PKS – The open source Podcast Kit for SharePoint. No more excuses for not sharing those work related video’s for your co-workers? (No not the video of that X-Mas party… That will hopefully never see the light of day… oh is this thing on… ;)

CodePlex – Podcasting Kit for SharePoint

What Can You Do With Podcasting Kit for SharePoint (PKS)?:

• Listen and watch audio/video podcasts, anywhere on your PC or mobile device (Zune, SmartPhone, or any podcasting device)
• Share content by producing your own audio/video podcasts and publish them on PKS on your own.

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If you or your organizations are interested in podcasting, have SharePoint Server 2007 deployed and about to develop your own podcasting solution then look no further. PKS will save you time, reduce your risk of developing a solution ground-up, and of course will save you money. Moreover, you will find on codeplex a vibrant community of people, organizations and partners who are available to help you, and share with you their own experiences. We strongly recommend that you work with an integration partner for the deployment and maintenance of your own PKS environment. We have listed several partners that we know, but you could just ask your local partner or IT department to help you out.

PKS is not a traditional Microsoft Product in a sense that it is distributed with its source code, using the Public License license and free of charge (if you already own SharePoint Server 2007). It is not supported by Microsoft, and we recommend that you ask your integration partner for such a support. Since the PKS's code is distributed any partner who understands development for SharePoint 2007 will be able to deliver this support for you.

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Interesting… And something I think we could use too. We have a number of videos of training sessions, etc that we currently distribute on DVD. I’ve suggested that casting them might be better and more scaleable, but we didn’t have the infrastructure in-place nor the budget (in time) to make that happen.

Now, with something like this, I wonder if we can get those video’s online finally? It sure would be cool…

(via All about Microsoft - SharePoint gets an open-source podcasting add-on)