The tale end of last year I came across this issue when prototyping a system. I had a clean build of SharePoint 2010 with SP1, just using a standard team site. I uploaded some pdfs and was about to demostrate opening PDFs from the document library and the link failed to work. After some research I found … Continue reading »
SharePoint Virtual Labs
You can learn a lot from blogs, articles, books but I find actually ‘doing’ something is the best way to learn, that’s where the Virtual Labs come in. SharePoint 2010 MSDN Virtual Lab: SharePoint Server 2010 Connectors & Using the Business Data Connnectivity (BDC) Service New! MSDN Virtual Lab: SharePoint Server 2010: Introduction New! MSDN Virtual Lab: … Continue reading »
Welcome
I’m moving my blog to the word press platform, not any reflection on SharePoint as a blogging platform just to keep the hosting costs down. I will look to provide some URL redirection or a landing page if possible for existing links to my published articles.
Programmatically create SharePoint security groups using configuration
Corey Roth has a great article “A simple way to programmatically create SharePoint security groups“. On a recent project I needed to configure security during feature activation for security restricted WebParts (the WebParts checked the current user was a member of a particular security group) but didn’t want to hardcode the values. The article used a XML configuration to define … Continue reading »
SharePoint MVP Chat – Wednesday 22nd June 2011
Microsoft are hosting another online Q/A chat with MVPs on 22/06/2011 at 9-10AM PDT Pacific Time or 5-6PM GMT. For the full schedule please see http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/blog/Pages/BlogPost.aspx?pID=982
Tip: STSADM Exporting 17KB File
When exporting a site in SharePoint 2007 using STSADM, you may get a .CMP file 17KB in size. This will be because the user who is running STSADM doesn’t have access to the site. If you give the user permissions to the site, you will export the site successfully. Always run STSADM as a user … Continue reading »
Monthly Book Review
I’m currently commuting to London daily, so to pass the time of the daily commute I’m going to read a book. I’m hoping to get through a book a month and write a review at the end of the month. They will of course be SharePoint 2010 books or maybe the odd business focussed one … Continue reading »
MSDN Online Chats
Microsoft are hosting monthly online Q/A chats with MVPs. The next one is 20/04/2011 at 9-10AM PDT Pacific Time or 5-6PM GMT. For the full schedule please see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/events/aa497438.aspx
SharePoint MVP Renewed for 2011
I’m proud to announce that I have been awarded a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for 2011. I’m honoured to have received the award for the second year running. “Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2011 Microsoft® MVP Award! This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share their high … Continue reading »
New Content on the Microsoft Download Center – Jan 2011
Microsoft have published the following guides and whitepapers on the Microsoft Download Center. Worth a look … Upgrading to Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=fd2172e1-f9a7-45ce-ae5c-26714fd751f5 Capacity planning for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=5f403ad5-0352-4c9b-841b-d73d4cb88f45 Getting started with Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=2d789716-2293-4007-a485-e092ca5edc60 Deployment guide for SharePoint Foundation 2010 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=00cc243f-ec4b-4c7a-ba89-8ad6ccc155e4 Planning guide for sites and solutions for … Continue reading »
