PDFs of my Lotusphere presentations now available

January 31 2005

With thanks to John, PDFs of my two Lotusphere presentations are now available.

Ed Brill | Highland Park, IL USA Category:  Lotusphere 05  Add/View Comments [8]

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  1. 1  Colin Williams  | 1/31/2005 12:24:49 PM

    Cheers Ed - some real gems in there - not that I really need 'em - but they will be parked should the need arise. You know what would be great? A mix of these slides and your voice over from Lotusphere!

  1. 2  Bill Malchisky Jr.  | 1/31/2005 12:27:35 PM

    Thanks for posting. Looks good. Very timely for my split-messaging environment client (50-50, Notes-Exchange), as they just put their Exchange 2003 migration on-hold indefinitely. Far too many issues and downtime to justify continuance. They will look to move to a single messaging platform this year.

  1. 3  Chris Whisonant  | 1/31/2005 1:57:08 PM

    I now have a checkered wallpaper on my desktop...

  1. 4  The Turtle http://www.weightlessdog.com | 1/31/2005 5:18:27 PM

    Ed.... great sessions as always, and good to see you again. Hopefully you have most of your voice back.

    Turtle

  1. 5  Steve Bryant www.outlookexchange.com | 2/1/2005 10:48:15 AM

    *Exchange Guy Here*

    Nicely done indeed. The checkered past is very well done with good references and terminology. Of course we have a slightly different perspective on that past, but the graphic you listed serves your interests much better. With the exception of just a few, most of the products and features you listed evolved into full-blown products because of customer demand or simply renamed as their features became expanded.

    That graphic alone is probably why you frustrate so many people at Microsoft!

    -Steve Bryant

  1. 6  Ed Brill www.edbrill.com | 2/1/2005 2:04:30 PM

    I don't recall any of the forms or workflow products evolving into anything else; "digital dashboard" was DOA, etc. Only the IM capability really has survived...but it's been redone twice already.

  1. 7  Steve Bryant www.outlookexchange.com | 2/2/2005 7:46:20 AM

    Ed,

    My kid's kindergarten teacher put it best...."if you believe only half the things your kids says about me, then I promise to believe only half the things she tells me about you!"

    Workflow designer download link:

    www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=b0dbf355-d619-491f-86b6-082c83642cb3&displaylang=en

    This tool has been around for years and still used...not dead at all!

    Live Communication Server Link is much improved and available as a standalone for those who do not want to integrate it with Exchange Server. www.microsoft.com/office/livecomm/prodinfo/default.mspx

    The forms tools get no respect! The first forms designer was named Electronic Forms Designer (EFD) since it pre-dated Outlook. This tool evolved into the Outlook Forms Designer (These tools and their updates are still available for download) The newest wizard is a converter to move forms to HTML (many would say more efficient)

    Here is a link that lists the many ways (with good samples) of coding and using wizards to create Outlook and Exchange applications. www.outlookcode.com/d/index.htm

    Another great resource is Tom Rizzo's book:

    Programming Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Exchange 2003, Third Edition

    Digital Dashboard technology was successful and helped drive a new "portal" strategy for Microsoft. I did several of these DDRK projects and was pleased when Microsoft formalized the drive with SharePoint. This added a much better framework, support and the ability to use Office tools, ASP.NET and other technoligies to create web parts.

    -Steve