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The place where I post information about the products I manage; SharePoint, Yammer, Project and Visio and maybe from some that I don't!

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2014 27

  1. Welcome new Visio MVP
  2. Creating an Icon Set Data Graphic
  3. Display conversations from Yammer during your events
  4. Visio + OneDrive for Business
  5. Customize the ribbon in Visio to increase productivity
  6. Updated Open XML Package Editor now supports VSDX
  7. New Video for the Tip of the Week video series
  8. Complete mash up example for Visio Services
  9. Visio Services presentation at Tech Ed 2014
  10. A new video showcasing the power of Visio + ShapeSheet + Automation
  11. SharePoint Topology add-in for Visio
  12. SP1 for SharePoint 2013
  13. Custom Images for Custom Ribbon Buttons in SharePoint 2013 SharePoint Hosted Apps
  14. Add Yammer as a Search Provider in Internet Explorer & Chrome
  15. Yammer – Leave an External Network that you created
  16. Yammer Notifier–switching networks
  17. Integrating Project, Project Online, and Yammer to boost Project collaboration–Part 1
  18. Yammer Embed Configuration made simple
  19. Help for the ShapeSheet is here
  20. Getting Praises from your Yammer network
  21. Showing the document version number on a Visio document
  22. I installed Visio Professional but I don’t see the Data tab or Process tab in the ribbon
  23. Updated Yammer App for SharePoint
  24. UI Design Shapes
  25. iPhone Application Design Shapes
  26. Image Quality from Visio Services
  27. Converting ink to shapes in Visio 2013

2013 19

  1. Yammer Embed and SharePoint 2013
  2. Controlling AutoConnect
  3. Touch support for Visio Services in Office 365
  4. Setting AssignedToId from JavaScript / JSON
  5. Training Resources for Visio
  6. World’s Simplest OData service
  7. WiX for Visio add-ons and content deployment
  8. Turn up logging for Visio Services
  9. Using Visio with a touch device
  10. Automate moving data connected Visio diagrams
  11. Mixing Visio versions and SharePoint versions…what works and what does not?
  12. SharePoint 2013 Updates ( as of April 2013 )
  13. Visio 2013 Developer Training Released
  14. URL columns create automatic Hyperlinks in shapes
  15. New shapes for Office 2013
  16. Working with Visio 2013 files in SharePoint 2010
  17. Supporting VB based COM add-ins in Office 2013
  18. Upgrading VSTO project to Visual Studio 2010
  19. Creating Custom Validation Rules in Visio 2013

2012 20

  1. Using Custom Context Menus with VSTO
  2. Get the most out of Visio – Web Cast Series
  3. Retrieving refreshed page images from Visio Services 2013
  4. Visio 2013 developer documentation released
  5. Does Visio 2013 require SharePoint 2013 to work with Visio Services?
  6. Data connected timelines including a roll up view
  7. What lane am I looking at?
  8. Add audio alerts to your SCOM dashboards in Visio Services
  9. Add audio alerts to your SCOM diagrams
  10. Using images on your ribbon buttons from a sandboxed solution in SharePoint 2010
  11. Updated Mashup Project Template for Visual Studio 2010/2012
  12. The Visio product team has a new blog
  13. Visio Preview Released
  14. Visio Shape Reference for SharePoint Workflow
  15. Enable HTML 5 in SharePoint 2010–specifically for overlays in Visio Services
  16. Visio Services Virtual Labs now available
  17. Too many connectors? Toggle them on and off presentation style
  18. Windows 8 keyboard shortcuts visualized in Visio
  19. Visio and SharePoint extensions for System Center 2012 Released
  20. Data Graphics not being displayed for diagrams configured for the SCOM add-in

2011 26

  1. Create your own visualizations for SharePoint Workflows built with Visual Studio and Visio
  2. Modify the Workflow Visualization Diagram
  3. Enable Visio Services data refresh using script
  4. App.Config files with VSTO 4.0 SP1
  5. Workflow Template Validation Issues
  6. Data refresh from PowerPivot
  7. Adding Visio Process Repository document library features to your existing document library
  8. Visio Services refreshing from SQL store procedures
  9. Visio Services mash up project template for Visual Studio 2010
  10. Office 2010 Developer Training Kit released
  11. Shapes that calculate based on their container
  12. Using Page Images from Visio Services
  13. A WMI based dashboard for Visio Services
  14. Visio Services External Data Refresh Part 4
  15. Visio Services External Data Refresh Part 3
  16. Mixing Office and Visio bits
  17. Visio Services External Data Refresh Part 2
  18. Visio Services External Data Refresh Part 1
  19. Enterprise deployment for Visio Templates using Content Types in SharePoint 2010
  20. Data Linking to a Stored Procedure
  21. Update - Extending Data Linking to External Lists in Visio 2010 and Visio Services
  22. Extending Data Linking to External Lists in Visio 2010 and Visio Services
  23. Avoid Data Type changes during refresh from Excel Services
  24. Navigating hyperlinks in the Visio Web Part with Web Part Connections
  25. My published diagram is not refreshing from my data source
  26. VWA.Shape.addHighlight method supports color names as well

2010 15

  1. Testing Rendering and Data Refresh for Visio Services
  2. Visio Services refresh errors
  3. Promoting Visio Drawing Metadata to Document Library columns
  4. Force data refresh for published diagrams
  5. Visio Shape Property Viewer visual web part v1.0
  6. Overwriting cell formulas with FormulaForceU
  7. Showing status with the Timeline shapes
  8. Visio Services JavaScript Helpers v1
  9. A Complete Solution for Visio 2010 and Visio Services
  10. Supported diagrams and entities in Visio Services
  11. Released - Visio 2010 add-in for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2
  12. Using Data Graphics with empty Shape Data fields
  13. Checking the edition of Visio 2010 at runtime
  14. Splitting your own connectors
  15. Specify what master is used to create a Sub-Process

2009 22

  1. Visio Services Mashup API walk thru
  2. Visio 2010 Beta SDK released
  3. Ribbon extensibility for Visio Solutions in Visio 2010
  4. Visio 2010 – Rich icons for your masters
  5. What does 64 bit mean for the Visio add-in developer
  6. Visio 2010 BETA is here!
  7. Visio 2010 - Check the Edition at Runtime
  8. Customize the Server shape with Visio Guy
  9. Visio 2010 Product Team blog
  10. Visio 2007 Add-in for Operations Manager 2007 R2 Released
  11. Adding your .NET DataSet as an External DataRecordset in your Visio diagrams
  12. New shapes for System Center Operations Manager
  13. Rotate text on Timeline shapes
  14. Visio Slide Show
  15. State management for CommandBars v2.0
  16. Check before you customize CommandBars…
  17. Reset the Menu and Toolbars
  18. Using WPF Windows in Visio add-ins
  19. The WBS menu is not available after installing WBS Modeler add-in for Visio
  20. State management for CommandBars
  21. Source for Visio Toolbox add-ins released
  22. Create your own Icon-Sets for Data Graphics

2008 7

  1. Deploying a VSTO 3.0 based Visio add-in using Windows Installer
  2. Create Perfect Previews for your Templates
  3. Calling Selection.AutomaticLink from a C# add-in
  4. PostBuildEvent for Visio Solution Publishing
  5. VSTO 3.0 and Visio 2007 Essentials
  6. Visio 2007 Standard vs. Professional, there is a difference
  7. Another Visio Development Blog?