TechNet: Test Lab Guides

Test Lab Guides (TLGs) allow you to get valuable hands-on experience with new products and technologies using a pre-defined and tested methodology that results in a working configuration. When you use a TLG to create a test lab, instructions define what servers to create, how to configure the operating systems and system services, and how to install and configure any additional products or technologies.

A challenge in creating useful TLGs is to enable their reusability and extensibility. Because creating a test lab can represent a significant investment of time and resources, your ability to reuse and extend the work required to create test labs is important.

TechNet: Test Lab Guides

SharePoint Content Management Interoperability Standard (CMIS)

Content Management Interoperability Standard

The above article describes the Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) connector for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, which enables SharePoint users to interact with content that is stored in any repository that has implemented the CMIS standard. The connector also makes SharePoint Server 2010 content available to any application that has implemented the CMIS standard.

The CMIS connector is available as part of the SharePoint 2010 Administration Toolkit.

SharePoint 2010 Administration Toolkit (SharePoint Server 2010).

I have found comment that this is incorporating with SharePoint Server 2007. I do not have the time to research this further but include links to an MSDN article and the MOSS 2007 Administration Toolkit.

Integrating External Document Repositories with SharePoint Server 2007

SharePoint 2007 Administration Toolkit

SharePoint Designer 2013 Preview

SharePoint Designer 2013 Preview

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