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While working with Enterprise Portal, we frequently work with URL menu items required for linking our web pages in EP. These URL Menu Items require the URL path to the web pages created in SharePoint. However, when you try to click on the URL property of the URL Menu Item, you recieve an error “The current operation cannot be completed because an unexpected error has occurred.”, instead you should recieve a screen with web folders so that you can easily navigate to the web part page created in SharePoint. ...
---------------------------... Mission turn an 8Gig RAM, quadcore desktop with Vista into a Hyper-V Host ---------------------------... My 8 year old laptop finally died, so I bought a new 8Gig RAM, quadcore deskdop & 23 inch monitor for under $750 including tax and will replace/partition Vista Home with Windows Server 2008 + Hyper V Goal: 1) VM#1 - Sharepoint ...
I was banging my head against the wall over this one for a few days. There was a particular AD security group (over 1000 users) that sharepoint could not resolve. Nothing about it (so I thought) was different than any of the groups that sharepoint could resolve. Same setup, OU and everything. Finally, I realized that the Alias name was not the same as the standard object name which is called the "Pre-Windows 2000" name in Active Directory. In 99% of all the cases, these are the same. For some reason, ...
OK so the title may confuse you – two completely different technologies that are hardly related. However I have been a little busy at nights trying to prepare my Music-Works tutorials for Commerce Server/SharePoint (MOSS) so I thought I would provide an update into something interesting I was playing with yesterday. For those of you who may not know Microsoft Tag is Microsoft's implementation of the QR-Code. Tags are used in marketing for providing online content in off-line medium. The tags themselves ...
Nov 19, 2008 is a day that lives in infamy. It would mark the last day that Justice Gray would have any online presence for 6 months…a gap of silence that left the entire technology community collectively asking WTF. But then in May Justice resurfaced, the absurdity of the SharePoint Knights too much for even him not to comment on. That turned out to be but a teaser, for when July rolled around we saw Justice burst back on to the blogging scene as if he had never left. We were treated to posts such ...
What is Kerberos Authentication? Kerberos (or Cerberus) was a three-headed dog in Greek Mythology which guarded the gates of Haides (King of underworld God of Death). Kerberos was responsible to prevent ghosts of the dead from leaving the underworld. The Kerberos Protocol was created by MIT as a solution to network security problems like: 1) Insecure unencrypted password over the internet 2) Firewalls, which assumes that the bad guys are outside the network, what about the Bad Guys within the network. ...
Having had my brush with SharePoint and its intricacies, and after learning that its original iteration was classic ASP flavored with Javascript and XML, I became intrigued about re-usable web components and how I could go about creating my own. I decided not to bother with .NET, as this was just a little experiment designed to get me into coding-for-fun once again. I decided to go classic ASP with a sprinkling of Javascript and XML and a whole lot of XSLT. My project was a webpart-enabled web portal ...
I recently met with a client that asked if you could like documents in SharePoint. I had many internal reactions the client asked but one specific memory stood out for me. A year ago I performed a migration from a document management system called DocuShare to SharePoint 2007. Docushare Migration to SharePoint 2007 There is very little out there on Docushare Migration, I thought maybe I would take the time to write a paragraph about this. I'm sure that Quest Software and DocAve have something to ...
I recently had to configure Forms Based Authentication for our website (in my case SharePoint, but the same would apply to a plain ASP.NET website) and I wanted to configure it to use Active Directory for the account storage. Our website is going to be accessed at the corporate office, using Windows Integrated Authentication and we’ve set up a separate website pointing to the same content for our extranet users. Both corporate and extranet accounts are going to be stored in AD. Just for review, FBA ...
After my 3 1/2 month vacation (spelled laid off) I finally landed a new position, although it is only a four month contract. What worries me is that it has never taken more than a week or two to find a new position in the Charlotte, NC area so I started thinking about adding to my skill set. I would like to get into SharePoint development but it seems impossible to get a position without experience in it (make sense) and it is very expensive to set it up at home so I started looking for training. ...
Last week /n software announced new versions of three different toolkits, and a brand new SharePoint Integrator product. From nsoftware.com: NEW: /n software UPS Integrator V2 Released! Includes easy access to the most popular UPS mail capabilities including shipping, tracking, address verification, rate calculation, and much more. NEW: /n software SharePoint Integrator Released! Enables developers to build applications that integrate with Microsoft SharePoint Server, including components for working ...
Hi all , I recently was working with a client that implemented a telerik navigation control as a quicklaunch. They decided to split up all the sub-sites into their own site collection. They wanted to place quotas on subs sites, and if you don't know, you can only set quotas on site collections and not sub sites. This switch or splitting of sites posed some interesting problems. 1) Telerik Control now needed to be added to each sub site for navigation. The control specifics were added to a master ...
