SharePoint
WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007
Issue: After installing a SharePoint Update and running the Configuration Wizard you may notice that the User Profile Synchronization Service Application has stopped. Attempts to restart the User Profile Synchronization Service Application may prove unsuccessful. Symptoms: 1) The User Profile Synchronization Service Application Fails is stopped and fails to restart 2) The following errors appear in the Event Viewer: a. Detection of product '{90140000-104C-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}', feature 'PeopleILM' failed during request for component '{1681AE41-ADA8-4B70-BC11-98A5A4EDD046}' b. Detection of product '{90140000-104C-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}', feature 'PeopleILM', component '{1C12B6E6-898C-4D58-9774-AAAFBDFE273C}' failed. ...
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Overview: Creating a custom master page provides the greatest flexibility for branding a SharePoint Implementation. However, there are many hidden traps to be aware of when creating a custom master page. For example, it is usually best not to start from scratch but to use a copy of the v4.master or starter master page http://startermasterpages.codeplex.com/ created by Randy Drisgill. Lessons Learned: The v4.master is the new default master used for SharePoint 2010 and creating a new custom master from a copy of the original v4.master will ensure the inclusion of expected SharePoint 2010 User Experience...
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.
Details:
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...
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