An update after a long hiatus....
I’ve been away from this blog for several long months for some “good” reasons:Busy, busy, busy. From February to just recently, I’ve been working on some demanding projects (in the sense of time, not...
View ArticleThe Case of the SharePoint Survey List, Console Application, and web.config...
A quick reminder: Say you have a SharePoint Survey List in a site that you want to populate using a console application. Further, say that said Survey List has an Event Receiver attached to it that...
View ArticleThe Rules of Clarity and Parsimony
Recently, I was asked to make a return visit to a customer for whom I had built a customized SharePoint web app to do “refresher” round of knowledge transfer to folks who would be entrusted with...
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Keep your Office / Officer Server Stack Up-to-Date with Update Center
Missed this one – on November 19/09, Microsoft launched a new TechNet site, Update Center for Microsoft Office, Office Servers and Related Products, that consolidates the hitherto somewhat scattered...
View ArticleSharePoint. In Plain English. (vid)
When I was in Ottawa this past March for my last MCS gig, my customer warned me that when delivering my project summary to his peers, I’d need to do a SharePoint refresher. Their first run at...
View ArticleHidden deprecated site templates in SharePoint 2010
Via Todd Baginski’s recent post (Which SharePoint 2010 site is right for me?) this fantastic list of “hidden” site templates which were to be officially retired from the final release of SharePoint...
View ArticleFind SharePoint sample sites
One of the top questions SharePoint developers and consultants are asked by their customers is for a list of real-world deployments - either as examples of what can be done with the platform or because...
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Convert Classic SharePoint 2010 Web App to FBA
I had to post this as I know that it’s been a burning issue for developers and admins who have tried, as per the directions of many web casts and promises from MCS types like myself, to change a...
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Hey, Microsoft: Why don't you publish a list of SharePoint SP and CU version...
Absolutely fantastic resource that I just stumbled upon a little while ago that cobbles together all the SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010 version numbers according to applied Service Packs and...
View ArticleASP.NET Vulnerability Affects SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint 2007
Yeah, I knew this would be the case: I was just waiting for the other shoe to drop, and via the SharePoint PG’s Tweets, it was confirmed earlier today. So here’s the juicy bit from the PG Blog:Please...
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