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32-Bit SharePoint, the PAE/3GB Switches, and more than 4GB of RAM

The SharePoint Engie that could... — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:14:14 GMT

So you think you can haXor 32-bit SharePoint by using Windows 2003/2008 Enterprise eh? Guess again… Although I haven’t been really able to find a definitive Technet/MSDN article on this issue anywhere, I have come across some tidbits of information...(read more)

Passed the Windows SharePoint Services Configuration 70-631 exam

Faraz Khan's SharePoint blog — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:33:00 GMT

So I just passed the Windows SharePoint Configuration exam 70-631 yesterday. There were a few tough questions about NLBs and ISA server, but overall I think it was a pretty easy exam, especially because the some of the multiple choices were way off. Read...(read more)

What to learn TDD?

Agile Sharepoint development by 21apps and Andrew Woodward MVP — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:16:02 GMT

If you’ve read my blog you’ll know that I am a fan of Test Driven Development and an avid user of Typemock Isolator, specifically for the hard to test SharePoint code. If you’re not sure of the benefits of doing TDD or need...(read more)

I’ll be presenting at the Indy SharePoint User Group next week… and SharePoint by Day, SharePint by Night afterwards!

Andrew Connell [MVP MOSS] — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:59:29 GMT

Next week I’ll be visiting Indianapolis for the first time and presenting at their SharePoint user group (SPIN) next Wednesday, August 26th 2009. Here’s what I’ll be presenting: High Performance Features and Solutions on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server...(read more)

SharePoint Shop Talk (Open Q&A) This Thursday, 08/20/09 at 12:30PM EDT

Paul Galvin's SharePoint space [SharePoint MVP] — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:23:10 GMT

We are holding our 3rd SharePoint Shop Talk session tomorrow, 08/20 from 12:30 to 1:30 PM EDT. You can read about last week’s session here: SharePoint Shop Talk Thoughts and Reactions Bring your questions or email them in advance to info@arcovis.com Read...(read more)

SharePoint Designer 2007 Das Handbuch in der 2. Auflage

Michael Greth [SharePoint MVP] — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:15:00 GMT

Das Handbuch zum SharePoint Designer 2007, das ich zusammen mit Dirk Grasekamp und Bernhad Straub geschrieben habe, ist von MS Press in einer 2. Auflage neu herausgegeben worden. Das beste daran: der Preis wurde von € 49,90 auf € 39,90 gesenkt...(read more)

Links 2009-08-19

Gunnar Peipman's ASP.NET blog : SharePoint — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:34:36 GMT

JQuery and web development Limit Number of Characters in a TextArea using jQuery Find out which Key was pressed using jQuery jQuery Superfish Menus Plug-in Make website images look like a video with this CSS effect CSS2 – opacity Mobile 55 per cent of...(read more)

SharePoint Search for Public Websites

Zac Smith's SharePoint Blog — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:46:00 GMT

Configuring search on a public facing Web Content Management (WCM) site is quite a different task compared with your typical SharePoint intranet. Searching over internal content largely works out of the box; setting up a few content sources and basic...(read more)

More on the XSLT behind the CoreResultsWebPart

Corey Roth - DotNetMafia.com - Tip of the Day — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:27:08 GMT

A while back, I wrote a post on how to customize the search results page . I focused on some of the options with the CoreResultsWebPart (or CRWP as I call it), but today I thought of some more things to discuss in regards to the XSLT document that...(read more)

Location of BI Virtual

LTI Blog: Posts — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:31:07 GMT

Body: One of my frequently asked questions is where can one get the virtual I use for my SharePoint demos. I'm currently demoing from a ( slightly modified) virtual image I downloaded from Microsoft. Microsoft provides lots of free virtuals you can...(read more)

SharePoint Development Weekly Roundup (18Aug)

SharePoint Blog by Jeremy Thake in Perth, Australia — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:23:04 GMT

[Cross Posted on SharePointDevWiki.com ] TOP THIS WEEK Implementing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Solutions : SharePoint Products and Technologies White Paper “oldie but a goodie” Virtual User Group Meeting...(read more)

InfoPath Form HyperLink Open in Same Window

Share Notes - All about Sharepoint Office System, .Net — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:20:55 GMT

Problem: The hyperlink control in a browser enabled infopath form opens up in a new window. This might not be a good thing as a usability perspective. It might work for some and might not for many. This post is for those ‘many’. Solution:...(read more)

Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 in schools

SharePoint in Education — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:43:04 GMT

One of the biggest changes many Network Managers will make in schools during the next 12 months is likely to be updating their school's Microsoft OS from Vista (or even in many cases XP) to Windows 7. Last Friday saw the release of Windows 7 to many...(read more)

#SharePoint Implementations: the 80/20 rule

SharePoint Blog by Jeremy Thake in Perth, Australia — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:00:53 GMT

I had an e-mail from Mahdi Sheikhi who was asking me to talk more about the 80/20 rule which I mentioned in a previous article: “if you can earn 80 percent of your requirement with current SharePoint features and need to development for other features...(read more)

Content Types cannot be created declaratively on a child web

Steven Van de Craen's Blog [MVP] — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:23:00 GMT

One can easily create a Content Type on a child web through the SharePoint interface. One can easily create a Content Type on a child web through the SharePoint Object Model. One cannot create a Content Type on a child web through a Feature declaratively...(read more)

Windows 7 on MSDN!!!

Brain Dump: Posts — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:53:20 GMT

Body: Well, I thought I got a drop on everyone when I started downloading Windows 7 RTM from MSDN and got 200 KB/sec download rate, but I should have known that wasn't going to last. Right now the estimates are that my download will finish in about...(read more)

Making changes to SharePoint the quick and dirty way (Ghetto Deployment)

Corey Roth - DotNetMafia.com - Tip of the Day — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:04:06 GMT

So you become a pro SharePoint developer, you’re great at making solution packages, but now you’re feeling lazy and want to cut out a few steps when you’re just making some changes during development. This post is for you. In reality, the...(read more)

SharePoint User Group UK meeting - 27th August

Aidan Garnish — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:58:00 GMT

Dux Raymond is visiting the UK in August and will deliver sessions on the following at Microsoft's London Victoria office on 27th August: 7 Ways to Leverage SharePoint for Project Management Success and Best Practices in Gathering Requirements for...(read more)

New blog URL

Boris Gomiunik — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:48:04 GMT

A short notice – this blog is now available also on new url (yes, kind-of moved again) – www.sharepointboris.net. The content and looks are the same. Also the old domain (boris.gomiunik.net) will still be available for a while. Like - Dislike Bookmark...(read more)

SharePint – Best Practices DC 2009 Edition

Agile Sharepoint development by 21apps and Andrew Woodward MVP — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:45:51 GMT

Looks like I’ve been a little slack in my planning for SharePint at the Best Practices Conference in Washington DC - Andrew Connell has trumped me big time with what looks like the SharePint to end all SharePint’s at SPC in Vegas. What’s...(read more)

Storing files externally in MOSS

Emile on SharePoint — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:33:34 GMT

For those who have been with me from the beginning know that I’ve spoken quite a lot about ECM CAS (Content Addressed Storage) & HSM systems and the lack of storing files externally (ON HSM systems for instance, or file systems) in MOSS. This was...(read more)

Media Streaming in SharePoint. Part 3 of 3

SharePoint in Education — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:59:56 GMT

Now that we had all of our media files in one location it just came down to the delivery method and media library look and feel which you can see below in the screenshot of our media library. The gateway page show below is made up of 3 elements: the Read...(read more)

WSPBuilder Extensions ver. 1.0.6 - (WSPBuilder Version: 0.9.9.0728)

Carsten Keutmann — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:25:00 GMT

Normal 0 14 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Some new updates have been made for WSPBuilder... A Reference folder under GAC and 80/Bin is now supported for large dlls that do not need reflection for SafeControls and Permissions. New menu function "Recycle...(read more)

Office 2003 to SharePoint List Synching Error

The SharePoint Engie that could... — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 03:17:10 GMT

For those of you that still have to deal with Office 2003 in a MOSS 2007 environment, here’s an error that had caused a couple weeks of grief as I worked with 5+ different Microsoft Support Engineers to figure out. You would think that Microsoft...(read more)

Media Streaming in SharePoint. Part 2 of 3

SharePoint in Education — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:58:56 GMT

Following on from yesterday, at Twynham School we have been delivering our media resources online since 2005. The development which has taken place in the last 3 years has been delivering digital media through SharePoint. When looking at how to deliver...(read more)