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Date: 10/05/2011
Developer Camps: Learn from Experts, Free, Informal and Coming Soon!
Back in June, I had the opportunity to attend a 2-day Web Camp here in Redmond. I was blown...
Date: 10/05/2011
New SharePoint Online Workflow article on MSDN Magazine
I’ve gotten a lot of questions about building workflows that run in the Sandbox with SharePoint...
Date: 07/13/2011
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I’m now on Twitter @chrisdmayo.
Date: 06/30/2011
Office 365 is Now Available!
Office 365 was released to General Availability today with Steve Ballmer hosting the worldwide...
Date: 06/28/2011
Developing Powerful Workflows in the Cloud with Microsoft SharePoint Online from TechEd 2011 North America
A common misconception about SharePoint Online is that you can’t develop workflows in the...
Date: 05/25/2011
Developing Collaboration Solutions in the Cloud with Microsoft SharePoint Online from TechEd North America 2011
In my Developing Collaboration Solutions in the Cloud with Microsoft SharePoint Online session at...
Date: 05/24/2011
Collaboration in the Cloud with SharePoint: A New World of Productivity from TechEd North America 2011
Donovan Follette, Girish Raja, Augusto Valdez and I delivered the demos in Eron Kelly’s foundation...
Date: 05/23/2011
Professional Unified Communications Development with Microsoft Lync Server 2010
George Durzi and Michael Greenlee just published Professional Unified Communications Development...
Date: 05/23/2011
New Technical Articles on Exchange Online Development
The Exchange Online team has just published some really great Technical Articles on Exchange Online...
Date: 05/19/2011
Adam Carter and “Office 365 Doesn’t Mean You’re Fired”
Adam Carter did a great session called “Office 365 Doesn’t Mean You’re Fired” at Dev Connections...
Date: 05/18/2011
Making a Wireless Connection Accessible to a Hyper-V Virtual Machine (VM)
If you do SharePoint or SharePoint Online development in a VM, at some point you’ll be in a...
Date: 05/18/2011
Join the Office 365 Beta and Start Developing for SharePoint Online on SharePoint Sideshow
Donovan Follette and I recently recorded a new installment of the SharePoint Sideshow called Join...
Date: 05/18/2011
SharePoint and Silverlight Training Course on MSDN
Paul Stubbs just sent me mail about the new SharePoint 2010 and Silverlight Training Course on...
Date: 04/22/2011
SharePoint Online for Office 365: Developer Guide
The SharePoint Online team has release the SharePoint Online for Office 365: Developer Guide to...
Date: 04/21/2011
Visual Studio 2010 SharePoint Power Tools for SharePoint Online
Developing solutions for SharePoint Online requires they be built using Sandboxed Solutions. ...
Date: 04/21/2011
Building a SharePoint Development Machine Using the Easy Setup Script on SharePoint Sideshow
Now that the Office 365 Training Course is available for the Office 365 beta, I’m putting together a...
Date: 04/19/2011
Couple of interesting Office 365 articles
Interesting article on the economics of Office 365 on PC World and another on the marketplace in the...
Date: 04/19/2011
New Office 365 Developer Training Course on MSDN
Since we announced Office 365 around the same time as PDC last year, I’ve been talking to a...
Date: 04/18/2011
More Beta details on Microsoft Office 365 Blog
More details on the beta can be found on the Microsoft Office 365 Blog. This is a great blog...
Date: 04/18/2011
Office 365 Beta on PC World and PC Magazine
Nice write ups on both PC World and PC Magazine. -Mayo
Date: 04/18/2011
New SharePoint Online Article on MSDN Magazine
Cloud-Based Collaboration with SharePoint Online just hit MSDN Magazine in print and the web. This...
Date: 03/11/2011
SharePoint FireStarter in Redmond, WA and Online on 1/27/2011
I’m speaking at the SharePoint FireStarter event in Redmond, WA on 1/27/2011. We’re also going...
Date: 01/11/2011
Professional SharePoint 2010 Branding and User Interface Design (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)
Paul Stubbs mentioned to me that his new SP2010 branding and UX design book is on Amazon. I’ve...
Date: 01/07/2011
MSDN Webcast: SharePoint Ecosystem: SharePoint Online – Developing Solutions for the Cloud (Level 300) on 1/11/2011
I’m presenting a MSDN webcast on SharePoint Online development next Tuesday (1/11/2011). ...
