16 Jan 09 Newly Noted #6

BizTalk

• BAM white-paper available on MSDN: Joe Klug and Jesus Rodriguez have coauthored a paper that highlights the capabilities and architecture of BAM from a developer perspective. The result is an 87 pages paper that is now available both for download and online on MSDN.

SharePoint

• SharePoint Google Analytics Feature: Wesley Bakker describes how you can embed Google Analytics in a SharePoint site.
• How to programatically generate list of document libraries in MOSS 2007: Raymond Little describes how you can programatically generate lists of document libraries in SharePoint.
• How good is SharePoint as Document Management System?: Toni Frankola reviews SharePoint in terms of features that a document management solution should have.
• Free Series of SharePoint Workflow How-to Videos: Robert Shelton has collected a series of free SharePoint workflow how-to videos
• Introducing Bamboo SharePoint Analyser: SharePoint Analyzer is available as a free download from Bamboo Labs, who have developed this tool to provide customers with the means to easily assess their own SharePoint environment, and to provide support teams with a powerful new diagnostic tool when assisting customers. SharePoint Analyzer provides the IT Admin a tool which will quickly discover the configuration of a SharePoint installation.

Development

• Updated Windows Azure SDK and Visual Studio Tools CTP (January 2009): Katrien points us to an update of the Windows Azure SDK and Visual Studio Tools.
• Screencast: Building RESTful services with WCF: In this short screencast, you’ll learn how to build a RESTful service with WCF, converting a previously created WCF service to support a RESTful interface. Along the way you’ll see how to leverage the new System.ServiceModel.Web programming model introduced in WCF 3.5
• Real World apps in days not weeks: Scott Hanselman on ADO.NET Data Services

Software

• Microsoft unveils Retail Experience Center: Retail experience center is a retail store environment created by Microsoft to showcase RFID enabled processes in the store.
• Windows 7 tips and tricks: Some more Windows 7 magic.

Industry

• Gmail Grew 43 Percent Last Year. AOL Mail And Hotmail Need To Start to worry: Gmail’s staggering growth figure should have AOL and Microsoft worried, says Erick Schonfeld
• Windows 7, en dan? Wim de Waele (General Director IBBT) finds Windows 7 less of an earthshaking piece of software than may think (article in Dutch)

Social

• President Obama’s official portrait: the first ever taken with a digital camera: Even presidential elections do not escape the fact that the world is turning more digital by the day.