tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110372992009-11-11T02:28:35.365-06:00Things I have learned through everyday experiences as a SharePoint admindggcoopnoreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11037299.post-62453678054950966322009-07-31T15:15:00.001-05:002009-07-31T15:15:57.603-05:00

When looking to allow indexing of OneNote 2007 content (to allow for searching) within SharePoint Server 2007, I was directed toward this Microsoft KB: How to configure SharePoint to let you search OneNote 2007 content on SharePoint sites (KB925765). KB925765 describes the way to enable the indexing of OneNote content on MOSS 2007 using 5 steps: Install OneNote 2007 on the server Add…….

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If you are in the Nashville, TN, USA area and would like to hear wonderful SharePoint presentations, FREE! food, and great discussions with like-minded people, then come join us! The meetings are always free and open to the public. Information concerning the Nashville SharePoint Users Group can be found here: http://NashvilleSUG.com The Nashville SUG website also has copies of the presentations

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Recently I came across multiple WSS sites (v3) that someone else created. These sites are used by everyone in the company and were not provisioned correctly; the permissions were incorrectly setup. So, instead of visiting every site and adding the appropriate permissions, I created a batch file that went through the sites and added several SharePoint groups and individual users to the sites in

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Before upgrading our Office Communications Server 2007 (OCS) install to OCS R2, we pushed out the Office Communicator 2007 R2 client to our desktops. As with most software pushes, not everyone received the client successfully. Currently, there are four versions of the Communicator client connected to our R2 server: UCCAPI/2.0.6362.15 UCCAPI/3.5.6907.0 OC/3.5.6907.0 (Microsoft Office

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I recently was trying to create a SharePoint site and was surprised to see a “File Not Found.” error when I submitted the action. After scratching my head for a short amount of time, I remembered that I had created a managed path that was the same name as the site I was trying to create. After removing the managed path, I was able to create my site and go merrily along my way.

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I have recently been having some Address Book sync problems with Office Communicator 2007 R2. A couple things I wanted to share with anyone who cares to listen: -When you turn on logging within Communicator, the logs are placed in your profile directory. So, at the root of your profile (i.e. for Windows XP, it would be: c:\documents and settings\%username%), open the Tracing folder. This is

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I have been trying to install Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 R2 Standard Edition for a few days now without success. During the server install process (after the schema has been extended), a warning shows up in the activation logs of every role (Standard Edition Server, Web Components Server, Web Conferencing Server, Audio/Video Conferencing Server, Application Sharing Server, and

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I have recently been setting up a virtual network to get more experience in upgrading the applications listed below in the same environment. I am utilizing the following Microsoft products:Windows Server 2008 domain controller (version: Server Core)Windows Server 2003 application servers (possible upgrade to Server 2008 in the future)Exchange (version: 2003 upgrading to 2007)Live Communications

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I have been asked several times about removing some of the templates that are available at site creation. There are several reasons you might want to do this and it really is simple to implement.To hide a template from users, open the Webtemp.xml file located in the /program files/common files/Microsoft shared/web server extensions....../template/1033/XML folder. Change the Hidden parameter of

dggcoopnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11037299.post-16518468130850051492008-03-27T14:23:00.002-05:002008-03-27T14:25:43.264-05:00

One great feature for WSS 3.0 is the e-mail enabled libraries. It can really get you using SharePoint beyond just a normal web site. But did you know that you can have e-mail-enabled document libraries using WSS 2.0? Yup, you sure can. It actually isn't anything new for the recent version.Here is the information on TechNet: Configuring E-Mail-Enabled Document Libraries (Windows SharePoint

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I recently ran across a little gem on the TechNet website: "Solutions Using the Microsoft Office System: Learn how to use the Microsoft Office system to solve your business scenarios"This page includes over 40 large Visio diagrams detailing the Microsoft Office system, over 30 of which specifically reference SharePoint as a central topic.The topics include InfoPath and Forms integration,

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It would be great if we all had a detailed guide to show us the upgrade steps specific for us. A step-by-step guide is a little more complicated than you might think. Without knowing your environment, any plan anyone will give you will be at least a little generic. However, Microsoft has done a pretty good job at providing the steps. You will need to make your decision on how you will upgrade

