THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" : Sharepoint

Kerberos in Kompanyweb

bradley — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 07:04:00 GMT

From the SBS partner forums.. I spotted a post about the issue where SharePoint is now flipped to Kerberos and how one can manually check to ensure that Kerberos setting is as it should be.....

http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/partnerwinserversbs/thread/930bce40-6234-4f2c-a0fa-2890dd12da41

The typical symptom of the issue addressed by update rollup 2 is that you will be prompted for authentication 3 times and eventually receive a blank page or 401.1 error. IIS logs will show your request failing with 401.1 Unauthorized.

(The IIS log for Companyweb is located in C:\inetput\logs\LogFiles\W3SVC442802965 folder. )

To determine if update rollup 2 is installed, please check:

1. Check Control Panel -> Program and Features -> View Installed Updates to see if ‘Update Rollup 2 for Windows Small Business Server 2008 (KB960911)’ is listed.

2. After installing rollup 2, the authentication mode of the http://companyweb Web site should be changed from NTLM authentication to Kerberos authentication, which is to address the issue with accessing companyweb.

Please check the followings:

Enable Negotiate (Kerberos) option for Sharepoint 3.0. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, click Administrative Tools, click SharePoint 3.0 Central Administration, and then click Continue in the User Access Control dialog box.
2. In the Authentication Providers page, click Application Management, and then click the "Authentication providers" on the Application Security tab.
3. Check the Web Application, make sure the port is 987; otherwise change Web application to the URL which has the port 987.
4. Click the "Default" zone, you will go to the Edit Authentication page.
5. Check the Negotiate(Kerberos) option on the Integrated Windows Authentication tab.
6. Click OK in the dialog which gives a warning that "You have chosed to use Kerberos with Integrated Windows authentication. Manual configuration steps by a domain administrator will be required if the application pool's security account is not the Network Service" and then click Save.

Then access http://companyweb from the SBS2008 server itself and see if it works.

In addition, Windows 2008 SP2 and Vista SP2 has been released. Windows 2008 SP2 should be installed on SBS 2008. You can download the X64 version of SP2 here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=656c9d4a-55ec-4972-a0d7-b1a6fedf51a7 You should be sure to take a good backup prior to installing. SP2 will require a reboot so plan accordingly.

So you are wanting to know if SharePoint sp3 installed?

bradley — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:28:00 GMT

So you are trying to get SharePoint Service pack 3 installed and it's a no go right?

Well look in the log file.

Okay.

Uh, yeah right... where EXACTLY is that?

I had to dig out where it was myself.

To verify that the service pack is installed successfully, view the Ohotfix(Number).log file that is located in the %Temp%\Ohotfix folder on the hard disk.

(Yes if I had my way ALL log files would be in the same place on servers and never in bin files, temp files, or other seeminly random locations or oddball locations)

That's where the log file is.

Need to get on the ball when it comes to SharePoint?

bradley — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:22:00 GMT

Computer Information Agency:
http://supportweb.ciaops.net.au/blog/archive/2008/10/30/utilizing-sharepoint-to-improve-your-business.aspx

If you missed out on Robert Crane's presentation on SMBNation he blogged (and I forgot to bring it up on here) that he has provided a link to his SMBnation presentation. Check it out!

THAT's why I never saw issues with Sharepoint and Vista

bradley — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:47:00 GMT

You are prompted to enter your credentials when you access an FQDN site by using a Windows Vista-based client computer that has no proxy configured:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943280

People kept talking about they had issues with Vista and Sharepoint and Office 2007, especially v3 and I couldn't figure out exactly what they were talking about. I think this KB explains it. I am using proxy settings, thus I don't see this issue.

If you want to deploy it to all of the workstations.. here's how:

According to my experience, we can use the Group Policy to run the script
as a Startup Script which is under the context of the System account for
all the Vista computers to accomplish this. Note: The startup script can be
enabled in "Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Scripts
(Startup/Shutdown)\Startup" of an appropriate GPO.

