For Microsoft documents please go to

 

 

where I will try to keep them up-to-date.

 

 

 

 

 

The five files are

 

OWCRCH11.chm - Charts

 

OWCRDP11.chm - Data Access

 

OWCRPL11.chm - Pivot Table

 

OWCRSS11.chm - Spreadsheet

 

and

 

OWCVBA11.chm - Object Models details for the above four web parts.

 

Thanks to Jeff Cate for supplying the impulse to investigate this further.

 

 

 

 

The remaining documents follow in alphabetical order.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(These parts are retained here for the PDF edition, otherwise Web site visitors are advised to go to the MS Articles page here at

 

 

which will be kept up-to-date

 

 

 

- IIS 6.0 Resource Kit Tools at
 
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=56fc92ee-a71a-4c73-b628-ade629c89499&displaylang=en
 
-  Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit: Deploying Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0
 
http://microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=F31A5FD5-03DB-46D2-9F34-596EDD039EB9&displaylang=en#filelist

 

 

Collutions is the company that designed the STS newsgroup FAQ in STS form(www.collutions.com/Lists/FAQ) and now also the WSS newsgroup FAQ (wss.collutions.com) on a WSS site. It is also the home site of Jim Duncan's (an STS MVP) Collutions company that provides custom solutions based on STS/WSS for web sites.

 

 

 

 

A site that I'm now told is a Microsoft site. Some useful hints of the use of FrontPage 2003 with WSS sites many of which are linked to in the MS Articles section here.

 

 

 

The WSS part of this site has lots of the same links to articles and web casts etc. that you can find here in the WSS FAQ site, but there's also extensive sections for SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and it IS organised in a different way, so you might find it suits you better.

 

 

www.sharepointcommunity.com

 

Mainly SPS 2003 but also includes WSS links.

 

 

 

This is Dustin Miller's company's site. It's a consulting and development firm which also has some STS add-ons. These days also a training firm that provides at its "Boot Camps" in-depth training in WSS. They also have a web hosting service (see below VII.3) and a undelete product for WSS.

 

 

 

This is a source of STS/WSS information. It's also linked to perhaps the oldest specialist STS/WSS web hosting company - UnifiedWebMedia (see below VII.3). These days sharepointtips.com mainly links directly to the wss.collutions.com information.

 

 

 

Run by Gokcen Karan (writer of a book on WSS [in Turkish] that will be out in June 2005), this is a site for Turkish SharePoint Users and Developers.

 

 

 

This is an online community, run by SharePointExperts (see above), for STS/WSS users and developers. There are code samples, how-tos, SharePoint-related news and a very active online discussion forum.

 

Some areas require free registration, others such as the link to "Other SharePoint related sites" (where you'll find this FAQ in PDF form) do not.

 

 

 

This is the site that hosts the SharePoint Portal Server FAQ. Originally, naturally, for version 1 of that product, it now also covers version 2.

 

Useful for those people who are considering "upgrading" WSS to SPS and also for those people who just love to add code to their WSS site.

 

 

 

Their own set of questions and answers ...

 

(SPS 2003 is at appid=4 in case you need that too)

 

 

http://www.wssdemo.com/ 

 

Here's a brief explanation of what this site is about (quoted from the site in extract)

 

"This site is not a true WSS FAQ, there are plenty of other sites providing that" ....

 

"I enjoy doing cool things with WSS and FrontPage. Some examples of this can be seen on this site." ...

 

"I will endeavour to write some articles that explain how to achieve these effects using FrontPage 2003 (and Windows SharePoint Services, XML Web Services, XSLT Data Views)."

 

 

 

 

 

or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of those stupid sites that seem to think that "SharePoint" is a product. Wander down through the menus and you finally find "SharePoint Services" mentioned. (No sign anywhere I could find of Sharepoint Portal Server 2003 or Windows SharePoint Services)

 

In view of the fact that they don't seem to know what they are hosting, I would avoid this for now.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- bCentral (Microsoft) (to be discontinued?)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(who seem to think there's a product called "Microsoft Sharepoint WSS 2003" hosting prices from 40 Euro + VAT (Jan 2005))

 

 

 

 

http://services.mail2web.com/Business/SharePoint/
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.sharepointbootcamp.com/
 
"Boot Camps" provide in-depth training in WSS given by Dustin Miller.

 

 

 

Bill English's (SPS Resource Kits etc.) and partner's courses.