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There are several items that need to be part of your SharePoint backup/restore plan. SharePoint Application FilesCustom Applications (such as webparts, add-on "features", etc.) IIS InfoDatabasesIf you are performing a complete, exhaustive backup of each SharePoint server, then the first two should be fine (some custom apps will need dlls, etc. on the file system), as well as some of the IIS Info

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Microsoft has released the first service pack for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS) and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) .The 'bug' I posted about below titled "Mobile View Doesn't Work on SharePoint ( WSS 3.0) List" does NOT appear to be fixed with the service pack. However, another bug I have encountered is listed in the " Downloadable list of issues that the service pack

dggcoopnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11037299.post-14351666528399112812007-10-29T10:42:00.001-05:002008-03-24T21:14:23.048-05:00

I get the quesiton of how to switch the service account for MOSS and WSS 3.0 fairly often.   There are many reasons why one would want to change the account or the password to the account used for SharePoint. Microsoft has now put up a KB article on exactly how to do it. They even included a sample script!   Check out the KB article here: How to change service accounts and service account

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I recently ran into a situation where I couldn't get the 'Mobile View' in WSS 3.0 to work on a list that I had created. I went into the view of the list and selected the Mobile checkboxes ('Make this a mobile view ' and 'Make this the default mobile view'), but it still was not showing up on my SharePoint site's mobile homepage. My first thought was "What makes this list different than the other

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    SharePoint 2007 allows for emails to be accepted into discussions, document libraries and lists. To enable this functionality, a few steps will need to be followed. One thing to note: integrating SharePoint with Exchange is NOT needed for this functionality, but if you do choose Exchange, you will get some added benefits.   -SMTP Service You will need to install the SMTP Server Service on

dggcoopnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11037299.post-73719284361915185882007-08-21T21:32:00.001-05:002008-03-24T21:14:23.048-05:00

I run an instance of WSS 3.0 on a machine at home for testing. I don't use it much because it is so slow unless you are on the LAN. I always knew it was because of SQL, but I didn't really have time to look into fixing it. See, I don't have the option of having two separate drives in the machine. NOTE: You should never run SQL databases on the same HD spindle where the OS is located due to

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In the SharePoint version 2.0 products, to exclude a directory from SharePoint "control", you add an Explicit Exclusion to the Managed Paths for the site using the Central Administration Website. You also add Explicit Inclusions and Wildcard Inclusions at the same location. However, in SharePoint version 3.0 products, it is a bit different. You still create Explicit Inclusions and Wildcard

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The question comes up pretty often: "Which product is right for me?" Honestly, there are many factors that come into play to answer that question: -Usability -Cost -Scalability -Flexibility   Microsoft has an article giving the feature differences between WSS and SPS 2003. Microsoft also has a white paper titled Implementing Rich Collaboration Infrastructure Using Microsoft Windows SharePoint

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I think it is always good to remember the Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Resource Kit has chapters online that are free to access. But, most people don't know how this book can help them. So, here is the chapters listing along with some of my thoughts on the chapter. Remember, my advice is to read the whole book BEFORE you deploy SharePoint into production! You will thank me later

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I was just reminded today about the limits on how many items you can have on a list. The limits are divided by the type of fields as dictated by the Microsoft article titled "Column Limit Exceeded" Message When You Add a New Column to a SharePoint Services List . Part of the article: With Windows SharePoint Services, you can create the following numbers of each column type for each list or

dggcoopnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11037299.post-1124135806753257672005-08-15T14:56:00.000-05:002008-03-24T21:15:09.064-05:00

ChangePasswordControl Webpart for Sharepoint from Tom van de Kerkhof I haven't implemented it yet, but it sounds great.

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Many times I have needed to get a copy of the dll that is in the GAC for a webpart. I have been trying the different methods to get to the dll without the possibility of moving the reference to the GAC entirely (which you can do with the xcopy command! :-/ ) Here is a method I like: To view the physical file structure of the GAC, add a DWORD value named 'DisableCacheViewer' to the registry key

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Changing the web part menus in SharePoint could be really valuable,especially in branding your site.How to create web part menus in SharePoint

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