To deploy this startup group policy, I have also included the detail steps
for you below:

1. Create and Test the Startup Script:
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NOTE: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may
require you to reinstall Windows. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems
resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use
Registry Editor at your own risk.
256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=256986

1). Log on one of the Windows Vista machine as local admin, right-click the
Desktop->New->Text Document.
2). Copy the following commands and then paste them into the opened Notepad
window.

-------------------------------------------------------------- (don't
include this line)
@echo off
Reg add
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WebClient\Parameters
/v AuthForwardServerList /t REG_MULTI_SZ /d
"https://*.Contoso.com\0http://*.dns.live.com\0*.microsoft.com\0https://172.
169.4.6"
-------------------------------------------------------------- (don't
include this line)

NOTE: Please change the value
"https://*.Contoso.com\0http://*.dns.live.com\0*.microsoft.com\0https://172.
169.4.6" in above script to the URL of the server that hosts the Web share
on your network. If you would like to enter the multi-sites, please use
"\0" (means "Enter") to separate them, just like the format in above script.

3). After you paste the above commands, please close the Notepad window.
Choose Yes when you are prompted to save the file with name "Webdev"
without quotation.
4). Double-Click My Computer, press Alt key, choose Tools option->folder
options->view-> make sure "Hide extensions for known file types" unmarked.
Click ok.
5). Rename the file Webdev.txt to Webdev.bat, Choose Yes when you are
prompted to save the file.
6). Right click on the "Webdev.bat" -> Run as Administrator -> Click
Continue if it prompts.
7). Click Start, type: REGEDIT in the Start Search bar and then press
Enter. Click Continue.
8). Navigate to the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WebClient\Parameters

9). Please verify if the "AuthForwardServerList" key and its value has been
created as expected. If so, the script has been created successfully.

2. Deploy the Startup Script via Group Policy:
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1). Please log on the Domain Administrator on this Windows Vista machine.
2). Click GPMC.MSC in the Start search box and then press Enter. NOTE:
GPMC.MSC will not be available if the Vista SP1 has been applied.
3). Edit the appropriate existing group policy
4). Navigate to the following path:

[Computer Configuration]\[Windows Settings]\[Script (Startup/Shutdown)]

5). Highlight the entry [Script (Startup/Shutdown)], double click "startup"
policy in the right panel and then click Add.
6). In the "Add a Script" window, select the file Webdev.bat which we just
created and then click Open.
7). Click OK and then click OK again.

After deploying the startup script, the workstations will run this script
when the machine startup. Please check if the registry keys can be added on
all the Vista workstations on the network.

Hope above information is helpful.

Follow up on Extranet

bradley — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 07:36:00 GMT

https://connect.microsoft.com/Downloads/DownloadDetails.aspx?SiteID=14&DownloadID=10263

I'm downloading the Extranet doc but has Chris notes in the comments... http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2008/01/03/extranet-collaboration-toolkit-for-sharepoint.aspx#1437156 it looks tricky.

Ugh.

Extranet Collaboration Toolkit for SharePoint

bradley — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 04:56:00 GMT

I have no idea how well this works on a SBS box so check it out carefully...

http://blogs.technet.com/billcan/archive/2008/01/03/please-download-the-beta-for-the-extranet-collaboration-toolkit-for-sharepoint.aspx

I am happy to announce the beta release for the Extranet Collaboration Toolkit for SharePoint. We are making this beta release available in order to get feedback from our customers and partners. With your help, we can ensure that the Extranet Collaboration Toolkit for SharePoint (ECTS) meets your needs.

What is the Extranet Collaboration Toolkit for SharePoint?

The Extranet Collaboration Toolkit for SharePoint provides guidance and tools to deploy a pre-built, customizable SharePoint solution that teams can use to collaborate with those outside the firewall. At the same time, the toolkit helps ensure that sensitive data on these systems is protected.

