Wednesday, May 28, 2008

SharePoint V3: Administrator Reports; Utility

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I often get asked about how to obtain useful administrator reports for SharePoint. Here is one inexpensive utility to evaluate: Admin Report...
Friday, May 23, 2008

SharePoint V3: Search Considerations for Choosing Yes No Column Type

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I was working on a search customization a while back, displaying search results in a grid view. I encountered a design decision that require...
Thursday, May 22, 2008

Windows Live SkyDrive

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I was playing around with my Hotmail account and I stumbled on Windows Live Sky Drive. I have been subscribing to a paid, online file share...

MSSQL 2005: Example BCP Query to Text File

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Prerequisites: - MSSQL 2005 - AdventureWorks DW Steps: 1. Enable xp_cmdshell on the SQL instance - Start > Programs > Microsoft SQL Se...
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Monday, April 28, 2008

SharePoint V3: Error: There has been an error creating the personal site

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Description: When attempting to create a new My Site in MOSS 2007, you receive the error: "There has been an error creating the persona...
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Saturday, April 26, 2008

SharePoint V3: Terminology Related to URLs

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Web Application : http:// portal.domain.com Site Collection : http:// portal.domain.com Top Level Site Collection : http://portal.domain.com...
Wednesday, April 23, 2008

SharePoint V3: Site Features: Error: A duplicate name "Report" was found.

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Description: Unable to activate the "Office SharePoint Server Enterprise Site Features." The following error is returned, " E...

SharePoint V3: Error: Excel Services: Excel Web Access: An Error Has Occurred.

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Description: After adding an Excel Web Access Web Part to a SharePoint page, you receive the following error message: "Excel Web Access...
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Thursday, April 10, 2008

Links: SharePoint GearUp

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A very good resource to examine during initiation of a SharePoint project: SharePoint GearUp http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/gearup/Pages/de...

SharePoint V3: Business Data Catalog, Setting Up Application Definition

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Business Data Catalog, Setting Up Application Definition (Not Creating Application Definitions) Service Accounts Microsoft Single Sign-On ...
Saturday, March 15, 2008

Keyboard Shortcuts

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LOCAL SYSTEM ALT + Space Bar : Display Windows menu ALT + F : Display file menu Alt + Tab : Toggle between open windows ALT + Underlined ...
Friday, February 29, 2008

SharePoint V3: Records Center: Created

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When you send a document from a SharePoint site to a MOSS 2007 Records Center document library, the "Created" date reflects the da...

SharePoint V3: Search: “The search request was unable to connect to the Search Service”

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Description: Error: “The search request was unable to connect to the Search Service” Solution: Step 1 * Central Admin > Application Manag...
Tuesday, January 29, 2008

SharePoint V3: When To/When Not To Use Content Types

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Content types allow you to structure documents and list items in a SharePoint portal. They give the functional ability to define and enforce...
Wednesday, January 16, 2008

SharePoint V3: Move Web Application's Virtual Directory Location

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Description: You do not like the location of a MOSS web application's virtual directory. For example, maybe it was originally configured...
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Friday, January 11, 2008

SharePoint V3: Error: Creating Web Application Error

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Description Central Admin > Application Management > Create a Web Application Error: The path specified cannot be used at this time. (...

SharePoint V3: Content Type Cons

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Ok, so I have spent the last week recreating a SharePoint business application and corresponding Records Center because there still isn'...
Monday, January 07, 2008

Links: CodePlex SPSReport

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CodePlex SPSReport Releases http://www.codeplex.com/spsreport/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=5706 Quick Instructions * Download SPSR...

Links: Microsoft Process Monitor

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Microsoft TechNet Process Monitor v1.26 http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/processesandthreads/processmonitor.mspx
Sunday, January 06, 2008

SharePoint V3: Preparing for MOSS 2007 Service Pack 1

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As I am about to begin testing MOSS 2007 SP1 in some environments ahead of production deployment, I began to ask myself some questions so th...