I decided to share all my interesting reads and resources month by month with my blog readers. You can find these posts by searching on the label Links. I'll try to order the resources in logical categories. If you would like to see some interesting stuff added in the next month, don't hesitate to post a comment.

So this is my second Links post for November 2008.

SharePoint - Setup, Upgrade, Administration and Operation

• Infrastructure Update, August Update, October Update, Service Pack 2: Installation order SharePoint updates and download links


• Deploy software updates for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: This article has been updated with information about the different types of software updates that are available and includes detailed information about using file versioning to verify installation success. Guidance is also provided for upgrading the original version of the product to the current hotfix level.

SharePoint - Design and Customization

• Free SharePoint DataView Tips


• Using calculated columns to write HTML


• The Content Editor Web Part: some tricks regarding the CEWP


• Dedicated to the CEWP / XML Web Part: lots of CEWP examples

SharePoint - Business Intelligence

• Interact with live data in SharePoint: If you are not familiar with how Excel Services and SharePoint work together to create a dynamic view of data, this set of online training course material can help you out.

Dynamics AX

• Inside Dynamics AX 4.0: free eBook about Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 (mainly for developers).


• Lookup Form: Make a custom Dynamics AX lookup react to search by wild card

Blogging - Blogging Tips

• Traffikd: Traffikd is an internet marketing and social media blog that aims to provide readers with practical, relevant information that they can use in their own online marketing efforts. The blog is updated several times each week with new, original content.


• Chitika: With Chitika, you can make money from your search engine traffic. Chitika advertisements shown are behaviourally targeted based on the search engine traffic.