PJ Hough and others - First look at next version of Sharepoint | scobleizer

nswan

wow lots of very cool stuff.
How easy to upgrade from Sharepoint v2 to v3?

staceyw
Before C# there was darkness...

Hmm. There was a lot of talk, but I did not really get to see much of SharePoint - maybe just me. For this and for the BizTalk vid, I was thinking to myself that I wished Robert would show up equipped with a nice 21-24 inch monitor (say on a Mobil Channel 9 cart). Then if demo guy is on a Laptop, just plug it in and vid the larger monitor instead. That way, your also not at some weird angle over the guys shoulder all the time - can't really see the screen much of the time.

It would be really cool if they had a video camera that had a VGA+ input that would record dual streams at same time - the vga+ input and the camera input and record them in sync. That way, when you go to edit, you can switch to the vga stream when demo starts going, yet still here the talker in perfect sync. Not sure if such a beast exists. At least the 21 monitor would help I think. Get a big flat panel Dell and anchor it to the mobil cart and flip up as needed. Have room to store your camera and extra batteries and extra tapes (as it seems you run out of tape sometimes.) Just some random thoughts. Cheers!

--wjs

pjhough

We are aiming to make the upgrade experience a very smooth one. There are definitely some new components that you will have to install before upgrading WSS (such as WinWF, the workflow engine), but your sites should all upgrade without any data loss.
You will have the option of upgrading your sites 'in-place', or 'side-by-side', depending on the complexity of your environment and the extent of customizations that you have made.

..P.J..

alexb

Hi Guys,

Just watched the video and loved to see and hear what is coming up. Is there any schedule when this will hit beta / ctp? My collegues and I work for a partner that implements Sharepoint solutions, and our business uses it extensively internally, we are all itching to try it!!

Regards,

Alex.

anywhere

We agree with staceyw that this was way too short for something as important to us as Sharepoint !! We are excited about the possibilities of RSS, but Robert, can you go back and get more footage on Sharepoint v3 ?? The RSS discussion took way too long and we just didn't get to see enough of v3 "in action".

We watched with great interest the other Sharepoint segment and it appeared that the "question list" for this segment - with the key program people - should have been much broader and more detailed ... like the EXCELLENT demo for Office 12 ... now running at almost 65,000 views !!

We think the success of the Office 12 segment was that it was mostly demo and WOW !!!! We know from the Blogs that Sharepoint v3 is WOW as well ...

Can we see more !!

rasx
Programmer/Analyst III, Emperor of String.Empty

The ASP.NET 2.0 features make this product look great. I am curious about how the installation procedure has changed. The SharePoint "tradition" makes many (like me) actually 'fear' installing Sharepoint. I will assume that this 'imagined burden' has no basis with the new SharePoint...

This leads to the larger issue of installing/uninstalling Windows-based software. The X-Copy features of .NET applications must influence new apps like SharePoint, making a clean uninstall perfectly possible.

scobleizer
I'm the video guy

We will definitely be doing more Sharepoint stuff.

anywhere

scobleizer wrote:
We will definitely be doing more Sharepoint stuff.

Robert,

OUTSTANDING !!!!

These CH 9 videos are THE BEST STUFF we have ever seen ... we have done a lot of video and these are so ad hoc and natural that they truly tell the "inside Microsoft story" and showcase the people behind the scenes !!!

CONGRADULATIONS for you and all of the CH 9 team for some absolutely FANTASTIC perspective that no Press Release will ever be able to capture !!!

GET MORE EXECUTIVE INTERVIEWS as well who can frame the strategy for all of us "believers".

davidgr

Great preview, thanks. Can you outline how has the Meeting Workspace changed both in terms of SharePoint and Outlook integration?