Hi all, Just wanted to tell you all that I am now a SharePoint MVP!! Thanks to Darcy Lussier for the nomination.So what does this mean? I certainly don't feel smarter, or that I'm any more compitent than before. This Brings me back to evaluate why I blog and why I give to the community. Make no mistake, this award is something that means a lot to me but it does not magically give me special powers! It is nice to be recognized by my peers and I look forward to all the perks that come along with being ...
This post is the third in a series of postings, containing examples of SharePoint WebParts that anybody can build all by themselves. To read all posts in this series, or to get started with the RSSBus WebPart, go here. #3 – Custom SQL Queries This web part will perform a custom SQL query, and allow you to display them however you like. Unlike previous examples, this one won’t be just cut and paste, since you’ll have to provide your own SQL connection string and query, and make replacements inside ...
I’d like to provide you with a SilverBullet™, a small snippet of Silverlight, a class or namespace hidden in the silverlight .NET framework, to help you out in times of need. It’s not to learn, but something to keep in your pocket. Just remember it’s there and you’re safe. Most often Silverlight applications take up the whole screen and the page that is hosting the application contains only one control. It is possible to split you application into smaller controls. This can be valuable when you are ...
Part 1 – The Tools Part 2 - Exporting the Site Part 3 – Exporting the Lists Part 4 – Exporting the Site Columns and Content Types Part 5 – Wrap Up So let’s recap where we’re at with this series. Part 1 was about the tools I’ve been using to export a SharePoint site to a feature, part 2 exported the base (pages, web part settings on pages, etc) of the site template, and now part 3 will be exporting SharePoint lists into our feature. The tool we’ll be using time around is the MOSS Feature Generator ...
Yesterday in New Orleans, the Microsoft World Partner Conference 2009 kicked off with some of the big highlights at the event where the Office 2010, and Office web-apps announcements, with SharePoint appearing high on the list. The event has also kicked off a few sneak-peaks into the new platform, scheduled for an exclusive-beta program in the coming weeks. While I digest the amount of data being released, here is a quick glance at some of the new SharePoint 2010 screens... New User Interface, which ...
I wanted to write a blog post to document how I do some day-to-day things. It helps me to keep track of my work habits, refine them and perhaps help some others who are looking for some solutions. My current rig is a Apple MacBook Pro 13” unibody. It has the 250Gb drive with 4Gb memory. I am running the latest version of OS X Leopard. I am really enjoying the 13” form factor. It is a little smaller and lighter than the previous 15” unibody which, to me, just felt heavy. I also don't notice the lost ...
Another quick blog post for you guys. There seems to be some confusion out there even among those who claim to be experts in SharePoint. I was told as late as yesterday that you cannot create a sub-site for a Publishing Site that is not a Publishing Site. I knew this to be incorrect from conversations with other individuals but had never actually sat down and figured it out. So, @LoriGowin and I spent 15 minutes on this yesterday to prove it could actually be done. The reason for this myth is (and ...
Part 1 – The Tools Part 2 - Exporting the Site Part 3 – Exporting the Lists Part 4 – Exporting the Site Columns and Content Types Part 5 - Wrap Up Took a little longer to get to part 2 than expected with being gone last week on vacation and client work this week. Quick recap for everyone on what we’re trying to do here. Scenario would be that you’ve already built and customized a SharePoint site using the web UI (edit page, add web part, create list, create site columns, etc.) Now we want to be able ...
The Commerce Team have been working hard, and the second release of the 2009 Commerce Server product has now hit CTP. The team are also currently looking for Microsoft client's to assist in the on-going development of this release by participating in the Microsoft Commerce Server TAP program. The latest release of the product which is rumoured to be set for release in early 2010 now includes: In-line Catalogue editor: a feature we saw introduced after the initial release of CS 2009 on Codeplex, the ...
As the Winter draws in, every day we are getting closer to the inaugural SharePoint Saturday event in Sydney. The closing date for speakers is now upon us, so if you are interested in getting involved and demonstrating your knowledge and expertises make sure you get your enrolment in today. The link to the application form is here: http://tinyurl.com/lpcxu9 If however you are a more reserved individual and wish to participate in the audience you can now book your place online on the official website: ...
This post is the second in a series of postings, containing examples of SharePoint WebParts that anybody can build all by themselves. To read all posts in this series, or to get started with the RSSBus WebPart, go here. #2 – List Document Libraries and Documents For this example, we’ll make a web part that displays a list of the most recently modified document libraries/documents on the site. Lots of SharePoint sites contain many libraries, each containing dozens or even hundreds of documents. Often ...