Planning, Implementing, and Managing a Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies 2003 Infrastructure (3 days)

 

UK:

 

Not available (June 2004)

 

US:

 

 

Based in Nashville.

 

"Sprechen Sie uns an und lassen Sie sich die umfangreichen Möglichkeiten der neuen Seminarreihe Windows SharePoint Services und Microsoft Office System erläutern. Unseren Katalog zum Thema finden Sie hier."

 

 

http://www.tieturi.fi/nr/ajat/kurssit_1.asp?area=117442390&open=C117442422C117442807

 

Courses in 2005 for WSS Administration and WSS Usage

 

(Each of one day duration - held in both February and April)

 

"SharePoint 1, 2, 3! is a new concept in community-based training being offered to the development community by the development community. SharePoint 1, 2, 3! offers six sessions designed to train developers to install, use, and develop custom software for Microsoft's Windows SharePoint Services. SharePoint 1, 2, 3! is designed to be a start to finish training session that has a 100 level course, a 200 level course, and a 300 level course to get into all aspects of SharePoint. With two types of meetings; a lecture style seminar followed by a hands on lab session, you will be able to try the technology yourself. Starting with the first session (level 100), we will provide a gentle introduction to SharePoint - what it is and how to use it effectively. The second session (level 200) will be aimed squarely at developers and will focus on customizing SharePoint sites, developing and using web parts, and deploying SharePoint sites. The final session (level 300) will dive deep into advanced topics such as connected web parts and the SharePoint Object Model."

 

(Evening courses - Georgia, USA)

 

"Microsoft is running a SharePoint training tour around the country.  It covers, from both business and technical perspectives, how to effectively implement, configure, manage and extend Windows SharePoint Services and SharePoint Portal Server.  In addition to the normal goodies Microsoft normally hands out at these events (software, etc), attendees will get an actual 5 user permanent license for BrightWork's IT Work Manager application, a SharePoint application that assists in Project Management.

 

Check out the dates, and register at http://register.unitedtraining.com.  If you want a discount (and who doesn't) enter the UTNETDESK as the RSVP code!

 

I'll be presenting many of these, and I've got to say, the content, which I received last week, looks great!  It promises to be very, very well worth your time.  Plus, it's cheap!  Two days of training for only $399 with the RSVP code (above)."

 

The URL given at the top gives you this text followed by all the dates

This section will be a brief listing of any products that say that they extend the facilities contained in the standard WSS product.

 

The list will be enhanced as and when I read about the existence of such products (or am sent mail)

 

The list is provided without any guarantees and will not contain companies that provide web parts as these are well covered elsewhere.

 

(This aim is still there although the addition of sections for Free Web parts and Free (but) Web Parts has weakened it - Mike: 2.2005)

 

Brief extracts:

 

"Nintex SmartLibrary is a cost-effective solution that extends Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services to provide advanced document management features. "

 

"SmartLibrary enables people and teams to collaborate and tightly control document quality through a customisable workflow process. SmartLibrary further enhances SharePoint document libraries with features such as change auditing, document undelete capability and the ability to publish approved documents to a secondary location. "

 

The cost in December 2004 of a single-server licence was 7950 Australian dollars.

 

Brief extracts:

 

A cost-effective digital asset management (DAM) solution for small/medium businesses.

 

provides "previews of CMYK images, vector images, and layered Photoshop® files along with related metadata. Reads and writes popular file formats for Web, print and wireless use including BMP, WBMP, GIF, JPG, PNG, PCT, TIFF, PDF, TGA, Adobe Illustrator® and Photoshop PSD or EPS files with accurate ICC color profiles."

 

http://www.iora.com/products/sharepoint.asp

 

Brief extract:

 

iOra for Microsoft SharePoint enables organisations to extend the benefits of SharePoint to their mobile workers. Users enjoy full access to information on their portal even when they are not connected to their corporate network.

 

Product still (May 2004) in pre-release state.

 

"Now, you can have full access to Microsoft Outlook folders from within your SharePoint sites.  With My Workplace for Outlook, each of the core functions of Outlook are now a web part that can appear in your workplace.  When you log into your workplace you now have your Outlook information appearing with your SharePoint information."
 
Pricing on the site; + yearly maintenance charges

 

"CASAHL ecKnowledge can extend IBM Lotus Notes and Domino applications and Microsoft Exchange public folder applications to Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies. ecKnowledge can also integrate multiple SharePoint sites with each other and with enterprise applications based on Microsoft SQL Server or other data sources, such as SAP R/3, Oracle, and DB2."

