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Issue to be aware of upgrading Windows Server 2008 to R2 with MOSS

2009-09-06T20:40:00Z

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/962216/EN-US First you get a message telling you to look for KB article 962935, which canot be found. One MS employee on the forum (who is really very helpful) suggested it may not ready for public release yet. If you are going to put the KB article in an error message at least make sure it exists! As an aside, I wonder if it is the MOSS install program that is telling me it cannot run in Windows Server 2008 R2 or if there is something in the OS telling the installer...(read more)

In defense of the MVP program

2009-05-05T15:19:00Z

Some of you may have read Joel's recent blog posting regarding the MVP program in general, and it appears, the SharePoint MVP program specifically. While some of the point raised may be valid I do not think they tell the entire story. I am not sure if this will help or hurt but I felt like I needed to write something. First a little background for those who do not know me. I am proud to have been one of the first SharePoint MVPs and kept my MVP award until last year when I joined Microsoft. I...(read more)

Update panel not working like you expect

2009-04-29T18:14:00Z

We have been using a lot of updatepanels (yeah, I know there is a performance issue but that is a different post) and, as usual, it worked great on my computer but not so great at the customer site. What the panel does is to process a search request without the postback. At the customer site we saw the information being sent to the search engine and the data coming back, but it would never show the results.\ To make a long story short, after many network traces and a rather long call with Microsoft...(read more)

SharePoint 2010 - I want to start a trend

2009-04-16T19:18:00Z

Since we called Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 MOSS what are we going to call Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010? MSS is already taken as an acronymn (Microsoft Search Server) but I would bet it catches on in the general population. I was thinking we would call it "Mizz S" or "Missus". Maybe take some leeway with the acronym and call it "MiSS"? Any other ideas?...(read more)

SharePoint 2010 - the year we make contact?

2009-04-15T19:09:00Z

Well, assuming the release schedule that Microsoft just posted is actually correct we will. Now if only they would start releasing tidbits as to what we can expect in the product. So no more MOSS, or SharePoint Portal Server. Now it is just SharePoint! http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2009/Apr09/04-15Office2010.mspx Other good tidbits in there other than SharePoint also....(read more)

Best SharePoint site ever!!!

2009-03-30T11:38:00Z

Well, maybe not the best technically....or graphically, but you have got to love the subject matter! http://www.ferrari.com/Pages/Country_selector.aspx...(read more)

Working with quotes in XSLT

2009-03-24T17:40:00Z

I have a XSLT file where I need to pass strings to javascript. Due to the way the code is written the string designator is the single quote. Typically that is not an issue but what happens if the text you pass in contains an apostrophe, AKA single quote? You will need to perform a translation within XSLT to change the apostrophe to " Now comes the fun part. Here is a XSLT translation: <xsl:value-of select="translate(.,'a','A')" /> so how to you tell XSLT that...(read more)

Make sure to check out the Microsoft Incentives web site

2009-03-13T17:24:00Z

Kind of like sales on Microsoft licenses: http://www.microsoftincentives.com/ For a limited time only! 15% off L&SA - Exchange Server Standard, Office Communication Server Standard, SQL Server Standard, Office SharePoint Server , Visual Studio Team Suite, Office Project Standard, Office Project Professional, Office Visio Standard and Office Visio Professional. 25% off L&SA: Exchange Server Enterprise, Office Communication Server Enterprise, Windows Server Enterprise and Sever Management Suite...(read more)

Cannot unregister UpdatePanel with ID '' since it was not registered with the ScriptManager and MOSS

2009-03-11T23:03:00Z

I have run into this while trying to get the AjaxControlToolkit working with MOSS. Turns out there are a couple of things that can cause this. The first is using CreateChildControls to create your controls. While this is typically a best practice in this case it can cause an error. You can create your controls in the OnInit call instead. The second one, and the most annoying is any other error thrown but not caught. This took a while to figure out and can be a real pain if you do not have the ability...(read more)

Sending data from javascript to a .Net object

2009-02-24T13:04:00Z

Recently I came across an issue where I had checkboxes outputted via XSLT (which only outputs HTML) but needed to have the values of the selected checkboxes sent to a C# object. After banging my head against the wall and trying various schemes I remembered that JavaScript can be used to perform a postback. Now if there was only some way to pass data when performing the postback. Turns out there is. In JavaScript you can use the call "__doPostBack(variablename, value);" to perform the postback...(read more)

