The PowerPivot twins have created a great overview of all the SharePoint Installation Guides available atm. Since installing it is certainly no walk in the park. The more info the better so read this while planning your install:
Now that SharePoint 2010 is on the horizon, there have been a lot of questions about what the differences are between PerformancePoint Server 2007 and PerformancePoint Services 2010. While most of the feature upgrades surround architectural changes, several changes have been made to enhance the user experience. The MS Performance Point services team has created a great blog post with some of the upgrades that you will see in 2010.
Looks very good, can’t wait to play around with PerformancePoint Services 2010!
Excel 2010 will be a developers heaven, the MS excel team has written a blog post on how you can get to certain data in a Excel sheet published on Excel Services 2010.
The opportunities for using REST are virtually endless. To spur your imagination, here’s a sampling of some ways to use the REST API:
- Embed a chart or range in a web page, blog post, etc.
- Embed a chart as a “linked” image into a Word document, PowerPoint presentation, or Outlook mail, and have always up-to-date information.
- Build a “mash-up” that uses Excel Services for calculation, charting, and/or as a data source.
- Build a Windows 7 gadget that displays information from an Excel workbook
- …and many more ideas I am sure our customers will think up.
Phew the SharePoint 2010 product will really be “social” and really enable self service. Read the entire post at their blog.