Date: 01/06/2011
Lync Server 2010, Lync 2010 and Exchange 2010 Developer Training on MSDN!
I’m extremely happy to announce the publication of the Unified Communications “14” Training Course...
Date: 12/17/2010
Setting Up a SharePoint Developer Virtual Machine on SharePoint SideShow
Paul Stubbs and Donovan Follette just posted another episode of the SharePoint Sideshow on Setting...
Date: 11/30/2010
TechEd Europe 2010 - SharePoint Online: Developer Extensibility and Customization Session Slides and Video
Thanks to everyone that attended my SharePoint Online: Developer Extensibility and Customization...
Date: 11/29/2010
TechEd Europe 2010 - How to Customize SharePoint Online Using SharePoint Designer 2010 Session Slides and Video
Thanks to everyone that attended my How to Customize SharePoint Online Using SharePoint Designer...
Date: 11/29/2010
TechEd Europe 2010 - SharePoint Online Lunch Session Slides and Video
Thanks to everyone that attended my SharePoint Online lunch session at TechEd Europe2010. I...
Date: 11/29/2010
Lync Server 2010 Developer Training Kit Available Now!
Lync Server 2010, Lync 2010 and the Lync platform SDKs were launched yesterday at the Microsoft Lync...
Date: 11/18/2010
SharePoint Connections 2010 – Las Vegas: Claims-Based Security and SharePoint 2010
Thanks to everyone that attended my Claims-Based Security and SharePoint 2010 session at SharePoint...
Date: 11/04/2010
SharePoint Connections 2010 – Las Vegas: Designing and Developing Solutions for SharePoint Online
Thanks to everyone that attended my Designing and Developing Solutions for SharePoint Online session...
Date: 11/04/2010
SharePoint Online: An Overview for Developers on MSDN
The SharePoint Developer Docs team has posted the SharePoint Online: An Overview for Developers...
Date: 11/04/2010
SharePoint in the Cloud: Developing Solutions for SharePoint Online – On Demand @ PDC10
My session recording from PDC10 is now available. For a good overview of developing for...
Date: 10/29/2010
SharePoint Online PDC10 Preview on SharePoint Sideshow
Paul Stubbs, Steve Fox and I recorded an episode of the SharePoint Sideshow to talk about what we’ll...
Date: 10/27/2010
I’ll be at PDC 10!
I’ll be speaking at PDC10 via a recorded session and I’ll be in the SharePoint Online booth both...
Date: 10/22/2010
I’ll be at TechEd Europe 2010!
I’ll be speaking at TechEd Europe 2010 at the following sessions: OFS317 - How to Customize...
Date: 10/22/2010
I’ll be at SharePoint Connections Las Vegas
I’ll be speaking at SharePoint Connections Las Vegas this year. I’ve got two great sessions...
Date: 10/22/2010
Office 365 Features, Pricing and On-Premises/Online Feature Comparison
I’m putting together some FAQ links and thought I’d share a few resources right off the bat. The...
Date: 10/21/2010
What does Office 365 mean to developers?
Office 365, the next major update to Microsoft Online Services, was announced yesterday. ...
Date: 10/20/2010
Great Office 365 post on The SharePoint Team Blog
Eric Swift, GM for the SharePoint Product Management Group, blogged some Office 365 details and...
Date: 10/20/2010
Microsoft Online Services is Now Office 365.
Details on what’s coming in the next major upgrade to SharePoint Online, Exchange Online and Lync...
Date: 10/19/2010
Developing Windows Phone 7 apps for SharePoint
Paul Stubbs wrote a great blog post on accessing SharePoint data from a Windows Phone 7 application...
Date: 10/14/2010
Office and SharePoint Development on SharePoint SideShow
The SharePoint Sideshow is a new show on Channel 9 that focuses on SharePoint and Office as a...
Date: 10/13/2010
Developing for SharePoint Online – Wave 14 from TechEd US 2010
I’ve had some readers ping me about SPO – Wave 14 and what’s new for developers. I’ll be...
Date: 10/12/2010
And now for something (almost) completely different…
I’ve switched roles at Microsoft, so you’re going to see some changes in this blog as well. ...
Date: 10/11/2010
Building Communications-Enabled Applications With Microsoft Lync Server 2010 by George Durzi @ Clarity Consulting
I just finished reading George Durzi’s article Building Communications-Enabled Applications With...
Date: 09/23/2010