Would you like to see Sharepoint for Domino Developers?
Sharepoint is the next big thing for me at work, and I always end up comparing new things to Domino. So would anyone like to see a series on Sharepoint for Domino Developers?
Sharepoint is the next big thing for me at work, and I always end up comparing new things to Domino. So would anyone like to see a series on Sharepoint for Domino Developers?
August 16th, 2006 at 7:05 am
That would be most useful, my company are currently reviewing the decision to stay with Notes and Sharepoint is coming into that review, so any comparison either way would be useful.
August 16th, 2006 at 9:34 pm
I’m in the same boat, SharePoint is the next big thing for me too. We’re working with the beta of MOSS 2007 now. I’d like to see a series on SharePoint for Domino Developers. Maybe we could even collaborate on some of it.
August 17th, 2006 at 5:39 am
I would like to see that comparison as well. Have tried an early versions of Sharepoint and thought the development was a nightmare.
Would be nice to know how easy it has become developing on the platform.
August 17th, 2006 at 7:03 am
Sure thing Jeff. It always helps.Can’t wait
August 17th, 2006 at 10:54 am
I’m also in the same boat as Graham and Mike so I’d like to see comparisons.
August 17th, 2006 at 12:04 pm
Absolutely. However, while the technical aspects will be interesting, I’d really like to have a better understanding of the pricing structure. I’m working with a company that was debating Sharepoint and Exchange vs. upgrading their Domino. Initially, they were very excited about the coolness of Sharepoint, but the pricing structure just kept adding up. They are looking at Sharepoint for the Enterprise Project Mgr. Server, but the cost is pretty steep (it’s spread out over MS Office upgrade, Exchange, etc.)
August 17th, 2006 at 4:01 pm
Cool, between these comments and some direct e-mails, it seems like the interest is there.
Jack makes a great point about cost structures, as Microsoft pushes big with the idea the Sharepoint Services are free, but forgets to mention licensing for SQL Server, Sharepoint Portal Server, and its complete reliance on Active Directory (although an LDAP plug-in has been promised in SP2007). Maybe we can get Gary Devendorf to chime in on that question.
August 18th, 2006 at 3:57 am
Jeff,
When you say you guys are looking at Sharepoint, do you mean SharePoint Services (as part of Windows Server 2003) or the full blown Sharepoint Portal Server? Do neither of them have document/folder level security as per a previous post of yours?
I ask because we (probably like many) are looking at better ways of handling our many documents. We have Notes, but the document library system with that is rather dated, and not the way the users generally want to work with their documents nowadays.
August 18th, 2006 at 7:04 am
I will look at both offerings since they can stand alone. As for the folder level security, MS is trying to change the concept of file shares where the security tends to be departmental, to project based document libraries where security is at the top. It takes a small leap of faith to try it out, but they have a good idea. Plus, there are plans to add folder level security in the very near future.
September 18th, 2006 at 4:28 am
Same here….We are working on MOSS 2007 now and having customers who would like to move some of the Notes applications to MOSS 2007. There are a couple of areas that could be interesting:
- mapping of security in Notes to MOSS 2007
- encrypted document/fields in Notes
- document to “Content Types” or fields to “Columns”
- SSO
Hope to see more in this space….Writing from Singapore
September 19th, 2006 at 9:47 am
Sure, its a good idea. But to what extent? A total replacement of all complex Domino applications or just simple sharing and work spaces. I really doubt that Sharepoint can do it all and can scale up as much as Domino can do.
September 19th, 2006 at 7:28 pm
Mina, to put it mildly, Domino cannot ever hope to compete against Sharepoint with respect to application development. The Sharepoint framework makes the Domino development framework look like a child’s lite-brite. Anything you can do in ASP.NET (which is more than Domino alone) you can do in Sharepoint.
As for scaling, you must be joking right?
March 11th, 2010 at 2:22 pm
would love to see the series of articles