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

gary — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:40:00 GMT

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...(read more)

In defense of the MVP program

gary — Tue, 05 May 2009 15:19:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Update panel not working like you expect

gary — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:14:00 GMT

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...(read more)

SharePoint 2010 - I want to start a trend

gary — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:18:00 GMT

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...(read more)

SharePoint 2010 - the year we make contact?

gary — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:09:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Best SharePoint site ever!!!

gary — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:38:00 GMT

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

gary — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:40:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Make sure to check out the Microsoft Incentives web site

gary — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:24:00 GMT

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...(read more)

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

gary — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:03:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Sending data from javascript to a .Net object

gary — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:04:00 GMT

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...(read more)

No mapping between account names and security ids was done

gary — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:37:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Great news in the world of Business Intelligence and SharePoint

gary — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:02:00 GMT

"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...(read more)

Limiting who can create a MySite

gary — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:48:00 GMT

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"...(read more)

Maybe the XBox 360 does have a problem

gary — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:39:00 GMT

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...(read more)

New version of Visual Studio Extensions for WSS available

gary — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:20:00 GMT

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!

gary — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:22:00 GMT

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...(read more)

New video describing workflows for SharePoint in Visual Studio 2008

gary — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:00:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Microsoft to acquire Fast Search and Transfer

gary — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:59:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Required fields and linking to other lists

gary — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 14:18:00 GMT

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...(read more)

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

gary — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 12:28:00 GMT

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...(read more)