Using this free toolkit, administrators can set up a secure, SharePoint-based extranet collaboration site in a short time. End users can then use this site to easily create new site collections, posting sharable documents that are centrally located inside the firewall. The toolkit also enables users to invite internal and external partners to collaborate on documents. And the toolkit makes it simple for team leads to assign or revoke access rights for any team member.

Once the ECTS is installed, your users can be up and running with a secure, SharePoint-based team site in minutes. They can easily invite and enable external users to collaborate with them, sharing documents that are centrally located on a SharePoint site inside the firewall. Administrators can require administrative approval for all new sites and users, or can allow precisely control the information outsiders can access, or they can delegate this control to end users and free up time for other tasks.

Where do I access the Beta?

To get started with the beta, please visit https://connect.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx?SiteID=14, then click the Downloads link. Note that you may have to register to get access to the Connect site. On the list of downloads, click the Extranet Collaboration Toolkit for SharePoint. >From this page, download all the beta files. I recommend that you read the Release Notes first to learn about any late breaking information related to the ECTS.

The Microsoft Filter Pack for WSS 3.0

bradley — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 02:03:00 GMT

The 2007 Office documents are not found when you try to search for the
documents in the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 site collection:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944433

When I first read that it was like ...okay..but the good news is this has a better resolution now:

Bill Baer : Happy "Indexing" Holidays - Microsoft Filter Pack Released:
http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer/archive/2007/12/18/happy-indexing-holidays-microsoft-filter-pack-released.aspx

The Microsoft Filter Pack for search has been released enabling critical search scenarios across a variety of Microsoft Search products including SharePoint Portal Server 2003, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, Search Server 2008, Search Server 2008 Express Edition, Exchange Server 2005, SQL Server 2005/2008, and Windows Desktop Search 3.1/4.0.

The Microsoft Filter Pack provides iFilters for the following file type extensions:

.docx (Microsoft Office 2007 Word Document)
.docm (Microsoft Office Word Macro-Enabled Document)
.pptx (Microsoft Office 2007 PowerPoint Presentation)
.xlsx (Microsoft Office 2007 Excel Worksheet)
.xlsm (Microsoft Office Excel Macro-Enabled Worksheet)
.xlsb (Microsoft Office Excel Binary Worksheet)
.zip (WinZip File)
.one (Microsoft Office OneNote Section)
.vdx (Microsoft Office Visio Drawing)
.vsd (Microsoft Office Visio Drawing)
.vss (Microsoft Office Visio Stencil)
.vst (Microsoft Office Visio Template)
.vsx (Microsoft Office Visio Stencil)
.vtx (Microsoft Office Visio Template)

Sharepoint upgrades on SBS

bradley — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:12:00 GMT

Susan,

Can I also point people towards a recent article I wrote about installing Sharepoint on SBS 2003: http://www.saturnalliance.com.au/assets/68/files/installwss3.pdf and also my Supportweb website : supportweb.ciaops.net.au which has lots of Sharepoint & SBS2003 info. I also have similiar videos on installing Sharepoint at www.youtube.com/saturnalliance

There are some interesting points to note when you install Sharepoint, as the method in which the data is stored and limitations that may be incurred are very dependent on how you do the initial installation. There are also some other "options" rather than the "standard" Microsoft way in my opinion.

Thanks

Robert Crane

Saturn Alliance

Copying this here.. someone asked why doesn't Microsoft come out with a supported inplace upgrade to Sharepoint 2. They are. It's called Cougar the next version of SBS. Remember that SBS is an integrated platform and it's not trivial in terms of coding, support, testing to take out the v2 and insert in it's place the v3. Add to that the (let's be realistic folks) the business needs of not putting a huge amount of dev time/team time on a platform that is now 4 years old with the new platform right around the corner and it just doesn't make technical sense nor economic sense to be putting that many resources onto a 4 year old platform. The resources are needed for Cougar.

(keep track of the posts about Cougar here -- http://www.technorati.com/search/sbs+cougar?authority=a4&language=en )

Sharepoint toolkit to download

bradley — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:13:00 GMT

Mark blogs about the Sharepoint toolkit that's finally been released!

