eForce - the elite force

This is only my third day installing Office 2007 of my notebook. Has been playing with it thr virtual machines. I have just upgraded my Office 2003 -> Office 2007 B2. So, here I go sharing my experience.

Below are some of my comments:

• Running well on my notebook, so far very stable.
• Performance was pretty slow, as compared to Office 2003.
• Love the new "preview" feature before applying any style. But it is slow ... probably need to upgrade my graphics card.
• Taking time to get use to the new UI (ribbon concept)... Many times, I am so use to finding my tool / feature via the menu. Now with the ribbon thingy, it reduces my productivity :(

Despite all my little complaints, I will continue to use O12 for my day-to-day work.

For those who are using WSS Version 2, you will know one of the lacking features is the backup and restore capability. The recommended way is to perform a backup via the command line (i.e. stsadm.exe)

In the new version (WSS Version 2, B2), a proper UI will be provided for us to perform backup and restore functions.

Here is a screenshot, when the backup job is on the run.....

Some notes:

• Remember to give networkservice service account permission to the directory where the backup file is going to be store. Else you will get the "Access to the path - c:\backup\spbrtoc.xml is denied" error.
• One missing feature is still the scheduled backup. The backup and restore UI is good for adminstrator's ad-hoc backup and restore operations. If you will want to perform a scheduled backup, it will be back to the command line world.
  e.g. stsadm.exe -o backup -directory c:\backup -backupmethod full (or differential)
  and the stsadm.exe can now be found @ C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\BIN

I continued to my jogging routine, and this time I visited my friend who was at Sembawang Park catching crabs.

 Long wait... the test of ultimate test of patience...... Finally!!! Look what they got!!! and it looks big!!

 Here's the catch!! Dentist at work.. More victims of the "dentist" but what a harvest, and it's time for a feast ....

Kids also managed to catch some crabs.  

Here is the interesting part..... please look at the WATER where the fishes and crabs came from.... .... 

How apetitizing.... <period>

As most of you guys know Window SharePoint Service Version 3 (Beta 2) is out. And I spent the last few days playing with it.

Below are my experience:

• Installation - The installation steps are pretty similar to installing the previous version (WSS V2), just that you have to install Workflow Foundation Beta 2 first.
• WSS V3 is definately more light-weighted compared to his big brother - Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 07 (MOSS 07). I only can spare 512 MB ram for my VM, and it managed to run Windows 2003 Server, WSS V3, SQL 2005 and Office 07 clients.. :)
  For MOSS 07 with 1.2 GB ram allocated, it still crawls like a baby :(
• Workflow - Probably many people might be interested to try out workflow on WSS V3. From my research, it is still not ready. WSS V3 does not come with any out-of-the-box workflow template, so you need to create your own workflow. However, the current workflow starter kit can't be installed on WSS V3!!! It is meant for MOSS 07. So, let's wait for Microsoft to release the workflow starter kit for both WSS V3 and MOSS 07. If anyone managed to get workflow to work on WSS V3, please let me know how you do it. Thanks.'
• Form Service - WSS V3 also does not come with form service. What a pity :(