 

"Correlate K-Map for Windows SharePoint Services transforms the Portal from merely a common workplace environment, to an interactive, goal oriented, structured solution, that will complete projects faster, better, and with less mistakes. The K-Map interface allows any project members to see the process in one view and work on all its documents, tasks, meetings and e-mails, as well as other components of the project."

 

 

The first DocAve for 2.5 SPS 2003 and WSS will back up everything in a Portal site.

 

The second DocAve 2.5 for WSS only will back up only WSS sites.

 

Prices for the WSS only product are naturally lower.

 

 

 

Here just a simple comparison from November 1 2004 and for 1 SPS/WSS server with up to 50 sites

 

Doc Ave 2.5 for SPS 2003 and WSS: $ 1.800
Doc Ave 2.5 for WSS only              : $ 1.200

 

These prices are mentioned here just as an indication of the price level. For full details and up-to-date prices please go to the above URL.

Ok. This isn't really a WSS product, but for those people who want to create a local drive for their WSS document library but who don't have the ability (because of their usage of back Windows versions etc.) to use the WebDav protocol on their client this is perfect.

 

 

At the time of writing (July 2004) this cost (single user) $ 39.95 with lower bulk prices also available.

 

Thanks to Serge van der Oever for blogging this.

 

 

- Seamlessly integrated with SharePoint User Interface.
  
- Adds Scanning functionality to all new and existing document and picture libraries.
  
- Makes libraries with Scanning functionality available to all team sites and workspaces
   
- Supports custom metadata capture and workflow.
 
- Includes localized versions of the Scanning features with support for SharePoint language packs.
   
- Supports all Microsoft supported server farm architectures.
   
- Compatible with ASP.NET 2.0 when Service Pack 2 for Windows SharePoint Services is installed.
   
- Easy to install and no configuration or custom development required.
   
- Implementation support provided by email and phone.
   
- Based 100% on SharePoint technology.

 
Pricing (v2 versions, Oct 2006)

 

(per server)

 

WSS: $ 790

(SPS 2003: $1,890)

 

"an easy to use, customizable Microsoft SharePoint based Marketplace system. It's your place to buy what you want, sell what you have, and make a few friends while you're at it."

 

Price $ 5,999

 

 

more details at

 

 

(The price on August 12th 2004 was $399 per server)

 

"Whenever you delete a document or a list item, PowerUndelete will make a backup of it. PowerUndelete will not interfere with any existing document library event handlers.

 

Administrators simply attach a PowerUndelete bin to a list or library, and all functionality is enabled."

 

"Audit your SharePoint and Windows SharePoint Services implementation with greater granularity. The Audit Module provides enhanced tracking on folders and documents.  Track document level activity when a document has been viewed, renamed, deleted and all other operations on a file."

 

K.C. Yerrid informs me (10.2005)  that the listed price for the solution is $5000 USD, plus 15% of list price for 1st year mandatory maintenance fee (subsequent years optional).

 

Warnings:

 

K.C. Yerrid quotes a person for Synergy as saying that their products are for SharePoint Portal Server 2003 only. (This isn't however what their web site says.)

 

 

"Now you can load thousands of documents into SharePoint®  at once. Included is the ability to load document owner and creation date attributes.

 

Metadata files can be used to specify attributes or basic document system attributes such as owner, creator, location, and version information. Load Users and Groups using simple .CSV files.

 

This new user and group loading feature allows you to assign new users and groups to a document library as part of the loading process."

 

Warnings:

 

1. No price specified on site (10.2004)

 

2. Site says for SPS 2003 and doesn't mention WSS.

 

3. K.C. Yerrid quotes a person for Synergy as saying that their products are for SharePoint Portal Server 2003 only.

 

"Save Email messages and attachments into your Library. This important corporate knowledge can be saved and indexed so that others can benefit from past history. Checkin and adding versions can be done through email.

 

Store documents to the Library without having to use your browser. This feature also allows you to add multiple documents at one time! This is a real time saver.

 

Participate in on-line discussions through email. External and SharePoint® Users can receive and reply to discussions through email. Include important customers, suppliers, and partners outside the corporate firewall in discussions.

 

Mail documents directly from SharePoint®. Checkout documents as you email them.

 

Easy installation. Since Live-Mail runs from a server, no special desktop software is needed to realize the benefits of this tool. Just install the server software and you are Live-Mail enabled!

