMS 2002 SP2: two post-SP2 hotfixes available by request
It's not too often that you get to work alongside someone who has great passion and ambitions when it comes to software development. Andrew Connell recently announced his departure from his (and mine too) current employer. I remember the day when I was asked to “show the ropes” to a new employee on some coding practices within the group. I could tell then and there that this mentee was going to be someone who made a difference within our organization. Not since my early days in I.T. America have I seen someone who lived to code and coded to make a difference for...
The Definitive ADVANCED book on MCMS is here!
Advanced Microsoft Content Management Server Development
One of the co-authors, Andrew Connell, announces the release on his blog here and gives his personal perspective on his first writing experience. The content in this baby looks phenomenal! A MUST for all Microsoft CMS developers. Congratulations AC, Angus, Mei Ying and Stefan! I can't wait to get my hands on it.
The Advanced...
The Predecessor...
[via AC]
Arpan Shah talks about 10 great things coming in Sharepoint / MCMS version 3...
Security/Auth "stuff" from supporting the ASP.NET 2.0 authentication provider model and security trimming to single item security. :-)
Built on top of Whidbey - support for ASP.NET 2.0 web parts, nav/auth provider models, master pages :-), and more
SPS/CMS integrated architecture from end-user to development and deployment
RSS, Wikki and Blogging support.. the RSS support is especially great w/ the new version of Outlook... or any RSS reader really
Content types - very cool and super useful.. define a content type that includes metadata and actions
Recycle bin - IT orgs will love that
Lists...
[via Heather (who's currently awaiting Hurricane Rita, but wishing she was sipping a marga-Rita)]
She points out that the new MCMS information seemed to be overshadowed by Sharepoint news at PDC 2005 this year. She also points out that they Both will be very much connected.
With all the SharePoint hoo-rah, the MCMS news was of little interest. Let's not forget that the future of these two will be very much connected...
» Check out her entire post Here with references to other experts in the know...
[via Dave Green]
I became familiar with Dave Green by way of Don Box's spoutlet. Who is Dave Green you may ask? Well, he is the Architect behind Windows Workflow Foundation (WWF).
Dave Green is new to blogging. This could be because he was quite busy the last two years and as he states from PDC 2005 ...
The release from the pressure of my contractual code of silence has made this PDC just a total blast.
What is he blogging about?
What do I want to talk about? Well, I'm the architect of Windows Workflow Foundation, so I want to tell you all about what we...
via [Arpan Shah]
I heard from several people that while the information for SharePoint development was great at PDC, that it was not obvious what was WSS vs. the other investments on top of WSS. That's b/c we haven't made any final packaging and licensing decisions. So if you are a -little- confused, that's why! Somethings are very clearly platform while others may not be super clear in how it will be packaged... at this very moment, we're discussing our investments more "functionally" - i.e. web content management :services", for example. At this point, if you're a developer, don't worry about...
[via Arpan Shah]
There were several large announcements made at PDC that are very relevant to SharePoint and CMS customers. I'm personally super excited about this and to be part of this. Microsoft revealed Office "12" - client and servers and talked about our investment in ECM. This is great news for CMS and SharePoint customers that there is one integrated architecture for end-to-end document and content lifecyle.
Other introductions and references worth noting from Apan's post:
Introduction of Windows Workflow Foundation - WinFX
Better prepare for the next version of CMS and Sharepoint
Current Sharepoint customers, follow these guidelines
Read Apan's entire posting here
[via Stefan]
» First official Info on Microsoft Content Management Offering in Office 12
“Enterprise Content Management (ECM) has become a strategic imperative for most organizations. Businesses have seen a huge explosion of structured and unstructured information over the last several years that includes documents, e-mail messages, voice mail, and video. A recent study by Accenture shows that more content will be created in the next two years than in the entire previous history of humankind. It will be critical for organizations to have a strategy to manage unstructured content through its entire lifecycle—creation, management, storage, and disposal.“
Read more on Office Preview...
via Stefan Goßner
Here's an oldie but goodie... Stefan explains a key technique in providing high performance MCMS web sites. The key is output caching in template files and user controls.
Here's a snippet:
All of the above is done by the following method which needs to be added to your global.asax.cs:
protected override string GetVaryByCustomStringToken(HttpContext context, string token) { if (token.ToLower() == "cmschannel") return CmsHttpContext.Current.Channel.Guid; else return base.GetVaryByCustomStringToken(context, token); }
Read the full article at Channel based ASP.NET output caching for user web controls
This week I am in Jacksonville Florida. Home of the MCMS world-renowned co-author and MVP, Andrew Connell. My mission? To learn more MCMS, by golly. And after one day under my belt, I'm feeling better for it already. AC has a hunger and desire to write better software, to improve processes and save the client money. He's always on the bleeding, cutting-edge and I enjoy being around people like him. It motivates me to be better at what I do.
As I mentioned earlier, Andrew Connell, along with Lim Mei Ying, Stefan Goßner and Angus Logan are expecting their Advanced book...
via [Stefan Goßner]
Stefan has come up with a solution to avoid performance problems caused by Site Deployment API.
Read it here. »Avoid performance problems caused by Site Deployment API
Mei Ying analyses Stefan Goßner's writeup on not using undocumented API's (or 3rd party tools that use them) when working with MCMS. However, she goes into some Workarounds such as:
Creating Custom channel properties
Managing users in the rights groups
Assigning rights groups to channels, resource galleries or template galleries
Moving channels, template galleries or resource galleries
You can check out the full article at the following link:
Some Workarounds to Missing PAPI Functions
[via Stefan Goßner]
These are invaluable for the MCMS developer - bookmark them
[Online html version] [Offline CHM version]
Stefan Goßner has been working with ASP.NET 2.0 and how applicable it is toward a MCMS website. He educates us on the problems and provides solutions. He has posted findings and samples to GDN as well:
» ASP.NET 2.0 & MCMS – a first look (discusses SP2 and ASP.NET 2.0 impacts to MCMS)» ASP.NET 2.0 & MCMS – The easy way to site navigation (discusses the provider model) » ASP.NET 2.0 & MCMS – Try it out now! (why wait for SP2, just throw ASP.NET 2.0 on MCMS now!… btw, it’s not supported until SP2) » ASP.NET 2.0 & MCMS – Master Pages » ASP.NET 2.0 & MCMS – Web...
Compliments of AC:
“Its official.
Microsoft is melding the infrastructure underlying SharePoint Portal Server and Content Management Server (CMS) for the Office 12 wave starting next year.“
» Microsoft Today: Microsoft To Ease Integration Of SharePoint Portal, Content Management Servers
This was a predictable move from Microsoft. The two products mesh well - Collaboration and Content Management. The release date can come none too soon!
Look's like Chester has another release of MCMS Manager (3.1).
Some additions include
1. Tools Add in Manager.2. Reports exporter.3. MCMS Health Checker.
I personally haven't tried it as I'm just jumping into the MCMS environment. However, my co-worker and mentor, Andrew Connell, had some comments that seem promising.