No mapping between account names and security ids was done

2009-02-19T14:37:00Z

I just created a new SQL Server 2008 server with Hyper-V and was in the process of setting up my VMs complete with AD. When I got to the point of adding a SQL Server 2008 to the mix I recieved the above error when I was trying to add the domain users as the service owners. Another odd thing was when I tried to add a domain account to a local security group it would say the user was added however I would not see the account show up in the group. After rebuilding my AD and SQL 2008 VMs a few times...(read more)

Great news in the world of Business Intelligence and SharePoint

2009-01-23T19:02:00Z

"PerformancePoint scorecarding and dashboarding capabilities will now become part of SharePoint Enterprise CAL and available to customers who are on SharePoint SA. This means that customers who want to deploy PerformancePoint can do so today at no additional cost. " Read the full story at the SharePoint Team Blog http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/01/23/microsoft-business-intelligence-strategy-update-and-sharepoint.aspx...(read more)

Limiting who can create a MySite

2009-01-20T14:48:00Z

I have had a few customers ask how they can control who can create a MySite, whether it was just for a trial run, to try to control hard drive usage, or for other reasons. In any case here is how you can do it Open the "Central Administration" web site Go to your Shared Service Provider's Administration page Click on the "My Site settings" link On the left side of the screen click on the "Personalization Services Permissions" link In this screen you can take away...(read more)

Maybe the XBox 360 does have a problem

2009-01-12T14:39:00Z

I just dropped off my XBox 360 at my local UPS store to get the infamous red ring of death issue resolved. Without me even saying anything the clerk behind the counter knew it was a XBox being returned! Now this is not exactly a major UPS Hub we are talking about, it is a small store in a strip mall in Cary, NC. Guess there may be a problem here and there with the 360...(read more)

New version of Visual Studio Extensions for WSS available

2008-02-12T11:20:00Z

Good news: Lots of bug fixes and some new features Bad news: Still does not work with VS 2008 (but the next version should!) Get more information here...(read more)

So long and thanks for all the fish!

2008-02-06T17:22:00Z

It is with mixed emotions that I announce I am taking a position with Microsoft soon. I am happy because I feel that Microsoft is a great place to work and has many great opportunities (not to mention benefits!) but I am sad because I will no longer be a MVP and will not be posting to this blog anymore. I have been a SharePoint MVP for the last 7 years (and if memory serves I am the only one of the original 6 left) and it has been a great 7 years. Meeting my fellow MVPs, not only in SharePoint, has...(read more)

New video describing workflows for SharePoint in Visual Studio 2008

2008-01-18T11:00:00Z

Explains some of the enhancements in Visual Studio 2008. Can you say debugging? =) Also some talk about a new power tool that can take a SPD workflow and pull it into Visual Studio!!!! http://blogs.msdn.com/vsto/archive/2008/01/17/sharepoint-workflow-tools-video-interview-with-john-durant.aspx...(read more)

Microsoft to acquire Fast Search and Transfer

2008-01-08T12:59:00Z

http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/01/08/Microsoft-bids-for-Fast-Search-and-Transfer_1.html "By integrating Fast Search's products with SharePoint, and drawing on its worldwide network of partners, Microsoft hopes to bring Fast Search's products to a wider audience, it said Tuesday. " You can find out more about Fast's products at http://www.fastsearch.com/ Overall it looks like good news for SharePoint searching....(read more)

Required fields and linking to other lists

2007-12-29T14:18:00Z

Had an interesting problem come up at work the other day. I had written some custom code that reads from ListA (which has 3 required fields one of which is a lookup into ListB) and outputs them. Every so often the web part would come back saying that one of the entries was missing a field. I could not figure out how an entry was being created that did not have all the required fields. I tried the SharePoint UI and the dataview and both would not let me create the entry without having the required...(read more)

Hope to see you at the MS Office SharePoint Conference in March

2007-12-28T12:28:00Z

I just got the confirmation from my company ( MicroLink) that I will be attending the conference in March. If you are not familiar with it, check out the the confernece's homepage . We are also an exhibitor so I will be spending a lot of time in our booth. Stop by to check us out!...(read more)