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SharePoint 2010
The SharePoint conference has just started and the curtain has fallen :) It's time to start talking about SharePoint 2010. Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer and Corporate Vice President SharePoint Server,...
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SharePoint 2010 – Records Management
SharePoint 2010 introduces new capabilities regarding Records Management. The most interesting feature, I think, is In-Place Records management (info at the end of this post) which makes it possible to...
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Document Management in SharePoint 2010
SharePoint 2010 has extended its Document Management (and Records Management) capabilities considerably. I have looked into the new capabilities and will give you a quick overview about some of them....
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How to publish a Managed Metadata Service for cross-farm consumption
Update: Modified the internal links in this post that didn’t work previously.[Please keep in mind that this applies to a pre-release version of SharePoint Server 2010, and may change before the product...
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Debugging SharePoint – Web application could not be found Issue
Sometimes when I debug my SharePoint code from Visual Studio, I get the exception: System.IO.FileNotFoundException was unhandled Message=The Web application at http://jl-sp2010/ could not be found....
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Script a Metadata Service Application using PowerShell
Scripting the deployment of service applications is a good idea; it is predictable, repeatable and gets you control over database names. I found a good script for the Metadata Service Application at...
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Installing SharePoint 2010 prerequisites offline
I use my private server for different types of testing, it’s a really a try & fail environment. Some days back I created some new VM’s (I am running a Windows Server 2008 R2 host with Hyper-V...
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Locking Down SharePoint Designer 2010
If you previously worked with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 you probably know a lot about SharePoint Designer already. Probably one big complaint, at least from the operational side for MOSS...
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Sending files to a record center using the SP2010 webservice Officialfile.asmx
When you send a document to the record center through the web service officialfile.asmx there is a way to retain and even add more metadata to the file.In our case, we wanted to use the same content...
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Help! - the business requires me to install third party addons into...
There are a ton of third party addons to SharePoint ranging from useful to just fun, from open source communities or commercial providers. The business value from the addon can be very good, but you...
View ArticleConnecting custom service application proxies using Powershell
In my current project we have scripted a NewsGator install in a multi-server farm. One of the challenges we faced is that we needed to connect a proxy for the NewsGator Social Platform Services service...
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Configure redirect via IIS using command line script
In our current project, we were moving an old SharePoint installation to a new farm, As part of this migration, we got a new, nicer DNS name. We wanted to support old users who had bookmarks etc., by...
View ArticleTroubleshooting SharePoint logging
Both the Event Log and the ULS log are invaluable sources of information when monitoring or debugging your SharePoint solution. Sometimes logging doesn't work. In my experience these are the most...
View ArticleHow to speed up SharePoint Management Shell startup
On virtual machines without internet access it may take 1-2 minutes to start SharePoint Management Shell. The problem is that when loading signed assemblies the .NET Framework checks the Internet based...
View ArticleIncorrect syntax near the keyword ‘AS’
The error "Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'AS'" can occur when you try to run SQL scripts that require SQL Server 2008 on an earlier version of SQL Server. In my case it occurred while installing...
View ArticleRemoving an invalid WebConfigModification using Powershell
SharePoint supports adding web.config modifications programmatically. Here is an example from MSDN. Each modification is stored with a web application, and you are able to list them using the following...
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How is the link to people’s My Site from Outloook provided?
In Lync and Outlook you can hover over a contact to get a popup showing ways to interact with the person. This is what it looks like in our environment: When hovering over the persons name, you should...
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Deploying search synonyms to SharePoint Search
SharePoint 2010 Search enables you to add search synonyms via XML configuration files on the server. The configuration is well described on TechNet and seems pretty straighforward. There are sample...
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Lost authentication cookies in SharePoint
Are your users complaining about losing their session in your SharePoint environment? Or do your users complain about being thrown out after a while? This might be the explanation. When the user has...
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How to copy a file via remote desktop connection
In some cases, you may need to copy a file from your local computer to a server, or vice versa, via a remote desktop connection (RDP). In most cases, you can easily do it by exposing your local disks...
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