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SharePoint Office365 and Azure – an Overview of what you can use today

Sahil Malik — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:50:30 GMT

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I will be speaking on cloud related topics – an overview at one of my favorite user groups, CMAPonline on January 24th. Here are the details, When – Tuesday, January 24, 2012 7:00 PMWhere - UMBC Building 21 About - "SharePoint Office365 and Azure – an Overview of what you can use today!"Everyone is talking about the cloud. Everyone is moving to the cloud. Microsoft's cloud offering is probably the most expansive of all. But how does it really compare with other offerings? What is the featureset of Google? Or Amazon? And in the jungle of Beta, what is currently proven and production ready in the Microsoft spectrum? Most of all, how do you move from your current setup to a cloud based setup? In this session, Sahil provides a manager and architect level overview demystifying all these topics and more.

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The Arctic SharePoint Challenge–March 22-24th

Sahil Malik — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:44:29 GMT

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This March in the Oslo area of Norway, where polar bears patrol the streets and lynx roam freely, a group of elite SharePoint cats assemble for the ultimate showdown. Prepare for the Challenge and the Talks! Be sure to follow Dexter the lynx for updates! Arctic SharePoint Challenge.

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Gadget drool

Sahil Malik — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:41:51 GMT

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I thought this was eye opening, check out this comparison,

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jQuery and Crossdomain

Sahil Malik — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:58:20 GMT

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There seems to be a tonne of misguidance on this topic, mostly driven by older jQuery versions. Unfortunately this guidance seems to show up a lot in Azure + SharePoint integration conversations, so I thought, there is always time for a quick rant blog post before I board my flight (in 2 hours, and haven’t packed my bags yet!). So, here is the deal! Things changed in jQuery 1.5, as quoted from - http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.getJSON/ As of jQuery 1.5, the success callback function receives a "jqXHR" object (in jQuery 1.4, it received the XMLHttpRequest object). However, since JSONP and cross-domain GET requests do not use XHR, in those cases the jqXHR and textStatus parameters passed to the success callback are undefined.

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Professional SharePoint 2010 Cloud-Based Solutions

Sahil Malik — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:32:04 GMT

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I just finished reading this book, so I thought I’d share some perspective on it. The book I am talking about is, Professional SharePoint 2010 Cloud-Based Solutions by Steve Fox, Girish Raja, Paul Stubbs and Donovan Follette. One of the challenges with technology these days, is it's complexity. This applies to all of us, but especially for developers. In an era of mobile applications, ever shrinking budgets, and ever increasing efficiency, the push for cloud is the next revolution. Traditionally we have always thought of SharePoint as an on-premise solution, and Office365 breaks out of that mold, but isn't quite as effective until you add Azure to it. The world desperately seeks guidance on this topic. Guidance, which this book aptly presents. Let me tell you why I specifically like this book,

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