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Project Conference 2012 video presentations now available #PS2010 #ProjectServer #MSProject #in

SharePoint (and Project Server) Shenanigans — Thu, 17 May 2012 08:21:01 GMT

Over the past couple of months, you may have seen posts about my presentation at the Project Conference held in Phoenix, AZ. Now that some time has passed, Microsoft has uploaded all the video presentations to the Project channel on Microsoft Showcase Read More......(read more)

Creating a Workflow Initiation Form for Approvals

Laura Rogers @WonderLaura: Posts — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:22:01 GMT

Body: In SharePoint Designer workflows that are manually started, the initiation form is the page that has the “Start” button to kick off the workflow. In this 11 minute video, I show how to create an approval workflow that can be manually triggered. Read More......(read more)

InfoPath: Create Common Multiple Choice Selections

Laura Rogers @WonderLaura: Posts — Tue, 15 May 2012 22:53:37 GMT

Body: In InfoPath, when using certain controls such as the Drop-Down List Box, Combo Box, List Box, or Multiple Selection List box, there are several different ways that you can obtain the list of choices that are available to people filling out the form Read More......(read more)

International SharePoint Conference 2012 Follow-up

SharePoint Automation — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:34:23 GMT

.codebox { overflow:auto; height:400px; border: solid 1px black; padding:5px;} First off I apologize for the delay in getting this post out – I’ve been fraught with injuries and illness since my return from London and just haven’t had the time or mental Read More......(read more)

Excel formulas not auto calculating but F9 still works #in

SharePoint (and Project Server) Shenanigans — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:14:19 GMT

As ever, when you work in IT you become the go to guy / gal for friends, family etc… So today, whilst working on my TechEd Europe 2012 presentation, my girlfriend rang up, asked if I knew Excel and promptly forward me to a manager for a quick chat. The Read More......(read more)

June SharePoint Webinar Schedule

SharePointEduTech — Mon, 14 May 2012 06:17:10 GMT

I am very pleased to say that Sean P. McDonough the Chief SharePoint Evangelist at Idera will be presenting 2 webinars with me during June. These webinars will be around the SharePoint backup subject details and registration links are below. June 6th Read More......(read more)

Have you exported your User Profile Service (FIM) encryption key?

Ian Morrish's WSSDemo.com SharePoint blog — Fri, 11 May 2012 21:59:28 GMT

Body: If you have to move the User Profile Service to another server or restore the server hosting the UPS, you have to reconfigure the service and run a full sync. A better option is to export the FIM import/export encryption key and import it on the Read More......(read more)

OK I have my Office 365 setup now how do I administer it

SharePointEduTech — Fri, 11 May 2012 06:28:59 GMT

On Wednesday I gave a webinar on the subject of administering your Office 365 stand-up I was very ably assisted by Chris Kolodziejski from MetaVis. So check out the webinar recording below and if you wish to try the MetaVis Office 365 tools you can download Read More......(read more)

WS-Federation Authentication Module (WSFAM) and SharePoint Extensions

Beside the Point — Thu, 10 May 2012 13:00:00 GMT

A walk through WIF's WS-Federation Authentication Module (WSFAM) and how it works, as well as insights into how this process is modified by SharePoint's own implementation of this module. ...( read more ) Read More......(read more)

Useful virtualisation links #SP2010 #SharePoint #in

SharePoint (and Project Server) Shenanigans — Thu, 10 May 2012 10:11:58 GMT

Once again, writing tenders and needed to provide evidence of supported platforms for virtualisation: Virtualisation support and licencing (SharePoint Server 2010) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff607936.aspx Supported virtualisation platforms Read More......(read more)

Create a New MySite Host Site

SharePoint (and Project Server) Shenanigans — Wed, 09 May 2012 16:54:39 GMT

On a recent project we created a small SharePoint development farm using AutoSPInstaller. The farm created perfectly, the Portal was working, UPS was working, mysites were working, all was good. The My Site host Web app had been created on port 8080 with Read More......(read more)

SharePoint File Explorer and the Great File Server debate

SharePointEduTech — Wed, 09 May 2012 06:30:44 GMT

When SharePoint became a huge product back in 2007 there was a wide variety of debates about moving file server content to SharePoint and the benefits this would bring. This is a topic which perhaps affects educational establishments more than any other Read More......(read more)

May 2012 Office Update Release

Office Sustained Engineering — Tue, 08 May 2012 21:12:00 GMT

The May 2012 Public Update release for Office is now live and the updates are available for download. This release contains 4 security bulletins and 1 non-security update. For an overview of this month’s security releases, please read: the Security Read More......(read more)