This evening I got to a point where I thought it would be wise to get my test environment ready for the SharePoint Saturday Ozarks. I got my SharePoint w/SP1 Installation disk on for my Win2k8 environment. When the installation started for some reason all the options apart from Stand-Alone server type(s) were disabled. It frustrated me because I’ve done this for so long and it couldn’t click why Complete Installation was disabled. After an hour and half of banging my head and thinking of Plan-B I ...
In a few of my previous blog posts I have used JavaScript to set SharePoint form fields in NewForm.aspx. Using JavaScript to set these fields comes in really handy whether you are setting fields based upon query string variables (see previous posts) or setting a field to some other value. So, I’m going to quickly breakdown the JavaScript I used to set those fields and hopefully make it a little more understandable. Again, I did not “come up” with this JavaScript. I stole it from some of the site ...
So you work with SharePoint and you play World of Warcraft…Well I started talking to some people on twitter and on im and what not. There are a few of us that play World of Warcraft and we love SharePoint. We started a guild called “Sharing the Point” on Thrall on the Horde side. it’s a normal server. I have a couple toons ranging from 75 to 63 to 17…If you are interested in playing with other SharePoint people here is a list of officers who can invite you to the guild: Perengald (Paul Galvin or ...
I was recently asked to develop a script which would allow all sites to inherit the global navigation. Here it is. param( $rootUrl = "http://litwaredemo" )"Setting STSADM"$stsadm = "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\bin\STSADM.EX... Sites XML"[xml] $sites = &$stsadm -o enumsites -url $rootUrl"Loading Microsoft.SharePoint"[[ System.Reflection.Assembly]... ...
I’m building out a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (SharePoint 2007) site for my client. The site uses two different methods of authentication, one for intranet users and one for extranet users. The intranet users will be logging onto their workstations using their corporate domain based username and password. We have one Url in SharePoint for these users, which is set to the out of the box Windows authentication. When the user goes to this Url, IE6 is set to send the credentials to the site, so ...
If you faced an unknown error in SharePoint, I am sure that it will not be your happiest moment. To know what is the real error to be able to solve it you have to change 2 options in web.config of the web application that hosts your site. 1-Open web.config 2- Change customErrors mode="on" to customErrors mode="off" 3- Change CallStack="false" to CallStack="true" And wishing you a happy debugging ...
I just posted a new screencast called “SharePoint Guidance for ISV Developers” You can watch it here, or go directly to the Screencast.com link at http://www.screencast.com/t... Here’s a quick abstract about the screencast: With the growing presence of SharePoint 2007, more and more developers are looking to use SharePoint as an application development platform. Available guidance is provided by many sources and can often seem contradictory. We provide architects and developers with some ...
RSSBus (@rssbus) is promoting a "limited time offer - one per company" free 10-user site license for the RSSBus SharePoint Web Part. I don't know how long it will be available, but here is the link. The timing of this offer is quite nice for me since I have started the blog post series "10 DIY SharePoint Web Parts". Tags: SharePoint, RSSBus, WebPart ...
This post marks the beginning of a series of postings, containing examples of SharePoint WebParts that anybody can build all by themselves. After that intro you’re probably already wondering what the catch is, and yep, there is one. These examples will require the use of the highly acclaimed RSSBus SharePoint WebPart. To read all posts in this series, or to get started with the RSSBus WebPart, go here. And now…let’s get on with it! #1 – SharePoint Image Rotator Step one is to make sure you have the ...
Part 1 – The Tools Part 2 - Exporting the Site Part 3 – Exporting the Lists Part 4 – Exporting the Site Columns and Content Types Part 5 – Wrap Up <Update>Please read the intro paragraph of part 5 for a correction relating to the title of this series. It should more appropriately be called something along the lines of “Exporting A SharePoint Site Definition and Features” but I’ll keep the original titling for now</Update> As I promised a blog post or two ago, I’ve been wanting to write ...
You know what happens when we change the name of a SharePoint server right? It simply won’t work again unless you run the SharePoint Server configuration wizard. So what would happen if you do the same for the SSRS (SQL server reporting services) server? Some say you might not be able to connect to the reporting services again. I changed my reporting server’s name and still was able to create reports and do some other things. But clearly there were some problems. I tried to get support from my colleagues ...
<Foreword>For those looking for help integrating the AJAXControlToolkit with SharePoint check out this post: Integrating ASP.NET AJAX with SharePoint</Foreword> I’ve never been one to use JavaScript that much in my web development, partially because I haven’t had much training with it and partially because I usually work on heavy server side web applications. My current work project was well suited for some of the AJAXControlToolkit controls so I’ve been trying out other controls in the ...