For those that went to the World Wide Partner conference, this is the download version of the Sharepoint CDrom that was handed out.

SBSC & MSP Buzz » Blog Archive » Windows Sharepoint Services 3.0 Starter Kit:
http://sbsc.techcareteam.com/archives/125

The 2007 Office documents are not found when you try to search for the documents in the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 site collection

bradley — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 02:36:00 GMT

The 2007 Office documents are not found when you try to search for the documents in the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 site collection:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944433

On your side by side Sharepoint installs ...fyi
(p.s..... the "install office on your server isn't exactly the greatest workaround.. )

Sharepoint Starter kit...anyone seen it online?

bradley — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 07:02:00 GMT

Has anyone spotted a download for this? I happened to get a copy at the Small Biz Symposium at the WWPC but I haven't seen it in a public version since then....just wondering if I missed the download link?

Microsoft Introduces New Tool for Small Business Server Partners

The Small Business Server (SBS) 2003 R2-Windows^® SharePoint^® Services (WSS) Starter Kit demonstrates how SBS partners can achieve higher margins and increase customer satisfaction through customized SBS 2003 R2 and WSS solutions that help customers centralize and share information, improve collaboration and teamwork, automate business processes, and increase productivity and efficiency. The Starter Kit offers a best practices “cookbook” of sales-through-delivery processes, technical guidance, training guides, white papers, sales scripts and marketing tools from successful SBS partners deploying SBS-WSS solutions.

Got a beefy Sharepoint with more than 50 hostheaders?

bradley — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:07:00 GMT

You experience performance issues after you install security update 934525 (MS07-059) in a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 environment that contains many host-named site collections:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3ben-us%3b943594

There's a hotfix you'll need

Sharepoint patch issues

bradley — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 02:50:00 GMT

If you happen to have GroupBoard installed, there's a "known issue" you need to know about:

The SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard does not finish successfully on a computer that also has GroupBoard Workspace 2007 install
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;941678

So if you are attempting to do a security patch on your SharePoint 3 and it's blowing up on you... check out that KB and see if that's your issue.

Another reason to NOT patch

bradley — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 01:13:00 GMT

There are two kinds of patches that I'll slow down and hold back on if I can... .NET is one, SharePoint is the other. When SharePoint 3 is not externally exposed there is less risk to that site. That's why I keep saying to folks "slow down".. READ... take a backup.

Vlad is reporting that his v3 sites are seeing an issue - Vlad Mazek - Vladville Blog » Fixing SharePoint 3.0 with KB932091:
http://www.vladville.com/fixing-sharepoint-30-with-kb932091

And http://blogs.sbsfaq.com/ is blank right now because Wayne blew up his site as he thinks he has an orphaned site

(update) - MS KB 934525 Breaks WSS 3.0 sites – here’s how I fixed it - SBSfaq.com Blog Site:
http://blog.sbsfaq.com/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=46

Thus I cannot stress this enough.. ALWAYS HAVE A TRAIL BACK. And with SharePoint know how to restore it as well.

Office 2003 sp3 on a computer with Office 2007

bradley — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 04:46:00 GMT

On workstations that have both Office 2003 and 2007 (like FrontPage 2003 along with Office 2007), I'm seeing that when clicking and launching a link in IE7 of companyweb (SharePoint version 2) that IE closes out.

Okay so more like "Dr. Watson" barfs out:

And in googling I found this....

http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1090561&SiteID=17

At this time I think it's the Office 2003 and 2007 parts that are causing a bit of fits post the install of Office 2003 sp3. So I'm in the process of doing a repair install of Office 2007 to see if that fixes it up.

I'll let you know.. repairing Office 2007 takes a while...

And the answer is yes.. that's what fixed it.

Moral of this story... when you install Office 2003 SP3 on a system that has Office 2007, be prepared to go back into add/remove, click on Office 2007 and fire up a repair install of Office 2007 so that it is king of the hill.

