Microsoft released some SharePoint 2010 site templates related to healthcare, named:
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Application Template for Health Organizations
There are 17 site templates, each with their own functionality. You can download them all in one download here.
- Request for proposal - Link
The Request for Proposal application template helps manage the process of
creating and releasing an initial RFP, collecting proposal submissions, and
formally accepting the selected proposal from among those submitted. The site
also makes it easier to notify individuals about the status of the RFP and the
proposals. - Helpdesk - Link
The Help Desk application template helps departments such as IT, Facilities, and
HR manage service requests. Team members use the application template to
identify a service request, identify the root cause, and track solution status.
The application template provides role-based dashboards that display information
relevant to customer service representatives and managers, including performance
history. - Physical Asset Tracking and Management - Link
The Physical Asset Tracking and Management application template helps
departments such as Facilities, BioMedical, and Surgery manage requests and the
tracking of physical assets. An asset manager approves asset requests and
manages the properties of the assets—such as location, condition, manufacturer,
model, current owner, and estimated value—in the system. - Team Work Site - Link
The Team Work Site application template provides a place where clinical and
business teams, such as Medical Management or Environment of Care committees,
can upload background documents, track scheduled calendar events, initiate
discussion topics, and submit action items. The site also tracks the creation
and purpose of subteams and enables discussion among team members. - Clinical Trial Initiation and Management - Link
For those who work in academic medical centers, the Clinical Trial Initiation
and Management application template helps teams track clinical trial protocols,
set objectives, select subjects, and manage the budget. The site provides useful
Office Word 2010 templates as well as the capability to create, track, and
assign trial-specific tasks and issues. - Employee Training Scheduling and Materials - Link
The Employee Training Scheduling and Materials application template helps
nursing educators and other instructors manage courses and related materials.
Instructors can use the site to add new courses and organize course materials.
Employees can use the site to schedule attendance at a course, track courses
they’ve attended, and provide feedback. - Employee Activities Site - Link
e Employee Activities Site application template helps departments such as HR and
Marketing manage the creation of and attendance at employee events. Activity
owners can use the site to review proposals for new activities and to create
event-specific calendar items. Employees can use the site to sign up for
activities as well as to track which ones they’ve attended in the past. - Budgeting and Tracking Multiple Projects - Link
The Budgeting and Tracking Multiple Projects application template helps project
teams track and budget multiple, interrelated sets of activities. The template
provides project management tools such as project creation, assignment of new
tasks, Gantt charts, and common status designators. It also helps team members
consolidate the status of multiple projects into a single view, tracking
progress against the project budget and timeline. - Compliance Process Support Site - Link
The Compliance Process Support Site application template helps both teams and
executive sponsors manage compliance implementation endeavors, such as HIPAA.
The site lets users specify control tasks that allow the capture of compliance
issues as they arise. The application template contains document libraries used
by team members to store related files as well as a calendar to track key audit
dates. - Case Management - Link
The Case Management application template helps case managers track status and
the tasks required to complete their work. When a case is initiated, standard
tasks and documents are created; these can then be modified based on the work
each case manager has completed. - Business Performance Reporting - Link
The Business Performance Reporting application template helps managers in
healthcare organizations track the satisfaction of internal customers/patients
through a combination of surveys and discussions. Surveys can be sent via Office
InfoPath 2010, and the responses can be consolidated by the template to provide
an overall view of the survey answers. - Discussion Database - Link
The Discussion Database application template provides a location where team
members can create and reply to discussion topics. Discussions are organized by
categories, which are created by a site manager and can be linked to Office
Outlook 2010 via an RSS feed. - Document Library and Review - Link
The Document Library and Review application template helps people manage the
review cycle common to processes like publication, knowledge management, and
project plan development. It combines the functionality of a version-tracking
document library with a threaded discussion list to provide a feedback and
revision system. This template is intended for teams that need a central
location for document review, discussion, revision control, and approval. - Call Center - Link
The Call Center application template helps departments such as Billing, HR, and
IT manage customer service requests, from issue identification to cause analysis
and resolution. Role-based dashboards display relevant information for each
service request, and a knowledge base helps track related documents and items
previously used to solve past Call Center issues. Management-focused dashboards
track performance with metrics such as average resolution time and service
request performance history. - Change Request Management - Link
The Change Request Management application template helps users track risks
associated with a design change. Team members can submit a change request,
notifying stakeholders of the risks involved with the change. The application
template allows a team member to approve or reject the request. - Knowledgebase – Link
The Knowledge Base application template helps teams manage the information that
is resident within their organization. The template enables team members to
upload existing documents or create new ones using Web-based content creation
tools. Items are tagged with relevant identifying information so that others can
more easily find the documents and learn from the collective knowledge in their
organization. The template can be used in a “top down” approach, in which a
centralized knowledge department “pushes down” relevant content to the rest of
the business, or in a “bottom up” approach, in which knowledge is captured and
shared by all users as a normal part of doing business. - Event Planning - Link
The Event Planning application template helps teams organize events efficiently
through the use of online registration, schedules, communication, and feedback.