Are you a developer? There are so many dev conferences out there, but I found out about this one a few months ago. I am speaking on SharePoint and Silverlight at devLink in Nashville. The conference lasts about 3 days from August 13th to the 15th in Nashville, TN (as Rob Foster says NashVegas). I am looking at the speakers from the .Net Community (and SharePoint) and some notable mentions would be Claudio Lassala, Jessica Moss, Steve Andrews, Clint Edmonson, Rob Foster, Eric Shupps, Jeremy Sublett, ...
For the price of zero dollars and zero cents you can attend SharePoint Saturday Ozarks in Harrison, Arkansas. I know a lot of you Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, and Oklahoma people are always wondering when we will get more events out this way. We had a ton this year with MOSS Camp St. Louis, SPS KC, SPS Tulsa, and now SPS Ozarks and SPS Dallas. You guys can attend two events within a decent driving distance (Dallas and Harrison are not too far from each other). Mike Watson, Laura Roger, ...
If you are the minority who have been following my blog from the beginning you would know I am an avid practitioner and developer that centre on Microsoft SharePoint, and associated technologies. So some people may be thinking why write about Commerce Server? Is there any association between this and Microsoft Office SharePoint server (MOSS)? Well the answer is yes and no. In my earlier blog I briefly introduced Commerce Server, and this is hopefully the start of my series of articles introducing ...
Microsoft Online Services – Online is not always Online As a software engineer for a small Microsoft Partner – I have had a blast working with the enterprise technologies – especially since the release of the beta bits of MOSS 2007. The firm I work for is also a Microsoft Hosted Services Partner, and we host key technologies like Exchange, MOSS, Dynamics CRM, SQL Server and the latest craze – the Business Productivity Suite. The following is a blurb from the MSFT Help About BPS Online: The Business ...
This is the new home for my blog. In the coming days you will see information on SQL Server, WCF, SharePoint and BizTalk.
Generic error messages… SharePoint can sometimes be full of them. This morning I ran into the “Web Part Error:: Cannot import this Web Part” error (below) that I’ve seen many times before, but none of the usual fixes corrected it. The background story is that I’m developing a number of site templates that are pre-populated with security groups, lists, content types, and web parts for easy deployment of a custom application hosted on a SharePoint site. [As an aside, in the next week or so I’ll be ...
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Microsoft Community in Bangladesh proudly presents Microsoft Day @ Dhaka. This is a special day dedicated to all Microsoft technology professionals and students in Bangladesh. We will be having the best Microsoft community technologists from Bangladesh - Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) delivering sessions at the event. This technology marathon is a great opportunity to learn from the best and network with each other. Both Microsoft developers and networking professionals would find the ...
Following the massive success of SharePoint Saturday's in the US, Brian Farnhill has now decided to launch the series in Sydney. The event will be hosted at Microsoft's Offices in Epping Road, North Ryde and will consist of a whole day of SharePoint based lectures and discussions. This is a great way to get to get immersed in an array of information surrounding MOSS/WSS. So for more information check out Brian's blog post: http://blog.brianfarnhill.c... ...
I will be speaking at SharePoint Saturday - Ozarks in Harrison, AR on July 18th on SharePoint Architecture: SharePoint Capacity planning and performance (the labs). http://www.sharepointsaturd... We will take a deep dive on how you can stress test your SharePoint environment with the already available Visual Studio Tools. We will also look SharePoint Capacity planning tools. See you there ...
I recently upgraded to Windows 7 for my primary dev machine, however I recently run into a few problems trying to a developer version of Commerce Server 2009 get working locally. I think however I finally managed to hack it sufficiently to get it working. Here is how to do it [please not however these are registry hacks, and render your product unsupported, so you should do so carefully and only on non-production machines. Please back up your registry before making any edits]: You can only install ...
One of my biggest disappointments when using VS 2010 was the much hyped about SharePoint IDE tools where missing in the beta release. After refreshing my computer to Windows 7, I managed to find an old hyperlink from late 2008 which demo'ed these tools in all their glory. Even though it's a couple of month out of date now, checkout the forthcoming benefits in VS2010 for SharePoint devs in this Channel 9 video: ...
Application deployment in SharePoint is a broad topic with many options. It is extremely important to set standards in your organization for application deployment in SharePoint that are straightforward and reproducible in order to make deployment successful and repeatable. A proper deployment also lends itself to ease of maintenance of deployed applications. After giving the issue a lot of thought, research, and talking to people who know more than me, I decided to detail recommended strategies ...
The Dashboard Designer in PerformancePoint Server 2007 gives you the ability to set a number of the properties for the font of a given column in a scorecard including the font-family and the font-size. You can see these settings change in the designer and you can preview the scorecard and see how your scorecard will look when it is deployed. I changed the font in the screenshot above to Wingdings so that you could easily see the difference. In practice this is probably not a typical change, but you ...