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New Post: Updated Version of the SLK SDK?

SLK Forum Rss Feed — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:45:36 GMT

Hi Richard, Is there any more recent version of the SLK SDK other than what is available on the SLK version 1.0 download page? If not, do you know if anyone is working on this? -Todd...(read more)

New Post: MLGSchool.master problem

LG Forum Rss Feed — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:58:00 GMT

When i create a site using MLGSchool template i get the following: The site master page setting currently applied to this site is invalid. Please select a new master page and apply it. I've applied MasterpageSetter.zip but it seems it does not solves the problem. The solution that i've found is to edit the site in SharePoint desinger. Move MLGSchool.master to master page gallery (change the url's to picture library). Aprove it and mannualy set as master page. But when i create a new subsite...(read more)

Worldwide Partner Conference Awards – Software + Services

Angela — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:39:00 GMT

Angela Viesse blogging on behalf of Michael Wegmann.

Every year in the Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft recognize the most valuable players in several different categories. This year we have a specific category for S+S that fits exactly to the work that you have been doing with Live@edu. In the past years I had the opportunity to be one of the reviewers of this solutions and I’m amazed by the creativity of our partners to create value to customers. This is the perfect spot to show your solutions to a larger audience and differentiate your company.

The description of the category that Live@edu solutions map is:

Software-plus-Services Partner of the Year

The Software-plus-Services Partner of the Year Award recognizes partners who bring together on-premises software (deployed to either a server or a client) and Web-based services (also referred to as software as a service). Only partners that bring together a solution that represents a hybrid of software and services will be considered. The winning nominations will demonstrate innovation, competitive differentiation, and customer value while showcasing the benefits of using the software-plus-services approach. You do not have to deploy all components of the solution, but the integration between new or existing software and services must provide a cohesive experience for your customer.

To be eligible for this Award, you must:

· Be enrolled in the Microsoft Partner Network at the Gold Certified or Certified Partner level

· Profile your nominated solutions in Partner Solution Profiler

Below is the communication where you can find all the information about how to submit your nomination. Hope to see you in Washington DC in July!

Cheers

Michael W.

Submit your company’s nomination for the annual Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2010 Awards program now!

The Microsoft Global Awards program allows you to gain the recognition your customer solution deserves. This year, more partner solutions than ever before will be showcased at WPC 2010; including 64 categories and the NEW ‘Country Partner of the Year’ Award. Click here for more information and to submit your nomination!

Microsoft WPC 2010 Award-winners receive advanced Microsoft publicity and onsite acknowledgement at WPC 2010, with access to Microsoft executives in recognition of your success. You will also receive a comprehensive marketing and press kit designed to help you win new customers, including customized logos and web banners identifying your company as an award-winning partner. Stand out from your competition, get recognized and submit your company’s nomination today!

Nominations close April 2, 2010. Act fast!

Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2010 Awards Team

Contact:
E-mail: mswpc@microsoft.com
Microsoft WPC 2010 Award website: https://digitalwpc.com/awards
Microsoft Partner Network: Learn and prepare for new network membership opportunities and mark key launch dates

New Post: Error: SharePoint Learning Kit not configured correctly

SLK Forum Rss Feed — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:56:20 GMT

Only one of our SLK sites is having this problem...other sites are not. The users reported this when the "My Assignments" web part started displaying "An error occurred. More information may be available in the server event log." The event log is showing this error multiple times (I imagine once for each attempt at loading the web part): The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( Windows SharePoint Services 3 ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary...(read more)

All the slides from the Microsoft Further Education Briefing 2010

FE blog — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:54:00 GMT

Today was the date for our Further Education Briefing 2010, and around 90 colleges came to our London headquarters to get an update on latest news from us, as well as hearing from other UK colleges on their projects and plans. I’ve put a brief note on Read More......(read more)

SUGUK: 101 Question before Implementing SharePoint in Education

Learning Gateway User Group — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:12:04 GMT

