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WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007
After completing a MOSS 2007 SP2 to SharePoint 2010 (Enterprise) upgrade all seemed to go well. However, I soon began to notice some subtle differences between site collections. For example, the home site collection was missing the new Tag Cloud Web Part. So I seemed like perhaps a Feature wasn’t Activated. After a little digging I learned that there is a Feature called Portal Layouts which is responsible for provisioning artifacts like the new Tag Cloud Web Part. Solution: To Activate the Feature you can use either stsadm or PowerShell. The syntax for both is listed below: ...
Issue: A client was experiencing very strange behavior following an upgrade from MOSS 2007 to SharePoint 2010 Server. In a nutshell some documents such as Word (.doc and .docx) would open while others such as Excel (.xls and xlsx) and PDF documents would not open. Note: By open I mean when clicking on an Excel document, stored within a document library, it would not open in Excel installed on Windows 7, Vista, XP, etc. Furthermore, the file type icons that normally display next to familiar documents such as Excel were missing and a missing image red x...
The Tulsa SharePoint Interest Group is having it’s monthly meeting tonight Monday April 12th @6:00 PM. Come see Corey Roth’s presentation on SharePoint 2010 Business Connectivity Services. GREAT Prizes: XBox 360 – Halo 3 ODST Telerik Premium Collection ($1,300.00 value) ReSharper ($199.00 value) SQL Sets ($149.00 value) 64 Bit Windows 7 Infragistics NetAdvantage for .NET Platform ($1,195.00 value) You can click here for more information. You can click here to RSVP for the meeting.
Tomorrow I begin teaching an 8 week Configuring MOSS 2007 Certification Preparation Class at Tulsa Community College. The class will be every Thursday night at the northeast campus.
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Course:
CSCI 2993-24212
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Issues: SharePoint 2010 Foundation and Server require the Cumulative Update Package 2 for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 to use SQL Server 2008 as the backend Database. Solution: SQL Server 2008 will not install properly on Windows 2008 Server without SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1. Download Download SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1. To use SQL Server 2008 for the backend database for SharePoint Foundation or Server download Download and Install Cumulative Update Package 2 for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1. Note: Installing the Cumulative Update Package 2 for SQL Server...
Reference: Putting the Brakes on SharePoint with JQuery Thoughts: I remember the dinner conversation and follow-up emails quite well. Eric was kind enough to share his opinions and experiences further explaining some points I was confused on. Once we dropped the thread, it seemed more more a lesson in communication and properly articulating a point then a technical debate for me. Thinking back to the original dinner conversation I wish I had articulated my point more clearly. For after an email or two it became clear that we were saying many of the same things just slightly different. ...
Last Saturday (12/12/2009) was the 2nd Annual Kansas City SharePoint Saturday. Unfortunately, this event was bitter sweet in that Becky Isserman is moving to New Jersey. We wish her well. SPSKC was a great event with over 200 people in attendance. I presented after lunch and the session was well attended. Thank you to all those in attendance and as promised you can download the slides used for the presentation below. SharePoint 2010 Developer Overview Presentation (Download) Note: The slide deck is a culmination of slides from a variety of sources including the SPC 2009. ...
Overview: SharePoint 2010 has a greatly improved development story. Part of that story is the addition of the Developer Dashboard. When activated a dashboard is added to the bottom each page that surfaces important debugging and performance tuning information. For example, the developer dashboard will show how long a page took to load and all database (stored procedure) calls associated with the page processing. To Enable the SharePoint 2010 Developer Dashboard: Execute the following stsadm command from the command prompt. stsadm -o setproperty -pn developer-dashboard -pv ondemand Note: Remember to run...
Overview: SharePoint (MOSS 2007) has the ability for Administrators to publish links (the locations) to document libraries / lists for end users. This allows end users to simple save documents from Office client applications such as Word and Excel by simply choosing the location instead of first navigating there using the browser and copying the URL or uploading the document. How To Add or Remove Published Links in SharePoint: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263102(office.14).aspx Issue Description: Despite proper configuration, published links often take a long time to replicate to Office Client Applications. To resolve...
Note: The above warning is displayed when SQL Server 2008 is installed of Windows 2008 R2 Server. If run program is clicked, the installation will complete but none of the services will be properly installed. Solutions: How to slipstream SP1 for SQL Server 2008 or Install SQL Server 2008 SP1 Cancel the install after the setup files are installed Re-Install SQL Server 2008 Complete SQL Server 2008 SP1 installation Additional References: http://wadingthrough.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/problem-installing-sql-server-2008-on-windows-2008-r2/ – J.D. provides a more detailed explanation...
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