 

Work Off-line. Reply to discussions, save documents and email messages to the library while you are offline. Once you reconnect to the network your work is processed via Live-Mail. "

 

K.C. Yerrid adds (10.2004) that the List price is $7500 USD, plus 15% of list cost for 1st year mandatory maintenance fee (additional years optional)

 

Warnings:

 

1. K.C. Yerrid quotes a person for Synergy as saying that their products are for SharePoint Portal Server 2003 only.

 

Cut and Paste is a SharePoint module that provides an easy way to move or copy documents from one document library to another.  The cut/copy/paste operations are integrated into SharePoint’s user interface so there is no need to use explorer view or network neighborhood to copy a document from one location to another.  Attributes and versions and are also maintained when documents are copied to the new location.

 

Out of the box SharePoint does not support any way to move a document that maintains the version history. Our module provides this key capability along with maintaining the original user and creation dates.

 

K.C. Yerrid informs me (10.2004) that the Listed price is $1500 USD, plus 15% of list cost for 1st year mandatory maintenance fee (additional years optional)

 

Warnings:
 
1. K.C. Yerrid quotes a person for Synergy as saying that their products are for SharePoint Portal Server 2003 only.

 

"Notification Defaults lets administrators set the default values for users notification settings. This utility lets you avoid having to manually set each users notification settings or spend time training users on how to set the defaults. It can also be used to reset notification values to the standard default for your organization. You can pick from a list of template users to determine which settings you want. "

 

Warnings:

 

1. No price specified on site (10.2004)

 

2. "Available 4Q 2004" (10.2004)

 

3. K.C. Yerrid quotes a person for Synergy as saying that their products are for SharePoint Portal Server 2003 only.

 

"Site Manager is a collection of webparts and internet applications that provide an alternative site creation that allows for adding attributes to sites. The webparts can be configured to provide different views. "

 

Warnings:
 
1. No price specified on site (10.2004)

 

2. Possibly only available together with consultancy ("Syntergy consulting services will assist your organization in the approach and configuration of the suite to meet your particular needs")
 
3. Site says for SPS 2003 (mentions "WSS sites" elsewhere but this could mean only WSS sites in SPS 2003)

 

4. K.C. Yerrid quotes a person for Synergy as saying that their products are for SharePoint Portal Server 2003 only.

 

Price (Nov 2004) £ 995 per server (very approximately 1500 Euros / 1800 dollars)

 

"CMDocSafe is a document management Web Part that extends the core functionality of SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and Windows SharePoint Services. It actively manages and promotes collaborative processes for team-based projects, and provides robust document-management facilities. It enables team members to contribute efficiently to business documents and project resources, while ensuring the consistency of those files in the collaborative SharePoint environment.

 

 

CMDocSafe extends the source-control features of SharePoint technologies by implementing a safer, more robust multi-user process for collaborating on documents and other project resources. The risks of conflicting edits or inconsistencies in the authoritative versions of documents are mitigated by the CMDocSafe source-control features.

 

 

CMDocSafe extends the collaborative features provided by SharePoint technologies by implementing formalised document workflows. Project Managers and Team leaders can build well-defined collaborative processes by using the flexible workflow designer provided by CMDocSafe. Project members are automatically notified when a document becomes available and requires their input. "

 

[Quoted from the above web page in November 2004. See there for more for a later version.]

 

Price: unknown

 

The text below is taken from the above web site in November 2004

 

"iOra for Microsoft SharePoint enables organisations to extend the benefits of SharePoint to their mobile workers. Users enjoy full access to information on their portal even when they are not connected to their corporate network.

 

iOra's mobile SharePoint solution enables users to browse and access the same Microsoft SharePoint content and functionality on and offline. There are never any dead links; integrated document management is constantly active. This is only possible via iOra's unique Web Virtualisation technology.

 

Additionally, if new documents are added or existing information amended, updates are automatically sent to the mobile Microsoft SharePoint user each time he or she goes online. This ensures that mobile users are always working with the most up-to-the-minute version of the portal possible.

 

iOra for Microsoft SharePoint updates only the information that has changed using iOra's patented Epsilon technology. This technology dramatically reduces down- and upload times and, consequently, network connection costs. "

 

Release 8 of this product has just come out (November 2004)

Dan comments 
 
From my experience with Revelation, it does not sync files.  It simply uploads or downloads what you tell it to.  So, if someone made a modification to a file in SharePoint, while you modified your offline version, it would simply overwrite the other version.