Last night on the 18th March the SharePoint User Group held their first meeting in Leicester round the Education market space. It was a great meeting with over 30 people attending asking many questions. Richard Willis also presented on SharePoint Learning Kit and the new features in the recent update to 1.4. You can find more on Richard on his blog at http://blog.salamandersoft.co.uk/ and SharePoint Learning Kit can be downloaded here http://www.codeplex.com/slk . I spent the hour...(read more)

Conversation with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

Education Insights — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:30:00 GMT

At our US Public Sector CIO Summit event recently, I had to opportunity to catch up with Susan Johnson, the CIO at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools in North Carolina. I always love talking to Susan. She not only has passionate energy for her work, but she has tremendous insights on the progress that she's making with Charlotte-Mecklenburg, and some of the challenges that they're facing. The district is working hard to rollout a data dashboard not just to be more transparent to the public, but...(read more)

Saving your university money with an optimised infrastructure - event

The UK Higher Education Blog — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:03:49 GMT

Microsoft is hosting an event with its partner RkeyTec on Wednesday 31 st March 8.45am-1.30pm . This is a great opportunity to start thinking SMART, making the most of your current investment, enhancing productivity and saving money. Read More......(read more)

The NAACE Annual Conference

Microsoft UK Schools — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:04:06 GMT

For the last three days I’ve been at the NAACE Conference in Blackpool, with over 300 others. NAACE is the “professional association for those who are concerned with advancing education through the appropriate use of information and communications technology Read More......(read more)

One quarter of Home Access Grants now in parents’ hands

Microsoft UK Schools — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:23:56 GMT

I’ve been at the NAACE Conference this week (more to come on that later today), and this morning Terry Piggott from Becta talked briefly about the Home Access Programme. Up to yesterday, 77,058 grants for free computers and internet connections had been Read More......(read more)

Classroom visualization tools – Stargazing now possible with Worldwide Telescope on Bing Maps

Education Insights — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:24:00 GMT

The thing I think is exciting about Bing is that it’s becoming more than just a place to find information and search…it’s really about how to apply search to experiences and productivity scenarios you would use inside a classroom. So not only being able to search on information but the ability to apply new learning constructs and create new learning experiences that weren’t possible before. Today, Bing Maps released the Worldwide Telescope (WWT) application that was first previewed at the recent...(read more)

The Ultimate Steal – Office 2007 which magically turns into Office 2010

The UK Higher Education Blog — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:13:54 GMT

Hopefully, you already know about The Ultimate Steal , which is our special student offer on Office 2007. It allows your students to buy Office 2007 Ultimate for just £38.95. And because it is the Ultimate edition, they will get absolutely the whole Office Read More......(read more)

New Post: Course Manager 1.4 students assignement

SLK Forum Rss Feed — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:17:56 GMT

Hello, I have 2 question regarding Course Manager and SLK. I've installed SLK and Course Manager. If i upload solitaire.zip in document library and -->E-learning Actions i can select users or group of users to assign the training material to them. If i use course manager and create an activity group and after that an activity i can upload the sample but i can't select the users or group of users to assign the material. All users with slk learners permssion have the material assigned to...(read more)

Controlling access to the Connected Accounts UI

Live@edu — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:36:12 GMT

In Outlook Live, the Connected Accounts facility is a great way to consolidate several inboxes into your Outlook Live inbox; we have many customers using the service today. For some customers, however, this is a service that they would like more control over; especially in K-12. Some schools prohibit the use of personal email services in school (e.g. Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail) as they cannot be readily monitored, and go as far as to block the URLs for these services at their firewall. The Connected Accounts...(read more)

Microsoft SQL 2008 Failover Cluster – Part 3

Learning Gateway User Group — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:20:14 GMT

So if you’ve followed all the previous posts you now have a Hyper-V cluster with a SQL Cluster within it. MSDTC has been setup as a highly available service and now its time to install SQL – nearly. Roles and Features Some are added automatically when you enable failover clustering and the web server role Cluster Storage For SQL clustering to work correctly it needs to have some free storage space that isn’t owned by the Windows failover clustering service. The screen shot below shows you the virtual...(read more)