Windows SharePoint Services 2 Service Pack 3 (SP3) on MU for SBS 2003

bradley — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:40:00 GMT

Download details: Windows SharePoint Services Service Pack 3 (SP3):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2bbfc89b-eb59-49ff-b58f-684693cb25a7&DisplayLang=en

It is advised that you perform a full backup of your Microsoft® Windows® SharePoint® Services environment prior to applying a Service Pack. You may consult the Windows SharePoint Services Administrator's Guide for the exact steps required to accomplish this task.

To remove this download
There is no uninstall feature for this download.

The is a one way install so ensure you have a backup before hand.

Does Search still Search in WSS 3.0?

bradley — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 02:00:00 GMT

http://msmvps.com/blogs/cgross/archive/2007/01/25/companyweb-sharepoint-v3-part-1.aspx

http://msmvps.com/blogs/cgross/archive/2007/02/03/companyweb-sharepoint-v3-part-2.aspx

http://msmvps.com/blogs/cgross/archive/2007/02/03/companyweb-sharepoint-v3-part-3.aspx

While Chad is blogging about Sharepoint.. know this... that search isn't as "broken" as the white paper leads one to believe... Search on SBS 2003 Standard works... and I "think" it's merely when you put side by side Companyweb on SQL 2000 and WSS 3.0 on SQL 2005 express that the children on the playground stop playing together.

I think based on postings I've seen in the newsgroup that if you have SQL 2005 workgroup on Companyweb, WSS 3.0's search will still work too...

Anyone else confirm this?

Reinstalling Sharepoint after sp1 but without slip media

bradley — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 05:23:00 GMT

So you have SBS 2003 RTM disks..... and you have SP1 disks....but you don't have any slipstream media...and you need to repair Sharepoint..... soooooooo want to know how to do it?

From a post in the Partner Managed newsgroup:

We cannot get your sharepoint to reinstall after sp1 was installed. We have a
softare package that requires sql express 2005. We cannot remove the MSDE.

When the files from sp1 are extracted to use to reinstall the reinstall acts
as if the file are not correct. If I use pre sp1 discs it complains about it
not being sp1.

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Based on my experience, if you have installed the SBS 2003 SP1, to
reinstall the Intranet component, please perform the following steps:

Step one. We'll still follow the KB article 829114 to remove and install
companyweb. However, please note that, since you have installed SBS SP1,
you will receive the following message after you insert SBS Disc 3:

"The drive contains a disc for Windows Small Business Server 2003 with no
service packs. When the prompt appears, insert a disc for Windows Small
Business Server 2003 with Service Pack 1."

Since Disc 3 for SBS SP1 doesn't include the Monitoring/Companyweb part,
the installation cannot proceed.

We'll then use the steps below to work around this problem:

1. Start a cmd prompt and change directory to the SP1 download folder (or
the SBS03_SP1 folder on PKG_CD2).

2. Type "SBS2003-KB885918-SP1-X86-ENU.EXE /x" (with no quotation marks) and
press Enter.

3. Specifying a path for the extracted files (such as C:\SBSSP1)

4. Run the SBS Integrated setup, and when the setup program prompts for the
CD3, point it to the folder created above.

So how do you get started in using Sharepoiint?

admin — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 05:57:00 GMT

The other day (and sorry for being tardy) I got pinged about resources to get started with Sharepoint and I forgot to point folks in the direction of David's blog

http://uksbsguy.com/blogs/doverton/archive/2006/06/06/537.aspx

Scroll down a bit as it's sort of at the bottom of that post.. but honestly..just start playing with it.. and after that check out the blog posts on Sharepoint/companyweb on http://www.msmvps.com/cgross 's page.

A Recycle bin for your Sharepoint

bradley — Fri, 26 May 2006 00:39:00 GMT

Did everyone check out SeanDaniel.com's blog listing on how to set up a recycle bin for your Sharepoint?

You didn't?

You should... click here!