Role-based dashboards offer specific information to various event participants
via home pages tailored for speakers, guests, staff, vendors, delegates,
attendees, and others.
Finally.
Someone took the effort to take a look into the templates released by Microsoft for 2007 and released them for 2010.
the first thing that caught my ttention, is that i no longer need to installe the core.wsp.
It seems that the converted templates are “clean” templates now.
Take a look here for more information and downloads.
Here is Quest’s newest Freeware Application, Quest DropThis for SharePoint. This neat little addon for Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007 encourages and enforces the use of SharePoint for email attachments.
Instructions can be found in the mini guide here.
DropThis for SharePoint is forum support and you can get answers to any of your questions here.
This book provides prescriptive guidance for maintaining and managing the Office SharePoint Server Search service in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. This includes step-by-step instructions about search operations for crawling content. The audience for this book includes IT operations, search service administrators, and consultants.
Click the following link to open a Microsoft Word .doc file that can you download to your computer and print. The size of this document is approximately 2.48 MB. Publication date: June 2009.
Download here
When browsing the internet i cam across this webpart.
What it said seemed very interesting. Gonna test it later this week if i have time.
What does the website say:
The SharePoint Data Zoom Web Part is a free tool which allows SharePoint users to easily build dynamic, data-driven content on any page. Data from SharePoint Sites, SharePoint Lists and virtually any other source can be aggregated and formatted with ease. Continue reading »
You may already read from blogs about April Cumulative Update for separate components in SharePoint. Now, the server-packages (also known as “Uber” packages) of April Cumulative Update for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 are ready for download.
Download Information
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 April cumulative update package
http://support.microsoft.com/hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=968850
Office SharePoint Server 2007 April cumulative update package
http://support.microsoft.com/hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=968851
Detail Description
Description of the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 April cumulative update package
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968850
Description of the Office SharePoint Server 2007 April cumulative update package
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968851 (Link not live yet)
Installation Recommendation for a fresh SharePoint Server
To keep all files in a SharePoint installation up-to-date, the following sequence is recommended.
- Service Pack 2 for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
- Service Pack 2 for Office SharePoint Server 2007
- April Cumulative Update package for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
- April Cumulative Update package for Office SharePoint Server 2007
Please note: Start from April Cumulative Update, the packages will no longer install on a farm without a service pack installed. You must have installed either Service Pack 1 (SP1) or SP2 prior to the installation of the cumulative updates.
After applying the preceding updates, run the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard or “psconfig –cmd upgrade –inplace b2b -wait” in command line. This needs to be done on every server in the farm with SharePoint installed.
The version of content databases should be 12.0.6504.5000 after successfully applying these updates.
For more in-depth guidance for the update process, we recommend that customers refer to the following articles. These articles provide a correct way to deploy updates, identify known issues (and resolutions), and provide information about creating slipstream builds.
Deploy software updates for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc288269.aspx
Deploy software updates for Office SharePoint Server 2007
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263467.aspx
Create an installation source that includes software updates (Windows SharePoint Services 3.0)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc287882.aspx
Create an installation source that includes software updates (Office SharePoint Server 2007)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc261890.aspx
FAQ
Q: What’s the difference between April CU and SP2?
A: Office Sustained Engineering team explained the difference on their blog: FAQ concerning Service Pack 2 and the Cumulative Updates for April 2009 for the 2007 Microsoft® Office System and Microsoft Office Servers. To be simple: April CU contains fixes that are not part of SP2. But it includes only a subset of all the files. So if you want to get everything in your farm up-to-date, you need to apply SP2 first, then apply April CU.
Q: Do you have a timeline on the updates? I’m confused.
A: Here’s an example timeline to help you understand the update schedule during 2007~2009. Cumulative Updates are released every two months. Start from April 2009, cumulative updates cannot be applied directly on RTM version of SharePoint installations. SP1 is the minimum requirement, while SP2 is recommended.
Source : Microsoft Sharepoint Team Blog
We are happy to announce that Service Pack 2 for Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 has been released to the Microsoft Download Center. It includes all the fixes prior to SP2, and also several enhancements to improve server farm performance, availability and stability. Plus, a new stsadm operation has been added to help customers prepare for the upgrade to the next version of SharePoint. We recommend installing this new service pack and to help, I’ve assembled links to the KB articles, downloads, install steps and benefits.