Netcast 118 - Stinking Patches

Todd Klindt's SharePoint Admin Blog: Posts — Tue, 08 May 2012 19:58:55 GMT

Body: Like last week, this week's netcast is bursting at the seams with SharePoint goodness. I cover a Kerberos "gotcha" that got me last week. Then I talk about why you should slipstream your own installs instead of being a lazy bum and using the SP1 installer on MSDN. I talk about why you shouldn't use SQL authentication between SharePoint and SQL. I debut my @SP2010Patches Twitter account where I'll tweet out when new SharePoint 2010 patches are released, and when regressions...(read more)

Information Architecture Defined

SharePointEduTech — Tue, 08 May 2012 06:30:37 GMT

Consider this. Microsoft has sold over 125 million licenses of SharePoint. It is a multi-billion dollar business. SharePoint is a platform that everyone seems to have, many actually use and most don’t understand how to implement and manage properly. There Read More......(read more)

International SharePoint Conference – Wrap Up

Laura Rogers @WonderLaura: Posts — Tue, 08 May 2012 02:52:32 GMT

Body: Last month was the International SharePoint Conference in London. I was honored to be invited to be a speaker at the conference. The format of the conference was great. Not only were there different tracks, but within each track, there were continuous Read More......(read more)

Netcast 117 - No SQL for old SharePoint

Todd Klindt's SharePoint Admin Blog: Posts — Tue, 08 May 2012 00:59:22 GMT

Body: Tonight's netcast is chock full of meaty SharePointy goodness. I talk about a tool that can be used to migrate SQL Server Reporting Services. I also tell everyone about the April CU and remind folks to be careful. I break the news to SharePoint 2007 admins about SQL 2012 support, or lack thereof. Plus even more good SharePoint information. MP3 File WMV File M4V (iPod) File Running Time: 40:14 Links: Reporting Services Migration Tool Remove name.dll from your SharePoint site No SQL 2012...(read more)

Office 365 / #SharePoint 2010 Accessibility Compliance Links #O365 #SP2010 #in

SharePoint (and Project Server) Shenanigans — Mon, 07 May 2012 14:00:22 GMT

As part of responding to a tender, I needed to do some research on SharePoint 2010 / Office 365 and accessibility compliance. Here are some links that I found… Office 365 / SharePoint 2010 – Accessibility Compliance http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft Read More......(read more)

Troubleshooting SharePoint’s Page Output Caching

Todd's Blog — Mon, 07 May 2012 13:41:56 GMT

As a follow up to my previous post “When Page Output Caching Does Not Output” I have recorded a video which actually walks you through the steps and issues which I documented in this previous post. So for those of you whom don’t like to read all that Read More......(read more)

harmon.ie for iPad Announcement

SharePointEduTech — Mon, 07 May 2012 11:58:39 GMT

Hey, corporate America, ever feel like you are too connected? Well, hate to break it you, but harmon.ie is about to fuel your iPad addiction. Today, harmon.ie is going mobile and unveiling the first-ever product to bring SharePoint document collaboration Read More......(read more)

Moving from Blackboard to SharePoint Presentation

SharePointEduTech — Mon, 07 May 2012 06:47:01 GMT

It is now just over a week since I got back from the international SharePoint conference in London organised by Steve Smith and the team from combined knowledge a truly great event which I would strongly recommend you attend next year if you can. Below Read More......(read more)

Enhancing a SharePoint blog with photo albums and posts (Part 2)

Get the 'Point: Posts — Sat, 05 May 2012 23:46:30 GMT

Abstract: Integrate a picture library slide show into a SharePoint blog post. Category: SharePoint Online ; SharePoint 2010 ; Team Sites Published: 5/8/2012 9:07 AM # Comments: Read More......(read more)

Making Debugging a SNAP

Todd's Blog — Sat, 05 May 2012 15:47:30 GMT

Recently I left Microsoft where I worked for almost 15 years and where about 10 of those years were spent in Escalation Services where my daily routine was debugging failing or faulting applications. This all began with user and kernel mode Windows processes Read More......(read more)

Using the “Inactivate Tasks” functionality

SharePoint (and Project Server) Shenanigans — Fri, 04 May 2012 16:23:19 GMT

Inactivate task is a new feature for EPM2010; this feature enables the project manager to set certain tasks to inactive rather than deleting the tasks. This functionality is also useful for performing what-if analysis. The following paragraph from Microsoft Read More......(read more)

Updating resource rates

SharePoint (and Project Server) Shenanigans — Fri, 04 May 2012 16:10:18 GMT

Due to possible differences in calendars between EPM (Enterprise Calendars) and Microsoft Project (local project settings), resource rate changes using an effective from date may not be applied from the beginning of the working day. At one client in particular Read More......(read more)