KB Article Links
Description of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP2 and of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Language Pack SP2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953338
Description of 2007 Microsoft Office servers Service Pack 2 (SP2) and of 2007 Microsoft Office servers Language Pack Service Pack 2 (SP2)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953334
Download Links
Service Pack 2 for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, x86 & x64
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=79BADA82-C13F-44C1-BDC1-D0447337051B&displaylang=en
Service Pack 2 for Office SharePoint Server 2007, x86 & x64
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=B7816D90-5FC6-4347-89B0-A80DEB27A082&displaylang=en
Slipstream Builds For Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 with SP2, x64
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=9FB41E51-CB03-4B47-B89A-396786492CBA&displaylang=en
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 with SP2, x86
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=EF93E453-75F1-45DF-8C6F-4565E8549C2A&displaylang=en
Installation Steps
To keep all the files in a SharePoint installation up-to-date, the following packages need to be applied on all servers in the farm. Service Pack 2 contains all fixes released through February of this year, so customers can install it directly on RTM build of the products.
- Service Pack 2 for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
- Service Pack 2 for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Language Pack (if applicable)
- Service Pack 2 for Office SharePoint Server 2007
- Service Pack 2 for Office SharePoint Server 2007 Language Pack (if applicable)
After applying the preceding updates, run the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard or “psconfig –cmd upgrade –inplace b2b -wait” in command line. This needs to be done on every server in the farm with SharePoint installed. The version of content databases should be 12.0.0.6421 after successfully applying these updates.
For more in-depth guidance for the update process, we recommend that customers refer to the following articles. These articles provide a correct way to deploy updates, identify known issues (and resolutions), and provide information about creating slipstream builds.
Deploy software updates for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc288269.aspx
Deploy software updates for Office SharePoint Server 2007
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263467.aspx
Create an installation source that includes software updates (Windows SharePoint Services 3.0)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc287882.aspx
Create an installation source that includes software updates (Office SharePoint Server 2007)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc261890.aspx
Benefits
Customers can be benefited from the following enhancements with Service Pack 2.
- Performance and Availability Improvements
Service Pack 2 includes many fixes and enhancements designed to improve performance, availability, and stability in your server farms, including:
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- New Timer job automatically rebuilds content database index to improve database performance.
- When a content database is marked as read-only, the user interface will be modified so users cannot perform tasks that require writing to the database.
- Performance enhancement across nearly all the components.
- Improved Interoperability
Service Pack 2 continues to improve SharePoint interoperability with other products and platforms.
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- Broader support of browsers
Internet Explorer 8 is added into Level 1 browser support.
FireFox 2.0/3.0 is added into Level 2 browser support. - Provide improved client integration user experience with Form Based Authentication. Now the client application can store user credentials instead of asking for them every time. For more technical details please refer to the updated articles on TechNet.
Configure forms-based authentication (Office SharePoint Server
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262201.aspx
Configure forms-based authentication (Windows SharePoint Services)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc288043.aspx
- Broader support of browsers
- Getting Ready for SharePoint Server 2010
A new preupgradecheck operation is added to stsadm tool. It can be used to scan your server farm to establish whether it is ready for upgrade to SharePoint Products and Technologies “14″. It identifies issues that could present obstacles to the upgrade process. It checks for several SharePoint Products and Technologies “14″ system requirements, including the presence of Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 and a 64-bit hardware, and provides feedback and best practice recommendations for your current environment, together with information on how to resolve any issues that the tool discovers.
The full explanation of SP2 benefits can be downloaded here:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=148551
Related Technical Resources
Service Pack 2 Overview
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=148374
Updates Resource Center for SharePoint Products and Technologies
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/sharepointserver/bb735839.aspx
The full list of changes can be found here: (Excel 2007 format)
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP2 Changes
Office SharePoint Server 2007 SP2 Changes
Customers can also go to this KB article for a full list of downloads for Office System 2007 SP2.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968170
Last but not the least important: the issue with mergecontentdb stsadm operation is fixed in SP2.
This is a set of ten Visual Studio 2008 extensions for SharePoint projects containing designed themes for SharePoint.
Microsoft released them on 19 march 2009. Download them here.
Instructions and Preview image
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Microsoft finally ended the rumours.
The last few days, a lot of sites where talking about that Sharepoint designer 2007 would be free for download.
Some even mentioned that 1 april wound be the date.
But, no information from Microsoft to confirm (or any denial) on this.
Until now ….
Look at this page for the download.
and enjoy the features of SPD.